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History Deaths on January 18


Cecil Beaton
Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer and photographer (b. 1904)

#Cecil_Beaton

Lewis Marnell
Lewis Marnell, Australian skateboarder (b. 1982)

#Lewis_Marnell

Georgia Frontiere
Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1927)

#Georgia_Frontiere

Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer
Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)

#Kazimierz_Przerwa-Tetmajer

Sarah Marshall (British actress)
Sarah Marshall, English actress (b. 1933)

#Sarah_Marshall_(British_actress)

Tony Verna
Tony Verna, American director and producer, invented instant replay (b. 1933)

#Tony_Verna

Amy Carmichael
Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)

#Amy_Carmichael

Kate McGarrigle
Kate McGarrigle, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter (b. 1946)

#Kate_McGarrigle

Peter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams, South African-Jamaican writer (b. 1919)

#Peter_Abrahams

Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile
Maria of Portugal, infanta (b. 1313)

#Maria_of_Portugal,_Queen_of_Castile

Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria
Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1417)

#Louis_IX,_Duke_of_Bavaria

Antoine César Becquerel
Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)

#Antoine_César_Becquerel

Makbule Atadan
Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1885)

#Makbule_Atadan

Jan van Riebeeck
Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch politician, founded Cape Town (b. 1619)

#Jan_van_Riebeeck

Piet van der Sanden
Piet van der Sanden, Dutch journalist and politician (b. 1924)

#Piet_van_der_Sanden

Panoutsos Notaras
Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)

#Panoutsos_Notaras

Roberta Peters
Roberta Peters, American coloratura soprano (b. 1930)

#Roberta_Peters

Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)

#Edward_Bulwer-Lytton

Baldassare Verazzi
Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)

#Baldassare_Verazzi

Grigore Vieru
Grigore Vieru, Romanian poet and author (b. 1935)

#Grigore_Vieru

N. T. Rama Rao
N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (b. 1923)

#N._T._Rama_Rao

Jeanne Quinault
Jeanne Quinault, French actress and playwright (b. 1699)

#Jeanne_Quinault

Ron Nachman
Ron Nachman, Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1942)

#Ron_Nachman

Wallace Reid
Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)

#Wallace_Reid

Eugenio Cruz Vargas
Eugenio Cruz Vargas, Chilean poet and painter (b. 1923)

#Eugenio_Cruz_Vargas

Danai Stratigopoulou
Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1913)

#Danai_Stratigopoulou

Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter
Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter, English baron (b. 1247)

#Robert_FitzWalter,_1st_Baron_FitzWalter

Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun
Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, ruler of the Tulunids, murdered (b. 864)

#Khumarawayh_ibn_Ahmad_ibn_Tulun

Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

#Rudyard_Kipling

Konstantin Päts
Konstantin Päts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (b. 1874)

#Konstantin_Päts

Virgil Finlay
Virgil Finlay, American illustrator (b. 1914)

#Virgil_Finlay

Ippolit Bogdanovich
Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet and academic (b. 1743)

#Ippolit_Bogdanovich

Jobst of Moravia
Jobst of Moravia, ruler of Moravia, King of the Romans

#Jobst_of_Moravia

David O. McKay
David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1873)

#David_O._McKay

David P. Buckson
David P. Buckson, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Delaware (1960-1961) (b. 1920)

#David_P._Buckson

Paul Tsongas
Paul Tsongas, American lawyer and politician (b. 1941)

#Paul_Tsongas

Anton Anderledy
Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)

#Anton_Anderledy

Gertrude Olmstead
Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897)

#Gertrude_Olmstead

Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)

#Edmund_Mortimer,_5th_Earl_of_March

Robert B. Parker
Robert B. Parker, American author and academic (b. 1932)

#Robert_B._Parker

Margaret of Hungary (saint)
Saint Margaret of Hungary (b. 1242)

#Margaret_of_Hungary_(saint)

Sydney Greenstreet
Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (b. 1879)

#Sydney_Greenstreet

Panteleimon Ponomarenko
Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Belarusian general and politician (b. 1902)

#Panteleimon_Ponomarenko

Michel Tournier
Michel Tournier, French journalist and author (b. 1924)

#Michel_Tournier

John Tyler
John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)

#John_Tyler

Henry I of Cyprus
King Henry I of Cyprus (b. 1217)

#Henry_I_of_Cyprus

Jan Twardowski
Jan Twardowski, Polish priest and poet (b. 1915)

#Jan_Twardowski

Kathleen Norris
Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author (b. 1880)

#Kathleen_Norris

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver, American politician and diplomat, 21st United States Ambassador to France (b. 1915)

#Sargent_Shriver

John Coughlin (figure skater)
John Coughlin, American figure skater (b. 1985)

#John_Coughlin_(figure_skater)

Goose Tatum
Goose Tatum, American basketball player and soldier (b. 1921)

#Goose_Tatum

Hugh Gaitskell
Hugh Gaitskell, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1906)

#Hugh_Gaitskell

Magnus Heinason
Magnus Heinason, Faroese naval hero (b. 1545)

#Magnus_Heinason

Tamar of Georgia
Tamar of Georgia (b. 1160)

#Tamar_of_Georgia

Adolf Butenandt
Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)

#Adolf_Butenandt

Lois Nettleton
Lois Nettleton, American actress (b. 1927)

#Lois_Nettleton

Pietro Bembo
Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal and scholar (b. 1470)

#Pietro_Bembo

Glenn Frey
Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1948)

#Glenn_Frey

Rusty Hamer
Rusty Hamer, American actor (b. 1947)

#Rusty_Hamer

Jon Mannah
Jon Mannah, Australian rugby league player (b. 1989)

#Jon_Mannah

Curly Howard
Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903)

#Curly_Howard

Peter I of Portugal
Peter I of Portugal (b. 1320)

#Peter_I_of_Portugal

Emperor Go-Hanazono
Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)

#Emperor_Go-Hanazono

Charles Floquet
Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)

#Charles_Floquet

Hans Freyer
Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1887)

#Hans_Freyer

Margaret of Parma
Margaret of Parma (b. 1522)

#Margaret_of_Parma

Sean Fallon (footballer)
Sean Fallon, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1922)

#Sean_Fallon_(footballer)

Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet and author (b. 1907)

#Harivansh_Rai_Bachchan

Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, English cricketer, businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1939)
T. S. Sinnathuray, Judge of the High Court of Singapore (b. 1930)
Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
Christine Valmy, Romanian cosmetologist and author (b. 1926)
Alberto Nisman, Argentinian lawyer and prosecutor (b. 1963)
Andy Graver, English footballer (b. 1927)
Dennis Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
Michael Botmang, Nigerian politician, 17th Governor of Plateau State (b. 1938)
Kathryn Abbe, American photographer and author (b. 1919)
Jim Horning, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1942)
Yuri Rasovsky, American playwright and producer, founded The National Radio Theater of Chicago (b. 1944)
Georg Lassen, German captain (b. 1915)
Anthony Gonsalves, Indian composer and educator (b. 1927)
Nora Kovach, Hungarian-American ballerina (b. 1931)
Tony Hart, English painter and television host (b. 1925)
John Stroger, American politician (b. 1929)
Frank Lewin, American composer and theorist (b. 1925)
Brent Liles, American bass player (b. 1963)
Lamont Bentley, American actor and rapper (b. 1973)
Ed Farhat, American wrestler and trainer (b. 1924)
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (b. 1897)
Dan Georgiadis, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1922)
Ron Luciano, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1937)
Dionysios Zakythinos, Greek historian, academic, and politician (b. 1905)
Melanie Appleby, English singer (b. 1966)
Bruce Chatwin, English-French author (b. 1940)
Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1915)
Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and author (b. 1919)
Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko, Russian tank commander (b. 1924)
Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (b. 1682)
Odilo, duke of Bavaria
Leo I, Byzantine emperor (b. 401)
Publius Clodius Pulcher, Roman politician (b. 93 BC)