Hisdates•ComFamous Deaths Happened In 1998
Thursday, 10 July 2025
Jan 01 Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92 in the year 1998. 
Jan 02 In the year 1998 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 on this day in history.
Jan 07 Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915) died on this day in history.
Jan 08 Michael Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) dies at 93 on this day in history.
Jan 09 On this day in history 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 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 On this day in history emil Sitka, actor (3 Stooges shorts), dies of stroke at 82
Jan 19 Carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65 on this day in history.
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 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 on this day in history.
Jan 25 Mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies in the year 1998.
Jan 26 S P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67 in the year 1998.
Jan 29 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 in the year 1998.
Feb 07 In the year 1998 carl Dean Wilson, musician, dies at 51
Feb 08 On this day in history 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 in the year 1998.
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 in the year 1998.
Feb 19 On this day in history 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 Philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74 on this day in history.