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In the year 1998
604 Notable deaths
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]
Lucio Costa
Brazilian architect.
Born February 27th, 1902 in Toulon.
Died June 13th, 1998 at 96 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Kvitka Cisyk
American opera singer of ukrainian descent.
Born April 4th, 1953 in Queens.
Died March 29th, 1998 at 44 years old in Manhattan (breast cancer).
Keisuke Kinoshita
Japanese film director (1912-1998).
Born December 5th, 1912 in Hamamatsu. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1998 at 86 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Julien Green
American author (1900-1998).
Born September 6th, 1900 in Paris. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1998 at 97 years old in Paris. [ref]
Agostino Casaroli
Catholic cardinal.
Born November 24th, 1914 in Castel San Giovanni. [ref]
Died June 9th, 1998 at 83 years old in Rome. [ref]
Gojko Šušak
Croatian politician (1945-1998).
Born March 16th, 1945 in Široki Brijeg.
Died May 3rd, 1998 at 53 years old in Zagreb (esophageal cancer).
James Lighthill
British applied mathematician (1924-1998).
Born January 23rd, 1924 in Paris. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1998 at 74 years old in Sark.
César Baldaccini
French sculptor (1921-1998).
Born January 1st, 1921 in Marseille. [ref]
Died December 6th, 1998 at 77 years old in Paris, 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Deaths 241 to 250 of 604
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