In the year 1998
605 Notable deaths
Tony Lavelli
American basketball player (1926-1998).
Born July 11th, 1926 in Somerville.
Died January 8th, 1998 at 71 years old in Laconia (myocardial infarction).
Emma Danieli
Italian actress (1936-1998).
Born October 14th, 1936 in Buscoldo.
Died June 21st, 1998 at 61 years old in Lugano.
Bernard Dwork
American mathematician.
Born May 27th, 1923 in The Bronx. [ref]
Died May 9th, 1998 at 74 years old in New Brunswick.
Pentti Aalto
Finnish linguist.
Born July 22nd, 1917 in Pori. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1998 at 81 years old in Helsinki (heart disease). [ref]
Rudolf Ismayr
German weightlifter (1908-1998).
Born October 14th, 1908 in Landshut.
Died May 9th, 1998 at 89 years old in Marquartstein.
Lia Manoliu
Romanian athletics competitor (1932-1998).
Born April 25th, 1932 in Chișinău.
Died January 9th, 1998 at 65 years old in Bucharest (myocardial infarction).
Frederick Charles Frank
British physicist.
Born March 6th, 1911 in Durban.
Died April 5th, 1998 at 87 years old in Bristol.
Mikio Oda
Japanese athlete (1905-1998).
Born March 30th, 1905 in Hiroshima.
Died December 2nd, 1998 at 93 years old in Kamakura.
Régine Pernoud
French archivist and historian.
Born June 17th, 1909 in Château-Chinon (Ville). [ref]
Died April 22nd, 1998 at 88 years old in Paris, 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Deaths 381 to 390 of 605
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain