Jerry González (June 5, 1949 – October 1, 2018) was an American bandleader, trumpeter and percussionist. He was of Puerto Rican descent.
Along with his brother, bassist Andy González, he played an important role in the development of Latin jazz during the late 20th century. During the 1970s, both played alongside Eddie Palmieri and in Manny Oquendo's Conjunto Libre, and from 1980 to 2018 they directed The Fort Apache Band.
From 2000 to 2018, González worked for Los Piratas del Flamenco and El Comando de la Clave.
On October 1, 2018, González died of a heart attack after a fire in his home in Madrid, aged 69.
Antoine Sfeir
Antoine Sfeir (25 November 1948 – 1 October 2018) was a Franco-Lebanese journalist.
Sfeir was the editor of the French journal "". He was the president of the CERPO (Study and Research Center on the Middle East). He was a professor of international relations at the CELSA (Paris-Sorbonne University) school.
Sfeir was also president of the ILERI international relations school (Institut Libre d'Etude des Relations Internationales).
Sfeir was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour in 2009. He died on 1 October 2018, aged 69.
Imrich Andrejčák
Imrich Andrejčák (12 July 1941 – 5 September 2018) was a Czechoslovak-born Slovak army general and politician. He was the the last Minister of Defence of Czechoslovakia from July 2, 1992, until December 31, 1992, with the dissolution of the country.
Andrejčák the became the first Defence Minister of an independent Slovakia from March 16, 1993 and March 14, 1994.
Andrejčák died in Trenčín, Slovakia on 5 September 2018, aged 77
Norm Breyfogle
Norman Keith Breyfogle (February 27, 1960 – September 24, 2018) was an American artist. He was best known for his comic book art on DC Comics' Batman franchise from 1987 to 1995. During this time, he co-created the villains Ventriloquist and Ratcatcher.
He co-created with writers Gerard Jones and Len Strazewski the Malibu Comics Ultraverse flagship hero Prime, and both wrote and drew the Malibu-published series featuring his original character Metaphysique.
Breyfogle died on September 24, 2018 in Houghton, Michigan from complications of a stroke, aged 58.
Victor Veselago
Victor Georgievich Veselago (13 June 1929 – 15 September 2018) was a Russian physicist. In 1967, he was the first to publish a theoretical analysis of materials with negative permittivity, ε, and permeability μ. He published his work in a paper entitled ""The Electrodynamics of Substances with Simultaneously Negative Values of ε and μ".
In 2009, Victor Vesalgo won the C.E.K. Mees Medal from the Optical Society of America (OSA).
Ivan Kapitanets
Ivan Matveyevich Kapitanets (Russian: Ива́н Матве́евич Капита́нец; 10 January 1928 – 25 September 2018) was a Russian admiral of the fleet. He was in the Soviet Navy. In 1973 Kapitanets was assigned to the Pacific Fleet and commanded the Kamchatka squadron. He was promoted to Vice Admiral in 1975.
Joe Carolan
Joseph Carolan (8 September 1937 – 26 September 2018) was an Irish professional footballer. He was born in Dublin. Carolan played as a full-back in the Football League for Manchester United and Brighton & Hove Albion.
He played 71 times for United between 1958 and 1960 and won two caps for the Republic of Ireland making his debut on the 1 November 1959.
Carolan joined Brighton and Hove Albion in December 1960. He joined Tonbridge in 1962 before signing for Canterbury City in 1968.
Carolan died on 26 September 2018 at the age of 81.
Ignaz Kirchner
Ignaz Kirchner (born Hanns-Peter Kirchner-Wierichs; 13 July 1946 – 26 September 2018) was a German actor.
He was best known for his roles in Shakespeare's Antonio, with Voss as Shylock, and Jago, with Voss as Othello, and especially in black comedies, such as Goldberg (and Mr. Jay) in George Tabori's "Goldbergvariationen", in Neil Simon's "The Sunshine Boys", Samuel Beckett's "Endspiel" and Genet's "Die Zofen".
Kirchner was named "Schauspielerpaar des Jahres" twice, in 1992 and 1998.
Kirchner died on 26 September 2018 after a long illness in Vienna, aged 72.
Marty Balin
Marty Balin (; born Martyn Jerel Buchwald; January 30, 1942 – September 27, 2018) was an American singer-songwriter, and musician. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Balin was best known as the founder and one of the lead singers and songwriters of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship.
Balin died on September 27, 2018 in Tampa, Florida at the age of 76.
Brian A. Joyce
Brian A. Joyce (September 5, 1962 – September 27, 2018) was an American politician. He was a Massachusetts State Senator for the Democratic Party from 1998 to 2017.
On February 23, 2016, Joyce announced that he would not seek re-election to the Massachusetts State Senate for the next term.
Joyce pleaded not guilty in December 2017 to charges including racketeering, money laundering, mail fraud, conspiracy and scheming to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Joyce was freed on $250,000 bond.
On September 27, 2018, Joyce was found dead in his home in Westport, Massachusetts, aged 56.
Westport, Massachusetts
Westport is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 15,532 at the 2010 census.
Paul Gosar
Paul Anthony Gosar (; born November 27, 1958) is an American politician and dentist. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona since 2011. He currently represents . He is a member of the Republican Party.
James G. March
James Gardner March (January 15, 1928 – September 27, 2018) was an American sociologist. He was a professor at Stanford University and the Stanford Graduate School of Education. He was best known for his research on organizations, his (jointly with Richard Cyert) "A behavioral theory of the firm" and organizational decision making.
March died on September 27, 2018, aged 90.
List of prime ministers of Eswatini
The Prime Ministers of Eswatini ("Swazi: Ndvunankhulu") is the main executive and legislative head of the nation of Eswatini. Since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Swaziland in 1967 to the present day, there has been a total of nine people. There were six Acting Prime Ministers. They serve to represent the country and the monarch of the nation.
One person, Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, has served on two non-consecutive occasions. Their salary is E926,370 per annum.
The current Prime Minister of Swaziland is Themba N. Masuku, since 13 December 2020.
Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini
Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini (15 May 1942 – 28 September 2018) was a Swazi politician. He was Prime Minister of Eswatini, from 1996 to 2003 and again from October 2008 to September 2018. He was also an executive director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
In 2017, Dlamini was admitted to an ICU in April 2018 in Mbabane.
Dlamini died September 28, 2018, less than a month after stepping down as Prime Minister at age 76.
Vincent Mhlanga
Vincent Mhlanga was a Swazi politician. He was the acting Prime Minister of Swaziland from September 7, 2018 to October 27, 2018. He was a managing director at the King’s Office.
On September 4, 2018, Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini resigned, Mhlanga was named Acting Prime Minister and began his duties on September 7. He left office on October 27, 2018 when Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini took office.
He died from COVID-19 on 24 December 2020.
Ito Giani
Ippolito "Ito" Giani (8 September 1941 – 28 September 2018) was an Italian sprinter. He was born in Varese, Italy. From 1963 to 1967 he took part in 20 international competitions. He was in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and won six medals.
Giani died in Varese on 28 September 2018 at the age of 77.
Alves Barbosa
Alves Barbosa (24 December 1931 – 29 September 2018) was a Portuguese professional road cyclist. He won the Volta a Portugal in 1951, 1956 and 1958, placing third in 1955, and rode the Tour de France from 1956 until 1958 and again in 1960. He was born in Figueira da Foz, Portugal.