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In the year 1998
604 Notable deaths
Keith Newton
English footballer (1941-1998).
Born June 23rd, 1941 in Manchester.
Died June 16th, 1998 at 56 years old in Blackburn (laryngeal cancer).
Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim
President of comoros (1936-1998).
Born February 20th, 1936 in Mbéni.
Died November 6th, 1998 at 62 years old in Moroni.
Caroline Mikkelsen
Danish-norwegian explorer (1906-1998).
Born November 20th, 1906.
Died September 15th, 1998 at 91 years old
Charles A. Ferguson
American linguist.
Born July 6th, 1921 in Philadelphia.
Died September 2nd, 1998 at 77 years old in Palo Alto.
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]
Clara Calamai
Italian actress (1909-1998).
Born September 7th, 1915 in Prato. [ref]
Died September 21st, 1998 at 83 years old in Rimini. [ref]
Dorothy Wilson
American film actress.
Born November 14th, 1909 in Minneapolis.
Died January 7th, 1998 at 88 years old in Lompoc (disease).
Maurice Schumann
French politician (1911-1998).
Born April 10th, 1911 in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1998 at 86 years old in Paris. [ref]
Nicholas Kurti
Hungarian physicist.
Born May 14th, 1908 in Budapest.
Died November 24th, 1998 at 90 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Deaths 321 to 330 of 604
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