In the year 1998
716 Notable deaths
José Cardoso Pires
Portuguese writer (1925-1998).
Born October 2nd, 1925 in São João do Peso.
Died October 26th, 1998 at 73 years old in Lisbon.
Ludvík Daněk
Czechoslovak discus thrower (1937–1998).
Born January 6th, 1937 in Hořice. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1998 at 61 years old in Hutisko-Solanec (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Vadym Hetman
Ukrainian statesman and banker.
Born July 12th, 1935 in Snityn.
Died April 22nd, 1998 at 62 years old in Kyiv.
Kurt Hager
East german politician (1912–1998).
Born July 24th, 1912 in Bietigheim-Bissingen.
Died September 18th, 1998 at 86 years old in Berlin.
Vladimir Dudintsev
Soviet and russian writer (1918—1998).
Born July 28th, 1918 in Kupiansk.
Died July 23rd, 1998 at 79 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Tadeusz Ślusarski
Polish pole vaulter (1950–1998).
Died August 17th, 1998 at 48 years old in Gmina Przybiernów (traffic collision).
Lajos Czinege
Hungarian politician (1924-1998).
Born March 24th, 1924 in Karcag.
Died May 10th, 1998 at 74 years old in Leányfalu. [ref]
Cesare Perdisa
Italian racing driver.
Born October 21st, 1932 in Bologna.
Died May 10th, 1998 at 65 years old in Bologna.
Lev Dyomin
Soviet cosmonaut (1926–1998).
Born January 11th, 1926 in Moscow.
Died December 18th, 1998 at 72 years old in Zvyozdny gorodok (cancer).
Maria Mercè Marçal
Spanish poet, professor, writer and translator.
Born November 13th, 1952 in Ivars d'Urgell.
Died July 5th, 1998 at 45 years old in Barcelona (metastatic breast cancer).
George Male
English footballer (1910-1998).
Born May 8th, 1910 in West Ham.
Died February 19th, 1998 at 87 years old in England.
Kea Bouman
Dutch tennis player (1903-1998).
Born November 23rd, 1903 in Almelo.
Died November 17th, 1998 at 94 years old in Delden.
Johannes Kotkas
Estonian wrestler and sportsperson (1915–1998).
Born February 3rd, 1915 in Kodijärve Rural Municipality.
Died May 8th, 1998 at 83 years old in Tallinn.
Harry Haddock
Scottish footballer (1925-1998).
Born July 28th, 1925 in Glasgow.
Died December 18th, 1998 at 73 years old in Rutherglen.
Semira Adamu
Twenty year old nigerian woman killed in belgium..
Born June 17th, 1978 in Kaduna.
Died September 22nd, 1998 at 20 years old in Brussels metropolitan area (asphyxia, police brutality, choking). [ref]
Juan José Nogués
Spanish footballer (1909–1998).
Born April 28th, 1909 in Borja.
Died July 2nd, 1998 at 89 years old in Palma.
Nisim Aloni
Israeli playwright and translator (1926–1998).
Born August 24th, 1926 in Tel Aviv.
Died June 13th, 1998 at 71 years old in Tel Aviv.
Jean Shiley
American athletics competitor.
Born November 20th, 1911 in Harrisburg.
Died March 11th, 1998 at 86 years old in Los Angeles.
Genrich Altshuller
Soviet inventor and writer (1926–1998).
Born October 15th, 1926 in Tashkent.
Died September 24th, 1998 at 71 years old in Petrozavodsk (Parkinson's disease).
Marcel Pourbaix
Belgian electrochemist and corrosion specialist (1904–1998).
Born September 19th, 1904 in Aleksin.
Died September 28th, 1998 at 94 years old in Uccle.
Jimmy Mackay
Australian soccer player (1943-1998).
Born December 19th, 1943 in Scotland.
Died December 11th, 1998 at 54 years old
Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy
Hungarian mathematician (1913–1998).
Born July 29th, 1913 in Cluj-Napoca.
Died December 21st, 1998 at 85 years old in Szeged.
Bahi Ladgham
Tunisian politician (1913–1998).
Born January 10th, 1913 in Tunis.
Died April 13th, 1998 at 85 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius