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In the year 1998
637 Notable deaths
Zbigniew Herbert
Polish writer and poet (1924–1998).
Born October 29th, 1924 in Lviv.
Died July 28th, 1998 at 73 years old in Warsaw.
Susan Strange
British academic.
Born June 9th, 1923 in Dorset.
Died October 25th, 1998 at 75 years old in Aylesbury. [ref]
Theodore Schultz
American economist.
Born April 30th, 1902 in Arlington. [ref]
Died February 26th, 1998 at 95 years old in Evanston. [ref]
Vladimir Prelog
Croatian-swiss chemist (1906-1998).
Born July 23rd, 1906 in Sarajevo.
Died January 7th, 1998 at 91 years old in Zürich.
Freddie Young
British cinematographer.
Born October 9th, 1902 in London.
Died December 1st, 1998 at 96 years old in London. [ref]
Cary Middlecoff
American professional golfer (1921–1998).
Born January 6th, 1921 in Halls.
Died September 1st, 1998 at 77 years old in Memphis.
Remo Giazotto
Italian musicologist and composer.
Born September 4th, 1910 in Rome.
Died August 26th, 1998 at 87 years old in Pisa.
Pépé Kallé
Prominent congolese soukous singer (1951–1998).
Born November 23rd, 1955 in Kinshasa.
Died November 29th, 1998 at 43 years old [ref]
Marion Donovan
American inventor and architect (1917–1998).
Born October 15th, 1917 in Chile.
Died November 4th, 1998 at 81 years old in New York City.
Syl Apps
Canadian ice hockey player and politician (1915-1998).
Born January 18th, 1915 in Paris.
Died December 24th, 1998 at 83 years old in Kingston.
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