May 18 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1401 – Władysław Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372 –1378, count palatine of Poland
• 1450 – Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397)
• 1550 – John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498)
• 1551 – Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)
• 1584 – Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559)
• 1675 – Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish Socinian theologist (b. 1623)
• 1675 – Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (b. 1637)
• 1692 – Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (b. 1617)
• 1733 – Georg Böhm, German organist (b. 1761)
• 1780 – Charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland
• 1781 – Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru (b. 1742)
• 1799 – Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, French playwright (b. 1732)
• 1800 – Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)
• 1807 – John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (b. 1721)
• 1808 – Elijah Craig, American minister and inventor
• 1829 – Maria Josepha of Saxony, queen consort of Spain (b. 1803)
• 1844 – Richard McCarty, American politician (b. 1780)
• 1889 – Isabella Glyn Dallas, Scottish Shakepearean actress (b. 1823)
• 1900 – Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1909 – George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 – Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 – Pauline Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1910 – Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (b. 1841)
• 1911 – Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1922 – Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1845)
• 1927 – Andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer (b. 1872)
• 1941 – Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)
• 1943 – Ōnishiki Daigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28^th Yokozuna (b. 1883)
• 1955 – Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (b. 1875)
• 1956 – Maurice Tate, English cricketer (b. 1895)
• 1958 – Jacob Fichman, Israeli poet and essayist (b. 1881)
• 1963 – Ernie Davis, American football player (b. 1939)
• 1967 – Andy Clyde, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1971 – Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician (b. 1908)
• 1973 – Jeannette Rankin, American politician and first U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1880)
• 1975 – Leroy Anderson, American composer (b. 1908)
• 1980 – Ian Curtis, English musician, singer and lyricist (Joy Division) (b. 1956)
• 1980 – Victims of Mount St. Helens eruption:
  • Harry Randall Truman (b. 1896)
  • David A. Johnston, U.S. volcanologist (b. 1949)
  • Reid Blackburn, photojournalist for National Geographic (b. 1952)
• 1981 – Arthur O'Connell, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1981 – William Saroyan, American author (b. 1908)
• 1988 – Daws Butler, American voice actor (b. 1916)
• 1989 – Dorothy Ruth, American horse breeder; adopted daughter of Babe Ruth (b. 1921)
• 1990 – Jill Ireland, English actress (b. 1936)
• 1992 – Skip Stephenson, American TV personality (b. 1940)
• 1992 – Marshall Thompson, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1995 – Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (b. 1903)
• 1995 – Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949)
• 1995 – Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (b. 1933)
• 1997 – Bridgette Andersen, American actress (b. 1975)
• 1999 – Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer (b. 1954)
• 1999 – Betty Robinson, American runner (b. 1911)
• 2000 – Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician and arranger (b. 1946)
• 2000 – Maulana Yousuf Ludhianvi, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1932)
• 2002 – Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (b. 1962)
• 2003 – Anna Santisteban, Puerto Rican beauty contest organizer (b. 1914)
• 2003 – Barb Tarbox, Canadian anti-smoking crusader (b. 1961)
• 2004 – Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Vladislav Terzyul, Ukrainian mountaineer (b. 1953)
• 2004 – Serge Turgeon, Quebec actor and union leader (b. 1946)
• 2006 – Andrew Martinez, U.C. Berkeley's "Naked Guy" and American nudism advocate(b. 1972)
• 2007 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Yoyoy Villame, Philippine novelty singer and movie actor (b. 1932)
• 2008 – Joseph Pevney, American television director (b. 1911)
• 2009 – Dolla American Rapper a.k.a. Roderick Anthony Burton II (b.1987)
• 2009 – Wayne Allwine, American voice actor (b.1947)