May 18 Deaths

Famous people who died on May 18th

Chris Cornell

Chris Cornell (1964 - 2017)

American singer and songwriter

Elizabeth Montgomery

Elizabeth Montgomery (1933 - 1995)

American actress

Ian Curtis

Ian Curtis (1956 - 1980)

English singer-songwriter

Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)

Austrian composer

Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary McLeod Bethune (1875 - 1955)

American educator and life rights leader

Davey Boy Smith

Davey Boy Smith (1962 - 2002)

English wrestler

Jill Ireland

Jill Ireland (1936 - 1990)

British actress

Jim Brown

Jim Brown (1936 - 2023)

American football player and actor

Charles Grodin

Charles Grodin (1935 - 2021)

American actor

Wayne Allwine

Wayne Allwine (1947 - 2009)

American voice actor

Ken Osmond

Ken Osmond (1943 - 2020)

American actor and police officer

Alexander Godunov

Alexander Godunov (1949 - 1995)

Russian ballet dancer

Jeannette Rankin

Jeannette Rankin (1880 - 1973)

American congresswoman for Montana

Sejong the Great

Sejong the Great (1397 - 1450)

Korean monarch

Túpac Amaru II

Túpac Amaru II (1738 - 1781)

Incan revolutionary

William Saroyan

William Saroyan (1908 - 1981)

American novelist

Jacques Marquette

Jacques Marquette (1637 - 1675)

French missionary

Isaac Albéniz

Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909)

Spanish composer

Daws Butler

Daws Butler (1916 - 1988)

American voice actor

Dolla

Dolla (1989 - 2009)

American rapper

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925 - 2012)

German baritone and conductor

Leroy Anderson

Leroy Anderson (1908 - 1975)

Composer

Franco Battiato

Franco Battiato (1945 - 2021)

Italian singer, songwriter and filmmaker

William Joseph Simmons

William Joseph Simmons (1880 - 1945)

Klu klux Klan founder

Ernie Davis

Ernie Davis (1939 - 1963)

American football player

Denis Gifford

Denis Gifford (1927 - 2000)

Comic historian

Dieudonne Costes

Dieudonne Costes (1892 - 1973)

French pilot, lieutenant