1998
Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (born 1917)
Reginald Smyth was a British cartoonist who created the popular, long-running Andy Capp comic strip.
Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (born 1917)
The 1990s
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1998
Fred Wacker, American race car driver and engineer (born 1918)
Frederick G. Wacker Jr. was an engineer and former president of two large Chicago companies. He was also a prominent Chicago socialite, a jazz musician, and a racing driver. He par…
Fred Wacker, American race car driver and engineer (born 1918)
1998
Felix Knight, American actor and tenor (born 1908)
William Felix Knight, was an American tenor, actor, and vocal teacher, best known for his role as Tom-Tom in the 1934 Laurel and Hardy holiday musical film Babes in Toyland.
Felix Knight, American actor and tenor (born 1908)
1998
Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (born 1917)
Harry Cranbrook Allen was a British historian of the United States.
Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (born 1917)
1998
Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish-American actress (born 1911)
Maureen Paula O'Sullivan was an Irish-American actress who played Jane in the Tarzan series of films during the era of Johnny Weissmuller. She starred in dozens of feature films ac…
Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish-American actress (born 1911)
1998
Anastasio Ballestrero, Italian cardinal (born 1913)
Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, religious name Anastasio del Santissimo Rosario, was an Italian cardinal and member of the Discalced Carmelites who served as the Archbishop of Turin…
Anastasio Ballestrero, Italian cardinal (born 1913)
1998
Al Campanis, American baseball player and manager (born 1916)
Alexander Sebastian Campanis was an American executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). He had a brief major league playing career, as a second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1…
Al Campanis, American baseball player and manager (born 1916)
1998
Hacı Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (born 1935)
Hacı Sabancı was a Turkish businessman, philanthropist, and second-generation member of the renowned Sabancı family.
Hacı Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (born 1935)
1998
Gilles Rocheleau, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1935)
Gilles Rocheleau was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993. He co-founded the Bloc Québécois with Lucien Bouchard in 1990.
Gilles Rocheleau, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1935)
1998
Horst Jankowski, German pianist and composer (born 1936)
Horst Jankowski was a classically trained German pianist, most famous for his internationally successful easy listening music.
Horst Jankowski, German pianist and composer (born 1936)
1998
Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer (born 1949)
Danielle Bunten Berry, was an American game designer and programmer, known for the 1983 game M.U.L.E., one of the first influential multiplayer video games, and 1984's The Seven Ci…
Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer (born 1949)
1998
Sid Luckman, American football player (born 1916)
Sidney Luckman was an American professional football quarterback who played for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) from 1939 through 1950. During his 12 season…
Sid Luckman, American football player (born 1916)
1998
Roy Rogers, American cowboy, actor, and singer (born 1911)
Roy Rogers, nicknamed the King of the Cowboys, was an American actor, singer, television host, and rodeo performer.
Roy Rogers, American cowboy, actor, and singer (born 1911)
1998
Moshood Abiola, Nigerian businessman and politician (born 1937)
Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, also known as M. K. O. Abiola, was a Nigerian business magnate, publisher and politician. He was the honorary supreme military commander of …
Moshood Abiola, Nigerian businessman and politician (born 1937)
1998
Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist (born 1905)
Elia Maria González-Álvarez y López-Chicheri, also known as Lilí de Álvarez, was a Spanish multi-sport competitor, an international tennis champion, an author, feminist and a journ…
Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist (born 1905)
1998
Panagiotis Kondylis, Greek philosopher and author (born 1943)
Panagiotis Kondylis was a Greek philosopher, intellectual historian, translator and publications manager who principally wrote in German, in addition to translating most of his wor…
Panagiotis Kondylis, Greek philosopher and author (born 1943)
1998
Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (born 1907)
James Corbitt Morris, known professionally as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was an American folk-style songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs "The Battle of New …
Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (born 1907)
1998
Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (born 1941)
Serge Lemoyne was a Canadian artist from Quebec. He worked as a performance artist as well as creating paintings, assemblages and prints. Lemoyne explored themes such as the enviro…
Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (born 1941)
1998
Arkady Ostashev, Soviet/Russian scientist and engineer (born 1925)
Arkady Ilyich Ostashev was a Soviet and Russian scientist, engineer - mechanic in the former Soviet space program, working on as a designer many of rocket propulsion and control sy…
Arkady Ostashev, Soviet/Russian scientist and engineer (born 1925)
1998
Richard McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (born 1909)
Richard James McDonald and Maurice James "Mac" McDonald, known as the McDonald brothers, were American entrepreneurs who founded the fast food company McDonald's.
Richard McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (born 1909)
1998
S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan politician (born 1960)
Sarawanabavanandan Shanmuganathan was a Sri Lankan Tamil militant, politician and Member of Parliament.
S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan politician (born 1960)
1998
John Henrik Clarke, American historian and scholar (born 1915)
John Henrik Clarke was an African-American historian, professor, prominent Afrocentrist, and pioneer of Pan-African and Africana studies and professional institutions in academia s…
John Henrik Clarke, American historian and scholar (born 1915)
1998
Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator (born 1925)
Lillian Hoban was an American illustrator and children's writer best known for picture books created with her husband Russell Hoban. According to OCLC, she has published 326 works …
Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator (born 1925)
1998
Elmer Valo, Polish-American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1921)
Elmer William Valo, born Imrich Valo, was a Slovak American professional baseball right fielder, coach, and scout in Major League Baseball (MLB). He batted left-handed and threw ri…
Elmer Valo, Polish-American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1921)