In the year 1998
658 Notable deaths
Alfredo da Motta
Brazilian basketball player (1921–1998).
Born January 12th, 1921 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died April 22nd, 1998 at 77 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Levan Sanadze
Athletics competitor (1928–1998).
Born March 16th, 1928 in Tbilisi.
Died August 29th, 1998 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Karl Heinz Rechinger
Austrian botanist (1906-1998).
Born October 16th, 1906 in Vienna.
Died December 30th, 1998 at 92 years old in Vienna.
Miklós Sárkány
Hungarian water polo player.
Born August 15th, 1908 in Budapest.
Died December 20th, 1998 at 90 years old in Vienna.
Harold Devine
Boxer.
Born May 18th, 1909 in New Haven.
Died April 29th, 1998 at 88 years old in Massachusetts.
Nadija Hordijenko Andrianova
Ukrainian writer and translator of esperanto.
Born December 15th, 1921 in Vasylkiv.
Died March 27th, 1998 at 76 years old in Kyiv.
Norberto Doroteo Méndez
Argentine footballer (1923-1998).
Born January 5th, 1923 in Buenos Aires.
Died June 22nd, 1998 at 75 years old in Buenos Aires.
Nicolò Rode
Italian sailor (1912–1998).
Born January 1st, 1912 in Mali Lošinj.
Died May 4th, 1998 at 86 years old in Verona.
Edgar Ablowich
Athletics competitor.
Born April 29th, 1913 in Greenville.
Died April 6th, 1998 at 84 years old in Virginia Beach.
Ernest Peirce
Boxer.
Born September 25th, 1909 in Somerset West.
Died January 23rd, 1998 at 88 years old in Apache Junction.
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No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away. Terry Pratchett