Hisdates•ComFamous Deaths Happened In 1998
Saturday, 22 February 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 in the year 1998.
Jan 07 On this day in history 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 Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79 on this day in history.
Jan 11 On this day in history klaus Tennstedt, conductor, dies at 71
Jan 15 Amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63 in the year 1998.
Jan 16 David "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67 on this day in history.
Jan 17 Emil Sitka, actor (3 Stooges shorts), dies of stroke at 82 on this day in history.
Jan 19 On this day in history carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65
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 in the year 1998.
Jan 25 In the year 1998 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 In the year 1998 death of joseph Alioto, mayor of San Francisco (b. 1916)
Jan 30 In the year 1998 death of ricky Sanderson, stabbed 16-year old girl in NC, executed at 38
Feb 03 On this day in history death of karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38
Feb 05 Tim Kelly, guitarist, dies at 34 on this day in history.
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 in the year 1998.
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 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 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 on this day in history.
Feb 23 Philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74 in the year 1998.