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Sunday, 14 December 2025
Jan 01 Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92 in the year 1998. 
Jan 02 In the year 1998 death of frank Muir, English writer, raconteur (b. 1920)
Jan 04 John Gary, singer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
Jan 05 On this day in history georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82
Jan 07 In the year 1998 death of owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915)
Jan 08 On this day in history michael Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) dies at 93
Jan 09 Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79 on this day in history.
Jan 11 Klaus Tennstedt, conductor, dies at 71 on this day in history.
Jan 15 Amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63 on this day in history.
Jan 16 David "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67 on this day in history.
Jan 17 In the year 1998 emil Sitka, actor (3 Stooges shorts), dies of stroke at 82
Jan 19 On this day in history carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65
Jan 20 On this day in history zevulun Hammer, Vice PM of Israel, dies
Jan 21 In the year 1998 death of jack Lord, American actor (b. 1920)
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 In the year 1998 s P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67
Jan 29 Joseph Alioto, mayor of San Francisco (b. 1916) died in the year 1998.
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 on this day in history.
Feb 06 Carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51 in the year 1998.
Feb 07 On this day in history carl Dean Wilson, musician, dies at 51
Feb 08 William Lambert, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78 in the year 1998.
Feb 09 Laxness, Iceland's Nobel Literature laureate, dies at 95 in the year 1998.
Feb 10 Buddy the Wonder Dog, dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9 on this day in history.
Feb 13 In the year 1998 jo Clayton, author, Cancer Died, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58
Feb 15 In the year 1998 martha Gelhorn, female war correspondent (Reuters), dies at 89
Feb 17 In the year 1998 ernst Juenger, German writer, dies at 102
Feb 18 In the year 1998 harry Caray, sportscaster (Chicago Cubs), dies at 77
Feb 19 Grandpa Jones, country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84 on this day in history.
Feb 22 Grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 84 in the year 1998.
Feb 23 Philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74 in the year 1998.
