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In the year 1998
636 Notable deaths
Valerie Hobson
Irish actress.
Born April 14th, 1917 in Larne. [ref]
Died November 13th, 1998 at 81 years old in Westminster (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Bella Abzug
American politician (1920-1998).
Born July 24th, 1920 in New York City.
Died March 31st, 1998 at 77 years old in New York City.
Nguyen Ngoc Loan
Vietnamese police chief (1930–1998).
Born December 11th, 1930 in Huế.
Died July 14th, 1998 at 67 years old in Burke (cancer).
Lalita Pawar
Indian actress.
Born April 16th, 1916 in Nashik.
Died February 24th, 1998 at 81 years old in Pune. [ref]
Alan J. Pakula
American film director, writer and producer (1928–1998).
Born April 7th, 1928 in The Bronx.
Died November 19th, 1998 at 70 years old in Melville (traffic collision).
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer and director (1918–1998).
Born October 11th, 1918 in New York City.
Died July 29th, 1998 at 79 years old in New York City (stroke).
Alice Faye
American actress, singer (1915-1998).
Born May 5th, 1915 in New York City. [ref]
Died May 9th, 1998 at 83 years old in Rancho Mirage (stomach cancer). [ref]
Shirley Ardell Mason
American artist (1923–1998).
Born January 25th, 1923 in Dodge Center.
Died February 26th, 1998 at 75 years old in Lexington (breast cancer).
Stu Ungar
American poker player (1953-1998).
Born September 8th, 1953 in Manhattan.
Died November 22nd, 1998 at 45 years old in Las Vegas.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
American activist, journalist and writer.
Born April 7th, 1890 in Minneapolis.
Died May 15th, 1998 at 108 years old in Coconut Grove (disease).
Deaths 61 to 70 of 636
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