In the year 1998
714 Notable deaths
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]
Gottfried Dienst
Swiss football referee (1919-1998).
Born September 9th, 1919 in Basel.
Died June 1st, 1998 at 78 years old in Bern.
Haxhi Lleshi
Albanian politician (1913-1998).
Born October 19th, 1913 in Reshani.
Died January 1st, 1998 at 84 years old in Tirana.
Tommy McCook
Jamaican musician (1927–1998).
Born March 3rd, 1927 in Havana.
Died May 5th, 1998 at 71 years old in Atlanta.
Gloria Fuertes
Spanish writer (1917–1998).
Born July 28th, 1917 in Madrid.
Died November 27th, 1998 at 81 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Klaus Tennstedt
German conductor (1926-1998).
Born June 6th, 1926 in Merseburg.
Died January 11th, 1998 at 71 years old in Heikendorf (lip and oral cavity carcinoma).
Dorothy Donegan
American jazz pianist (1922–1998).
Born April 6th, 1924 in Chicago, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1998 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Assia Noris
Russian-italian actress.
Born February 16th, 1912 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 27th, 1998 at 85 years old in Sanremo.
Buddy Jeannette
American basketball player and coach (1917–1998).
Born September 15th, 1917 in New Kensington.
Died March 11th, 1998 at 80 years old in Nashua (stroke).
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Swedish actor (1928–1998).
Born December 12th, 1928 in Ystad church parish. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1998 at 69 years old in Lidingö (disease, multiple myeloma).
Anatoly Rybakov
Soviet and russian writer (1911–1998).
Born January 14th, 1911 in Derzhanivka.
Died December 23rd, 1998 at 87 years old in New York City.
Raimund Harmstorf
German actor (1939-1998).
Born October 7th, 1939 in Hamburg.
Died May 3rd, 1998 at 58 years old in Marktoberdorf (hanging to death).
Attia Hosain
Indian writer who moved to the uk in the 1940s.
Born October 20th, 1913 in Lucknow.
Died January 25th, 1998 at 84 years old
Kenkichi Iwasawa
Japanese mathematician (1917-1998).
Born September 11th, 1917 in Kiryū.
Died October 26th, 1998 at 81 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia).
Oswald Rufeisen
Jewish resistance figther and israeli discalced carmelite friar (1922–1998).
Born January 29th, 1922 in Żywiec.
Died July 30th, 1998 at 76 years old in Haifa.
Frank Brimsek
American ice hockey goaltender.
Born September 26th, 1915 in Eveleth.
Died November 11th, 1998 at 83 years old in Virginia.
Malati Choudhury
Indian activist.
Born July 26th, 1904 in Bihar.
Died March 15th, 1998 at 93 years old
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Uruguayan politician (1920-1998).
Born April 9th, 1920 in Montevideo.
Died July 29th, 1998 at 78 years old in Montevideo.
Gerhard Gundermann
German musician (1955–1998).
Born February 21st, 1955 in Weimar.
Died June 21st, 1998 at 43 years old in Spreetal.
Haroun Tazieff
French volcanologist, geologist (1914-1998).
Born May 11th, 1914 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1998 at 83 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Edwige Feuillère
French actress (1907–1998).
Born October 29th, 1907 in Vesoul.
Died November 13th, 1998 at 91 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Živojin Pavlović
Serbian writer and filmmaker (1933-1998).
Born April 15th, 1933 in Šabac.
Died November 29th, 1998 at 65 years old in Belgrade.
Gregor von Rezzori
Austrian journalist, actor and writer (1914–1998).
Born May 13th, 1914 in Chernivtsi.
Died April 23rd, 1998 at 83 years old in Reggello.
Deaths 326 to 350 of 714
Since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter. Albert Camus