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In the year 1998
605 Notable deaths
Nadija Hordijenko Andrianova
Ukrainian writer and translator of the language esperanto.
Born December 15th, 1921 in Vasylkiv.
Died March 27th, 1998 at 76 years old in Kyiv.
Nicolò Rode
Sailor.
Born January 1st, 1912 in Mali Lošinj.
Died May 4th, 1998 at 86 years old in Verona.
Miklós Sárkány
Hungarian water polo player.
Born August 15th, 1908 in Budapest.
Died December 20th, 1998 at 90 years old in Vienna.
Shoichi Nishimura
Japanese association football player.
Born April 18th, 1921 in Hyogo Prefecture.
Died March 22nd, 1998 at 76 years old in Akashi (pneumonia).
Karl Heinz Rechinger
Austrian botanist (1906-1998).
Born October 16th, 1906 in Vienna.
Died December 30th, 1998 at 92 years old in Vienna.
Louis Chaillot
French racing cyclist.
Born March 2nd, 1914 in Chaumont. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1998 at 83 years old in Aubenas. [ref]
Harold Devine
Boxer.
Born May 18th, 1909 in New Haven.
Died April 29th, 1998 at 88 years old in Massachusetts.
Marie Kettnerová
Czechoslovak table tennis player.
Born April 4th, 1911 in Prague. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1998 at 86 years old in London. [ref]
Ernest Peirce
Boxer.
Born September 25th, 1909 in Somerset West.
Died January 23rd, 1998 at 88 years old in Apache Junction.
Elio Ragni
Athletics competitor.
Born December 5th, 1910 in Milan.
Died June 20th, 1998 at 87 years old
Deaths 561 to 570 of 605
When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid