Notable deaths on July 18

Chinese composer (1935–2026)

Czech and Venezuelan racing driver (2004–2026)

American political scientist (1941–2025)

American football player (1937–2024)

American comedian and actor (1929–2024)

American television host (1945–2024)

10th Chief Minister of Kerala (1943–2023)

British entertainer (1939–2021)

American radio personality and lawyer (1938–2018)

American food critic (1960–2018)

American actor (1936–2015)

American songwriter, producer, and publisher

German footballer

Austrian actor (1926–2014)

Brazilian writer, journalist, screenwriter and professor (1941–2014

French-American cardiologist

Indian artist, poet, lyricist, writer, actor (1931–2013)

Syrian intelligence officer and politician (1950–2012)

Minister of Defense (1947–2012)

Syrian politician (1935–2012)

French politician and diplomat

Indian actor, film producer and politician (1942–2012)

Israeli Haredi rabbi (1910–2012)

English supercentenarian (1896–2009)