In the year 1998
583 Notable deaths
Imi Lichtenfeld
Israeli krav maga practitioner.
Born May 26th, 1910 in Budapest. [ref]
Died January 9th, 1998 at 87 years old in Netanya. [ref]
Gene Evans
Actor (1922-1998).
Born July 11th, 1922 in Holbrook. [ref]
Died April 1st, 1998 at 75 years old in Jackson (heart failure). [ref]
Talat Mahmood
Indian singer.
Born February 24th, 1924 in Lucknow.
Died May 9th, 1998 at 74 years old in Mumbai (myocardial infarction).
Otto Wichterle
Czech member of czech national council, politician, academic, chemical engineer, professor and inventor (1913-1998).
Born October 27th, 1913 in Prostějov. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1998 at 84 years old in Stražisko, Prague. [ref]
Leo Buscaglia
Motivational speaker, writer.
Born March 31st, 1924 in Los Angeles.
Died June 12th, 1998 at 74 years old in Glenbrook (myocardial infarction).
Beatrice Wood
American artist (1893-1998).
Born March 3rd, 1893 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1998 at 105 years old in Ojai. [ref]
Clark Clifford
American secretary of defense (1906-1998).
Born December 25th, 1906 in Fort Scott. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1998 at 91 years old in Bethesda. [ref]
Alfred Schnittke
German soviet composer.
Born November 24th, 1934 in Engels. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1998 at 63 years old in Hamburg (stroke). [ref]
Jon Postel
American computer scientist.
Born August 6th, 1943 in Altadena. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1998 at 55 years old in Santa Monica.
Richard Hamming
American mathematician and information theorist.
Born February 11th, 1915 in Chicago. [ref]
Died January 7th, 1998 at 82 years old in Monterey (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 583
Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris