Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2018
Zeke Upshaw
Zena Ray "Zeke" Upshaw fue un baloncestista estadounidense que jugó cuatro temporadas como profesional. Con 1,98 metros de estatura, lo hacía en la posición de escolta.
Jan Maxwell
Janice Elaine Maxwell was an American stage and television actress. She was a five-time Tony Award nominee and two-time Drama Desk Award winner. In a career spanning over thirty years, Maxwell was one of the most celebrated and critically acclaimed stage actresses of her time.
Somnath Chatterjee
Somnath Chatterjee was an Indian politician who was associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for most of his life, though he had been a non affiliated independent during his last decade. He was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009.
Yukiji Asaoka
Yukiji Asaoka was a Japanese singer and an actress from Chūō, Tokyo. She was the daughter of a famous Japanese painter of shin hanga style prints, Shinsui Itō, and her second husband was actor Masahiko Tsugawa.
Hip Hop Pantsula
Jabulani Tsambo, better known by his stage name Hip Hop Pantsula, later shortened to HHP, was a South African Motswako rapper (Motswakolista) who performed in several languages, mostly in Setswana. He was prominent in bringing South African hiphop and motswako rap to the mainstream world. After his death, the African National Congress called him a "music icon who became a beacon of hope and inspired many artists, and individuals in our country".
Didier Lockwood
Didier Lockwood fue un prestigioso solista de jazz y compositor francés, hermano del también músico y jazzista Francis Lockwood. Stéphane Grapelli y Jean-Luc Ponty le reconocieron como un gran violinista al pasarle este último el violín que había recibido del anterior, y este a su vez de Michel Warlop, creándose una especie de anillo-vínculo de violinistas de élite.
Oscar Gamble
Oscar Charles Gamble was an American professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 17 seasons, from 1969 to 1985, for seven teams: the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees ; as well as the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, and Texas Rangers.
John L. Sullivan
John L. Sullivan was an American professional wrestler and manager, better known by his ring name, Johnny Valiant. He competed in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), which became the World Wrestling Federation during his time with the promotion. He won the World Tag Team Championship two times. The first run was with his first and most famous storyline brother Jimmy Valiant over Tony Garea and Dean Ho on May 8, 1974; his second title run was with his second storyline brother Jerry Valiant over Tony Garea and Larry Zbyszko on March 6, 1979.
Lill-Babs
Lill-Babs, nombre artístico de Barbro Margareta Svensson, fue una cantante, presentadora de TV y actriz sueca. De los principios de los años 1950 hasta su muerte en 2018, fue una de las cantantes suecas más conocida y popular. Representó a Suecia en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión en 1961 en Cannes, Francia, con la canción "April, april". Fue también muy conocida por la canción "Är du kär i mej ännu Klas-Göran?".
Li Ao
Li Ao was a Chinese-Taiwanese writer, social commentator, historian and independent politician.