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In the year 1998
717 Notable deaths
Zbigniew Herbert
Polish writer and poet (1924–1998).
Born October 29th, 1924 in Lviv.
Died July 28th, 1998 at 73 years old in Warsaw.
Susan Strange
British international political economist (1923–1998).
Born June 9th, 1923 in Dorset.
Died October 25th, 1998 at 75 years old in Aylesbury. [ref]
Theodore Schultz
American economist.
Born April 30th, 1902 in Arlington.
Died February 26th, 1998 at 95 years old in Evanston.
Vladimir Prelog
Bosnian-swiss chemist (1906-1998).
Born July 23rd, 1906 in Sarajevo.
Died January 7th, 1998 at 91 years old in Zurich.
Freddie Young
British cinematographer.
Born October 9th, 1902 in London.
Died December 1st, 1998 at 96 years old in London. [ref]
Cary Middlecoff
American professional golfer (1921–1998).
Born January 6th, 1921 in Halls.
Died September 1st, 1998 at 77 years old in Memphis.
Remo Giazotto
Italian musicologist, composer and biographer (1910–1998).
Born September 4th, 1910 in Rome.
Died August 26th, 1998 at 87 years old in Pisa.
Pépé Kallé
Prominent congolese soukous singer (1951–1998).
Born November 23rd, 1955 in Kinshasa.
Died November 29th, 1998 at 43 years old in Paris. [ref]
Marion Donovan
American inventor and architect (1917–1998).
Born October 15th, 1917 in Chile.
Died November 4th, 1998 at 81 years old in New York City.
Syl Apps
Canadian ice hockey player and politician (1915-1998).
Born January 18th, 1915 in Paris.
Died December 24th, 1998 at 83 years old in Kingston.
Charles Lang
American cinematographer (1902-1998).
Born March 27th, 1902 in Bluff.
Died April 3rd, 1998 at 96 years old in Santa Monica (disease).
Barbara Acklin
American singer-songwriter (1943–1998).
Born February 28th, 1943 in Oakland.
Died November 27th, 1998 at 55 years old in Omaha (pneumonia).
Tim Flock
American racecar driver (1924–1998).
Born May 11th, 1924 in Fort Payne.
Died March 31st, 1998 at 73 years old in Atlanta (lung cancer, liver cancer).
Jafar Sharif-Emami
Persian engineer and politician (1910-1998).
Born September 9th, 1910 in Tehran.
Died June 16th, 1998 at 87 years old in New York City.
Ronald Ridenhour
American whistleblower and investigative journalist (1946–1998).
Born April 6th, 1946 in Oakland.
Died May 10th, 1998 at 52 years old in Metairie (myocardial infarction).
Lawrence Sanders
American writer (1920–1998).
Born March 15th, 1920 in Brooklyn.
Died February 7th, 1998 at 77 years old in Pompano Beach.
Lounès Matoub
Algerian musician (1956–1998).
Born January 24th, 1956 in Aït Mahmoud.
Died June 25th, 1998 at 42 years old in Aït Aïssi (gunshot wound).
Duncan White
Ceylonese athlete (1918–1998).
Born March 1st, 1918 in Sri Lanka.
Died July 3rd, 1998 at 80 years old in Nuneaton.
Joan Banks
American actress (1918-1998).
Born October 30th, 1918 in Petersburg.
Died January 18th, 1998 at 79 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer).
Kvitka Cisyk
American opera singer of ukrainian descent (1953–1998).
Born April 4th, 1953 in Queens.
Died March 29th, 1998 at 44 years old in Manhattan (breast cancer).
Antonio Quarracino
Argentine cardinal (1923–1998).
Born August 8th, 1923 in Pollica.
Died February 28th, 1998 at 74 years old in Buenos Aires (cardiovascular disease).
Nazim al-Kudsi
1st president of the syrian arab republic.
Born February 14th, 1906 in Aleppo.
Died February 6th, 1998 at 91 years old in Amman.
Ferenc Deák
Hungarian association football player (b. 1922).
Born January 16th, 1922 in Budapest.
Died April 18th, 1998 at 76 years old in Budapest.
Kim Ki-young
South korean film director (1919–1998).
Born October 10th, 1919 in Seoul.
Died February 5th, 1998 at 78 years old in Seoul.
Éric Tabarly
Sailor.
Born July 24th, 1931 in Nantes.
Died June 13th, 1998 at 66 years old in Irish Sea (drowning).
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