Famous Deaths Happened In 1998
Saturday, 29 March 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 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 In the year 1998 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 On this day in history david "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67
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 in the year 1998.
Jan 20 In the year 1998 zevulun Hammer, Vice PM of Israel, dies
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 On this day in history jay Monahan, husband of Katie Couric, dies of cancer at 42
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 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 In the year 1998 tim Kelly, guitarist, dies at 34
Feb 06 On this day in history carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51
Feb 07 Carl Dean Wilson, musician, dies at 51 in the year 1998.
Feb 08 William Lambert, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78 on this day in history.
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 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 Ernst Juenger, German writer, dies at 102 on this day in history.
Feb 18 Harry Caray, sportscaster (Chicago Cubs), dies at 77 on this day in history.
Feb 19 In the year 1998 grandpa Jones, country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84
Feb 22 Grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 84 in the year 1998.
Feb 23 Philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74 on this day in history.