Hisdates•ComFamous Deaths Happened In 1998
Tuesday, 28 October 2025
Jan 01 On this day in history helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92 
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 In the year 1998 georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82
Jan 07 Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915) died in the year 1998.
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 Klaus Tennstedt, conductor, dies at 71 on this day in history.
Jan 15 In the year 1998 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 In the year 1998 emil Sitka, actor (3 Stooges shorts), dies of stroke at 82
Jan 19 Carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65 in the year 1998.
Jan 20 In the year 1998 zevulun Hammer, Vice PM of Israel, dies
Jan 21 Jack Lord, American actor (b. 1920) died on this day in history.
Jan 23 On this day in history 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 S P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67 in the year 1998.
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 on this day in history.
Feb 03 In the year 1998 death of karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38
Feb 05 On this day in history 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 In the year 1998 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 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 In the year 1998 martha Gelhorn, female war correspondent (Reuters), dies at 89
Feb 17 On this day in history ernst Juenger, German writer, dies at 102
Feb 18 Harry Caray, sportscaster (Chicago Cubs), dies at 77 on this day in history.
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 Philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74 in the year 1998.