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In the year 1998
637 Notable deaths
Wang Ganchang
Physicist (1907-1998).
Born May 28th, 1907 in Changshu.
Died December 10th, 1998 at 91 years old in Beijing.
László Szabó
Hungarian chess player (1917-1998).
Born March 19th, 1917 in Budapest.
Died August 8th, 1998 at 81 years old in Budapest.
Paul Misraki
French composer of popular music and film scores (1908–1998).
Born January 28th, 1908 in Istanbul.
Died October 30th, 1998 at 90 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Claudio Gora
Italian film actor and director (1913-1998).
Born July 27th, 1913 in Genoa. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1998 at 84 years old in Rome. [ref]
Poul Bundgaard
Danish actor and opera singer (1922–1998).
Born October 27th, 1922 in Hellerup.
Died June 3rd, 1998 at 75 years old in Gentofte (kidney failure).
Birger Ruud
Norwegian skier and ski jumper (1911-1998).
Born August 23rd, 1911 in Kongsberg.
Died June 13th, 1998 at 86 years old in Kongsberg.
Edward Luckhoo
President of guyana (1912-1998).
Born May 24th, 1912 in New Amsterdam.
Died March 3rd, 1998 at 85 years old in Ossett.
Peter Monteverdi
Swiss carmaker (1934-1998).
Born June 7th, 1934 in Binningen.
Died July 4th, 1998 at 64 years old in Binningen (cancer).
Jozef Kroner
Slovak actor (1924-1998).
Born March 20th, 1924 in Staškov. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1998 at 73 years old in Bratislava. [ref]
Charles Sibley
American ornithologist and molecular biologist (1917-1998).
Born August 7th, 1917 in Fresno.
Died April 12th, 1998 at 80 years old in Santa Rosa.
Deaths 381 to 390 of 637
It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo