October 18, 2017 Scientists Writers Yoji Kondo Japanese astrophysicist and author Died on Wednesday October 18th 2017 Other scientistsKrzysztof Pawłowski Polish politician, senator dead at age 79Branko Marušič public figure dead at age 88Michel Debost French flutist dead at age 92Finn Wagle Norwegian Church of Norway clergyman, bishop of Nidaros dead at age 84Juliet Winters Carpenter American translator dead at age 77Michael Sollis Australian musician, bowel cancer dead at age 40Stephen Owen American sinologist dead at age 79J. Craig Venter American genomics researcher, founder of Celera Corporation and JCVI, complications from cancer dead at age 79Craig Venter American genomics researcher, founder of Celera Corporation and JCVI, complications from cancer dead at age 79Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth British Anglican clergyman and life peer, bishop of Oxford and member of the House of Lords dead at age 89More from JapanKazuhiro Ninomiya Japanese judoka dead at age 79Juliet Winters Carpenter American translator dead at age 77Gordon Snell public figure dead at age 93Katsumi Miyaji Japanese rugby union player and coach dead at age 85Adrienne Staples New Zealand politician, mayor of South Wairarapa and member of the Greater Wellington Regional Council dead at age 69Kenji Gokenya Japanese politician dead at age 87Seigō Tsuchida Japanese politician, mayor of Higashine dead at age 82Masayoshi Tsuchida Japanese politician dead at age 82Kazuo Imanishi Japanese football player and manager, pneumonia dead at age 85Isami Okamoto Japanese baseball player and coach dead at age 95More from October 18, 2017Ma LinRicardo VidalSylviane CarpentierRyszard KowalczykThomas AlbeckIssam ZahreddineGord DownieIngvar LidholmCharles E. Gibson Jr.Lou Gare Tags 18 October 2017 2017-10-18 Japan Kondō October 18 October 2017 Scientists Writers Yoji ←Mark S. Joshi Fulgence Werner Le Roy→