In the year 1998
656 Notable deaths
Julien Green
American author (1900-1998).
Born September 6th, 1900 in Paris. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1998 at 97 years old in Paris. [ref]
Francis Durbridge
British writer (1912–1998).
Born November 25th, 1912 in Kingston upon Hull.
Died April 11th, 1998 at 85 years old in London.
Lucio Costa
Brazilian architect.
Born February 27th, 1902 in Toulon.
Died June 13th, 1998 at 96 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Gojko Šušak
Croatian politician (1945-1998).
Born March 16th, 1945 in Široki Brijeg.
Died May 3rd, 1998 at 53 years old in Zagreb (lung cancer).
Samuel Eilenberg
Polish mathematician (1913-1998).
Born September 30th, 1913 in Warsaw.
Died January 30th, 1998 at 84 years old in New York City. [ref]
James Lighthill
British applied mathematician (1924–1998).
Born January 23rd, 1924 in Paris.
Died July 17th, 1998 at 74 years old in Sark.
Dieter Roth
Swiss artist (1930-1998).
Born April 21st, 1930 in Hanover. [ref]
Died June 5th, 1998 at 68 years old in Basel (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Charles Korvin
American actor (1907-1998).
Born November 21st, 1907 in Piešťany.
Died June 18th, 1998 at 90 years old in Manhattan.
Dorothy West
American writer (1907-1998).
Born June 2nd, 1907 in Boston. [ref]
Died August 16th, 1998 at 91 years old in Boston. [ref]
Jean Leray
French mathematician (1906-1998).
Born November 7th, 1906 in Chantenay-sur-Loire.
Died November 10th, 1998 at 92 years old in La Baule-Escoublac.
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For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker