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In the year 1998
636 Notable deaths
Ernst Jünger
German writer.
Born March 29th, 1895 in Heidelberg. [ref]
Died February 17th, 1998 at 102 years old in Riedlingen. [ref]
Om Prakash
Indian actor (1919–1998).
Born December 19th, 1919 in Lahore.
Died February 12th, 1998 at 78 years old in Mumbai.
Persis Khambatta
Indian actress (1948-1998).
Born October 2nd, 1948 in Mumbai.
Died August 18th, 1998 at 49 years old in Mumbai (myocardial infarction).
Mary Millar
Actress, singer (1936-1998).
Born July 26th, 1936 in Doncaster.
Died November 10th, 1998 at 62 years old in Brockley (ovarian cancer).
Joan Hickson
British actress (1906-1998).
Born August 5th, 1906 in Kingsthorpe. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1998 at 92 years old in Colchester Hospital (disease). [ref]
Protima Bedi
Indian model and dancer (1948-1998).
Born October 12th, 1948 in Delhi.
Died August 18th, 1998 at 49 years old in Pithoragarh.
Archie Moore
American boxer (1913-1998).
Born December 13th, 1913 in Benoit.
Died December 9th, 1998 at 84 years old in San Diego.
E. G. Marshall
Us-american actor.
Born June 18th, 1914 in Owatonna. [ref]
Died August 24th, 1998 at 84 years old in Bedford (lung cancer). [ref]
Vasili Arkhipov
Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war (1926–1998).
Born January 30th, 1926 in Zvorkovo.
Died August 19th, 1998 at 72 years old in Zheleznodorozhny (kidney cancer).
Benjamin Spock
American pediatrician and author of baby and child care (1903-1998).
Born May 2nd, 1903 in New Haven.
Died March 15th, 1998 at 94 years old in La Jolla. [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 636
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