List of Famous people who died in 2018
Ellen Joyce Loo
Ellen Joyce Loo Hoi Tung was a Canadian-Hong Kong musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. She was the guitarist, backing vocalist and a co-founder of the folk-pop rock group at17.
Akhtar Raza Khan
Muhammed Akhtar Raza Khan Azhari, also known as Tajushshari'ah or Azhari Miya was an Indian Barelvi Muslim scholar, cleric and mufti. He was a great-grandson of Ahmed Raza Khan who was considered to be a Mujaddid by his followers and founder of the Barelvi movement. He was considered by Barelvi Muslims in India to function as the Grand Mufti of India. He had been ranked 22nd on the list of The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the world, compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. He had tens of millions of followers globally.
Marin Mazzie
Marin Joy Mazzie was an American actress and singer known for her work in musical theater.
Karl Lehmann
Karl Lehmann was a German Cardinal prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Mainz from 1983 to 2016, being elevated to Cardinal in 2001. He also served as Chairman of the Conference of the German Bishops from 1987 to 2008, being considered one of the most influential prelates in Germany in these years and a leading proponent of liberal stances within the Church. Before he became a bishop, he worked as professor of theology at the University of Mainz and the University of Freiburg.
Oribe
Oribe Canales, known professionally as Oribe, was a Cuban-born American hairstylist. His name is pronounced oh-REE-beh, since it's a Spanish name, but the brand is pronounced or-BAY, because when he moved to the US, people in his hometown couldn't say it properly and the mispronunciation stuck.
Denis Norden
Denis Mostyn Norden was an English comedy writer and television presenter.
Tommy Lawrence
Thomas Johnstone Lawrence was a Scottish professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for Liverpool and Tranmere Rovers from the 1950s to the 1970s. Lawrence played in three full internationals for Scotland during the 1960s.
Daniel Correa Freitas
Daniel Correa Freitas, sometimes known as just Daniel, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Christine Nöstlinger
Christine Nöstlinger was an Austrian writer best known for children's books. She received one of two inaugural Astrid Lindgren Memorial Awards from the Swedish Arts Council in 2003, the biggest prize in children's literature, for her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense." She received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for "lasting contribution to children's literature" in 1984 and was one of three people through 2012 to win both of these major international awards.
José Manuel de la Sota
José Manuel de la Sota was an Argentine politician who was a member of Justicialist Party. He was the governor of Córdoba Province from 1999 until 2007, and was reelected to the post for the 2011–15 term.