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In the year 1998
637 Notable deaths
Frans Bonduel
Belgian road bicycle racer (1907–1998).
Born September 26th, 1907 in Dendermonde.
Died February 25th, 1998 at 90 years old in Baasrode.
Åke Seyffarth
Swedish cyclist and olympic speed skater (1919–1998).
Born January 15th, 1919 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1998 at 78 years old in Mora. [ref]
Helvi Hämäläinen
Finnish writer.
Born June 16th, 1907 in Hamina. [ref]
Died January 17th, 1998 at 90 years old in Espoo. [ref]
Erik Asmussen
Danish architect (1913-1998).
Born November 2nd, 1913 in Copenhagen.
Died August 29th, 1998 at 84 years old in Järna.
Ghazaros Saryan
Armenian composer (1920–1998).
Born September 30th, 1920 in Nakhichevan-on-Don.
Died May 27th, 1998 at 77 years old in Yerevan.
Jules Fontaine Sambwa
Congo politician (1940-1998).
Born November 12th, 1940 in Mbandaka.
Died March 4th, 1998 at 57 years old
Carlos Oviedo Cavada
Catholic cardinal (1927–1998).
Born January 19th, 1927 in Santiago.
Died December 7th, 1998 at 71 years old in Santiago.
Mirosław Justek
Polish footballer (1948-1998).
Born September 23rd, 1948 in Słupsk.
Died January 24th, 1998 at 49 years old in Poznań.
Apo Lazaridès
French cyclist (1925–1998).
Born October 16th, 1925 in Marles-les-Mines.
Died October 30th, 1998 at 73 years old in Nice.
Héctor Vilches
Uruguayan footballer (1926-1998).
Born February 14th, 1926 in Montevideo.
Died September 23rd, 1998 at 72 years old [ref]
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner