Famous Deaths In 1998
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Jan 01 Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92 in the year 1998.
Jan 02 Frank Muir, English writer, raconteur (b. 1920) died on this day in history.
Jan 04 John Gary, singer, dies at 65 in the year 1998.
Jan 05 Georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
Jan 07 Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915) died on this day in history.
Jan 08 In the year 1998 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 in the year 1998.
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 On this day in history david "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67
Jan 17 Emil Sitka, actor (3 Stooges shorts), dies of stroke at 82 in the year 1998.
Jan 19 On this day in history carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65
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 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 on this day in history.
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 Joseph Alioto, mayor of San Francisco (b. 1916) died on this day in history.
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 in the year 1998.
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 Carl Dean Wilson, musician, dies at 51 in the year 1998.
Feb 08 In the year 1998 william Lambert, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78
Feb 09 On this day in history laxness, Iceland's Nobel Literature laureate, dies at 95
Feb 10 Buddy the Wonder Dog, dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9 in the year 1998.
Feb 13 Jo Clayton, author, Cancer Died, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58 on this day in history.
Feb 15 Martha Gelhorn, female war correspondent (Reuters), dies at 89 in the year 1998.
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 Grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 84 on this day in history.
Feb 23 In the year 1998 philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74