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Johan Willem van Hulst (28 January 1911 – 22 March 2018) was a Dutch school director, university professor, author, chess player and politician. In 1943, with the help of the Dutch resistance and students of the nearby University of Amsterdam, he was instrumental in saving over 600 Jewish children from the nursery of the Hollandsche Schouwburg who were destined for deportation to Nazi concentration camps. For his humanitarianactions he received the Yad Vashem distinction Righteous Among the Nations from the State of Israel in 1973.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_van_Hulst
 
Not a recent death as few on ASF were alive in 1935. Quite important none the less.

Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis (c. 1840 – 1935), or Cudjo Lewis or Oluale Kossola,[2] was the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade between Africa and the United States. Together with 115 other African captives, he was brought illegally to the United States on board the ship Clotilde in 1860.[3] They were landed in the backwaters near Mobile, Alabama, and hidden from authorities. The ship was scuttled to evade discovery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cudjoe_Lewis

The Story of Cudjo Lewis — The Last Living Slave Brought To America
http://allthatsinteresting.com/cudjo-lewis
 
Catherine 'Cathy' Godbold (c. 1975 – 4 May 2018) was an Australian actress. She was best known for her role as Deborah Hale Regnery on The Saddle Club. In May 2007, after The Saddle Club was picked up for a third season, Godbold was diagnosed with brain cancer. She had the tumour removed and began chemotherapy.[1]Godbold was the daughter of Australian broadcaster Rosemary Margan.
 
Wanda Wiłkomirska
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Wiłkomirska
Wanda Wiłkomirska (11 January 1929 – 1 May 2018) was a Polish violinist and academic teacher. She was known for both the classical repertoire and for her interpretation of 20th-century music, having received two Polish State Awards for promoting Polish music to the world as well as other awards for her contribution to music. She gave world premiere performances of numerous contemporary works, including music by Tadeusz Baird and Krzysztof Penderecki. Wiłkomirska performed on a violin crafted by Pietro Guarneri in 1734 in Venice. She taught at the music academies of Mannheim and Sydney.
 
Sri Lankabhimanya Lester James Peries (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාභිමාන්‍ය ලෙස්ටර් ජේම්ස් පීරිස්; 5 April 1919 – 29 April 2018) was a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter, and film producer.[1][2][3] A filmmaker since 1949, Peries was involved in over 28 films, including shorts and documentaries. He received critical acclaim for directing Rekava, Gamperaliya, Nidhanaya, Golu Hadawatha, Kaliyugaya, Awaragira and Yuganthaya. His movie Wekande Walauwa, starring Ravindra Randeniya and Malini Fonseka, was Sri Lanka's first ever submission for the Academy Awards and the film Nidhanaya was included among the top 100 films of the century by the Cinémathèque Française.[4]. Peries' films often deal with Sri Lankan family life in rural settings and conflicted characters. He helped create an authentic expression of Sinhala Cinema.[3][5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_James_Peries
 
Bruce Tulloh, who has died aged 82, was a runner of distinction, winning the 1962 European 5000m title on a cinder track in Belgrade – running, as usual, barefoot. Further, he stunned his opponents by sprinting for home fully 700m out.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/may/04/bruce-tulloh-obituary
In 1969, Tulloh ran 2876 miles across America from Los Angeles to New York City in 64 days. This is described in his book Four Million Footsteps, published by Pelham Books and as a Mayflower paperback in 1970.
 
Tisme said:
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I suppose if one employs the definition --- "(of an artist or artistic work) significantly original and influential" he would be important to people. Not to me though. We are all important to at least one other human being. Even the low lifes in society have importance to people, usually dependence for money or drugs.
 
Duke Friedrich of Württemberg (Friedrich Philipp Carl Franz Maria Herzog von Württemberg; 1 June 1961 – 9 May 2018) was the heir to the headship of the House of Württemberg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Friedrich_of_Württemberg

On May 9 2018, it was announced that Duke Friedrich had died of injuries from a car crash on the road between Ebenweiler and Fronhofen. The Duke is succeeded as heir and future head of the Württemberg family by his son Wilhelm.[2]
The Württemberg family is a German royal family and dynasty from Württemberg.
House of Württemberg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Württemberg

 
Brooks Kerr born Chester Monson Brooks Joseph Kerr III (December 26, 1951 – April 28, 2018)[1] was an American jazz pianist born in New Haven, Connecticut, perhaps best known for being bandleader of a small group featuring Sonny Greer and Russell Procope[2] and for his knowledge of Duke Ellington's work, which he often performed.[3]

Born prematurely, Brooks was placed in an incubator for two months and developed a degenerative retinal disease apparently caused by excessive oxygen. By the time he was 4 months old, he had no vision remaining in his right eye and only a sliver in his left.
Mr. Kerr first displayed his passion for jazz as a child prodigy. Mentored by the great stride pianist Willie (the Lion) Smith, he later gigged with the Duke’s orchestra and formed a trio in the 1970s with two former Ellington sidemen, the clarinetist and alto saxophonist Russell Procope and the drummer Sonny Greer.
 
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