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In the year 1998
637 Notable deaths
Kenkichi Iwasawa
Japanese mathematician (1917-1998).
Born September 11th, 1917 in Kiryū.
Died October 26th, 1998 at 81 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia).
Oswald Rufeisen
Jewish resistance figther and israeli discalced carmelite friar (1922–1998).
Born January 29th, 1922 in Żywiec.
Died July 30th, 1998 at 76 years old in Haifa.
Frank Brimsek
American ice hockey goaltender.
Born September 26th, 1915 in Eveleth.
Died November 11th, 1998 at 83 years old in Virginia.
Malati Choudhury
Indian activist.
Born July 26th, 1904 in Bihar.
Died March 15th, 1998 at 93 years old
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Uruguayan politician (1920-1998).
Born April 9th, 1920 in Montevideo.
Died July 29th, 1998 at 78 years old in Montevideo.
Gerhard Gundermann
German musician (1955–1998).
Born February 21st, 1955 in Weimar.
Died June 21st, 1998 at 43 years old in Spreetal.
Haroun Tazieff
French volcanologist, geologist (1914-1998).
Born May 11th, 1914 in Warsaw.
Died February 2nd, 1998 at 83 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris.
Edwige Feuillère
French actress (1907–1998).
Born October 29th, 1907 in Vesoul.
Died November 13th, 1998 at 91 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt.
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.
Gregor von Rezzori
Austrian journalist, actor and writer.
Born May 13th, 1914 in Chernivtsi. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1998 at 83 years old in Reggello. [ref]
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