In the year 1998
656 Notable deaths
Baya
Algerian painter (1931-1998).
Born December 12th, 1931 in Bordj El Kiffan.
Died November 9th, 1998 at 66 years old in Blida.
Louis Dumont
French anthropologist (1911-1998).
Born August 1st, 1911 in Thessaloniki. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1998 at 87 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Otto Baum
Ss-oberführer (1911–1998).
Born November 15th, 1911 in Hechingen.
Died June 18th, 1998 at 86 years old in Hechingen.
Allan McLeod Cormack
American physicist (1924-1998).
Born February 23rd, 1924 in Johannesburg.
Died May 7th, 1998 at 74 years old in Winchester (cancer).
Shin'ichi Suzuki
Japanese violinist and pioneer of musical pedagogy (1898-1998).
Born October 17th, 1898 in Nagoya.
Died January 26th, 1998 at 99 years old in Matsumoto.
Ramsay Ames
American actress (1919–1998).
Born March 30th, 1919 in Brooklyn.
Died March 30th, 1998 at 79 years old in Santa Monica (lung cancer).
James Algar
Film director, screenwriter, film producer.
Born June 11th, 1912 in Modesto. [ref]
Died February 26th, 1998 at 85 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea. [ref]
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
Physiologist and biophysicist (1914-1998).
Born February 5th, 1914 in Banbury.
Died December 20th, 1998 at 84 years old in Cambridge.
Hermann Prey
German lyric baritone singer.
Born July 11th, 1929 in Berlin. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 1998 at 69 years old in Krailling (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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After your death, you will be what you were before your birth. Arthur Schopenhauer