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In the year 1998
637 Notable deaths
Boris Tatushin
Russian footballer (1933-1998).
Born March 31st, 1933 in Moscow.
Died January 15th, 1998 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Maria Judite de Carvalho
20th-century portuguese author.
Born September 18th, 1921 in Lisbon.
Died January 18th, 1998 at 76 years old in Lisbon.
Ardalion Ignatyev
Athletics competitor (1930–1998).
Born December 22nd, 1930 in Novoye Toyderyakovo.
Died October 24th, 1998 at 67 years old in Cheboksary.
Givi Kartozia
Soviet wrestler.
Born March 29th, 1929 in Batumi.
Died April 3rd, 1998 at 69 years old in Tbilisi.
Gabriel Laub
German-czech essayist and publicist (1928-1998).
Born October 24th, 1928 in Bochnia.
Died February 3rd, 1998 at 69 years old in Hamburg.
Jean Marie Balland
Catholic cardinal (1934-1998).
Born July 26th, 1934 in Bué. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1998 at 63 years old in 4th arrondissement of Lyon (lung cancer). [ref]
Sergei Vonsovsky
Russian physicist.
Born September 2nd, 1910 in Tashkent.
Died August 11th, 1998 at 87 years old in Yekaterinburg.
René Ferrier
French footballer (1936-1998).
Born December 7th, 1936 in Thionne.
Died September 15th, 1998 at 61 years old in Saint-Étienne.
Anwar Mesbah
Egyptian weightlifter (1913-1998).
Born April 8th, 1913 in Alexandria.
Died November 25th, 1998 at 85 years old in Alexandria.
Deaths 561 to 570 of 637
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown