Hisdates•ComFamous Deaths Happened In 1998
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Jan 01 In the year 1998 helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92 
Jan 02 On this day in history death of frank Muir, English writer, raconteur (b. 1920)
Jan 04 On this day in history john Gary, singer, dies at 65
Jan 05 Georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1998.
Jan 07 Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915) died in the year 1998.
Jan 08 In the year 1998 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 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 on this day in history.
Jan 19 In the year 1998 carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65
Jan 20 On this day in history zevulun Hammer, Vice PM of Israel, dies
Jan 21 On this day in history death of jack Lord, American actor (b. 1920)
Jan 23 Hilla Limann, president of Ghana in (1979-81), dies in the year 1998.
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 Karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38 died in the year 1998.
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 in the year 1998.
Feb 07 In the year 1998 carl Dean Wilson, musician, dies at 51
Feb 08 William Lambert, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78 on this day in history.
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 In the year 1998 jo Clayton, author, Cancer Died, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58
Feb 15 Martha Gelhorn, female war correspondent (Reuters), dies at 89 on this day in history.
Feb 17 In the year 1998 ernst Juenger, German writer, dies at 102
Feb 18 Harry Caray, sportscaster (Chicago Cubs), dies at 77 in the year 1998.
Feb 19 Grandpa Jones, country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84 in the year 1998.
Feb 22 Grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 84 on this day in history.
Feb 23 On this day in history philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74