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In the year 1998
717 Notable deaths
Frithjof Schuon
Swiss philosopher, poet and painter (1907-1998).
Born June 18th, 1907 in Basel.
Died May 5th, 1998 at 90 years old in Bloomington.
Nikolai 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.
Maria Reiche
Peruvian archaeologist, mathematician and technical translator.
Born May 15th, 1903 in Dresden. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1998 at 95 years old in Lima (cancer). [ref]
Terry Sanford
65th governor of north carolina (1917–1998).
Born August 20th, 1917 in Laurinburg.
Died April 18th, 1998 at 80 years old in Durham (esophageal cancer).
Helen Wills
American tennis player (1905–1998).
Born October 6th, 1905 in Fremont.
Died January 1st, 1998 at 92 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Eva Bartok
Hungarian-british actress (1927–1998).
Born June 18th, 1927 in Kecskemét.
Died August 1st, 1998 at 71 years old in London (disease).
Binnie Barnes
English actress (1903–1998).
Born May 25th, 1903 in Islington.
Died July 27th, 1998 at 95 years old in Beverly Hills (disease).
Betty Carter
American jazz singer, recording artist, songwriter (1929–1998).
Born May 16th, 1929 in Flint. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1998 at 69 years old in Brooklyn (pancreatic cancer).
Irene Hervey
American actress (1909-1998).
Born July 11th, 1909 in Venice.
Died December 20th, 1998 at 89 years old in Woodland Hills (heart failure).
Michael Tippett
English composer (1905-1996).
Born January 2nd, 1905 in London Borough of Hillingdon.
Died January 9th, 1998 at 93 years old in London (pneumonia).
Michael Zaslow
American actor.
Born November 1st, 1942 in Inglewood.
Died December 6th, 1998 at 56 years old in New York City (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Kavi Pradeep
Indian singer (1915-1998).
Born February 6th, 1915 in Badnagar.
Died December 11th, 1998 at 83 years old in Mumbai.
Jackie Blanchflower
Northern irish footballer (1933-1998).
Born March 7th, 1933 in Belfast.
Died September 2nd, 1998 at 65 years old in Manchester (cancer).
Yoshifumi Kondō
Japanese anime director (1950-1998).
Born March 31st, 1950 in Gosen.
Died January 21st, 1998 at 47 years old in Tachikawa (aortic dissection, aneurysm).
James Villiers
Actor (1933-1998).
Born September 29th, 1933 in London.
Died January 18th, 1998 at 64 years old in Arundel.
David Manners
Canadian-born american actor (1900-1998).
Born April 30th, 1900 in Halifax. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1998 at 98 years old in Santa Barbara (disease).
John Hunt, Baron Hunt
British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998).
Born June 22nd, 1910 in Shimla.
Died November 7th, 1998 at 88 years old in Henley-on-Thames. [ref]
Ferdy Mayne
German-british actor (1916–1998).
Born March 11th, 1916 in Mainz.
Died January 30th, 1998 at 81 years old in London (Parkinson's disease).
Judge Dread
English musician (1945–1998).
Born May 2nd, 1945 in Kent. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1998 at 52 years old in Canterbury (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Nagarjun
Indian writer (1911–1998).
Born June 30th, 1911 in Madhubani district.
Died November 5th, 1998 at 87 years old in Darbhanga district.
Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
German prince (1918–1998).
Born November 29th, 1918 in Callenberg Castle.
Died January 23rd, 1998 at 79 years old in Amstetten.
Marie-Louise von Franz
Swiss psychologist and scholar (1915-1998).
Born January 4th, 1915 in Munich.
Died February 17th, 1998 at 83 years old in Küsnacht.
Philip J. Corso
Us army officer (1915–1998).
Born May 22nd, 1915 in Sandusky, California.
Died July 16th, 1998 at 83 years old in Jupiter.
Fabian Ver
Filipino general (1920-1998).
Born January 20th, 1920 in Sarrat.
Died November 21st, 1998 at 78 years old in Bangkok.
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