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In the year 1998
604 Notable deaths
Victor Pasmore
Artist and architect (1908-1998).
Born December 3rd, 1908 in Chelsham. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1998 at 89 years old in Valletta. [ref]
Sidney W. Fox
American biochemist.
Born March 25th, 1912 in Los Angeles.
Died August 10th, 1998 at 86 years old in Mobile.
Hermann Prey
German lyric baritone singer.
Born July 11th, 1929 in Berlin. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 1998 at 69 years old in Krailling (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Louis Dumont
French anthropologist (1911-1998).
Born August 1st, 1911 in Thessaloniki. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1998 at 87 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Rolan Bykov
Soviet and russian actor, theater and film director, screenwriter (1929–1998).
Born October 12th, 1929 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1998 at 68 years old in Moscow (lung cancer).
Gloria Fuertes
Spanish writer.
Born July 28th, 1917 in Madrid.
Died November 27th, 1998 at 81 years old in Madrid (lung cancer). [ref]
Don Taylor
Actor, director (1920-1998).
Born December 13th, 1920 in Freeport.
Died December 29th, 1998 at 78 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure).
Olivier Gendebien
Belgian racecar driver (1924-1998).
Born January 12th, 1924 in Brussels metropolitan area. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1998 at 74 years old in Tarascon. [ref]
George H. Hitchings
Nobel prize-winning american doctor.
Born April 18th, 1905 in Hoquiam. [ref]
Died February 27th, 1998 at 92 years old in Chapel Hill. [ref]
Klaus Tennstedt
German conductor (1926-1998).
Born June 6th, 1926 in Merseburg. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1998 at 71 years old in Heikendorf (lip and oral cavity carcinoma). [ref]
Deaths 281 to 290 of 604
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson