In the year 1998
716 Notable deaths
Hilana Sedarous
Egyptian physician (1904–1998).
Born January 13th, 1904 in Tanta. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1998 at 94 years old [ref]
Frank Lewis
Olympic medalist in wrestling (1912-1998).
Born December 6th, 1912 in Coleman.
Died August 16th, 1998 at 85 years old in Stillwater.
Daniel I. Axelrod
U.s. botanist & paleoecologist (1910-1998).
Born July 16th, 1910 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1998 at 87 years old in Davis (myocardial infarction). [ref]
José María de Areilza, Count of Motrico
Spanish diplomat and politician (1909-1998).
Born August 3rd, 1909 in Portugalete. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1998 at 88 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Gennady Yevryuzhikhin
Soviet footballer (1944-1998).
Born February 4th, 1944 in Kinderle.
Died March 15th, 1998 at 54 years old in Moscow.
Kunitaka Sueoka
Japanese association football player (1917-1998).
Born February 1st, 1917 in Hiroshima.
Died November 10th, 1998 at 81 years old [ref]
Arto Tiainen
Finnish cross-country skier and politician.
Born September 5th, 1930 in Savonlinna.
Died September 21st, 1998 at 68 years old in Mikkeli Rural Municipality.
Antonina Khudyakova
Wwii pilot and heroine of the soviet union (1917–1998).
Born June 20th, 1917 in Sloboda, Karachevsky District.
Died December 17th, 1998 at 81 years old in Oleksandriia.
Hans van Abeelen
Dutch behavior geneticist (1936-1998).
Born November 20th, 1936 in Enschede.
Died August 21st, 1998 at 61 years old in Enschede.
Baboo Nimal
Field hockey player (1908-1998).
Born March 15th, 1908 in Khadki.
Died February 21st, 1998 at 89 years old
Dieter Erler
German association football player and manager (1939-1998).
Born May 28th, 1939 in Glauchau.
Died April 10th, 1998 at 58 years old in Chemnitz.
Paraska Plytka-Horytsvit
Ukrainian painter, photographer, philosoph, poet, writer (1927-1998).
Born March 1st, 1927 in Bistrets'.
Died April 16th, 1998 at 71 years old in Kryvorivnia.
Ferenc Sidó
Hungarian table tennis player (1923–1998).
Born April 18th, 1923 in Pata.
Died February 6th, 1998 at 74 years old in Budapest.
Jemal Karchkhadze
Author (1936-1998).
Born May 13th, 1936 in Ukhuti.
Died November 8th, 1998 at 62 years old in Tbilisi.
Boris Tatushin
Russian footballer (1933-1998).
Born March 31st, 1933 in Moscow.
Died January 15th, 1998 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Maria Judite de Carvalho
20th-century portuguese author.
Born September 18th, 1921 in Lisbon.
Died January 18th, 1998 at 76 years old in Lisbon.
Ardalion Ignatyev
Athletics competitor (1930–1998).
Born December 22nd, 1930 in Novoye Toyderyakovo.
Died October 24th, 1998 at 67 years old in Cheboksary.
Givi Kartozia
Soviet wrestler (1929–1998).
Born March 29th, 1929 in Batumi.
Died April 3rd, 1998 at 69 years old in Tbilisi.
Petar Šegedin
Croatian writer (1909–1998).
Born July 8th, 1909 in Korčula.
Died September 1st, 1998 at 89 years old in Zagreb.
Gabriel Laub
German-czech essayist and publicist (1928-1998).
Born October 24th, 1928 in Bochnia.
Died February 3rd, 1998 at 69 years old in Hamburg.
Jean Marie Balland
Catholic cardinal (1934-1998).
Died March 1st, 1998 at 63 years old in 4th arrondissement of Lyon (lung cancer).
Sergei Vonsovsky
Russian physicist (1910–1998).
Born September 2nd, 1910 in Tashkent.
Died August 11th, 1998 at 87 years old in Yekaterinburg. [ref]
Giuseppe Caron
Italian politician (1904-1998).
Born February 24th, 1904 in Treviso.
Died March 3rd, 1998 at 94 years old in Treviso.
René Ferrier
French footballer (1936-1998).
Born December 7th, 1936 in Thionne.
Died September 15th, 1998 at 61 years old in Saint-Étienne.
Anwar Mesbah
Egyptian weightlifter (1913-1998).
Born April 8th, 1913 in Alexandria.
Died November 25th, 1998 at 85 years old in Alexandria.
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A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson