Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: 18-Aug

Died on This Day (18-Aug)

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniv
	Jack Whitaker	John Francis Whitaker was an American sportscaster who worked for both CBS and ABC.	American sportscaster	95	1
	Bruce Forsyth	Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson CBE was a British entertainer and presenter whose career spanned more than 70 years.	English TV presenter	89	3
	Bud Yorkin	Alan David "Bud" Yorkin was an American film and television producer, director, screenwriter, and actor.	American film and television producer	89	5
	Dezső Gyarmati	Dezso Gyarmati was a Hungarian water polo player and three-time Olympic champion; he later became the coach of the Hungarian national water polo team.	Water polo player	85	7
	Bill Millin	William Millin , commonly known as Piper Bill, was a Canadian musician who played bagpipes, and was personal piper to Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, commander of the British 1 Special Service Brigade at D-Day.	Canadian musician	88	10
	Elmer Bernstein	Elmer Bernstein was an American composer and conductor.	Composer, conductor, songwriter	82	16
	B. F. Skinner	Burrhus Frederic Skinner was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher.	American behaviorist	86	30
	Debabrata Biswas	Debabrata Biswas , was an Indian Rabindra Sangeet singer.	Indian singer	68	40
	Allen F. Moore	Allen Francis Moore was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.	American politician	75	75
	John P. Kennedy	John Pendleton Kennedy was an American novelist, lawyer and Whig politician who served as United States Secretary of the Navy from July 26, 1852, to March 4, 1853, during the administration of President Millard Fillmore, and as a U.	Novelist, politician	74	150

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniv
	Kofi Annan	Kofi Atta Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.	Secretary-General of the United Nations	80	2
	John William Vessey Jr.	John William "Jack" Vessey Jr. was a career officer in the United States Army.	United States Army officer	94	4
	James Alexander Gordon	James Alexander Gordon was a Scottish radio broadcaster, best known for reading the classified check of the football results every Saturday at 17:00 on BBC Radio Five Live's Sports Report.	Sports Broadcaster	78	6
	Jean Tabary	Jean Tabary was a French comics artist.	French comics artist	81	9
	Mel Welles	Mel Welles was an American film actor and director.	American film actor	81	15
	Julio Caro Baroja	Julio Caro Baroja was a Spanish anthropologist, historian, linguist and essayist.	Spanish academic	80	25
	Josip Primožič	Josip "Jože" Primožic was a Yugoslavian gymnast of Slovene ethnicity.	Gymnast	85	35
	Shawkat Ali	Shawkat Ali was a politician and a leader of the Bengali Language Movement.	Bengali politician	57	45
	John Worthy Chaplin	Colonel John Worthy Chaplin, VC, CB was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.	Recipient of the Victoria Cross	80	100
	Wanli Emperor	The Wanli Emperor , personal name Zhu Yijun , was the 14th Emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1572 to 1620.	Chinese emperor	56	400