In the year 1998
604 Notable deaths
Joan Banks
American actress (1918-1998).
Born October 30th, 1918 in Petersburg.
Died January 18th, 1998 at 79 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer).
Efim Geller
Soviet chess player.
Born March 8th, 1925 in Odesa.
Died November 17th, 1998 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Alberto Calderón
Argentine mathematician (1920–1998).
Born September 14th, 1920 in Mendoza.
Died April 16th, 1998 at 77 years old in Chicago.
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 (1919–1998).
Born October 10th, 1919 in Seoul.
Died February 5th, 1998 at 78 years old in Seoul.
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
Persian engineer and politician (1910-1998).
Born September 9th, 1910 in Tehran.
Died June 16th, 1998 at 87 years old in New York City.
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I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived. Willa Cather