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In the year 1998
583 Notable deaths
Alberto Calderón
Argentine mathematician.
Born September 14th, 1920 in Mendoza. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1998 at 77 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Dieter Roth
Swiss artist (1930-1998).
Born April 21st, 1930 in Hanover. [ref]
Died June 5th, 1998 at 68 years old in Basel (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Allen Drury
American novelist (1918-1998).
Born September 2nd, 1918 in Houston.
Died September 2nd, 1998 at 80 years old in Tiburon (cardiac arrest).
Éric Tabarly
Sailor.
Born July 24th, 1931 in Nantes. [ref]
Died June 13th, 1998 at 66 years old in Irish Sea (drowning).
Kim Ki-young
South korean film director.
Born October 10th, 1919 in Seoul.
Died February 5th, 1998 at 78 years old in Seoul. [ref]
John Hawkes
American novelist (1925–1998).
Born August 17th, 1925 in Stamford. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1998 at 72 years old in Providence. [ref]
Edwin Thompson Jaynes
American physicist (1922-1998).
Born July 5th, 1922 in Waterloo. [ref]
Died April 30th, 1998 at 75 years old in St. Louis.
Jafar Sharif-Emami
Iranian engineer and politician (1910-1998).
Born September 9th, 1910 in Tehran.
Died June 16th, 1998 at 87 years old in New York City.
Gunter d'Alquen
Nazi propagandist (1910-1998).
Born October 24th, 1910 in Essen.
Died May 15th, 1998 at 87 years old in Mönchengladbach.
Dick Higgins
English composer and poet (1938-1998).
Born March 15th, 1938 in Cambridge. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1998 at 60 years old in Quebec (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 231 to 240 of 583
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