2018 Necrology
What is a necrology? A necrology is a listing of people who have died during a specific time period. Find A Grave necrologies let you browse the names and faces of the 75 most famous people who have died during a selected year, all the way back to 1900. They are listed in order of their Find A Grave 'fame ranking', as voted by Find A Grave contributors. To view a necrology, simply select a year from the pop up list below. You can optionally select a category to restrict the list even further (just actors, just politicians, etc.). To visit the memorial page for any of the names listed on a necrology, click on their name or photo.
75 records found
Marty Allen
23 Mar 1922 – 12 Feb 2018Entertainer. Remembered for being half of the Allen and
Barbara Alston
29 Dec 1943 – 16 Feb 2018Singer. She is known for being the lead vocalist of the music...
Harry Anderson
14 Oct 1952 – 16 Apr 2018Actor. He was best known to television viewers as the quirky...
Roger Bannister
23 Mar 1929 – 3 Mar 2018International Track and Field Athlete. He achieved international...
Alan Bean
15 Mar 1932 – 26 May 2018American Astronaut. As a member of NASA's Apollo 12 program, he...
Art Bell
17 Jun 1945 – 13 Apr 2018Radio Host, Author. Born Arthur William Bell III, he was the...
Steven Bochco
16 Dec 1943 – 1 Apr 2018Television Producer, Writer. He was best known as the creative...
Anthony Bourdain
25 Jun 1956 – 8 Jun 2018American Chef, Author, and Television Personality. He was noted...
Paul Delos Boyer
31 Jul 1918 – 2 Jun 2018Nobel Laureate Scientist. He, along with John E. Walker and Jens...
Maria Bueno
11 Oct 1939 – 8 Jun 2018Hall of Fame Professional Tennis Player. She was one of the top...
Bill Burkette
1942 – 1 Mar 2018Vocalist. He was known for being the lead singer with the pop...
Barbara Pierce Bush
8 Jun 1925 – 17 Apr 2018First Lady of the United States of America. Born on June 8 1925,...
Joseph Campanella
21 Nov 1924 – 16 May 2018Actor. He was best known for his many character roles on both...
Billy Cannon
2 Aug 1937 – 20 May 2018Professional Football Player, Heisman Trophy Winner. He was the...
Frank Carlucci
18 Oct 1930 – 3 Jun 2018US Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He served as the 16th United...
Dwight Clark
8 Jan 1957 – 4 Jun 2018Professional Football Player. He played the wide receiver...
COL Joseph Gordon Clemons, Jr
30 Apr 1928 – 15 May 2018American Military Figure, Motion Picture Subject. His heroic...
Vic Damone
12 Jun 1928 – 11 Feb 2018Entertainer. A vocalist and actor, his most popular songs were...
Hugh Dane
21 Oct 1942 – 16 May 2018Actor. He was best known to television viewers as the...
George Deukmejian
6 Jun 1928 – 8 May 201835th California Governor. A member of the Republican Party, he...
Bradford Dillman
14 Apr 1930 – 16 Jan 2018Actor. He was a character actor well known for his appearances on...
Anne Donovan
1 Nov 1961 – 13 Jun 2018Hall of Fame Basketball Player. She was best known for...
Dennis Edwards
3 Feb 1943 – 2 Feb 2018Musician. He was an American soul and R&B singer, notably a lead...
Elaine Lucille Schwartzenburg Edwards
8 Mar 1929 – 14 May 2018US Senator. She served in the United States Senate from the state...
R. Lee Ermey
24 Mar 1944 – 15 Apr 2018Actor, United States Marine. His best known role was that of...
Nanette Fabray
27 Oct 1920 – 22 Feb 2018Actress. She was an award-winning star who was best known for...
Keith Fahnhorst
6 Feb 1952 – 12 Jun 2018Professional Football Player. For fourteen seasons (1974 to...
Dominic “D.J.” Fontana
15 Mar 1931 – 13 Jun 2018Musician. He was best known for his work with American rock music...
Dave Garcia
15 Sep 1920 – 22 May 2018Major League Baseball Manager, Coach. For seven seasons (1977 to...
John Gavin
8 Apr 1931 – 9 Feb 2018Actor, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. He was best known for his roles...
Eunice Gayson
17 Mar 1928 – 8 Jun 2018Actress. She was best known to film viewers as 'Sylvia Trench',...
Rev Billy Graham
7 Nov 1918 – 21 Feb 2018American Evangelical Christian Evangelist. He was an ordained...
Dan Gurney
13 Apr 1931 – 14 Jan 2018Auto Race Car Driver. Born Daniel Sexton Gurney, he was the first...
Dr Stephen Hawking
8 Jan 1942 – 14 Mar 2018English Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist, Director of Research...
Keith Jackson
18 Oct 1928 – 12 Jan 2018Sports Broadcaster. He had fifty-year television sports...
Mickey Jones
10 Jun 1941 – 7 Feb 2018Actor, Musician. He was known for dozens of roles in both...
Margot Kidder
17 Oct 1948 – 13 May 2018Canadian American Actress. She rose to fame in 1978 for her role...
Chuck Knox
27 Apr 1932 – 13 May 2018Professional Football Coach. For twenty-two seasons (1973 to...
Louise Latham
23 Sep 1922 – 12 Feb 2018Actress. Born into a family of Texas ranchers, she experienced a...
John Mahoney
20 Jun 1940 – 4 Feb 2018Actor. He was best known to television viewers as 'Martin...
Dorothy Malone
30 Jan 1924 – 19 Jan 2018Actress. A sultry-voiced blonde, she was initially cast as the...
Robert Mandan
2 Feb 1932 – 29 Apr 2018Actor. He was best known to television viewers as 'Chester...
Carol Mann
3 Feb 1941 – 20 May 2018Hall of Fame Professional Golfer. She was one of the leading...
Jerry Maren
24 Jan 1920 – 24 May 2018Actor. Best known as the last surviving Munchkin from the 1939...
Hugh Masekela
4 Apr 1939 – 23 Jan 2018Musician. A bandleader, trumpeter and songwriter, he will be...
Chuck McCann
2 Sep 1934 – 8 Apr 2018Actor. He was best known for his work in numerous areas of...
Allyn Ann McLerie
1 Dec 1926 – 21 May 2018Actress. She was best known to film viewers as 'Shirl', the...
Thomas Spencer Monson
21 Aug 1927 – 2 Jan 2018American Religious Leader, Author, and the Sixteenth President of...
Patricia Morison
19 Mar 1915 – 20 May 2018Actress. She was best known for her film roles that portrayed her...
Jerry Moses
9 Aug 1946 – 26 Mar 2018Major League Baseball Player. For nine seasons (1965 and 1968 to...
Kristin Nelson
25 Jun 1945 – 27 Apr 2018Actress. Her father was Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon, her...
Tim O'Connor
3 Jul 1927 – 5 Apr 2018Actor. He was best known for his role of 'Elliott Carson' on the...
Dolores O'Riordan
6 Sep 1971 – 15 Jan 2018Rock Musician. She was the lead vocalist for the Irish rock music...
Soon-Tek Oh
29 Jun 1933 – 4 Apr 2018Actor. He received a degree in Political Science at Yonsei...
Jean Porter
8 Dec 1922 – 13 Jan 2018Actress. At the age of ten, she began entertaining when she was...
Donnelly Rhodes
4 Dec 1937 – 8 Jan 2018Actor. Born Donnelly Rhodes Henry, he was a character actor known...
Charlie Rice
1 Mar 1920 – 22 Apr 2018Jazz Musician. A drummer, he will be remembered for his work as a...
Ed Roebuck
3 Jul 1931 – 14 Jun 2018Major League Baseball Player. He was a pitcher for the...
Bruno Sammartino
6 Oct 1935 – 18 Apr 2018Professional Wrestler. Best know for holding the record for the...
Connie Sawyer
27 Nov 1912 – 21 Jan 2018Actress. She was known for her many appearances in both film and...
Red Schoendienst
2 Feb 1923 – 6 Jun 2018Hall of Fame Baseball Player, Manager. He was a second baseman...
Kate Spade
24 Dec 1962 – 5 Jun 2018Fashion Designer, Businesswoman. She was the founder and former...
Rusty Staub
1 Apr 1944 – 29 Mar 2018Major League Baseball Player, Broadcaster. For twenty-three...
David Ogden Stiers
31 Oct 1942 – 3 Mar 2018Actor. He was best known for his role as 'Major Charles Emerson...
Ray Thomas
29 Dec 1941 – 4 Jan 2018Rock Musician. A flutist, he was a founding member of the British...
Thunder Gulch
23 May 1992 – 19 Mar 2018Thoroughbred Race Horse. He was best known for winning both the...
Greta Thyssen
30 Mar 1927 – 6 Jan 2018Actress. A blonde bombshell, she was compared to the likes of...
Doreen Isabelle Tracey
3 Apr 1943 – 10 Jan 2018Actress. Born Doreen Isabelle Tracey, she was best known for...
Verne Troyer
1 Jan 1969 – 21 Apr 2018Actor. He was best known to film viewers for his role of...
Jerry Van Dyke
27 Jul 1931 – 5 Jan 2018Actor. The younger brother of actor and entertainer Dick Van...
Clint Walker
30 May 1927 – 21 May 2018Actor. Born Norman Eugene "Clint" Walker, he is best known for...
Mort Walker
3 Sep 1923 – 27 Jan 2018Cartoonist. He was the creator of the 'Beetle Bailey' comic...
Dick Williams
7 Jun 1926 – 5 May 2018Singer. Along with brothers Bob, Don and Andy, they formed the...
Tom Wolfe
2 Mar 1930 – 14 May 2018American Author and Journalist. He is best known for his...
John Watts Young
24 Sep 1930 – 5 Jan 2018United States Astronaut. He participated in the Gemini, Apollo,...
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