Famous People Who Died in 2018

• Allen, Paul

  The co-founder (with Bill Gates) of Microsoft

• Annan, Kofi

  The 7th U.N. Secretary-General, 1997-2006

• Asahara, Shoko

  Founder of Japan's Aum Shinri-kyo religion

• Bannister, Roger

  The first person to run a mile in under four minutes

• Bell, Art

  The original host of the eerie radio show "Coast to Coast AM"

• Bertolucci, Bernardo

  The Oscar-winning director of The Last Emperor

• Bourdain, Anthony

  The celebrity chef who starred in the TV shows No Reservations and Parts Unknown

• Bulger, James "Whitey"

  The Boston Irish gangster who was a fugitive, 1995-2011

• Bush, Barbara Pierce

  U.S. First Lady, 1989-93

• Bush, George Herbert Walker

  President of the United States, 1989-93

• Clark, Roy

  The 'Hee Haw' host who sang "Yesterday When I Was Young"

• Ellison, Harlan

  The author of "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream" and 'A Boy and His Dog'

• Forman, Milos

  The director of 'Amadeus' and 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'

• Franklin, Aretha

  The Queen of Soul who sang "Respect"

• Goldman, William

  The writer of The Princess Bride and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

• Graham, Billy

  Globetrotting "crusade" preacher and friend of presidents

• Hall, Donald

  The New England poet who wrote Ox-Cart Man

• Hawking, Stephen

  The author of A Brief History of Time

• Hunter, Tab

  The blonde box office idol of the 1950s who also sang "Young Love"

• Jay, Ricky

  The sleight-of-hand magician who appeared in David Mamet movies

• Kidder, Margot

  Lois Lane in the 1978 film Superman: The Movie

• Koko the Gorilla

  The gorilla who used human sign language

• Lee, Stan

  The leader of Marvel Comics and co-creator of Spider-Man

• Le Guin, Ursula K.

  The sci-fi author of The Earthsea Trilogy

• McCain, John

  The former POW who became a U.S. senator and 2008 presidential candidate

• Naipaul, V.S.

  Nobel-winning author of A House for Mr. Biswas

• Reynolds, Burt

  The mustachioed star of Deliverance and Smokey and the Bandit

• Roeg, Nicolas

  The director of the 1973 psycho-drama Don't Look Now

• Roth, Philip

  The author of Portnoy's Complaint

• Simon, Neil

   The Broadway legend who wrote The Odd Couple

• Troyer, Verne

  'Mini-Me' in the Austin Powers movies

• Van Dyke, Jerry

  The co-star of the TV series Coach

• Vinton, Will

  Creator of the California Raisins

• Wolfe, Tom

  The author of 'The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test' and 'The Bonfire of the Vanities'

• Young, John

  The first astronaut to pilot the space shuttle

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