In the year 1998
716 Notable deaths
Carlos Guimard
Argentine chess player (1913–1998).
Born April 6th, 1913 in Santiago del Estero.
Died September 11th, 1998 at 85 years old
Rafael Alonso
Spanish actor (1920–1998).
Born July 5th, 1920 in Madrid.
Died October 24th, 1998 at 78 years old in Madrid.
Viljo Heino
Finnish long-distance runner.
Born March 1st, 1914 in Iitti.
Died September 15th, 1998 at 84 years old in Tampere.
John Peter
Field hockey player (1937-1998).
Born June 19th, 1937 in Chennai.
Died June 30th, 1998 at 61 years old in Chennai.
Len Duncan
Racecar driver.
Born July 25th, 1911 in Brooklyn.
Died August 1st, 1998 at 87 years old in Lansdale.
Hildegarde Howard
American paleornithologist.
Born April 3rd, 1901 in Washington, D.C..
Died February 28th, 1998 at 96 years old in Laguna Hills.
Bob Martin
Austrian singer.
Born June 7th, 1922 in Krasnoyarsk.
Died January 13th, 1998 at 75 years old in Vienna.
Jesús Loroño
Spanish road bicycle racer (1926–1998).
Born January 10th, 1925 in Larrabetzu.
Died August 12th, 1998 at 73 years old in Larrabetzu.
Pino Dordoni
Italian racewalker (1926–1998).
Born June 28th, 1926 in Piacenza.
Died October 24th, 1998 at 72 years old in Piacenza.
Colette Darfeuil
French actress (1906-1998).
Born February 7th, 1906 in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 15th, 1998 at 92 years old in Montfort-l'Amaury.
Giovanni Valetti
Italian cyclist (1913–1998).
Born September 22nd, 1913 in Vinovo.
Died May 28th, 1998 at 84 years old in Avigliana.
Jean-Baptiste Hachème
Beninese politician (1929-1998).
Born June 24th, 1929 in Porto-Novo.
Died May 3rd, 1998 at 68 years old in Cotonou.
Bruno Rodzik
Footballer (1935-1998).
Born May 29th, 1935 in Giraumont.
Died April 12th, 1998 at 62 years old in Thionville.
Giorgio Oberweger
Italian athletics competitor.
Born December 22nd, 1913 in Trieste.
Died October 14th, 1998 at 84 years old in Rome.
Greta Arwidsson
Sweden's first female professor of archeology.
Born July 5th, 1906 in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Died January 31st, 1998 at 91 years old in Oscar Parish. [ref]
Ernst Brugger
Member of the swiss federal council (1914-1998).
Born March 10th, 1914 in Bellinzona.
Died June 20th, 1998 at 84 years old in Gossau.
Louis Hostin
French weightlifter (1908–1998).
Born April 21st, 1908 in Saint-Étienne.
Died June 29th, 1998 at 90 years old in Boisseron.
Sava Antić
Serbian footballer (1930–1998).
Born March 1st, 1930 in Belgrade.
Died July 26th, 1998 at 68 years old in Belgrade.
Gerhard Siedl
German football player (1929-1998).
Born March 22nd, 1929 in Munich.
Died May 9th, 1998 at 69 years old in Munich.
Reizo Koike
Swimmer (1915-1998).
Born December 12th, 1915 in Numazu.
Died August 3rd, 1998 at 82 years old (lung cancer).
Ulrich Schamoni
German film director (1939–1998).
Born November 9th, 1939 in Berlin.
Died March 9th, 1998 at 58 years old in Berlin (cancer).
Barbara Burke
British athlete (1917-1998).
Born May 13th, 1917 in London Borough of Croydon.
Died August 8th, 1998 at 81 years old in Johannesburg.
Jopie Selbach
Swimmer (1918–1998).
Born July 27th, 1918 in Haarlem.
Died April 30th, 1998 at 79 years old in Zoetermeer.
Toshiaki Tanaka
Japanese table tennis player (1935–1998).
Born February 24th, 1935 in Hokkaido.
Died February 6th, 1998 at 62 years old
Wolfgang Hahn
German mathematician (1911-1998).
Born April 30th, 1911 in Potsdam.
Died January 10th, 1998 at 86 years old in Kassel.
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As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci