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In the year 1998
636 Notable deaths
Clara Rockmore
Russian-born american musician.
Born March 9th, 1911 in Vilnius.
Died May 10th, 1998 at 87 years old in New York City.
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Japanese musician (1964–1998).
Born December 13th, 1964 in Yokosuka.
Died May 2nd, 1998 at 33 years old in Tokyo (hanging to death).
E. M. S. Namboodiripad
Indian communist politician and theorist and first chief minister of kerala state (1909-1998).
Born June 13th, 1909 in Perintalmanna.
Died March 19th, 1998 at 88 years old in Thiruvananthapuram.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer laureated with the 1990 nobel prize for literature.
Born March 31st, 1914 in Mexico City. [ref]
Died April 20th, 1998 at 84 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola
Businessman, politician, publisher (1937-1998).
Born August 24th, 1937 in Abeokuta.
Died July 7th, 1998 at 60 years old in Abuja.
Daniel Massey
English actor and performer (1933-1998).
Born October 10th, 1933 in Westminster.
Died March 25th, 1998 at 64 years old in London (lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma).
Richard Denning
American actor (1914-1998).
Born March 27th, 1914 in Poughkeepsie. [ref]
Died October 11th, 1998 at 84 years old in Escondido (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
American jurist (1907–1998); us supreme court justice from 1972 to 1987.
Born September 19th, 1907 in Suffolk.
Died August 25th, 1998 at 90 years old in Richmond (pneumonia).
Frankie Ruiz
Puerto rican salsa singer, songwriter.
Born March 10th, 1958 in Paterson.
Died August 9th, 1998 at 40 years old in New York City, Newark (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Patricia Hayes
British actress (1909–1998).
Born December 22nd, 1909 in London.
Died September 19th, 1998 at 88 years old in Surrey.
Deaths 71 to 80 of 636
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