In the year 1998
716 Notable deaths
Elsy Jacobs
Luxembourgian racing cyclist (1933-1998).
Born March 4th, 1933 in Garnich.
Died February 27th, 1998 at 64 years old in Guémené-sur-Scorff. [ref]
Jean Malaquais
French writer (1908-1998).
Born April 11th, 1908 in Warsaw.
Died December 22nd, 1998 at 90 years old in Geneva.
Gertrude Scharff Goldhaber
Nuclear physicist (1911–1998).
Born November 14th, 1911 in Mannheim. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1998 at 86 years old in New York. [ref]
Miltiades Caridis
German musician (1923-1998).
Died March 1st, 1998 at 74 years old in Athens (stroke).
Claudia Testoni
Italian hurler (1915-1998).
Born December 19th, 1915 in Bologna.
Died July 17th, 1998 at 82 years old in Cagliari.
Frederick Charles Frank
British physicist (1911–1998).
Born March 6th, 1911 in Durban.
Died April 5th, 1998 at 87 years old in Bristol.
Julio César Britos
Uruguayan footballer (1926-1998).
Born May 18th, 1926 in Montevideo.
Died March 27th, 1998 at 71 years old in Montevideo.
Francesc Xavier Bultó
Spanish businessman (1912-1998).
Born May 17th, 1912 in Barcelona.
Died August 3rd, 1998 at 86 years old in Barcelona.
Tanvir Dar
Pakistani field hockey player (1947–1998).
Born June 4th, 1947 in Amritsar.
Died February 11th, 1998 at 50 years old in Lahore.
Lucio Muñoz
Spanish artist (1929-1998).
Born December 27th, 1929 in Madrid.
Died May 24th, 1998 at 68 years old in Madrid.
Bernhard Minetti
German actor (1905-1998).
Born January 26th, 1905 in Kiel.
Died October 12th, 1998 at 93 years old in Berlin.
Edgar Hovhannisyan
Armenian composer (1930–1998).
Born January 14th, 1930 in Yerevan.
Died December 28th, 1998 at 68 years old in Yerevan.
Kurt Schütte
German mathematician (1909–1998).
Born October 14th, 1909 in Salzwedel. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1998 at 88 years old in Munich. [ref]
Haydée Tamzali
Tunisian screenwriter and actress (1906-1998).
Born August 23rd, 1906 in Tunis.
Died August 20th, 1998 at 91 years old in Tunis.
Wim Hora Adema
Dutch author, journalist, publisher, and feminist (1914-1998).
Born July 14th, 1914 in Leeuwarderadeel municipal council.
Died December 10th, 1998 at 84 years old in Amsterdam.
Fiatau Penitala Teo
Governor-general of tuvalu (1911–1998).
Born July 23rd, 1911 in Funafuti.
Died November 25th, 1998 at 87 years old in Funafuti.
Betty Bird
Austrian actress (1901-1998).
Born June 18th, 1901 in Vienna.
Died March 4th, 1998 at 96 years old in Rome.
Mira Zimińska
Polish actress, singer, theatre director (1901-1997).
Born February 22nd, 1901 in Płock. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1998 at 96 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Vida Tomšič
Slovenian communist (1913-1998).
Born June 26th, 1913 in Ljubljana.
Died December 10th, 1998 at 85 years old in Ljubljana.
Willis J. Gertsch
American arachnologist (1906–1998).
Born October 4th, 1906 in Montpelier.
Died December 12th, 1998 at 92 years old in Tucson.
Louie Bickerton
Australian tennis player (1902–1998).
Born August 11th, 1902 in Clifton Hill.
Died June 6th, 1998 at 95 years old
André Chorda
French footballer (1938-1998).
Born February 20th, 1938 in Charleval.
Died June 18th, 1998 at 60 years old in Nice.
Laila Schou Nilsen
Norwegian tennis player, speed skater, alpine skier, motor racedriver, handball referee (1919–1998).
Born March 18th, 1919 in Vestre Aker.
Died July 30th, 1998 at 79 years old in Oslo.
Hendrik Timmer
Dutch tennis player (1904–1998).
Born February 8th, 1904 in Utrecht.
Died November 13th, 1998 at 94 years old in Bilthoven.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel