In the year 1998
583 Notable deaths
Tal Farlow
American jazz guitarist (1921-1998).
Born June 7th, 1921 in Greensboro. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1998 at 77 years old in Manhattan (esophageal cancer).
James Goldman
American screenwriter, playwright, novelist (1927-1998).
Born June 30th, 1927 in Chicago. [ref]
Died October 28th, 1998 at 71 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Frederick Reines
American physicist (1918-1998).
Born March 16th, 1918 in Paterson.
Died August 26th, 1998 at 80 years old in Orange.
Georgy Sviridov
Russian composer.
Born December 16th, 1915 in Fatezh. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1998 at 82 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Theodore Schultz
American economist.
Born April 30th, 1902 in Arlington. [ref]
Died February 26th, 1998 at 95 years old in Evanston. [ref]
Margaret Walker
American poet and writer (1915-1998).
Born July 7th, 1915 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1998 at 83 years old in Chicago (breast cancer). [ref]
Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche
Austrian automobile designer.
Born September 19th, 1909 in Wiener Neustadt. [ref]
Died March 27th, 1998 at 88 years old in Zell am See. [ref]
Vladimir Prelog
Croatian-swiss chemist (1906-1998).
Born July 23rd, 1906 in Sarajevo.
Died January 7th, 1998 at 91 years old in Zürich.
Hammond Innes
British writer (1913-1998).
Born July 15th, 1913 in Horsham. [ref]
Died June 10th, 1998 at 84 years old in Suffolk. [ref]
Cleveland Amory
American writer.
Born September 2nd, 1917 in Nahant.
Died October 15th, 1998 at 81 years old in Manhattan (abdominal aortic aneurysm).
Deaths 201 to 210 of 583
A normal human being does not want the Kingdom of Heaven: he wants life on earth to continue. George Orwell