Hisdates•ComFamous Deaths Happened In 1998
Friday, 18 April 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 On this day in history john Gary, singer, dies at 65
Jan 05 On this day in history georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82
Jan 07 Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915) died on this day in history.
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 In the year 1998 klaus Tennstedt, conductor, dies at 71
Jan 15 Amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63 on this day in history.
Jan 16 In the year 1998 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 on this day in history.
Jan 20 Zevulun Hammer, Vice PM of Israel, dies in the year 1998.
Jan 21 Jack Lord, American actor (b. 1920) died in the year 1998.
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 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 On this day in history death of ricky Sanderson, stabbed 16-year old girl in NC, executed at 38
Feb 03 In the year 1998 death of karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38
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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1998 laxness, Iceland's Nobel Literature laureate, dies at 95
Feb 10 On this day in history 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 In the year 1998 martha Gelhorn, female war correspondent (Reuters), dies at 89
Feb 17 In the year 1998 ernst Juenger, German writer, dies at 102
Feb 18 Harry Caray, sportscaster (Chicago Cubs), dies at 77 on this day in history.
Feb 19 Grandpa Jones, country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84 on this day in history.
Feb 22 On this day in history grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 84
Feb 23 Philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74 in the year 1998.