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In the year 1998
656 Notable deaths
Ernst Ising
German physicist.
Born May 10th, 1900 in Cologne.
Died May 11th, 1998 at 98 years old in Peoria.
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]
Sidney W. Fox
American biochemist (1912–1998).
Born March 25th, 1912 in United States, Los Angeles.
Died August 10th, 1998 at 86 years old in Mobile.
Gottfried Dienst
Swiss football referee (1919-1998).
Born September 9th, 1919 in Basel.
Died June 1st, 1998 at 78 years old in Bern.
Haxhi Lleshi
Albanian politician (1913-1998).
Born October 19th, 1913 in Reshani.
Died January 1st, 1998 at 84 years old in Tirana.
Tommy McCook
Jamaican musician (1927–1998).
Born March 3rd, 1927 in Havana.
Died May 5th, 1998 at 71 years old in Atlanta.
Gloria Fuertes
Spanish writer.
Born July 28th, 1917 in Madrid.
Died November 27th, 1998 at 81 years old in Madrid (lung cancer). [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]
Dorothy Donegan
American jazz pianist (1922–1998).
Born April 6th, 1922 in Chicago, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1998 at 76 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Assia Noris
Russian-italian actress.
Born February 26th, 1912 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 27th, 1998 at 85 years old in Sanremo.
Deaths 311 to 320 of 656
It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo