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In the year 1998
637 Notable deaths
Hermann Lenz
German writer.
Born February 26th, 1913 in Stuttgart. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1998 at 85 years old in Munich. [ref]
Maciej Słomczyński
Polish writer.
Born April 10th, 1922 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1998 at 75 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Rudy Dhaenens
Road bicycle racer.
Born April 10th, 1961 in Deinze.
Died April 6th, 1998 at 36 years old in Aalst (traffic collision).
André Gertler
Hungarian musician.
Born July 26th, 1907 in Budapest. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 1998 at 90 years old in Brussels metropolitan area. [ref]
Nodar Akhalkatsi
Georgian football manager (1938–1998).
Born January 2nd, 1938 in Tbilisi.
Died January 25th, 1998 at 60 years old in Tbilisi.
Leela Devi
Indian writer.
Born February 13th, 1932 in Pala.
Died May 19th, 1998 at 66 years old in Kottayam.
Alain Bosquet
French poet (1919-1998).
Born March 28th, 1919 in Odesa. [ref]
Died March 17th, 1998 at 78 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Jerzy Bińczycki
Polish actor.
Born September 6th, 1937 in Kraków.
Died October 2nd, 1998 at 61 years old in Kraków (myocardial infarction).
Gevorg Emin
Armenian poet, essayist, and translator (1919-1998).
Born September 30th, 1919 in Ashtarak.
Died June 11th, 1998 at 78 years old in Yerevan.
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Italian film director.
Born July 8th, 1894 in Frosinone. [ref]
Died January 4th, 1998 at 103 years old in Rome.
Deaths 441 to 450 of 637
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