List of Famous people who died in 2018

Vakhtang Balavadze was a Georgian welterweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1956. He won the world title in 1954 and 1957, and was a runner-up in 1959. Domestically Balavadze won the Soviet title in 1952–55 and 1957, placing second in 1956 and 1959. He retired from competition following the 1960 Olympics to become a wrestling coach and referee. Balavadze died on July 25, 2018 at the age of 90.

Maximira Figueiredo was a Brazilian actress and a voice actress. She was known for having voiced the character Rosie in the Brazilian dubbing version of The Jetsons cartoon.

Fabien Eboussi Boulaga was a Cameroonian philosopher.

Clifford H. Watson was an English professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop in the 1960s and 1970s. He played for the St Helens in the Rugby Football League Championship, and later the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in Australia. Along with hardman Ken Gee, and legendary captain Alan Prescott, he remains one of the best Great Britain frontrowers ever.

Jean-Claude Lamy (3 August 1941, Valence in the Drôme department, is a French journalist, writer and publisher.

Antonio Valentín Angelillo was an Italian Argentine football forward who played the majority of his professional career in the Italian Serie A; he was a member of both the Argentine and the Italian national teams.

John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich,, known as John Julius Norwich, was an English popular historian, travel writer, and television personality.

Amand Dalem was a Belgian politician who was Mayor of Rochefort (1970–1994), Senator (1979–1994), Minister of the Walloon Government (1985–1992), and Governor of the Province of Namur (1994–2007).

John Paul Hart was an English football player and manager who spent his entire career with Manchester City.

Margit Sandemo was a Norwegian-Swedish historical fantasy author. She had been the best-selling author in the Nordic Countries since the 1980s, when her novel series of 47 books, The Legend of the Ice People, was published. She also wrote many other book series such as Häxmästaren and Legenden om Ljusets rike.