In the year 1998
663 Notable deaths
Lucio Battisti
Italian singer-songwriter (1943-1998).
Born March 5th, 1943 in Poggio Bustone.
Died November 9th, 1998 at 55 years old in Molteno (cancer). [ref]
Phil Leeds
American actor (1916-1998).
Born April 6th, 1916 in New York City.
Died August 16th, 1998 at 82 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Red Holzman
American basketball player and coach (1920-1998).
Born August 10th, 1920 in Brooklyn.
Died November 13th, 1998 at 78 years old in New Hyde Park (leukemia).
Mo Udall
American politician.
Born June 15th, 1922 in St. Johns.
Died December 12th, 1998 at 76 years old in Washington, D.C. (Parkinson's disease).
Eric Ambler
Author (1909-1998).
Born June 28th, 1909 in London. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 1998 at 89 years old in London. [ref]
Mahbub ul Haq
Pakistani economist (1934-1998).
Born February 22nd, 1934 in Gurdaspur. [ref]
Died July 16th, 1998 at 64 years old in New York City.
Fred Davis
English snooker and billiards player.
Born August 14th, 1913 in Chesterfield.
Died April 16th, 1998 at 84 years old in Denbigh.
Konstantinos Karamanlis
Prime minister of greece intermittently between 1955–80, president from 1980–85, 1990–95.
Born March 21st, 1907 in Proti.
Died April 23rd, 1998 at 91 years old in Athens.
Fat Pat
American rapper (1970–1998).
Born December 4th, 1970 in Houston.
Died February 3rd, 1998 at 27 years old in Houston.
Junior Wells
American chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist (1934–1998).
Born December 9th, 1934 in Memphis.
Died January 15th, 1998 at 63 years old in Chicago (lymphoma).
Ted Fujita
Japanese-american severe storms researcher.
Born October 23rd, 1920 in Sone.
Died November 19th, 1998 at 78 years old in Chicago.
William Gaddis
American novelist (1922–1998).
Born December 29th, 1922 in New York City.
Died December 16th, 1998 at 75 years old in East Hampton (prostate cancer).
Jerome Bixby
American short story writer, editor and scriptwriter (1923-1998).
Born January 11th, 1923 in Los Angeles.
Died April 28th, 1998 at 75 years old in San Bernardino.
Halldór Laxness
Icelandic author (1902-1998).
Born April 23rd, 1902 in Reykjavík.
Died February 9th, 1998 at 95 years old in Mosfellsbær (Alzheimer's disease).
Josephine Hutchinson
American actress (1903-1998).
Born October 12th, 1903 in Seattle.
Died June 4th, 1998 at 94 years old in Manhattan (disease).
David McClelland
American psychological theorist (1917-1998).
Born May 20th, 1917 in Mount Vernon.
Died March 27th, 1998 at 80 years old in Lexington.
J. D. Sumner
American singer (1924–1998).
Born November 19th, 1924 in Lakeland.
Died November 16th, 1998 at 73 years old in Myrtle Beach.
Joseph Maher
Irish actor (1933-1998).
Born December 29th, 1933 in Westport.
Died July 17th, 1998 at 64 years old in Los Angeles (brain cancer).
Otto Wichterle
Czech member of czech national council, politician, academic, chemical engineer, professor and inventor (1913-1998).
Born October 27th, 1913 in Prostějov. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1998 at 84 years old in Prague, Stražisko. [ref]
Kurt Franz
Ss officer, third commandant of treblinka extermination camp.
Born January 17th, 1914 in Düsseldorf.
Died July 4th, 1998 at 84 years old in Wuppertal.
Conrad Schumann
East german soldier (1942-1998).
Born March 28th, 1942 in Zschochau.
Died June 20th, 1998 at 56 years old in Kipfenberg (hanging to death).
Tim Maia
Brazilian singer, songwriter, producer, conductor and multi-instrumentalist (1942–1998).
Born September 28th, 1942 in Tijuca.
Died March 15th, 1998 at 55 years old in Niterói (cardiovascular disease).
Frithjof Schuon
Swiss philosopher, poet and painter (1907-1998).
Born June 18th, 1907 in Basel. [ref]
Died May 5th, 1998 at 90 years old in Bloomington. [ref]
Nikolai Vladimirovich Zateyev
Soviet submarine commander (1926-1998).
Born June 30th, 1926 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died August 28th, 1998 at 72 years old in Moscow (lung cancer).
Douglas Fowley
American actor (1911-1998).
Born May 30th, 1911 in The Bronx.
Died May 21st, 1998 at 86 years old in Woodland Hills.
Deaths 126 to 150 of 663
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown