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In the year 1998
637 Notable deaths
Josef Ludl
Czech footballer (1916-1998).
Born June 3rd, 1916 in Dalovice.
Died August 1st, 1998 at 82 years old in Prague.
Caroline Fletcher
American diver (1906–1998).
Born November 22nd, 1906 in Denver.
Died April 3rd, 1998 at 91 years old
Jaanus Kuum
Estonian cyclist (1964–1998).
Born October 2nd, 1964 in Tallinn.
Died August 26th, 1998 at 33 years old in Oslo.
Augusto Magli
Italian footballer (1923-1981).
Born March 9th, 1923 in Molinella.
Died November 1st, 1998 at 75 years old in São Paulo.
Alfredo da Motta
Brazilian basketball player (1921–1998).
Born January 12th, 1921 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died April 22nd, 1998 at 77 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Levan Sanadze
Athletics competitor.
Born August 16th, 1928 in Tbilisi.
Died August 24th, 1998 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Karl Heinz Rechinger
Austrian botanist (1906-1998).
Born October 16th, 1906 in Vienna.
Died December 30th, 1998 at 92 years old in Vienna.
Miklós Sárkány
Hungarian water polo player.
Born August 15th, 1908 in Budapest.
Died December 20th, 1998 at 90 years old in Vienna.
Harold Devine
Boxer.
Born May 18th, 1909 in New Haven.
Died April 29th, 1998 at 88 years old in Massachusetts.
Nadija Hordijenko Andrianova
Ukrainian writer and translator of esperanto.
Born December 15th, 1921 in Vasylkiv.
Died March 27th, 1998 at 76 years old in Kyiv.
Deaths 581 to 590 of 637
There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel