Lage Tedenby dead at age 88, Swedish Olympic steeplechaser
Lage Tedenby died on May 18, 2026. He was a Swedish Olympic steeplechaser. Tags Other, 18 May 2026, Gemini, Lage, Sweden, Tedenby, May 18, May 2026
Deaths on May 18
This archive lists notable deaths associated with May 18 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on May 18, 2026.
Crawford Henry dead at age 88, American tennis player
Crawford Henry, an American tennis player, died on May 18, 2026, at age 88. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 30, 1937, he was a high school tennis standout in…
Roberto Malenotti dead at age 86, Italian filmmaker
Roberto Malenotti died on May 18, 2026. He was 86. The Italian filmmaker was born in Pisa on June 6, 1939. Malenotti worked as a film director, screenwriter and producer.…
Tom Kane dead at age 64, American voice actor, complications from a stroke
Tom Kane, an American voice actor known for work in The Powerpuff Girls, Star Wars and The Wild Thornberrys, died May 18, 2026, of complications from a stroke. He was…
Jim Irvine dead at age 85, public figure
Jim Irvine, the Scottish footballer who played for Dundee United, Middlesbrough and Barrow, died on May 18, 2026, aged 85. Irvine, who was a forward, appeared in the Scottish Football…
Caitlin O’Heaney dead at age 73, American actress
Caitlin O'Heaney, the American actress best known for her lead role in the television adventure series "Tales of the Gold Monkey," died on May 18, 2026, at age 73. Born…
Tore Berger dead at age 81, Norwegian Olympic sprint canoeist
Tore Berger, a Norwegian Olympic sprint canoeist, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Asker on 11 November 1944, he competed mainly in four-man events…
Ulises Schmill Ordóñez dead at age 89, Mexican judge, minister and president of the supreme court
Ulises Schmill Ordóñez, a Mexican judge and minister of the Supreme Court, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 89. He served as a minister of the court…
Stepan Kubiv dead at age 64, Ukrainian politician, first deputy prime minister and chairman of the…
Stepan Kubiv, a Ukrainian politician who served as first deputy prime minister from 2016 to 2019 and as chairman of the National Bank in 2014, died on May 18, 2026.…
Gregory D. Shorey Jr. dead at age 101, American politician, chairman of the South Carolina Republic…
Gregory D. Shorey Jr., an American politician who served as chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party from 1958 to 1961, died on May 18, 2026. He was 101. Born…
Étienne Davignon dead at age 93, public figure
Étienne Davignon, Belgian diplomat and civil servant who served as European commissioner from 1977 to 1985, died on May 18, 2026, at age 93. Born in Budapest on October 4,…
Serigne Ibrahima Mahmoud Cissé dead at age 73, Senegalese teacher and religious guide
Serigne Ibrahima Mahmoud Cissé, a Senegalese teacher and religious guide, died on May 18, 2026. Born in 1952, he taught traditional Arab and Islamic traditions in Senegalese schools in a…
Crow dead at age 64, Australian guitarist and songwriter
Crow, the Australian rock band founded in Sydney in 1986 by songwriters Peter Fenton and Peter Archer, died on May 18, 2026. Known for three albums released in the 1990s,…
Aldo Naouri dead at age 88, French paediatric psychologist and psychoanalyst
Aldo Naouri, a French paediatric psychologist and psychoanalyst, died on May 18, 2026, in Paris, France, aged 88. Born in Benghazi, Italian Libya, on Dec. 22, 1937, he came from…
Gianclaudio Bressa dead at age 70, Italian politician, mayor of Belluno, deputy, and senator
Gianclaudio Bressa, an Italian politician who served as mayor of Belluno from 1990 to 1993, deputy from 1996 to 2018, and senator from 2018 to 2022, died on May 18,…
Feliksas Bajoras dead at age 91, Lithuanian composer and academic
Feliksas Bajoras, a Lithuanian composer and academic, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Alytus on October 7, 1934, he studied violin at the Lithuanian…
Geovani Silva dead at age 62, Brazilian footballer, Olympic silver medallist, organ failure
Geovani Silva, a Brazilian footballer who played for Vasco da Gama, Bologna and the national team, died on May 18, 2026, of organ failure. He was 62. A midfielder, he…
Huguette Bouchardeau dead at age 90, French politician, minister of the environment
Huguette Bouchardeau, French politician and minister of the environment from 1984 to 1986, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Saint-Étienne, Loire, France, on June…
Marideth Sisco dead at age 82, American author and musician
Marideth Sisco, an American author and musician, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 82. Also known as Marideth Ann Sisco, she was an American storyteller, folklorist, singer-songwriter,…
Carey Scurry dead at age 63, American basketball player
Carey Scurry, an American basketball player, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 63. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 4, 1962, he was a 6-foot-7 small…
Ole Nydahl dead at age 85, Danish lama
Ole Nydahl, the Danish lama known for providing Mahamudra teachings in the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, died on May 18, 2026, at age 85. Born in Copenhagen on…
Piper J. Drake dead at age 49, Author
Piper J. Drake, an American author, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 49. Better known by the pseudonym Piper J. Drake and also writing as PJ Schnyder,…
Patriotic Kenny dead at age 84, American veteran and influencer, lung cancer and congestive heart f…
Patriotic Kenny, an American veteran and social media personality, died on May 18, 2026, at age 84 of lung cancer and congestive heart failure. Born Kenneth Jary on January 29,…
Toshifumi Suzuki dead at age 93, Businessman
Toshifumi Suzuki, a Japanese businessman and former CEO and president of 7-Eleven, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 93. Suzuki was a longtime executive who had been…
Jacqueline Maurer-Mayor dead at age 78, Swiss politician, member of the Grand Council of Vaud, memb…
Jacqueline Maurer-Mayor, Swiss politician and civil servant, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 78. She served on the Grand Council of Vaud from 1978 to 1985 and…
José Ribamar Pereira dead at age 81, Businessman
José Ribamar Pereira, a Brazilian politician who served as a Piauí state deputy from 1999 to 2003 and again in 2011, died on May 18, 2026. He was 81. Pereira…
Abomé l’Éléphant dead at age 33, Ivorian singer and rapper
Abomé l'Éléphant, the Ivorian singer and rapper better known by his stage name, died on May 18, 2026, in Treichville, Ivory Coast, at the age of 33. Born Anassin Boris…
Sally Head dead at age 79, British television producer
Sally Head, the British television producer behind Cracker, Prime Suspect and Jeeves and Wooster, died on May 18, 2026, of cancer. She was 79. Head began her career as a…
Ofer Bronchtein dead at age 69, French-Israeli peace activist and diplomat, complications from chro…
Ofer Bronchtein, a French-Israeli peace activist and diplomat, died on May 18, 2026, in Paris, France, from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 69. Born in Beersheba, Israel,…
Helmut F. Kaplan dead at age 73, Austrian philosopher
Helmut F. Kaplan died on May 18, 2026. He was an Austrian philosopher. Tags Scientists, 18 May 2026, Austria, Helmut, Kaplan, May 18, May 2026
Patrick Sookhdeo dead at age 79, British activist, founder and director of Barnabas Aid
Patrick Sookhdeo, a British activist and founder and director of Barnabas Aid from 1993 to 2015, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in British Guiana…
Meredith Lillich dead at age 94, American art historian
Meredith Lillich, an American art historian, died on May 18, 2026. She was 94. Lillich was an art historian and medievalist who taught at Syracuse University. She was educated at…
Cindy Schreiber-Beck
American politicianDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Thierry Picard
French rugby union player (AS MontferrandDied on Monday May 19th 2025
John Robert “Haj” Ross
American linguistDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Joseph Akaagerger
Nigerian politicianDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Fernando González Ollé
Spanish linguistDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Martín Sombra
Colombian guerrilla (Eastern Bloc of the FARC-EP)Died on Monday May 19th 2025
Rubí Sanz Gamo
Spanish art historianDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Eddie Sheldrake
American basketball player (UCLA Bruins) and restaurateurDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Manuel Torreiglesias
Spanish TV and radio presenterDied on Monday May 19th 2025
S. R. Nayak
Indian juristDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Heorhiy Gina
Ukrainian composerDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Georgiy Gina
Ukrainian composerDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Yuri Vladimirov
Russian ballet dancer and choreographerDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Belela Herrera
Uruguayan human rights activistDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Luis Velásquez Alvaray
Venezuelan lawyerDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Ali Kazak
77–78Died on Monday May 19th 2025
Yury Grigorovich
Russian ballet dancer and choreographerDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Charles Thiffault
Canadian assistant coachDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Jackie Edwards
English rugby league footballerDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Bo Bjelfvenstam
Swedish actorDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Frank Dunin
Australian football playerDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Serge Mongeau
Quebec physicianDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Wade Blanchard
Canadian curlerDied on Monday May 19th 2025
Guillaume Hoareau
Jersey basketball playerDied on Sunday May 19th 2024
Sigmund Rolat
Polish philanthropistDied on Sunday May 19th 2024
Christian Malanga
Congolese politicianDied on Sunday May 19th 2024
Ivan Mráz
Slovak football player (Slovan BratislavaDied on Sunday May 19th 2024
Palle Danielsson
Swedish jazz double bassistDied on Sunday May 19th 2024
Joseph Suren Gomes
Indian Roman Catholic prelateDied on Sunday May 19th 2024
Príamo Tejeda
Dominican Roman Catholic prelateDied on Sunday May 19th 2024
Francisco Villagrán de León
Guatemalan diplomatDied on Sunday May 19th 2024
Terry Henebery
British radio and television producerDied on Sunday May 19th 2024
Ali Al-Kourani
Lebanese Islamic clericDied on Sunday May 19th 2024
Prataprao Baburao Bhosale
Indian politicianDied on Sunday May 19th 2024
John A. Wickham Jr.
American military officerDied on Sunday May 19th 2024
Agustín Ramón Martínez
Israeli-Paraguayan serial killerDied on Sunday May 19th 2024
Mark Wells
American Olympic ice hockey playerDied on Sunday May 19th 2024
Bruce Nordstrom
American businessman (Nordstrom)Died on Sunday May 19th 2024
Jimmy Dimos
American politicianDied on Friday May 19th 2023
Jan Olsson
Swedish footballer (GAISDied on Friday May 19th 2023
Norman Wood
Scottish golferDied on Friday May 19th 2023
Jim Brown
American Hall of Fame football player (Cleveland Browns) and actorDied on Friday May 19th 2023
Craig Puki
American football player (San Francisco 49ersDied on Friday May 19th 2023
Seán McCormack
Irish Gaelic footballer (Meath)Died on Friday May 19th 2023
Tim Keller
American pastor (Redeemer Presbyterian Church)Died on Friday May 19th 2023
Dževad Karahasan
Bosnian writerDied on Friday May 19th 2023
Stanley Appel
British television producer (Top of the Pops) and directorDied on Friday May 19th 2023
Subomi Balogun
Nigerian bankerDied on Friday May 19th 2023
Masatoshi Nei
Japanese-born American evolutionary biologistDied on Friday May 19th 2023
Kacper Tekieli
Polish alpinistDied on Friday May 19th 2023
Gail Bromley
72–73Died on Friday May 19th 2023
Giorgio Ferrara
Italian artistic and film directorDied on Friday May 19th 2023
Vijayalakshmi
Indian actress (Oru Oodhappu Kan Simittugiradhu)Died on Friday May 19th 2023
Rustam Urazaev
Uzbek actor (Rock'n'roll for Princesses) and television directorDied on Friday May 19th 2023
Sergei Vorzhev
Russian artistDied on Friday May 19th 2023
Mehmet Özyürek
Turkish record holderDied on Friday May 19th 2023
Rodrigo Barnes
American football player (Dallas CowboysDied on Friday May 19th 2023
Aseff Ahmad Daula
Pakistani politicianDied on Thursday May 19th 2022
Paul Plimley
Canadian free jazz pianist and vibraphonistDied on Thursday May 19th 2022