Famous Deaths Happened In 1998
Saturday, 21 December 2024
Jan 01 In the year 1998 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 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 In the year 1998 death of owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915)
Jan 08 In the year 1998 michael Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) dies at 93
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 in the year 1998.
Jan 15 In the year 1998 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 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 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 On this day in history jay Monahan, husband of Katie Couric, dies of cancer at 42
Jan 25 Mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies on this day in history.
Jan 26 On this day in history 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 In the year 1998 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 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 William Lambert, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78 in the year 1998.
Feb 09 Laxness, Iceland's Nobel Literature laureate, dies at 95 on this day in history.
Feb 10 Buddy the Wonder Dog, dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9 on this day in history.
Feb 13 Jo Clayton, author, Cancer Died, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58 on this day in history.
Feb 15 On this day in history 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 In the year 1998 harry Caray, sportscaster (Chicago Cubs), dies at 77
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 in the year 1998.
Feb 23 On this day in history philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74