List of Famous people who died in 2018
Bapu Biru Vategaonkar
Bapu Biru Vategaonkar was an Indian social worker and youth idol.
Randy Scruggs
Randy Lynn Scruggs was an American music producer, songwriter and guitarist. He had his first recording at the age of 13. He won four Grammy Awards and was twice named Musician of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards. He was the middle son of Earl Scruggs.
Darrell Eastlake
Darrell Eastlake was an Australian radio and television presenter, commentator and sports journalist, best known for his long association with the Nine Network. Prior to his media career, Eastlake worked as a Qantas baggage handler, before making surfboards and running a surf shop. His career in broadcasting began in the 1960s when he gave surf reports on Sydney radio station 2UW.
Andrew Carroll
Andrew Thomas Carroll was an American professional ice hockey player who most notably played in the American Hockey League (AHL).
Tommy Best
Thomas Hubert Best was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a centre forward. A veteran of the Second World War, serving in the Royal Navy, he made over 70 appearances in the Football League for Chester, Cardiff City and Queens Park Rangers. Best was the first black professional footballer to play at the top level in Ireland and was also the first black player to appear for Chester and Hereford in the Football League.
Johnny Kingdom
Walter John Kingdon, known as Johnny Kingdom, was an English wildlife filmmaker and photographer specialising in his local area of Exmoor in north Devon and west Somerset.
Stefan Weber
Stefan Weber was an Austrian art teacher and the lead singer and Kapellmeister of the Viennese band Drahdiwaberl.
Viktor Anpilov
Viktor Ivanovich Anpilov was a Russian hardline Communist politician and trade unionist.
Peter Masterson
Carlos Bee Masterson Jr. was an American actor, director, producer, and writer.
James Hylton
James Harvey Hylton was an American stock car racing driver. He was a two-time winner in NASCAR Winston Cup Series competition and was a long-time competitor in the ARCA Racing Series. Hylton finished second in points in NASCAR's top series three times.