List of Famous people who died in 2018
Ali Squalli Houssaini
Ali Squalli Houssaini was the author of the lyrics of the national anthem of Morocco, "Hymne Chérifien", which he wrote in 1970. He was also the author of numerous books.
Michel Butel
Michel Butel was a French journalist and novelist. He won the Prix Médicis for L'Autre amour in 1977. He was the founding editor of L'Autre Journal, a political and literary magazine, from 1984 to 1993. He was also the founding editor of L'Impossible from 2011 to 2013.
Advent Bangun
Advent Bangun was a 12-time Indonesian karateka champion. He gave up his career in karate pursue a career in cinema. He died on February 10, 2018 due to diabetes.
Mohammed Hazzaz
Mohamed Hamid Hazzaz named also Hamid El-Hazzaz was a Moroccan football goalkeeper. Hazzaz represented Morocco in the 1970 FIFA World Cup where he played Morocco's final group match against Bulgaria. The match finished in a 1-1 draw. Morocco therefore became the first African side to avoid defeat in the World Cup. He also played for MAS Fez.
Bjørg Vik
Bjørg Vik was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, playwright and journalist.
Carlos Feller
Kalman Felberbaum was an operatic bass singer who enjoyed an international career using the professional/stage name Carlos Feller. Of Polish descent, he grew up in Argentina, and made a career in Germany, based for decades at the Cologne Opera. He specialized in comedic supporting roles, especially bad-guys and strange, quirky characters. His signature role was Don Alfonso in Mozart's Così fan tutte.
Shuhrat Abbosov
Shuhrat Abbosov was an Uzbek actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Abbosov was best known for his film Mahallada duv-duv gap (1960) which is considered to be one of the best Uzbek films of all time. He was known for writing the screenplay for the highly-popular 1977 adventure film Shum bola.
Henry Wessel, Jr.
Henry Wessel was an American photographer and educator. He made "obdurately spare and often wry black-and-white pictures of vernacular scenes in the American West".
João Semedo
João Pedro Furtado da Cunha Semedo, was a Portuguese physician and politician.
Uladzimir Zhuravel
Uladzimir Ivanavich Zhuravel was a Belarusian professional football player and coach. In 2018 he was a head coach in Shakhter Karagandy. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1990 for FC Dinamo Minsk.