March 18 - Deaths

Deaths

• 235 – Alexander Severus, Roman emperor (b. 208)
• 978 – King Edward the Martyr of England
• 1227 – Pope Honorius III (b. 1148)
• 1314 – Jacques DeMolay, Frankish noble, the 23rd Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. 1244)
• 1583 – King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)
• 1584 – Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (b. 1530)
• 1675 – Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)
• 1689 – John Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607)
• 1696 – Robert Charnock, English conspirator
• 1715 – William Fraser, 12th Lord Saltoun. Scottish patriot politician and landowner. (b. 1654)
• 1745 – Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1676)
• 1746 – Anna Leopoldovna, regent of Russia (b. 1718)
• 1768 – Laurence Sterne, Irish writer (b. 1713)
• 1781 – Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727)
• 1823 – Jean-Baptiste Breval, French composer (b. 1753)
• 1835 – Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. 1769)
• 1845 – Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (b. 1774)
• 1871 – Augustus De Morgan, Indian-born mathematician and logician (b. 1806)
• 1898 – Matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826)
• 1907 – Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1913 – King George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1918 – Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect (b. 1847)
• 1933 – Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Italian prince, mountaineer and explorer (b. 1873)
• 1936 – Eleftherios Venizelos, Prime minister of Greece (b. 1864)
• 1939 – Henry Simpson Lunn, English humanitarian and religious leader (b. 1859)
• 1941 – Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1945 – William Grover-Williams, British racing driver (b. 1903)
• 1947 – William C. Durant, American automobile pioneer (b. 1861)
• 1962 – Walter W. Bacon, American politician (b. 1880)
• 1963 – Wanda Hawley, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1964 – Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official (b. 1870)
• 1965 – King Farouk I of Egypt (b. 1920)
• 1965 – Jack Quinlan, American sports broadcaster (b. 1927)
• 1969 – Barbara Bates, American actress (b. 1925)
• 1973 – Lauritz Melchior, Danish-born opera singer (b. 1890)
• 1975 – Alain Grandbois, Quebec poet (b. 1900)
• 1976 – Giuseppe Genco Russo, Sicilian mafioso (b. 1893)
• 1977 – Marien Ngouabi, Congolese politician (b. 1938)
• 1977 – José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1944)
• 1978 – Leigh Brackett, American author (b. 1915)
• 1978 – Peggy Wood, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1980 – Erich Fromm, German psychologist and philosopher (b. 1900)
• 1983 – King Umberto II of Italy, (b. 1904)
• 1984 – Charlie Lau, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1986 – Bernard Malamud, American writer (b. 1914)
• 1988 – Billy Butterfield, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1917)
• 1990 – Robin Harris, American actor and comedian (b. 1953)
• 1993 – Kenneth E. Boulding, American economist and activist (b. 1910)
• 1995 – Robin Jacques, British illustrator (b. 1920)
• 1996 – Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1999 – Elizabeth Huckaby, American educator (b. 1905)
• 2000 – Eberhard Bethge, German theologian (b. 1909)
• 2001 – John Phillips, American musician (The Mamas & the Papas) (b. 1935)
• 2002 – R. A. Lafferty, American writer (b. 1914)
• 2002 – Gösta Winbergh, Swedish tenor (b. 1943)
• 2003 – Karl Kling, German race car driver (b. 1910)
• 2003 – Adam Osborne, British computer pioneer (b. 1939)
• 2004 – Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Michael Attwell, British actor (b. 1943)
• 2006 – Bill Beutel, American journalist (b. 1930)
• 2006 – Dan Gibson, Canadian photographer (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Bob Woolmer, South African cricketer (b. 1948)
• 2008 – Andrew Britton, British-born American novelist (b. 1981)
• 2008 – Anthony Minghella, British film director (b. 1954)
• 2008 – Geoffrey Pearson, Canadian diplomat and author (b. 1927)
• 2009 – Natasha Richardson, English actress (b. 1963)
• 2009 – Omid Reza Mir Sayafi, Iranian blogger
• 2010 – Fess Parker, American actor (b. 1924)
• 2011 – Warren Christopher, American diplomat and politician (b. 1925)
• 2012 – King George Tupou V of Tonga (b. 1948)