Famous Deaths Happened In 1998
Saturday, 24 May 2025
Jan 01 On this day in history helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92
Jan 02 Frank Muir, English writer, raconteur (b. 1920) died on this day in history.
Jan 04 In the year 1998 john Gary, singer, dies at 65
Jan 05 In the year 1998 georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82
Jan 07 On this day in history 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 In the year 1998 kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79
Jan 11 On this day in history klaus Tennstedt, conductor, dies at 71
Jan 15 On this day in history amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63
Jan 16 David "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67 in the year 1998.
Jan 17 Emil Sitka, actor (3 Stooges shorts), dies of stroke at 82 in the year 1998.
Jan 19 Carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65 on this day in history.
Jan 20 Zevulun Hammer, Vice PM of Israel, dies in the year 1998.
Jan 21 In the year 1998 death of jack Lord, American actor (b. 1920)
Jan 23 Hilla Limann, president of Ghana in (1979-81), dies on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Jan 26 In the year 1998 s P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67
Jan 29 In the year 1998 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 in the year 1998.
Feb 03 In the year 1998 death of karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38
Feb 05 In the year 1998 tim Kelly, guitarist, dies at 34
Feb 06 Carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51 on this day in history.
Feb 07 Carl Dean Wilson, musician, dies at 51 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.
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 Harry Caray, sportscaster (Chicago Cubs), dies at 77 on this day in history.
Feb 19 Grandpa Jones, country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84 in the year 1998.
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.