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In the year 1998
583 Notable deaths
Stu Ungar
American poker player (1953-1998).
Born September 8th, 1953 in Manhattan.
Died November 22nd, 1998 at 45 years old in Las Vegas.
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.
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.
Daniel Massey
English actor and performer (1933-1998).
Born October 10th, 1933 in Westminster.
Died March 25th, 1998 at 64 years old in London (Hodgkin lymphoma, lymphoma).
Jean-François Lyotard
French philosopher.
Born August 10th, 1924 in Versailles. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1998 at 73 years old in Paris (leukemia). [ref]
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]
Maurice Bucaille
French physician and author.
Born July 19th, 1920 in Pont-l'Évêque. [ref]
Died February 17th, 1998 at 77 years old in Paris. [ref]
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
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).
Henny Youngman
American comedian (1906-1998).
Born March 16th, 1906 in Liverpool.
Died February 24th, 1998 at 91 years old in Manhattan.
Christian Mortensen
Danish supercentenarian and second-longest-lived man (1882–1998).
Born August 16th, 1882 in Denmark.
Died April 25th, 1998 at 115 years old in San Rafael (Alzheimer's disease).
Deaths 71 to 80 of 583
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