Famous Deaths Happened In 1998
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
Jan 01 Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92 on this day in history.
Jan 02 Frank Muir, English writer, raconteur (b. 1920) died in the year 1998.
Jan 04 John Gary, singer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
Jan 05 Georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
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 Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79 on this day in history.
Jan 11 In the year 1998 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 on this day in history.
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 Zevulun Hammer, Vice PM of Israel, dies on this day in history.
Jan 21 On this day in history 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 On this day in history mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies
Jan 26 On this day in history s P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67
Jan 29 On this day in history death of joseph Alioto, mayor of San Francisco (b. 1916)
Jan 30 On this day in history death of ricky Sanderson, stabbed 16-year old girl in NC, executed at 38
Feb 03 On this day in history death of karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38
Feb 05 In the year 1998 tim Kelly, guitarist, dies at 34
Feb 06 In the year 1998 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 William Lambert, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78 on this day in history.
Feb 09 Laxness, Iceland's Nobel Literature laureate, dies at 95 on this day in history.
Feb 10 In the year 1998 buddy the Wonder Dog, dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9
Feb 13 On this day in history jo Clayton, author, Cancer Died, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58
Feb 15 Martha Gelhorn, female war correspondent (Reuters), dies at 89 in the year 1998.
Feb 17 In the year 1998 ernst Juenger, German writer, dies at 102
Feb 18 On this day in history harry Caray, sportscaster (Chicago Cubs), dies at 77
Feb 19 In the year 1998 grandpa Jones, country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84
Feb 22 In the year 1998 grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 84
Feb 23 In the year 1998 philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74