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In the year 1998
605 Notable deaths
Jerzy Bińczycki
Polish actor.
Born September 6th, 1937 in Kraków.
Died October 2nd, 1998 at 61 years old in Kraków (myocardial infarction).
Maria Mercè Marçal
Catalan poet, professor, writer and translator.
Born November 13th, 1952 in Ivars d'Urgell. [ref]
Died July 5th, 1998 at 45 years old in Barcelona (breast cancer). [ref]
Johannes Kotkas
Estonian wrestler.
Born February 3rd, 1915 in Kambja Rural Municipality.
Died May 8th, 1998 at 83 years old in Tallinn.
Kea Bouman
Dutch tennis player.
Born November 23rd, 1903 in Almelo.
Died November 17th, 1998 at 94 years old in Delden.
Vladimir Dudintsev
Soviet writer.
Born July 29th, 1918 in Kupiansk.
Died July 23rd, 1998 at 79 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Vadym Hetman
Statesman and banker.
Born July 12th, 1935 in Snityn.
Died April 22nd, 1998 at 62 years old in Kyiv.
Fred Wacker
Racecar driver.
Born July 10th, 1918 in Chicago.
Died June 16th, 1998 at 79 years old in Lake Bluff.
Tadeusz Ślusarski
Polish pole vaulter.
Died August 17th, 1998 at 48 years old in Gmina Przybiernów (traffic collision).
Lucien Bodard
French journalist.
Born January 9th, 1914 in Chongqing. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 1998 at 84 years old in Paris.
Lajos Czinege
Hungarian politician (1924-1998).
Born March 24th, 1924 in Karcag.
Died May 10th, 1998 at 74 years old in Leányfalu. [ref]
Deaths 441 to 450 of 605
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson