Hisdates•ComFamous Deaths Happened In 1998
Friday, 21 February 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 In the year 1998 john Gary, singer, dies at 65
Jan 05 Georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1998.
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 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 Amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63 in the year 1998.
Jan 16 In the year 1998 david "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67
Jan 17 Emil Sitka, actor (3 Stooges shorts), dies of stroke at 82 on this day in history.
Jan 19 Carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65 on this day in history.
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 Hilla Limann, president of Ghana in (1979-81), dies on this day in history.
Jan 24 Jay Monahan, husband of Katie Couric, dies of cancer at 42 on this day in history.
Jan 25 On this day in history mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies
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 Ricky Sanderson, stabbed 16-year old girl in NC, executed at 38 died on this day in history.
Feb 03 Karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38 died in the year 1998.
Feb 05 On this day in history tim Kelly, guitarist, dies at 34
Feb 06 In the year 1998 carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51
Feb 07 On this day in history carl Dean Wilson, musician, dies at 51
Feb 08 William Lambert, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78 on this day in history.
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 In the year 1998 jo Clayton, author, Cancer Died, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58
Feb 15 Martha Gelhorn, female war correspondent (Reuters), dies at 89 on this day in history.
Feb 17 Ernst Juenger, German writer, dies at 102 on this day in history.
Feb 18 On this day in history harry Caray, sportscaster (Chicago Cubs), dies at 77
Feb 19 Grandpa Jones, country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84 on this day in history.
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.