In the year 1998
658 Notable deaths
Genrich Altshuller
Soviet inventor and writer (1926–1998).
Born October 15th, 1926 in Tashkent.
Died September 24th, 1998 at 71 years old in Petrozavodsk (Parkinson's disease).
Marcel Pourbaix
Belgian electrochemist and corrosion specialist (1904–1998).
Born September 19th, 1904 in Aleksin.
Died September 28th, 1998 at 94 years old in Uccle.
Jimmy Mackay
Australian soccer player (1943-1998).
Born December 19th, 1943 in Scotland.
Died December 11th, 1998 at 54 years old
Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy
Hungarian mathematician.
Born July 29th, 1913 in Cluj-Napoca. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1998 at 85 years old in Szeged. [ref]
Bahi Ladgham
Tunisian politician (1913–1998).
Born January 10th, 1913 in Tunis.
Died April 13th, 1998 at 85 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris.
Fritz Buchloh
German footballer (1909-1998).
Born November 26th, 1909 in Mülheim an der Ruhr.
Died July 22nd, 1998 at 88 years old in Mülheim an der Ruhr.
Hans Brenner
Austrian actor (1938-1998).
Born November 25th, 1938 in Innsbruck.
Died September 4th, 1998 at 59 years old in Munich.
Ahmed Oudjani
Algerian footballer (1937-1998).
Born March 19th, 1937 in Skikda.
Died January 14th, 1998 at 60 years old in Lille.
Emil Braginsky
Soviet and russian screenwriter (1921–1998).
Born November 19th, 1921 in Moscow.
Died May 26th, 1998 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Bertil Nordahl
Swedish association football player and manager (1917-1998).
Born July 26th, 1917 in Hörnefors.
Died December 1st, 1998 at 81 years old in Degerfors.
Deaths 491 to 500 of 658
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead. Albert Einstein