Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: 18-Feb

Died on This Day (18-Feb)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Wallace Smith Broecker Wallace Smith Broecker Wallace "Wally" Smith Broecker was an American geochemist. American geophysicist 87 1
Norma McCorvey Norma McCorvey Norma Leah Nelson McCorvey , also known by the pseudonym "Jane Roe", was the plaintiff in the landmark American legal case Roe v. Pro-life activist 69 3
Kristof Goddaert Kristof Goddaert Kristof Goddaert was a Belgian road racing cyclist who competed as a professional between 2008 and 2014 for the Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator, Ag2r–La Mondiale and IAM Cycling squads. Road bicycle racer 27 6
Cal Murphy Cal Murphy Cal Murphy was a Canadian football coach, general manager and scout, most notably for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. Canadian football player and coach 79 8
Ariel Ramírez Ariel Ramírez Ariel Ramírez was an Argentine composer, pianist and music director. Argentine musician 88 10
Giustino Durano Giustino Durano Giustino Durano was a movie actor best known for his work as Eliseo Orefice in the 1997 film Life Is Beautiful. Italian actor 78 18
Johnny Carroll Johnny Carroll Johnny Carroll was an American rockabilly musician. American musician 57 25
Gábor Darvas Gábor Darvas Gábor Darvas was a Hungarian composer and musicologist. Hungarian musician 74 35
Chivu Stoica Chivu Stoica Chivu Stoica was a leading Romanian Communist politician, who served as 48th Prime Minister of Romania. Prime Minister of Romania 66 45
Arthur F. H. Mills Arthur F. H. Mills Arthur Frederick Hobart Mills is one of a family of authors. English novelist 67 65
Person Person Description Age Anniv
Günter Blobel Günter Blobel Günter Blobel was a Silesian German and American biologist and 1999 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology for the discovery that proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell. Silesian German and American biologist 81 2
Angela Raiola Angela Raiola Angela Joyce "Big Ang" Raiola was an American reality television personality. American reality television personality 55 4
Kevin Ayers Kevin Ayers Kevin Ayers was an English singer-songwriter who was active in the English psychedelic music movement. British musician 68 7
Buddy Lewis Buddy Lewis John Kelly Lewis , better known as Buddy Lewis, was a third baseman/right fielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career with the Washington Senators . American baseball player 94 9
Harald Szeemann Harald Szeemann Harald Szeemann was a Swiss curator, artist, and art historian. Swiss art historian 71 15
Roger Caras Roger Andrew Caras was an American wildlife photographer, writer, wildlife preservationist and television personality. Wildlife photographer 72 19
Tor Isedal Tor Isedal Tor Isedal was a Swedish actor on stage, screen and television. Swedish actor on stage, screen and television 65 30
Arthur Floyer-Acland Arthur Floyer-Acland Lieutenant General Arthur Nugent Floyer-Acland, CB, DSO, MC, DL was a senior officer of the British Army who served in both the First and Second World Wars. British Army general 94 40
Rudolf Freiherr von Roman Rudolf Freiherr von Roman Rudolf Freiherr von Roman was a German general who commanded several corps during World War II. German general and Knight's Cross recipient 76 50
Johannes Matthiae Gothus Johannes Matthiae Gothus Johannes Matthiae Gothus was a Swedish Lutheran Bishop of Strängnäs and a professor of Uppsala University, the rector of the in Stockholm and the most eminent teacher in Sweden during the seventeenth century. Swedish academic 77 350