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A Year in Review: 2018

We said goodbye to a number of celebrities in 2018. 
Here are some of those that passed away.

 

George H. W. Bush ( June 12, 1924 - November 30, 2018)

41st President of the United States. 

 

American President George Herbert Bush With Helmut Kohl (German Chancellor) during The Conferenceabout Security and Cooperation in Europe, Paris November 21, 1990 / Bridgeman Images

 

Bernardo Bertolucci (March 16, 1941 - November 26, 2018)

Italian director and screenwriter.

 

Italian Director Bernardo Bertolucci February 25, 1988 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

 

Nicolas Roeg (August 15, 1928 - November 23, 2018)

English director and cinematographer.

 

Nic Roeg, c.1975 (b/w photo) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

 

Stan Lee (December 28, 1922 - November 12, 2018)

American comic book writer, editor, and publisher. 

 

Stan Lee, Neale Osborne (Contemporary Artist) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

 

Montserrat Caballe (April 12, 1933 - October 6, 2018)

Spanish operatic soprano.

 

Monserrat Caballe / Photo © Marcello Mencarini / Bridgeman Images

 

Charles Aznavour (May 22, 1924 - October 1, 2018)

French-Armenian singer.

 

Charles Aznavour / Photo © Claude Schwartz / Bridgeman Images

 

 

Burt Reynolds (February 11, 1936 - September 6, 2018)

American actor.

 

Burt Reynolds in the film "Boogie Nights" 1997, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson / Bridgeman Images

 

 

John McCain (August 29, 1936 - August 25, 2018)

American politician.

 

Republican Candidate John McCain, 2007 / Bridgeman Images

 

Lindsay Kemp (May 3, 1938 - August 24, 2018)

British dancer, mime artist, and choreographer.

 

Lindsay Kemp, British dancer, mime artist, and choreographer / PVDE / Bridgeman Images

 

Kofi Annan (April 8, 1938 - August 18, 2018)

Ghanaian diplomat and ex Secretary-General of the United Nations. 

 

Kofi Annan / Photo © Rodrigo Carrizo Couto / Bridgeman Images

 

Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018)

The Queen of Soul.

 

Aretha Franklin 1960 / Photo © Don Hunstein / Bridgeman Images

 

Philip Roth (March 19, 1933 - May 22, 2018) 

American writer.

 

Philip Roth caricature, John Minnion (b.1949) / Private Collection / Photo © John Minnion / Bridgeman Images

 

Robert Indiana (September 13, 1928 - May 19, 2018)

American artist.

 

Love (cor-ten steel), Robert Indiana / Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, USA / Gift of the Friends of the Indianapolis Museum of Art in memory of Henry F. DeBoest. Restoration was made possible by Patricia J. and James E. LaCrosse. / Bridgeman Images

 

Tom Wolfe (March 2, 1930 - May 14, 2018)

American writer.

 

Tom Wolfe (photo) / Photo © Louis Monier / Bridgeman Images

 

 

Barbara Bush (June 8, 1925 - April 17, 2018)

The First Lady of the United States as the wife of the 41st President of the United States, George H. W. Bush, and mother of the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush.

 

Barbara Bush / Bridgeman Images

 

Milos Forman (February 18, 1932 - April 13, 2018)

Czech American film director and screenwriter.

 

Milos Forman, 1999 / Bridgeman Images

 

Winnie Mandela (September 26 1936 - April 2, 2018)

South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, and ex-wife of Nelson Mandela.

 

Nelson and Winnie Mandela / Spaarnestad Photo / Bridgeman Images

 

Stephen Hawking (June 8, 1942 - March 14, 2018)

English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author.

 

Stephen Hawking, 2001 / Gerhard Blank / Bridgeman Images

 

Hubert de Givenchy (February 21, 1927 - March 10, 2018

French designer.

 

Givenchy, 1961  / Private Collection / Photo © Tony Vaccaro / Bridgeman Images

 

Billy Graham (November 17, 1918 – February 21, 2018)

American evangelist and prominent evangelical Christian figure.

Billy Graham, 1966 (b/w photo), Scott-Stewart, Dick (1948-2002) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

 

Prince Henrik of Denmark (June 11, 1934 - February 13, 2018)

Husband of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.

 

Wedding of Princess Margrethe of Denmark and prince Henrik / Bridgeman Images

 

Mark E. Smith (March 5, 1957 – January 24, 2018)

English singer and songwriter best known as the lead singer & lyricist of the post-punk group the Fall.

 

Mark E. Smith - The Fall / Photo © Martin Thompson / Bridgeman Images

 

 

Paul Bocuse (February 11, 1926 - January 20, 2018)

French chef.

 

French Chef Paul Bocuse is chef at Elysee Palace just for one evening, February 25, 1975 / Photo © AGIP / Bridgeman Images

 

France Gall (October 9, 1947 - January 7, 2018)

French yé-yé singer.

 

French Singer France Gall With Sailor Suit at Sailing Show, Paris, January 17, 1968  / Photo © AGIP /
Bridgeman Images

 

 

Fred Bass (June 28, 1928 – January 3, 2018)

American businessman, best known as the owner of New York City's Strand Bookstore.

 

Strand Book Store, 2010 (oil on panel), Max Ferguson / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

 

 

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