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Celebrities who died in 2018

by The Week team
18 Dec 2018
Go to: Celebrities who died in 2018
Emma Chambers

Emma Chambers:

Honey Thacker in the film 

Notting Hill

The Vicar of Dibley

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking: 

Barbara Bush

Barbara Bush:

Verne Troyer

Verne Troyer: 

Aretha Franklin

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Aretha Franklin: 

(25 March 1942–16 August 2018) 

Respect

I Say A Little Prayer

pancreatic 

John McCain

John McCain: (29 August 1936-25 August 2018) The former prisoner of war in Vietnam War served as Republican senator for Arizona for more than 30 years and unsuccessfully ran for president twice. He lost his life to brain cancer less than a year after siding with the Democrats to defeat Donald Trump’s attempt to repeal Obamacare

Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds

:

Deliverance 

Smokey and the Bandit

Boogie Nights

Stan Lee

Stan Lee: 

from 

cardiac arrest

 brought on by 

respiratory 

and 

congestive heart failure

Harry Leslie Smith

Harry Leslie Smith:

George H.W. Bush

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George H.W. Bush: 

(12 June 1924-30 November 2018) The Bush family suffered another loss in November, with the death of George H.W. Bush at the age of 94. He served as the 41st US president between 1989 and 1993

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