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In the year 1998
605 Notable deaths
Aloys Grillmeier
Catholic theologian and cardinal-deacon.
Born January 1st, 1910 in Pechbrunn. [ref]
Died September 13th, 1998 at 88 years old in Unterhaching. [ref]
Kevork Ajemian
Writer.
Born February 18th, 1932 in Manbij.
Died December 31st, 1998 at 66 years old in Lyon.
Maud Mannoni
French psychoanalyst (1923–1998).
Born October 23rd, 1923 in Kortrijk.
Died March 15th, 1998 at 74 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Félix Morisseau-Leroy
Haitian playwright and poet.
Born March 13th, 1912 in Grand-Gosier. [ref]
Died September 5th, 1998 at 86 years old in Miami. [ref]
Lev Dyomin
Soviet cosmonaut.
Born January 11th, 1926 in Moscow.
Died December 18th, 1998 at 72 years old in Zvyozdny gorodok (cancer).
José Cardoso Pires
Portuguese writer (1925-1998).
Born October 2nd, 1925 in São João do Peso.
Died October 26th, 1998 at 73 years old in Lisbon.
Anatol Vieru
Romanian composer (1926-1998).
Born June 8th, 1926 in Iași. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1998 at 72 years old in Bucharest.
Ludvík Daněk
Czechoslovak discus thrower.
Born January 6th, 1937 in Hořice. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1998 at 61 years old in Hutisko-Solanec (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Cliff Barker
American basketball player.
Born January 15th, 1921 in Muncie.
Died March 17th, 1998 at 77 years old in Satsuma.
Juan José Nogués
Spanish footballer.
Born April 28th, 1909 in Borja.
Died July 2nd, 1998 at 89 years old in Palma.
Deaths 431 to 440 of 605
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