Famous People We’ve Lost in 2018

Famous People We’ve Lost in 2018



Star Trek actor Jon Paul Steuer died on January 1 aged 33.

Astronaut John Young, the ninth man to walk on the Moon, died on January 5 aged 87.

Former Liverpool goalkeeper Tommy Lawrence died on January 9 aged 77.

Heavy metal star 'Fast' Eddie Clarke died on January 10 aged 67

Doreen Tracey, one of the original Disney Mouseketeers, died on January 10 at the age of 74.

Blunderwoman comedy star Bella Emberg died on January 12 at the age of 80.

Keith Jackson, the voice of American college football, died on January 12 aged 89.

Hugh Wilson died on January 14 at the age of 74.
The director was well known for making films such as Police Academy and The First Wives Club.

West Brom and Coventry legend Cyrille Regis died on January 14 aged 59

Cranberries star Dolores O'Riordan died on January 15 aged 46.

Actor Peter Wyngarde died on January 15 at the age of 90

Legendary BBC radio presenter Ed Doolan died peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of January 16

Neighbours star Moya O'Sullivan died aged 91 on January 16.

Home and Away star Jessica Falkholt died on January 17 aged 29. Her death came three weeks after the devastating Boxing Day crash which killed her family.

The actor who played Tinky Winky, the handbag-carrying Teletubbie in the BBC children’s series, died on January 17, just four days after his 52nd birthday.

American rapper Fredo Santana, real name Derrick Coleman, died on January 20 at the age of 27.

The comedian Howard Lew Lewis died aged 76 on January 20

England football star Jimmy Armfield died on January 22

Connie Sawyer  passed away in her retirement home at the age of 105 on January 23.

American actor and horror writer Jack Ketchum died on January 24 at the age of 71

Mark E. Smith , frontman of avant-garde band The Fall, died on January 24 aged 60.

Dennis Edwards , former lead singer of legendary soul music group The Temptations, died on February 2 aged 74.

Singer Eddy Amoo died on February 23 aged 74 .

Comedy actress Emma Chambers passed away on February 24

Talented drummer Patrick Doyle died on March 3

Fiorentina announced on March 3 that their captain, Davide Astori , had died at the age of 31.

Trevor Baylis died on March 5 at the age of 80

Sir Ken Dodd died at the age of 90 on March 11.

Hip hop star Craig Mack died on March 12 aged 41 .

Broadcaster and comedian Jim Bowen died on March 14, aged 80

Actress DuShon Monique Brown, who starred in American dramas including Prison Break and Chicago Fire, died at the age of 49.

Heartbeat actor Bill Maynard died at the age of 89

Chelsea and Manchester United legend Ray Wilkins died on April 4 aged 61 .

Darts legend Eric Bristow died at the age of 60 on 5 April .

Irish singer Timmy Matley passed away on April 11 aged 36

Alex Beckett died aged 36 .

The actor R. Lee Ermey, best known for his starring role in the film 'Full Metal Jacket', died on April 15 aged 74.

Actor Harry Anderson died on April 16, at the age of 65.

TV presented Dale Winton died aged 62 on April 18 2018.




Swedish DJ Avicii has died in Muscat, Oman on April 20 at the age of 28.

Actor Verne Troyer, star of Austin Powers, died aged 49 on April 21

Film director Michael Anderson died on April 25 aged 98.

Former House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin died on April 29

Cathy Godbold, the Australian actress who starred in hit soap Home and Away, lost her battle with brain cancer on May 4 at the age of 43

Labour veteran Dame Tessa Jowell died after a year-long cancer battle aged 70.

Former Aston Villa defender Jlloyd Samuel died in a car crash on May 15, aged 37.

England World Cup winner Ray Wilson died on May 15 aged 83.

Hugh Dane, star of The Office, Bridesmaids and The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, died on May 16 at the age of 75.

Minder actor Glynn Edwards died on May 23, aged 87.

The Wizard Of Oz's 'oldest Munchkin' Jerry Maren died on May 24 at the age of 98.

Peter Stringfellow died on June 7, aged 77

Sons of Anarchy star Alan O'Neill has died at the age of 47.

Eunice Gayson, the first ever Bond girl, died on June 8 aged 90.

Jackson Odell, star of The Goldbergs, died on June 8 aged 20

Former Royal Ballet principal dancer Errol Pickford died on Wednesday June 13, aged 51.

EastEnders star Leslie Grantham died on June 15 aged 71

WWE legend Big Van Vader died on June 18 at the age of 63

Five-time Open champion Peter Thomson died on June 20 at the age of 88.

Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul passed away on June 22 aged 54.

Richard Harrison, the star of TV show Pawn Stars, died on June 25 at the age of 77.

Carlos Lopez Jr died on June 25 at the age of 35.

Joe Jackson The patriarch of the Jackson family, and manager of the Jackson 5, died on June 27

Former WWE star Matt Cappotelli died on June 29 aged 38

Clangers co-creator Peter Firmin died on July 1 at the age of 89.

Dame Gillian Lynne, whose credits included the hugely successful Cats and Phantom Of The Opera musicals, died on July 1, aged 92.

Alan Longmuir, the founder member of the Bay City Rollers died on July 2

Richard Swift died aged 41 on July 3.

Author Clive King, best known for his children's book Stig Of The Dump, died aged 94 on July 10

Team GB snowboarder Ellie Soutter took her own life on July 25, her 18th birthday

Rick Genest, the heavily tattooed model known as Zombie Boy, died aged just 32 on August 1.

One half of famous comedy duo the Chuckle Brothers, Barry Chuckle, died on August 5 at the age of 73.

Joel Robuchon
The celebrated chef awarded the most Michelin stars in history died on August 6 at the age of 73.

BBC Radio Shropshire's Vicki Archer died on August 7 at the age of 41.

World Championship 400m hurdles gold medallist Nicholas Bett died in a car crash on August 8.

Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle died on August 8 at the age of 36

Deven Davis died at the age of 39 on August 17.

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan died aged 80 on August 18th

Lazytown actor Stefan Karl Stefannson died on August 21st at the age of 43.

Lisa Fleming, who starred in My 600-lb Life died on August 23, aged 50.

The Blake's 7 and Doctor Who star Jacqueline Pearce died on September 3 at the age of 74

BBC presenter Rachael Bland died on September 5 at the age of 40

Christopher Lawford, son of former "Rat Pack" member Peter Lawford and former US President John F Kennedy's sister Patricia Kennedy, passed away at the age of 63, on September 5.

Wildlife presenter Johnny Kingdom died on September 6 aged 79.

Heartbeat actor Peter Benson died on September 6 at the age of 75.

Mac Miller Rapper, and ex-boyfriend of Ariana Grande, died aged 26 on September 7.

Chelsi Smith died on September 8 aged 45

Carry On stalwart Fenella Fielding died aged 90 on September 11

Broadway star Marin Mazzie died on September 13, aged 57.

Lovejoy star Dudley Sutton died on September 15 aged 85.

Footballer Kevin Beattie died on September 16 aged 64.

Denis Norden  Much loved presenter and comedy writer died on September 19 aged 96.

John Cunliffe Postman Pat creator, John Cunliffe, died on September 20, aged 85.

Chas Hodges, known from music duo Chas and Dave, died aged 74 on September 22.

Jefferson Airplane co-founder Marty Balin died at the age of 76 on September 27.

Geoffrey Hayes, who hosted long-running children's programme Rainbow, died aged 76.

French singer Charles Aznavour died at the age of 94.

Spanish soprano singer Montserrat Cabelle died at the age of 85 on Saturday October 6.

Ray Galton, who wrote Steptoe & Son and Hancock's Half Hour, with his friend Alan Simpson, died on October 6 at the age of 88.

Actor Scott Wilson died on October 6 aged 76

Actress Celeste Yarnell died on October 7 aged 74

Guitarist Oli Herbert died at the age of 44 in October.

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory actress Diana Sowle died on October 19, aged 88.

Actress Sondra Locke died on November 3 aged 74

Former Cabinet Secretary and head of the Civil Service Sir Jeremy Heywood died from cancer on November 4, aged 56.

Beverley Sisters star Babs Beverley died aged 91.

Katherine MacGregor The actress, best-known for her portrayal of Harriet Oleson on Little House on the Prairie, died at the age of 93 on November 13.

Country music star Roy Clark died on November 15 at the age of 85

Kim Porter The actress, and ex-girlfriend of P Diddy died aged 47 on November 15.

Hollywood screenwriter William Goldman died on November 16, aged 87.

Grange Hill star George A Cooper died on November 16, aged 93.

Actress Ethel Ayler died on November 18 aged 88.

On November 19, actor John Bluthal passed away aged 89.

LFO singer Devin Lima died on November 21 at the age of 41

Hollywood director Nicholas Roeg passed away on November 23, aged 90.

Former Swansea and Bristol Rovers defender Kevin Austin passed away on November 23, aged just 45

Bletchley Park code breaker Baroness Trumpington, famous for flicking the V sign at a fellow Tory peer, died on November 26 at the age of 96.

Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci died on November 27 at the age of 77.

The American cartoonist, Stephen Hillenburg, died aged 57 on November 27.

Veteran activist Harry Leslie Smith died on November 28,  aged 95, after a lifetime spent fighting passionately for the poor.

DJ Paul Anderson died on November 2.

Coronation Street star Peter Armitage died on December 4 aged 78.

Lead singer of the Buzzcocks, Peter Shelley died at the age of 63

Jazz singer Nancy Wilson died on December 13 aged 81.

Colin Kroll, the man who co-founded HQ Trivia and Vine died on December 16, aged 35.

US actress Penny Marshall died at the age of 75 on December 17.

Politician Paddy Ashdown died on December 22 aged 77

Sister Wendy Beckett died on December 26 aged 88.

Frank Adonis died on December 26, at the age of 83.



June Whitfield Veteran actress and Absolutely Fabulous star died aged 93
The veteran actress starred in Carry On films, EastEnders, Hancock's Half Hour, Absolutely Fabulous and Friends

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Penny Marshall, director and actress, 75
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Nancy Wilson, singer and actress, 81
(Feb. 20, 1937 — Dec. 13, 2018)


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Ken Berry, actor, 85
(Nov. 3, 1933 — Dec. 1, 2018)



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George H.W. Bush, U.S. President, 94
(June 12, 1924 — Nov. 30, 2018)



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Roy Clark, musician and host, 85
(April 15, 1933 — Nov. 15, 2018)



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Stan Lee, comics writer and publisher, 95
(Dec. 28, 1922 — Nov. 12, 2018)



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Paul Allen, philanthropist, 65
(Jan. 21, 1953 — Oct. 15, 2018)



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Burt Reynolds, actor, 82
Feb. 11, 1936 — Sept. 6, 2018)


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Neil Simon, playwright, 91
(July 4, 1927 — Aug. 26, 2018)




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John McCain, U.S. Senator, 81
(Aug. 29, 1936 — Aug. 25, 2018)





Aretha Franklin, singer-songwriter, 76
(March 25, 1942 — Aug. 16, 2018)



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Charlotte Rae, actress, 92
(April 22, 1926 — Aug. 5, 2018)



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Tab Hunter, actor, 86
(July 11, 1931 — July 8, 2018)




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Anthony Bourdain, chef and writer, 61
(June 25, 1956 — June 8, 2018)



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Kate Spade, fashion designer, 55
(Dec. 24, 1962 — June 5, 2018)



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Philip Roth, writer, 85
(March 19, 1933 — May 22, 2018)



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Joseph Campanella, actor, 93
(Nov. 21, 1924 — May 16, 2018)




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Tom Wolfe, writer, 88
(March 2, 1931 — May 14, 2018)




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Margot Kidder, actress, 69
(Oct. 17, 1948 — May 13, 2018) Most famous for her role as tenacious reporter Lois Lane in Superman




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Robert Mandan, actor, 86
(Feb. 2, 1932 — April 29, 2018)



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Bob Dorough, musician, 94
(Dec. 12, 1923 — April 23, 2018)



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Bruno Sammartino, wrestler, 82
(Oct. 6, 1935 — April 18, 2018)





Barbara Bush, first lady, 92
(June 8, 1925 — April 17, 2018)





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Harry Anderson, actor and magician, 65
(Oct. 14, 1952 — April 16, 2018)



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R. Lee Ermey, actor, 74
(March 24, 1944 — April 15, 2018)




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Milos Forman, filmmaker, 86
(Feb. 18, 1932 — April 13, 2018)




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Chuck McCann, actor and comedian, 83
(Sept. 2, 1934 — April 8, 2018)




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Winnie Mandela, activist, 81
(Sept. 26, 1936 — April 2, 2018)




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Steven Bochco, TV writer-producer, 74
(Dec. 16, 1943 — April 1, 2018)




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Frank Avruch, entertainer, 89
(May 21, 1928 — March 20, 2018)




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Stephen Hawking, scientist and author, 76
(Jan. 8, 1942 — March 14, 2018)



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Hubert de Givenchy, designer, 91
(Feb. 21, 1927 — March 10, 2018)



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David Ogden Stiers, actor, 75
(Oct. 31, 1942 — March 3, 2018)



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Roger Bannister, athlete, 88
(March 23, 1929 — March 3, 2018)



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Nanette Fabray, actress and performer, 97
(Oct. 27, 1920 — Feb. 22, 2018)



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Billy Graham, evangelist, 99
(Nov. 7, 1918 — Feb. 21, 2018)



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Marty Allen, comedian, 95
(March 23, 1922 — Feb. 12, 2018)



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Vic Damone, singer, 89
(June 12, 1928 — Feb. 10, 2018)




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Reg E. Cathey, actor, 59
(Aug. 18, 1958 — Feb. 9, 2018)




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John Gavin, actor, 86
(April 8, 1931 — Feb. 9, 2018)





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John Mahoney, actor, 77
(June 20, 1940 — Feb. 4, 2018)




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Dennis Edwards, singer, 74
(Feb. 3, 1943 — Feb. 1, 2018)




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Jerry Van Dyke, actor and comedian, 86
(July 21, 1931 — Jan. 5, 2018)