Famous Deaths Happened In 1998
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Jan 01 Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92 in the year 1998.
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 on this day in history.
Jan 07 On this day in history death of owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915)
Jan 08 Michael Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) dies at 93 on this day in history.
Jan 09 Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79 on this day in history.
Jan 11 In the year 1998 klaus Tennstedt, conductor, dies at 71
Jan 15 On this day in history amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63
Jan 16 In the year 1998 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 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 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 Jay Monahan, husband of Katie Couric, dies of cancer at 42 in the year 1998.
Jan 25 Mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies on this day in history.
Jan 26 S P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67 on this day in history.
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 Karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38 died in the year 1998.
Feb 05 Tim Kelly, guitarist, dies at 34 on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Feb 09 Laxness, Iceland's Nobel Literature laureate, dies at 95 in the year 1998.
Feb 10 In the year 1998 buddy the Wonder Dog, dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9
Feb 13 In the year 1998 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 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 on this day in history.