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In the year 1998
583 Notable deaths
Galina Ulanova
Soviet ballet dancer (1910-1998).
Born January 8th, 1910 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1998 at 88 years old in Moscow.
Lawton Chiles
American politician.
Born April 3rd, 1930 in Lakeland.
Died December 12th, 1998 at 68 years old in Tallahassee (myocardial infarction).
Adem Jashari
Commander of the kosovo liberation army.
Born November 28th, 1955 in Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo.
Died March 7th, 1998 at 42 years old in Kosovo (killed in action).
Yang Shangkun
President of the people's republic of china (1907–1998).
Born July 5th, 1907 in Tongnan County.
Died September 14th, 1998 at 91 years old in Beijing.
Kay Thompson
American author, singer, dancer, actress, and choreographer (1909–1998).
Born November 9th, 1912 in St. Louis. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1998 at 85 years old in New York City (disease). [ref]
Raymond Cattell
British-american psychologist (1905-1998).
Born March 20th, 1905 in West Bromwich.
Died February 2nd, 1998 at 92 years old in Honolulu.
Otto Kretschmer
German admiral and u-boat commander during world war ii.
Born May 1st, 1912 in Hajduki Nyskie. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1998 at 86 years old in Straubing (head injury).
Nizar Qabbani
Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher (1923-1998).
Born March 21st, 1923 in Damascus. [ref]
Died April 30th, 1998 at 75 years old in London (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Rozz Williams
American singer.
Born November 6th, 1963 in Pomona. [ref]
Died April 1st, 1998 at 34 years old in West Hollywood (hanging). [ref]
Vasili Arkhipov
Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war.
Born January 30th, 1926 in Zvorkovo.
Died August 19th, 1998 at 72 years old in Zheleznodorozhny (kidney cancer).
Deaths 91 to 100 of 583
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson