In the year 1998
656 Notable deaths
Alberto Calderón
Argentine mathematician (1920–1998).
Born September 14th, 1920 in Mendoza.
Died April 16th, 1998 at 77 years old in Chicago.
Agostino Casaroli
Catholic cardinal.
Born November 24th, 1914 in Castel San Giovanni.
Died June 9th, 1998 at 83 years old in Rome.
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.
Allen Drury
American novelist (1918-1998).
Born September 2nd, 1918 in Houston.
Died September 2nd, 1998 at 80 years old in Tiburon (cardiac arrest).
Tom Bradley
American politician (1917–1998).
Born December 29th, 1917 in Calvert.
Died September 29th, 1998 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Maurice Bardèche
French literary critic and neo-fascist writer.
Born October 1st, 1907 in Dun-sur-Auron.
Died July 30th, 1998 at 90 years old in Canet-en-Roussillon.
John Hawkes
American novelist (1925–1998).
Born August 17th, 1925 in Stamford. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1998 at 72 years old in Providence. [ref]
Efim Geller
Soviet chess player (1925–1998).
Born March 8th, 1925 in Odesa.
Died November 17th, 1998 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Martha O'Driscoll
American actress, dancer, socialite (1922-1998).
Born March 4th, 1922 in Tulsa.
Died November 3rd, 1998 at 76 years old in Ocala (disease).
Momoko Kōchi
Japanese actress (1932-1998).
Born March 7th, 1932 in Taitō-ku. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1998 at 66 years old in Shibuya (colorectal cancer).
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Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves. Rabindranath Tagore