Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 18
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1913 Otto Reubke, composer, dies at 70 on May - 18.
1918 On this day in history toivo Kuula, composer, dies at 34
1922 On this day in history death of charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1845)
1927 On May - 18 death of andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer (b. 1872)
1930 On May - 18 joao Marcellino Arroyo, composer, dies at 68
1936 On this day in history alick Maclean, composer, dies at 63
1949 On May - 18 death of james T Adams, US historian (Pulitzer 1921)
1952 On this day in history rossetter Gleason Cole, composer, dies at 86
1953 On this day in history tom Killick, cricketer (at the crease 2 Tests for Eng 1929), dies
1955 On May - 18 mary McLeod Bethune, educator & civil rights leader, dies at 79
1956 On this day in history maurice Tate, cricketer (39 Tests for England, 155 wickets), dies
1961 On this day in history henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies
1963 On this day in history death of ernie Davis, American football player (b. 1939)
1965 Eduard J Dijksterhuis, mathematician (Archimedes), dies at 72 on May - 18.
1966 On May - 18 paul Althaus, German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at 78
1967 Andy Clyde, Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick, dies at 75 on May - 18.
1972 Eero Aukusti Sipila, composer, dies at 53 on May - 18.
1973 Jeannette Rankin, 1st Congresswoman (1917-19, 41-43), dies at 92 on May - 18.
1974 On May - 18 daniel R Topping, US owner (NY Yankees), dies at 61
1975 On May - 18 leroy Anderson, composer, dies at 66
1980 Death of Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23 on May - 18.
1981 On May - 18 arthur O'Connell, actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73
1985 Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82 on this day in history.
1986 On this day in history john Bubbles Sublett, tap dancer (Black & Bubbles), dies at 84
1987 On May - 18 wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73
1988 On this day in history daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71
1990 On May - 18 jill Ireland, actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at 54
1991 On this day in history edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 86
1992 Lawrence Welk, bandleader (L Welk Show), dies of pneumonia at 89 on May - 18.
1993 Heinrich Albertz, theologist/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at 78 on May - 18.
1995 On May - 18 alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45
1996 On May - 18 dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor, dies at 76
1997 On May - 18 death of bridgette Andersen, American actress (b. 1975)
1999 Death of Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer (b. 1954) on May - 18.
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