Celebrity Deaths in 1998

195 notable figures died in 1998. Listed below in order of date of death.

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  Charles J. Conrad

  1909 – 1998 · Actors Jan 1
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  Connie Jost

  1951 – 1998 · Artists and Architects Jan 1
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  Connie Jost

  1951 – 1998 · Artists and Architects Jan 1
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  Dorothy Wilson

  1908 – 1998 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Erik Höglund

  1932 – 1998 · Artists and Architects Jan 1
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  Joan Banks

  1918 – 1998 · Actresses Jan 1
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  John Paul “Jay” Monahan

  1956 – 1998 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jan 1
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  Jules Roth

  1900 – 1998 · Business Magnates Jan 1
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  Olive Brasno

  1917 – 1998 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Mae Questel

  1908 – 1998 Jan 4
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  Mae Questel

  1908 – 1998 · Actresses Jan 4
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  David Bairstow

  1951 – 1998 · Athletes Jan 5
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  Sonny Bono

  1935 – 1998 · Actors, Entertainers, Politicians, Singer Jan 5
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  Walt Barnes

  1918 – 1998 · Actors, Athletes, Football Players Jan 6
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  Owen Bradley

  1915 – 1998 · Country Music, Music Producer Jan 7
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  Emil Sitka

  1914 – 1998 · Actors Jan 16
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  Lorenzo Mongiardino

  1916 – 1998 · Designer Jan 16
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  Joan Banks

  1918 – 1998 · Actresses Jan 18
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  James Villiers

  1933 – 1998 · Actors Jan 18
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  Carl Perkins

  1932 – 1998 · Country Music Jan 19
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  Jack Lord

  1920 – 1998 · Actors Jan 21
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  Justin Tubb

  1933 – 1998 · Country Music Jan 24
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  Francesca Braggiotti Lodge

  1902 – 1998 · Actresses Feb 2
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  Karla Faye Tucker

  1959 – 1998 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Feb 3
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  Carl Wilson

  1946 – 1998 · Pop Artist, Singer Feb 6
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  Jonathan Hole

  1904 – 1998 · Actors Feb 11
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  Grandpa Jones

  1913 – 1998 · Country Music Feb 19
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  Philip Abbott

  1924 – 1998 · Actors Feb 23
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  Henny Youngman

  1906 – 1998 · Comedian, Entertainers Feb 24
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  J T Walsh

  1943 – 1998 · Actors Feb 27
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  Albert N. “Wallpaper” Wolff

  1903 – 1998 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Mar 3
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  Albert N. “Wallpaper” Wolff

  1903 – 1998 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Mar 3
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  Beverley Cross

  1931 – 1998 · Authors and Writers Mar 3
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  Edwin J. Shoemaker

  1907 – 1998 · Business Magnates Mar 3
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  Eric Donkin

  1929 – 1998 · Actors Mar 3
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  Ferdinand Anton Ernst “Ferry” Porsche

  1909 – 1998 · Business Magnates Mar 3
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  Henry Steele Commager

  1902 – 1998 · Authors and Writers Mar 3
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  Jheri Redding

  1907 – 1998 · Business Magnates Mar 3
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  Laurie Hope Beechman

  1953 – 1998 · Actresses Mar 3
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  Minnie

  1998 · Astronaut Mar 3
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  Sabina Traude Henne-Sesselmann

  1936 – 1998 · Actresses Mar 3
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  Wolfgang Grönebaum

  1927 – 1998 · Actors Mar 3
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  Donald Woods

  1906 – 1998 · Actors Mar 5
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  Laurie Beechman

  1953 – 1998 · Actresses Mar 8
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  Lloyd Bridges

  1913 – 1998 · Actors Mar 10
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  Benjamin Spock

  1903 – 1998 · Authors and Writers Mar 15
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  Ivor Slaney

  1921 – 1998 · Musicians and Composers Mar 20
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  Ramsay Ames

  1919 – 1998 · Actresses Mar 20
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  Gerald Stano

  1951 – 1998 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Mar 23
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  Betsey Whitney

  1908 – 1998 · Philanthropists Mar 25
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  Daniel Massey

  1933 – 1998 · Actors Mar 25
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  Gene Evans

  1922 – 1998 · Actors Apr 1
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  Carlos Castaneda

  1925 – 1998 · Authors and Writers Apr 4
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  Irene Vernon

  1922 – 1998 · Actresses Apr 4
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  Jim Critchfield

  1923 – 1998 · Authors and Writers Apr 4
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  Marshall M. Fredericks

  1908 – 1998 · Artists and Architects Apr 4
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  Rodney Michael Harvey

  1967 – 1998 · Actors Apr 4
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  Tammy Wynette

  1942 – 1998 · Country Music, Song Writers Apr 6
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  Anatole Dauman

  1925 – 1998 · Movie/TV Producer Apr 8
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  John Tate

  1955 – 1998 · Athletes, Boxers Apr 9
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  Maurice Stans

  1908 – 1998 · Politicians Apr 14
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  Pol Pot

  1925 – 1998 · Politicians Apr 15
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  Rose Maddox

  1925 – 1998 · Country Music, Singer, Song Writers Apr 15
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  Octavio Paz

  1914 – 1998 · Authors and Writers Apr 19
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  Peter Lind Hayes

  1915 – 1998 · Actors Apr 21
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  James Earl Ray

  1928 – 1998 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Apr 23
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  Mary Castle

  1931 – 1998 · Actresses Apr 29
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  Eldridge Cleaver

  1935 – 1998 · Authors and Writers, Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities, Social Reformers May 1
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  Gene Raymond

  1908 – 1998 · Actors May 2
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  Justin Fashanu

  1961 – 1998 · Athletes, Soccer May 2
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  Maidie Norman

  1912 – 1998 · Actresses, Educators May 2
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  Brynn Omdahl Hartman

  1958 – 1998 · Actors May 5
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  Clyde Dixon Connell

  1901 – 1998 · Artists and Architects May 5
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  Maidie Norman

  1912 – 1998 · Actresses May 5
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  Mayrata O’Wisiedo

  1930 – 1998 · Actresses May 5
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  Telford Taylor

  1908 – 1998 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers May 5
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  Tommy McCook

  1927 – 1998 · Musicians and Composers May 5
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  Eddie Rabbitt

  1941 – 1998 · Country Music May 7
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  Alice Faye

  1915 – 1998 · Actresses May 9
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  Frank Sinatra

  1915 – 1998 · Actors, Business Magnates, Director, Singer May 14
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  Douglas Fowley

  1911 – 1998 · Actors May 21
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  John Derek

  1926 – 1998 · Actors, Director May 22
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  Royce Kendall

  1934 – 1998 · Country Music May 22
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  Phil Hartman

  1948 – 1998 · Actors, Comedian, Entertainers, Victims of crime and disaster May 28
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  Barry Goldwater

  1909 – 1998 · Politicians May 29
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  Dorothy Stickney

  1896 – 1998 · Actresses Jun 2
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  Helen Carter

  1927 – 1998 · Country Music Jun 2
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  Junkyard Dog

  1952 – 1998 · Athletes, Wrestler Jun 2
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  Josephine Hutchinson

  1903 – 1998 · Actresses Jun 4
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  Jeanette Nolan

  1911 – 1998 · Actresses Jun 5
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  Angelo F. Lanzini

  1909 – 1998 · Artists and Architects Jun 6
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  Harry Dunn

  1929 – 1998 · Artists and Architects Jun 6
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  José Grau

  1914 – 1998 · Artists and Architects Jun 6
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  Poul Arne Bundgaard

  1922 – 1998 · Actors Jun 6
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  Theresa Merritt

  1922 – 1998 · Actresses Jun 6
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  Steve Sanders

  1952 – 1998 · Country Music Jun 10
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  Paul Stephani

  1944 – 1998 · Serial Killer Jun 12
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  Conrad Schumann

  1942 – 1998 · Miscellaneous Jun 20
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  Maureen O’Sullivan

  1911 – 1998 · Actresses Jun 23
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  Claire Kelly

  1934 – 1998 · Actresses Jul 1
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  Roy Rogers

  1911 – 1998 · Actors, Singer Jul 6
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  Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr

  1923 – 1998 · Astronaut Jul 7
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  Binnie Barnes

  1903 – 1998 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Emilio Alfaro

  1933 – 1998 · Entertainers Jul 7
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  Lili Álvarez

  1905 – 1998 · Sports Figures Jul 7
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  Norah Borges

  1901 – 1998 · Artists and Architects Jul 7
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  Richard James McDonald

  1909 – 1998 · Business Magnates Jul 7
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  John Henrik Clarke

  1915 – 1998 · Authors and Writers Jul 12
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  Marc Hunter

  1953 – 1998 · Pop Artist, Rock & Roll, Singer Jul 17
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  Alan Shepard

  1923 – 1998 · Astronaut Jul 21
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  Robert Young

  1907 – 1998 · Actors Jul 21
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  Hermann Prey

  1929 – 1998 · Musicians and Composers Jul 22
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  Michael Denison

  1915 – 1998 · Actors Jul 22
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  Jacob Chestnut

  1940 – 1998 · Victims of crime and disaster Jul 24
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  Binnie Barnes

  1903 – 1998 · Actresses Jul 27
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  Sylvia Field

  1901 – 1998 · Actresses Jul 31
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  Shari Lewis

  1933 – 1998 · Miscellaneous Aug 2
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  John A Cash

  1936 – 1998 · Authors and Writers Aug 8
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  Julien Green

  1900 – 1998 Aug 8
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  Luis Dávila

  1927 – 1998 · Actors Aug 8
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  Mapy Cortes

  1910 – 1998 · Actresses Aug 8
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  Persis Khambatta

  1950 – 1998 · Actresses Aug 8
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  Raymond Brown

  1928 – 1998 · Religious Figures Aug 8
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  Elena Garro

  1916 – 1998 · Authors and Writers Aug 22
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  Wade Dominguez

  1966 – 1998 · Actors, Model, Singer Aug 26
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  Inge Scholl

  1917 – 1998 · Authors and Writers Sep 4
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  Akira Kurosawa

  1910 – 1998 · Celebrities, Film Director Sep 6
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  Tommy Bartlett

  1914 – 1998 · Entertainers Sep 6
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  Leonid Kinskey

  1903 – 1998 · Actors Sep 8
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  Clara Calamai

  1909 – 1998 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Hans Brenner

  1938 – 1998 · Actors Sep 9
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  Lonnie “Ted” Binion

  1943 – 1998 · Business Magnates Sep 9
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  Marius Goring

  1912 – 1998 · Actors Sep 9
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  Dane Clark

  1912 – 1998 · Actors, Model Sep 11
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  George Wallace

  1919 – 1998 · Politicians Sep 13
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  Patricia Hayes

  1909 – 1998 · Actresses Sep 19
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  Muriel Humphrey Brown

  1912 – 1998 · Politicians Sep 20
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  Clara Calamai

  1909 – 1998 · Actresses Sep 21
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  Mary Frann

  1943 – 1998 · Actresses Sep 23
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  Gene Autry

  1907 – 1998 · Actors, Country Music Oct 2
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  Roddy McDowall

  1928 – 1998 · Actors Oct 3
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  Jerome Weidman

  1913 – 1998 · Authors and Writers Oct 6
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  Mark Belanger

  1944 – 1998 · Baseball Oct 6
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  Cleveland Amory

  1917 – 1998 · Authors and Writers Oct 10
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  David Cannon Evans

  1924 – 1998 Oct 10
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  Gilda Lousek

  1937 – 1998 · Actresses Oct 10
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  José Cardoso Pires

  1925 – 1998 · Authors and Writers Oct 10
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  Klari Tolnay

  1914 – 1998 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Rafael Alonso

  1920 – 1998 · Actors Oct 10
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  Sherman Block

  1924 – 1998 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Oct 10
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  Richard Denning

  1914 – 1998 · Actors Oct 11
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  Matthew Shepard

  1976 – 1998 · Victims of crime and disaster Oct 12
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  Joan Hickson

  1906 – 1998 · Actresses Oct 17
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  Eric Ambler

  1909 – 1998 · Actors, Authors and Writers Oct 22
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  Rafael Alonso

  1920 – 1998 · Actors Oct 24
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  Momoko Kōchi

  1932 – 1998 · Actresses, Celebrities Nov 5
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  Jean Marais

  1913 – 1998 · Actors Nov 8
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  Albert Frey

  1903 – 1998 · Artists and Architects Nov 11
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  Bob Kane

  1915 – 1998 · Artists and Architects Nov 11
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  Bob Kane

  1915 – 1998 · Business Magnates Nov 11
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  Edwige Feuillère

  1907 – 1998 · Actresses Nov 11
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  Hope Cameron

  1920 – 1998 · Actresses Nov 11
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  John Henry Stanford

  1938 – 1998 Nov 11
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  Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander

  1915 – 1998 · Authors and Writers Nov 11
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  Martha O’Driscoll

  1922 – 1998 · Actresses Nov 11
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  Rosa Turich

  1903 – 1998 · Actresses Nov 11
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  Valerie Hobson

  1917 – 1998 · Actresses Nov 13
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  Esther Rolle

  1920 – 1998 · Actresses Nov 17
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  Alan J. Pakula

  1928 – 1998 · Authors and Writers, Director, Film Director, Movie/TV Producer, Producer Nov 19
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  Hope Cameron

  1920 – 1998 · Actresses Nov 20
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  Roland Alphonso

  1931 – 1998 · Musicians and Composers Nov 20
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  Flip Wilson

  1933 – 1998 · Actors, Comedian, Talk Show Host Nov 25
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  Ruth Clifford

  1900 – 1998 · Actresses Nov 30
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  Michael Zaslow

  1942 – 1998 Dec 6
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  Michael Zaslow

  1944 – 1998 · Actors Dec 6
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  Michael Craze

  1942 – 1998 · Actors Dec 8
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  Archie Moore

  1916 – 1998 · Actors, Athletes, Boxers, Sports Figures Dec 9
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  Berta Singerman

  1901 – 1998 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Clay Drewry Blair, Jr

  1925 – 1998 · Authors and Writers Dec 12
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  Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates

  1907 – 1998 · Entertainers Dec 12
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  César Baldaccini

  1921 – 1998 · Artists and Architects Dec 12
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  Joan Brossa

  1919 – 1998 · Authors and Writers, Theater Actor Dec 12
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  Lilly Hodácová

  1910 – 1998 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Michelle Thomas

  1968 – 1998 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Phyllis Kennedy

  1914 – 1998 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Sam Muchnick

  1905 – 1998 · Business Magnates Dec 12
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  Sylvanus “Syl” Apps

  1915 – 1998 · Sports Figures Dec 12
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  Tote Ortega

  1915 – 1998 · Actresses Dec 12
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  William Dowdell Denson

  1913 – 1998 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Dec 12
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  Norman Fell

  1924 – 1998 · Actors Dec 14
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  William Gaddis

  1922 – 1998 · Authors and Writers Dec 16
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  Irene Hervey

  1909 – 1998 · Actresses Dec 20
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  David Manners

  1900 – 1998 · Actors Dec 23
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  Joe Orlando

  1927 – 1998 · Authors and Writers Dec 23
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  Syl Apps

  1915 – 1998 · Hockey Dec 24