List of Famous people who died in 2018
Ted Phillips
Edward John Phillips was an English professional footballer.
Takehisa Kosugi
Takehisa Kosugi was a Japanese composer, violinist and artist associated with the Fluxus movement.
Eddie Willis
Eddie "Chank" Willis was an American soul musician. Willis played electric guitar and occasional electric sitar for Motown's in-house studio band, The Funk Brothers, during the 1960s and early 1970s.
Samuel Bodman
Samuel Wright Bodman III was an American businessman, engineer, and politician who served as the 11th United States Secretary of Energy during the George W. Bush administration, from 2005 to 2009. He was also, at different times, the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and the Deputy Secretary of Commerce.
Dave Garcia
David Garcia was an American coach, scout and manager in Major League Baseball who spent over 65 years in professional baseball. He served as manager of the California Angels (1977–78) and Cleveland Indians (1979–82). Including three games as acting manager of the 1975 Indians, during his first coaching tenure there, he compiled a career record of 310 wins and 311 defeats (.499).
Mel Hutchins
Melvin Ray Hutchins was an American basketball player. He played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1951 to 1958. Hutchins was selected by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks with the second pick in the 1951 NBA draft and was a four-time NBA All-Star.
Kedarnath Singh
Kedarnath Singh was an Indian poet who wrote in Hindi. He was also an eminent critic and essayist. He was awarded the Jnanpith Award (2013), Sahitya Akademi Award (1989) in Hindi for his poetry collection, Akaal Mein Saras.
Michel Mendès France
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt was an American journalist, editor of the New York Times Book Review, critic, and novelist, based in New York City. He served as senior Daily Book Reviewer from 1969 to 1995.
Tommy Banks
Thomas Benjamin Banks, LL.D. was a Canadian pianist, conductor, arranger, composer, television personality and senator.