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In the year 1998
637 Notable deaths
Lucio Costa
Brazilian architect.
Born February 27th, 1902 in Toulon.
Died June 13th, 1998 at 96 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
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).
Samuel Eilenberg
Polish mathematician (1913-1998).
Born September 30th, 1913 in Warsaw.
Died January 30th, 1998 at 84 years old in New York City. [ref]
James Lighthill
British applied mathematician (1924–1998).
Born January 23rd, 1924 in Paris.
Died July 17th, 1998 at 74 years old in Sark.
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]
Charles Korvin
American actor (1907-1998).
Born November 21st, 1907 in Piešťany.
Died June 18th, 1998 at 90 years old in Manhattan.
Dorothy West
American writer (1907-1998).
Born June 2nd, 1907 in Boston. [ref]
Died August 16th, 1998 at 91 years old in Boston. [ref]
Jean Leray
French mathematician (1906-1998).
Born November 7th, 1906 in Chantenay-sur-Loire.
Died November 10th, 1998 at 92 years old in La Baule-Escoublac.
Alois Estermann
Colonel, 31st commander of the pontifical swiss guard (1954–1998).
Born October 29th, 1954 in Gunzwil.
Died May 4th, 1998 at 43 years old in Vatican City.
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]
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Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. Langston Hughes