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In the year 1998
637 Notable deaths
Haxhi Lleshi
Albanian politician (1913-1998).
Born October 19th, 1913 in Reshani.
Died January 1st, 1998 at 84 years old in Tirana.
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.
Born April 6th, 1924 in John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1998 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Assia Noris
Russian-italian actress.
Born February 16th, 1912 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 27th, 1998 at 85 years old in Sanremo.
Buddy Jeannette
American basketball player and coach (1917-1998).
Born September 15th, 1917 in New Kensington.
Died March 11th, 1998 at 80 years old in Nashua (stroke).
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Swedish actor (1928–1998).
Born December 12th, 1928 in Ystad church parish. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1998 at 69 years old in Lidingö (disease, multiple myeloma).
Anatoly Rybakov
Soviet and russian writer (1911–1998).
Born January 14th, 1911 in Derzhanivka.
Died December 23rd, 1998 at 87 years old in New York City.
Raimund Harmstorf
German actor (1939-1998).
Born October 7th, 1939 in Hamburg.
Died May 3rd, 1998 at 58 years old in Marktoberdorf (hanging).
Attia Hosain
Indian writer who moved to the uk in the 1940s.
Born October 20th, 1913 in Lucknow.
Died January 25th, 1998 at 84 years old
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