In the year 1998
699 Notable deaths
Frank Latimore
American actor (1925–1998).
Born September 28th, 1925 in Darien.
Died November 29th, 1998 at 73 years old in London Borough of Hillingdon.
Victor Pasmore
Artist and architect (1908-1998).
Born December 3rd, 1908 in Chelsham.
Died January 23rd, 1998 at 89 years old in Valletta.
Olivier Gendebien
Belgian racecar driver (1924-1998).
Born January 12th, 1924 in City of Brussels.
Died October 2nd, 1998 at 74 years old in Tarascon.
Rita Hester
Transgender african american woman, murder victim, and inspirer of transgender day of remembrance (1963–1998).
Born November 30th, 1963 in Massachusetts.
Died November 28th, 1998 at 34 years old in Boston (penetrating trauma).
Rolan Bykov
Soviet and russian actor, theater and film director, screenwriter (1929–1998).
Born November 12th, 1929 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1998 at 68 years old in Moscow (lung cancer).
Zlatko Čajkovski
Croatian footballer.
Born November 24th, 1923 in Zagreb.
Died July 29th, 1998 at 74 years old in Munich.
Azem Hajdari
Albanian politician (1963-1998).
Born March 11th, 1963 in Bajram Curri.
Died September 12th, 1998 at 35 years old in Tirana.
Mary Calderone
American physician (1904-1998).
Born July 1st, 1904 in New York City.
Died October 24th, 1998 at 94 years old in Kennett Square.
Baya
Algerian painter (1931-1998).
Born December 12th, 1931 in Bordj El Kiffan.
Died November 9th, 1998 at 66 years old in Blida.
Louis Dumont
French anthropologist (1911-1998).
Born August 1st, 1911 in Thessaloniki. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1998 at 87 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Zhang Chongren
Chinese artist (1907-1998).
Born September 27th, 1907 in Xujiahui.
Died October 8th, 1998 at 91 years old in Nogent-sur-Marne.
Otto Baum
Ss-oberführer (1911–1998).
Born November 15th, 1911 in Hechingen.
Died June 18th, 1998 at 86 years old in Hechingen.
Yoshio Inaba
Actor (1920-1998).
Born July 15th, 1920 in Narita.
Died April 20th, 1998 at 77 years old in Suginami (myocardial infarction).
Allan McLeod Cormack
American physicist (1924-1998).
Born February 23rd, 1924 in Johannesburg.
Died May 7th, 1998 at 74 years old in Winchester (cancer).
Shin'ichi Suzuki
Japanese violinist and pioneer of musical pedagogy (1898-1998).
Born October 17th, 1898 in Nagoya.
Died January 26th, 1998 at 99 years old in Matsumoto.
Ramsay Ames
American actress (1919–1998).
Born March 30th, 1919 in Brooklyn.
Died March 30th, 1998 at 79 years old in Santa Monica (lung cancer).
James Algar
Film director, screenwriter, film producer (1912–1998).
Born June 11th, 1912 in Modesto.
Died February 26th, 1998 at 85 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea. [ref]
Vu Van Mau
Prime minister of south vietnam (1914-1998).
Born July 25th, 1914 in Hanoi, Quất Động.
Died August 20th, 1998 at 84 years old in Paris.
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
Physiologist and biophysicist (1914-1998).
Born February 5th, 1914 in Banbury.
Died December 20th, 1998 at 84 years old in Cambridge.
Hermann Prey
German lyric baritone singer.
Born July 11th, 1929 in Berlin. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 1998 at 69 years old in Krailling (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ernst Ising
German physicist.
Born May 10th, 1900 in Cologne.
Died May 11th, 1998 at 98 years old in Peoria.
George H. Hitchings
Nobel prize-winning american physician.
Born April 18th, 1905 in Hoquiam. [ref]
Died February 27th, 1998 at 92 years old in Chapel Hill. [ref]
Sidney W. Fox
American biochemist (1912–1998).
Born March 25th, 1912 in United States, Los Angeles.
Died August 10th, 1998 at 86 years old in Mobile.
Komla Agbeli Gbedemah
Politician and former finance minister of ghana (1913-1998).
Born June 17th, 1913 in Ghana. [ref]
Died July 11th, 1998 at 85 years old [ref]
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It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson