2018 suicides

Anthony Michael Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author and travel documentarian. He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition.

Tim Bergling (8 September 1989 – 20 April 2018), known professionally as Avicii, was a Swedish DJ, remixer, and record producer. His musical style was primarily pop-oriented house music, and he is an influence on many artists. Several music publications have credited Avicii as one of the DJs who took electronic music to Top 40 radio in the early 2010s. He is considered one of the most popular and successful electronic dance music (EDM) genre artists of all time.

American actor (1969–2018)

Canadian and American actress and activist (1948–2018)

American actor and musician (1982–2018)

American fashion designer (1962-2018)

Ukrainian artist and activist (1987–2018)

British-born Australian botanist and ecologist (1914-2018)

first son of the Cuban leader Fidel Castro

American professional wrestler (1972–2018)

American basketball player (1990–2018)

Australian road racing cyclist (1982–2018)

French racing cyclist (1968–2018)

On August 10, 2018, a Horizon Air De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 was stolen from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (Sea–Tac) by 28-year-old Richard Russell, a Horizon Air ground service agent with no piloting experience. After Russell performed an unauthorized takeoff, two McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighters were scrambled to intercept the aircraft. Sea–Tac air traffic control made radio contact with Russell, the sole occupant, who described himself as a "broken guy ... got a few screws loose, I guess." About 1 hour and 15 minutes after takeoff, Russell successfully executed a barrel roll before purposely crashing the aircraft on the sparsely populated Ketron Island in Puget Sound with the intent to die by suicide. There were no collateral human injuries; Russell was the sole fatality.

American singer (1975–2018)

Dutch judoka (1955–2018)

President of New Progressive Party (1956-2018)

Chinese American physicist (1963–2018)

South Korean actor

2018 mass suicide case

American model and murderer (1970-2018)

American naval aviator and Vice Admiral of the United States Navy (1960-2018)

Japanese speed skater (1987-2018)

Canadian actress (1975-2018)

Czech footballer (1977–2018)

Canadian-Hong Kong musician, singer-songwriter and record producer (1986-2018)

American actor and singer (1984-2018)

Israeli singer and songwriter

Scottish musician (1981-2018)

South Korean actor (1984-2018)

Swedish actor and theatre director

Dutch politician

English model

American basketball player (1979-2018)

Indian police commissioner (1963–2018)

American lawyer and activist

Italian journalist and writer (1959–2018)

American film producer (1967-2018)

Russian musicologist (1945-2018)

Welsh actor (1982-2018)

American football tight end (1970-2018)

British snowboarder

Brazilian writer and poet

Queen of Eswatini

American professional wrestler (1966–2018)

Israeli visual artist (1956-2018)