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In the year 1998
637 Notable deaths
Jackie Blanchflower
Northern irish footballer (1933-1998).
Born March 7th, 1933 in Belfast.
Died September 2nd, 1998 at 65 years old in Manchester (cancer).
Yoshifumi Kondō
Japanese anime director (1950-1998).
Born March 31st, 1950 in Gosen.
Died January 21st, 1998 at 47 years old in Tachikawa (aneurysm, aortic dissection).
James Villiers
Actor (1933-1998).
Born September 29th, 1933 in London.
Died January 18th, 1998 at 64 years old in Arundel.
David Manners
Canadian-born american actor (1900-1998).
Born April 30th, 1901 in Halifax. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1998 at 97 years old in Santa Barbara (disease). [ref]
John Hunt, Baron Hunt
British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998).
Born June 22nd, 1910 in Shimla. [ref]
Died November 7th, 1998 at 88 years old in Henley-on-Thames. [ref]
Judge Dread
English musician.
Born May 2nd, 1945 in Kent. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1998 at 52 years old in Canterbury (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Nagarjun
Indian writer.
Born June 30th, 1911 in Madhubani district.
Died November 5th, 1998 at 87 years old in Darbhanga district.
Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
German prince (1918–1998).
Born November 29th, 1918 in Callenberg Castle.
Died January 23rd, 1998 at 79 years old in Amstetten.
Marie-Louise von Franz
Swiss psychologist and scholar (1915-1998).
Born January 4th, 1915 in Munich.
Died February 17th, 1998 at 83 years old in Küsnacht.
Philip J. Corso
Us army officer (1915-1998).
Born May 22nd, 1915 in Sandusky.
Died July 16th, 1998 at 83 years old in Jupiter.
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Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris