List of Famous people who died in 2018

Betty Elizalde was an Argentine journalist and broadcaster. She won the Konex Award in 1981.

Gregor Dorfmeister was a German journalist and writer. Under the pseudonym Manfred Gregor, Dorfmeister published three novels.

Madalena Lucília Iglésias do Vale de Oliveira was a Portuguese actress and singer. She represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, with the song "Ele e ela".

Stanley Anderson was an English football player and manager.

Hermann Glaser was a politically engaged cultural historian and commentator.

Hiroyuki Sonoda was a Japanese politician serving in the Diet as a member of the House of Representatives for Kumamoto 4th district; following the 2017 general election when Kumamoto lost one seat due to reapportionment, he moved to the Kyūshū proportional representation block. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), previous party affiliations have been independent→LDP→New Party Sakigake→Independent→LDP→Sunrise Party of Japan→Sunrise Party→Japan Restoration Party→Party for Future Generations→Sunrise Party→Party for Future Generations→LDP.

Marc Ogeret was a French singer.

Paul Gérin-Lajoie, was a Canadian lawyer, philanthropist, and a former member of the National Assembly of Quebec and Cabinet Minister.

Erika "Riki" Mahringer was an Austrian alpine skier who competed in the 1948 and 1952 Winter Olympics. In 1948 she won the bronze medal in the slalom event as well as in the Alpine combined competition. In the downhill contest she finished 19th. Four years later she finished fourth in the 1952 Olympic downhill event. In the same year she finished 17th in the giant slalom competition and 22nd in the slalom contest.

Walter Knödel was an Austrian mathematician and computer scientist. He was a computer science professor at the University of Stuttgart.