Notable deaths on December 18

American politician (1937–2025)

Bangladeshi politician and activist (1993–2025)

Australian writer and educator (1950–2024)

American guitarist and singer-songwriter (1951–2024)

Japanese actress (1986–2021)

American politician (1944–2020)

South Korean singer-songwriter (1990–2017)

Hungarian-American socialite and actress (1917–2016)

Norwegian politician (1969–2015)

Belgian musician

American politician (1925–2014)

Israeli politician (1923–2014)

American musician (1937–2014)

Welsh model and showgirl (1944–2014)

American meteorologist

Italian actress (1936–2014)

South African businessman

American football player and Christian pastor (1952–2013)

Ukrainian football coach (1931–2012)

American academic (1941–2012)

American football player (1943–2012)

Mauritanian politician (1936–2012)

Last president of Czechoslovakia and first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)

French philologist, classical scholar and writer (1913–2010)