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In the year 1998
663 Notable deaths
Ernst Jünger
German writer (1895–1998).
Born March 29th, 1895 in Heidelberg.
Died February 17th, 1998 at 102 years old in Riedlingen.
Om Prakash
Indian actor (1919–1998).
Born December 19th, 1919 in Lahore.
Died February 12th, 1998 at 78 years old in Mumbai.
Persis Khambatta
Indian actress (1948-1998).
Born October 2nd, 1948 in Mumbai.
Died August 18th, 1998 at 49 years old in Mumbai (myocardial infarction).
Mary Millar
Actress, singer (1936-1998).
Born July 26th, 1936 in Doncaster.
Died November 10th, 1998 at 62 years old in Brockley (ovarian cancer).
Joan Hickson
British actress (1906-1998).
Born August 5th, 1906 in Kingsthorpe. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1998 at 92 years old in Colchester Hospital (disease). [ref]
Protima Bedi
Indian model and dancer (1948-1998).
Born October 12th, 1948 in Delhi.
Died August 18th, 1998 at 49 years old in Pithoragarh.
Archie Moore
American boxer (1913-1998).
Born December 13th, 1913 in Benoit.
Died December 9th, 1998 at 84 years old in San Diego.
E. G. Marshall
Us-american actor.
Born June 18th, 1914 in Owatonna. [ref]
Died August 24th, 1998 at 84 years old in Bedford (lung cancer). [ref]
Vasili Arkhipov
Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war (1926–1998).
Born January 30th, 1926 in Zvorkovo.
Died August 19th, 1998 at 72 years old in Zheleznodorozhny (kidney cancer).
Benjamin Spock
American pediatrician and author of baby and child care (1903-1998).
Born May 2nd, 1903 in New Haven.
Died March 15th, 1998 at 94 years old in La Jolla. [ref]
Valerie Hobson
British actress (1917–1998).
Born April 14th, 1917 in Larne.
Died November 13th, 1998 at 81 years old in Westminster (myocardial infarction).
Bella Abzug
American politician (1920-1998).
Born July 24th, 1920 in New York City.
Died March 31st, 1998 at 77 years old in New York City.
Nguyen Ngoc Loan
Vietnamese police chief (1930–1998).
Born December 11th, 1930 in Huế.
Died July 14th, 1998 at 67 years old in Burke (cancer).
Lalita Pawar
Indian actress.
Born April 18th, 1916 in Nashik.
Died February 24th, 1998 at 81 years old in Pune. [ref]
Alan J. Pakula
American film director, writer and producer (1928–1998).
Born April 7th, 1928 in The Bronx.
Died November 19th, 1998 at 70 years old in Melville (traffic collision).
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer and director (1918–1998).
Born October 11th, 1918 in New York City.
Died July 29th, 1998 at 79 years old in New York City (stroke).
Alice Faye
American actress, singer (1915-1998).
Born May 5th, 1915 in New York City. [ref]
Died May 9th, 1998 at 83 years old in Rancho Mirage (stomach cancer). [ref]
Shirley Ardell Mason
American artist (1923–1998).
Born January 25th, 1923 in Dodge Center.
Died February 26th, 1998 at 75 years old in Lexington (breast cancer).
Stu Ungar
American poker player (1953-1998).
Born September 8th, 1953 in Manhattan.
Died November 22nd, 1998 at 45 years old in Las Vegas.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
American activist, journalist and writer (1890–1998).
Born April 7th, 1890 in Minneapolis.
Died May 15th, 1998 at 108 years old in Coconut Grove (disease).
Clara Rockmore
Russian-american musician (1911-1998).
Born March 9th, 1911 in Vilnius.
Died May 10th, 1998 at 87 years old in New York City, Manhattan.
Hide
Japanese musician (1964–1998).
Born December 13th, 1964 in Yokosuka.
Died May 2nd, 1998 at 33 years old in Tokyo (hanging to death).
E. M. S. Namboodiripad
Indian communist politician and theorist and first chief minister of kerala state (1909-1998).
Born June 13th, 1909 in Perintalmanna.
Died March 19th, 1998 at 88 years old in Thiruvananthapuram.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer, poet an diplomat (1914–1998).
Born March 31st, 1914 in Mexico City.
Died April 20th, 1998 at 84 years old in Mexico City.
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola
Businessman, politician, publisher (1937-1998).
Born August 24th, 1937 in Abeokuta.
Died July 7th, 1998 at 60 years old in Abuja.
Deaths 51 to 75 of 663
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson