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In the year 1998
637 Notable deaths
Maria Reich
Peruvian archaeologist, mathematician and technical translator.
Born May 15th, 1903 in Dresden. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1998 at 95 years old in Lima (ovarian cancer). [ref]
Terry Sanford
65th governor of north carolina.
Born August 20th, 1917 in Laurinburg.
Died April 18th, 1998 at 80 years old in Durham (esophageal cancer).
Helen Wills
American tennis player (1905–1998).
Born October 6th, 1905 in Fremont.
Died January 1st, 1998 at 92 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Eva Bartok
Hungarian and german actress (1927-1998).
Born June 18th, 1927 in Kecskemét.
Died August 1st, 1998 at 71 years old in London (disease).
Binnie Barnes
English actress (1903-1998).
Born May 25th, 1903 in Islington. [ref]
Died July 27th, 1998 at 95 years old in Beverly Hills (disease).
Betty Carter
American jazz singer, recording artist, songwriter.
Born May 16th, 1930 in Flint. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1998 at 68 years old in Brooklyn (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Irene Hervey
Actress (1909-1998).
Born July 11th, 1909 in Venice.
Died December 20th, 1998 at 89 years old in Woodland Hills (heart failure).
Michael Tippett
English composer (1905-1996).
Born January 2nd, 1905 in London Borough of Hillingdon.
Died January 9th, 1998 at 93 years old in London (pneumonia).
Michael Zaslow
American actor.
Born November 1st, 1942 in Inglewood.
Died December 6th, 1998 at 56 years old in New York City (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Kavi Pradeep
Indian singer (1915-1998).
Born February 6th, 1915 in Badnagar.
Died December 11th, 1998 at 83 years old in Mumbai.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel