Famous Deaths In 1998
Thursday, 25 April 2024
Jan 01 Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92 in the year 1998.
Jan 02 On this day in history death of frank Muir, English writer, raconteur (b. 1920)
Jan 04 John Gary, singer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
Jan 05 Georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1998.
Jan 07 In the year 1998 death of owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915)
Jan 08 Michael Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) dies at 93 on this day in history.
Jan 09 On this day in history kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79
Jan 11 Klaus Tennstedt, conductor, dies at 71 on this day in history.
Jan 15 On this day in history amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63
Jan 16 In the year 1998 david "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67
Jan 17 On this day in history emil Sitka, actor (3 Stooges shorts), dies of stroke at 82
Jan 19 Carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65 in the year 1998.
Jan 20 On this day in history zevulun Hammer, Vice PM of Israel, dies
Jan 21 Jack Lord, American actor (b. 1920) died in the year 1998.
Jan 23 In the year 1998 hilla Limann, president of Ghana in (1979-81), dies
Jan 24 Jay Monahan, husband of Katie Couric, dies of cancer at 42 in the year 1998.
Jan 25 Mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies in the year 1998.
Jan 26 S P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67 in the year 1998.
Jan 29 On this day in history death of joseph Alioto, mayor of San Francisco (b. 1916)
Jan 30 Ricky Sanderson, stabbed 16-year old girl in NC, executed at 38 died on this day in history.
Feb 03 Karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38 died on this day in history.
Feb 05 Tim Kelly, guitarist, dies at 34 in the year 1998.
Feb 06 On this day in history carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51
Feb 07 On this day in history carl Dean Wilson, musician, dies at 51
Feb 08 On this day in history william Lambert, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78
Feb 09 Laxness, Iceland's Nobel Literature laureate, dies at 95 in the year 1998.
Feb 10 In the year 1998 buddy the Wonder Dog, dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9
Feb 13 Jo Clayton, author, Cancer Died, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58 in the year 1998.
Feb 15 On this day in history martha Gelhorn, female war correspondent (Reuters), dies at 89
Feb 17 Ernst Juenger, German writer, dies at 102 on this day in history.
Feb 18 On this day in history harry Caray, sportscaster (Chicago Cubs), dies at 77
Feb 19 On this day in history grandpa Jones, country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84
Feb 22 On this day in history grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 84
Feb 23 Philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74 in the year 1998.