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In the year 1998
604 Notable deaths
Ernst Ising
German physicist.
Born May 10th, 1900 in Cologne.
Died May 11th, 1998 at 98 years old in Peoria.
Leonie Rysanek
Singer (1926-1998).
Born November 14th, 1926 in Vienna. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1998 at 71 years old in Vienna (bone cancer). [ref]
Assia Noris
Russian-italian actress.
Born February 16th, 1912 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 27th, 1998 at 85 years old in Sanremo.
Edwige Feuillère
French actress (1907–1998).
Born October 29th, 1907 in Vesoul.
Died November 13th, 1998 at 91 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Frank Brimsek
American ice hockey goaltender.
Born September 26th, 1915 in Eveleth.
Died November 11th, 1998 at 83 years old in Virginia.
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Uruguayan politician (1920-1998).
Born April 9th, 1920 in Montevideo.
Died July 29th, 1998 at 78 years old in Montevideo.
Živojin Pavlović
Serbian writer and filmmaker (1933-1998).
Born April 15th, 1933 in Šabac. [ref]
Died November 29th, 1998 at 65 years old in Belgrade.
Nicolas Bouvier
Swiss writer, artist and traveller.
Born March 6th, 1929 in Lancy. [ref]
Died February 17th, 1998 at 68 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Swedish actor.
Born December 12th, 1928 in Ystad church parish. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1998 at 69 years old in Lidingö (disease, multiple myeloma).
Henry Spira
American activist (1927-1998).
Born June 19th, 1927 in Antwerp.
Died September 12th, 1998 at 71 years old in New York City (esophageal cancer).
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht