Deaths in October 1998

The following is a list of notable deaths in October 1998.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

October 1998

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Pauline Julien, 70, Quebec singer, songwriter, actress and feminist activist, suicide.{{cite news |author1=Anthony Depalma |title=Pauline Julien, 70, Chanteuse Who Inspired the Quebecois |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/03/world/pauline-julien-70-chanteuse-who-inspired-the-quebecois.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=3 October 1998 |page=A 15}}
Sjur Lindebrække, 89, Norwegian banker and politician.{{cite web |title=Sjur Lindebrække |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Sjur_Lindebr%C3%A6kke |website=nbl.snl.no |publisher=NORSK BIOGRAFISK LEKSIKON |access-date=28 July 2022}}
Vladimir Ossipoff, 90, Russian-American architect.
Gabriel Sandu, 45, Romanian football player.

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Gene Autry, 91, American Hall of Fame singer ("Back in the Saddle Again", "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer") and actor (The Gene Autry Show), lymphoma.{{cite news |author1=Albin Krebs |title=Gene Autry, Singing Movie Cowboy Who Rode Champion to Fame, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/03/arts/gene-autry-singing-movie-cowboy-who-rode-champion-to-fame-dies-at-91.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=3 October 1998 |page=A 15}}
Jerzy Bińczycki, 61, Polish stage and film actor, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jerzy Bińczycki - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/2b00a6b010d841d480e91e6cba068262 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=28 July 2022 |language=de |date=}}
DONDI, 37, American graffiti artist, AIDS.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=DONDI - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w61v769x |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=28 July 2022 |language= |date=}}
William J. Eccles, 81, Canadian historian and academic.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=William J. Eccles - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6ck30vf |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=28 July 2022 |language= |date=}}
Olin J. Eggen, 79, American astronomer.
Olivier Gendebien, 74, Belgian racing driver.{{cite web |title=Olivier Gendebien |url=https://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns01757.html |website=grandprix.com |access-date=4 July 2019 |date=5 October 1998}}
Enrico Pagani, 69, Italian basketball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Enrico Pagani |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/100879 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=28 July 2022 |language= |date=}}
Korla Pandit, 77, American composer, pianist, and organist, heart attack.
Raymond Raikes, 88, British theatre producer, director and broadcaster.
D. French Slaughter, Jr., 73, American politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=D. French Slaughter, Jr. - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6w385nj |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=28 July 2022 |language= |date=}}
Adrian Spies, 78, American screenwriter.{{cite news |author1=Monte Williams |title=Adrian Spies, TV Writer, 78; Won Acclaim For 'Climax' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/17/arts/adrian-spies-tv-writer-78-won-acclaim-for-climax.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=17 October 1998 |page=B 18}}
Roger Vivier, 90, French women's shoe designer.{{cite news |author1=Enid Nemy |author-link1=Enid Nemy |title=Roger Vivier Is Dead at 90; Raised Heels to New Heights |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/08/world/roger-vivier-is-dead-at-90-raised-heels-to-new-heights.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=8 October 1998 |page=B 11}}
Richard Way, 84, British civil servant and academic administrator.
Sanjaasürengiin Zorig, 36, Mongolian politician and revolutionary, assassinated.

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Hugo Batalla, 72, Uruguayan politician, vice president (1995-1998), lung cancer.
Arthur Clues, 74, Australian rugby player.{{cite web|last=Hadfield|first=Dave|title=Obituary: Arthur Clues|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-arthur-clues-1176980.html|work=The Independent |accessdate=4 November 2024|date=9 October 1998}}
George Davis, 84, American art director (The Robe, The Diary of Anne Frank, Funny Face), Oscar winner (1954, 1960).
David C. Evans, 74, American computer scientist.{{cite news |author1=John Markoff |author-link1=John Markoff |title=David Evans, Pioneer in Computer Graphics, Dies at 74 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/12/business/david-evans-pioneer-in-computer-graphics-dies-at-74.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=12 October 1998 |page=A 17}}
Bernard Fox, 81, American figure skater.
Colin Greenwood, 62, South African rugby player.
Roddy McDowall, 70, British-American actor (Planet of the Apes, Cleopatra, Fright Night), lung cancer.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/04/nyregion/roddy-mcdowall-70-dies-child-star-and-versatile-actor.html|title=Roddy McDowall, 70, Dies; Child Star and Versatile Actor|work=The New York Times|date=October 4, 1998 |url-access=subscription|access-date=4 July 2019|last1=Gussow |first1=Mel }}
G. S. Venkataraman, 68, Indian botanist.
Anne-Marie Walters, 75, Swiss-British Special Operations Executive during World War II.
George Yates, 90, Australian businessman and politician.[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/88A7F9F498E67F37482577E50028A860?OpenDocument George Henry Yates], Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 4 July 2019

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S. Arasaratnam, 68, Sri Lankan academic, historian and author.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=S. Arasaratnam - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6vg2sk9 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, 62, Swiss politician.
Lee Grissom, 90, American baseball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Lee Grissom Stats - Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Lee+Grissom |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Enea Pavani, 77, Italian curler.
Tony Shelly, 61, New Zealand racing driver.{{cite web |url=http://starbulletin.com/98/10/08/business/story3.html |title=Hawaii auto dealer Shelly dies at 61 |date=8 October 1998 |access-date=4 July 2019 |publisher=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |archive-date=June 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628221952/http://starbulletin.com/98/10/08/business/story3.html |url-status=dead }}

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Megs Jenkins, 81, English actress.{{cite news |author1=Sarah Lyall |author-link1=Sarah Lyall |title=Megs Jenkins, 81, an Actress Known for Her Matronly Roles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/22/arts/megs-jenkins-81-an-actress-known-for-her-matronly-roles.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 July 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=22 October 1998 |page=C 22}}
Krzysztof Jung, 47, Polish painter, graphic artist and performer, asthma.
Pierre Martory, 77, French poet.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Pierre Martory |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12210165v |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=1 August 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Federico Zeri, 77, Italian art historian.{{cite news |author1= |title=Federico Zeri, Italian Art Historian, 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/07/arts/federico-zeri-italian-art-historian-77.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=7 October 1998 |page=C 23}}
Arne Øien, 69, Norwegian economist and politician.

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Mark Belanger, 54, American baseball player, lung cancer.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Mark Belanger, 54, a Shortstop On Orioles Known for Fielding |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/07/sports/mark-belanger-54-a-shortstop-on-orioles-known-for-fielding.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=7 October 1998 |page=C 23}}
Ambrose Burke, 102, English professor and Catholic priest.
Rolan Bykov, 68, Soviet and Russian actor, theatre and film director and screenwriter, lung cancer.[http://data.bnf.fr/14053231/rolan_bykov/ Rolan Bykov (1929-1998)] at Bibliothèque nationale de France website (in French), Retrieved 4 July 2019
Bob Gude, 80, American football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bob Gude Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Bob+Gude |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Jean-François Jenny-Clark, 54, French double bass player, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jean-François Jenny-Clark - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6bz86v9 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
James Larkin, 66, Irish Gaelic football player and politician.
Samuel Messick, 67, American psychologist.{{cite news |author1=Ford Burkhart |title=Samuel Messick, 67, Leader In Educational Testing Field |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/19/us/samuel-messick-67-leader-in-educational-testing-field.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=19 October 1998 |page=B 9}}
Stéphane Morin, 29, Canadian ice hockey player, heart problems.{{cite news|last=White|first=Lonnie|title=Tragedy on Ice|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-nov-23-sp-46986-story.html|access-date=4 July 2019|url-access=subscription|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 23, 1998}}
Joseph J. Sandler, 71, British psychoanalyst.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Joseph J. Sandler |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11923618q |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=1 August 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Chuck Walton, 57, American gridiron football player.
Jerome Weidman, 85, American playwright and novelist.{{cite news |author1=Mel Gussow |author-link1=Mel Gussow |title=Jerome Weidman Dies at 85; Author of Novels and Plays |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/07/theater/jerome-weidman-dies-at-85-author-of-novels-and-plays.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=7 October 1998 |page=C 23}}

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Evelyn Daniel Anderson, 72, American educator and disability rights advocate.
Richard Cyert, 77, American economist and statistician, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Nick Ravo |title=Richard M. Cyert Dies at 77; President of Carnegie Mellon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/10/us/richard-m-cyert-dies-at-77-president-of-carnegie-mellon.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 July 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=10 October 1998 |page=A 13}}
Cees de Vreugd, 46, Dutch strongman, heart attack.
W. B. Gallie, 86, Scottish social theorist and philosopher.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=W. B. Gallie - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6hn7hhm |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Arnold Jacobs, 83, American tubist.
Renato Malavasi, 94, Italian film actor.
Joseph P. Merlino, 76, American Party politician.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=Joseph Merlino, 76, Trenton Political Figure |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/09/nyregion/joseph-merlino-76-trenton-political-figure.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=9 October 1998 |page=C 19}}
Lee Nak-hoon, 62, South Korean actor, heart disease and diabetes.
Ru Zhijuan, 72, Chinese writer.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bkJ1QrAxZAAC&pg=PA161 |title=The A to Z of Modern Chinese Literature |pages=161–62 |year=2010 |isbn=978-1461731870 |last=Ying |first=Li-hua}}

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Curtis Cassell, 85, German-British rabbi.
Zhang Chongren, 91, Chinese artist and sculptor.{{cite news |author1=Alan Riding |author-link1=Alan Riding |title=Chang Chong-Jen, 93, Model for Character in Tintin Comic |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/10/world/chang-chong-jen-93-model-for-character-in-tintin-comic.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=10 October 1998 |page=A 13}}
Mohanlal Lallubhai Dantwala, 89, Indian agricultural economist, academic and writer.{{cite journal | url-access=subscription | url=http://www.epw.in/journal/1998/42-43/commentary/remembering-m-l-dantwala.html | title=Remembering M L Dantwala | author=Ashok Mitra | journal=Economic and Political Weekly | date=October 1998 | volume=33 | issue=42–43}}
Jashim, 48, Bangladeshi film actor, producer and freedom fighter, brain haemorrhage.
West Nkosi, 58, South African music producer, saxophonist and songwriter, traffic collision.{{cite news |author1=Jon Pareles |author-link1=Jon Pareles |title=West Nkosi, 58, a Producer Of South African Musicians |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/13/arts/west-nkosi-58-a-producer-of-south-african-musicians.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=13 October 1998 |page=B 11}}
Gigi Reder, 70, Italian character actor.
Glenn Spearman, 51, American jazz tenor saxophonist, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Glenn Spearman |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13958124c |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=1 August 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Anatol Vieru, 72, Romanian music theoretician, pedagogue, and composer.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-anatol-vieru-1181072.html|title=Obituary: Anatol Vieru|first=Martin|last=Anderson|newspaper=The Independent|date= October 28, 1998|access-date=August 26, 2023}}

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Robert Allen, 92, American actor, cancer.{{cite news |last1=Vallance |first1=Tom |title=Obituary: Robert Allen |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-robert-allen-1178699.html |access-date=4 July 2019 |work=The Independent |date=17 October 1998}}
Anthony Alonzo, 50, Filipino actor, singer, and councilor of Quezon City, skin cancer.
Beth Bonner, 46, American long-distance runner, traffic collision.
George Rankine Irwin, 91, American scientist in the field of fracture mechanics and strength of materials.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=George Rankine Irwin |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16739865s |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=1 August 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Ian Johnson, 80, Australian cricketer.{{cite web|last = Eyre|first = Rick|date = 12 October 1998|url = http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/77096.html|title = Ian Johnson Obituary|publisher = Cricinfo|access-date = 4 July 2019}}
John Geddes MacGregor, 88, British-American author, scholar, and priest.
Nagbhushan Patnaik, 63, Indian communist revolutionary and politician.
Gustavo Petricioli, 70, Mexican economist, heart attack.
Xiao Yang, 69, Chinese politician.

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Clark Clifford, 91, American lawyer and politician.{{cite news |author1=Marilyn Berger |author-link1=Marilyn Berger |title=Clark Clifford, a Major Adviser To Four Presidents, Is Dead at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/11/us/clark-clifford-a-major-adviser-to-four-presidents-is-dead-at-91.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=11 October 1998 |page=1 1}}
Jackie Forster, 71, English news reporter, actress and lesbian rights activist.{{cite web|url=http://www.knittingcircle.org.uk/jackieforster.html|title=Knitting Circle|website=www.knittingcircle.org.uk|access-date=4 July 2019 | url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312072844/http://www.knittingcircle.org.uk/jackieforster.html|archive-date=12 March 2007|df=dmy-all}}
Marvin Gay Sr., 84, American minister and father of Marvin Gaye, pneumonia.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/200833.stm|title=Marvin Gaye's father and killer dies|date=25 October 1998|work=BBC News|access-date=4 July 2019}}
Pierce Lyden, 90, American actor.
William Markowitz, 91, American astronomer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=William Markowitz - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6n87d6s |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Tony Marvin, 86, American radio and television announcer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Tony Marvin, 86, Announcer For Radio |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/16/arts/tony-marvin-86-announcer-for-radio.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=16 October 1998 |page=B 11}}
Rachel Cosgrove Payes, 75, American novelist and author.
Konstantin Petrzhak, 91, Russian nuclear physicist.{{cite web |title=Konstantin Antonovich Petrzhak |url=http://www.npd.ac.ru/obituary/petrzhak.htm |website=www.npd.ac |publisher=RuHEP-NP |access-date=4 July 2019 |location=Moskva |language=en |date=10 October 1998}}
Tommy Quaid, 41, Irish hurler, injuries sustained from a fall.
Berta Rahm, 88, Swiss architect, writer and feminist activist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frauendatenbank fembio.org |url=https://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/frauendatenbank?fem_id=22679 |website=fembio.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language=de |date=}}
El Tappe, 71, American baseball player and coach, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=El Tappe Stats - Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=El+Tappe |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}

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Richard Denning, 84, American actor, heart attack.{{cite news |author1= |title=Richard Denning, 84, an Actor On TV's 'Hawaii Five-0' Series |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/13/arts/richard-denning-84-an-actor-on-tv-s-hawaii-five-0-series.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=13 October 1998 |page=B 11}}
Fred Harris, 86, English footballer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Fred Harris |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/fred-harris/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Lars Theodor Jonsson, 94, Swedish cross-country skier.{{cite web |title=Olympedia - Lars-Theodor Jonsson |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/87635 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=1 August 2022}}
Michael Wynn, 7th Baron Newborough, 81, British peer and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve officer.[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-lord-newborough-1181076.html Obituary: Lord Newborough], The Independent, 28 October 1998. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
Spottswood William Robinson III, 82, American civil rights attorney and US Circuit Judge.
Gaius Shaver, 88, American football player and Olympian.{{cite web |title=Olympedia - Gus Shaver |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/902279 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=1 August 2022}}

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Jürgen Aschoff, 85, German physician, biologist and behavioral physiologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jürgen Aschoff |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12275703d |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=1 August 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Bernhard Minetti, 93, German actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bernhard Minetti - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/017e3402f7bb402aaee2023d80f96a53 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language=de |date=}}
Julio Saraceni, 86, Argentine film director.
Ineko Sata, 94, Japanese author and communist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frauendatenbank fembio.org |url=https://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/frauendatenbank?fem_id=29759 |website=fembio.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language=de |date=}}
Matthew Shepard, 21, American murder victim, beaten to death.{{cite news|url-access=subscription|last=Brooke|first=James|title=Gay Man Dies From Attack, Fanning Outrage and Debate|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/13/us/gay-man-dies-from-attack-fanning-outrage-and-debate.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=May 29, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 12, 1998}}
Wilson Allen Wallis, 85, American economist and statistician.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=W. Allen Wallis, 85, Economist And President of U. of Rochester |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/14/us/w-allen-wallis-85-economist-and-president-of-u-of-rochester.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=14 October 1998 |page=A 21}}

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Thomas Byberg, 82, Norwegian speed skater and Olympic medalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Thomas Byberg |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/84517 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, 54, Soviet and Russian politician and industrialist, assassinated.
P. T. Narasimhachar, 93, Indian Kannada playwright and poet.{{cite web |title=Narasiṃhācār, Pu. Ti., 1905-1998 - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82028432.html |website=id.loc.gov |access-date=1 August 2022}}
Bojan Pečar, 38, Serbian/Yugoslav musician, heart attack.
Jeremy Vargas Sagastegui, 27, American criminal, execution by lethal injection.{{cite web |title=USA (WASHINGTON STATE): FURTHER INFORMATION ON DEATH PENALTY / LEGAL CONCERN: JEREMY VARGAS ((Holly Louise GARNETT, death by suicide : SAGASTEGUI |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr51/077/1998/en/ |website=Amnesty International |access-date=5 July 2019}}
Gérard Charles Édouard Thériault, 66, Canadian pilot and Chief of the Defence Staff.

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Cleveland Amory, 81, American author, reporter and animal rights activist, abdominal aortic aneurysm.{{cite news |author1=Enid Nemy |author-link1=Enid Nemy |title=Cleveland Amory Dies at 81; Writer and Animal Advocate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/16/arts/cleveland-amory-dies-at-81-writer-and-animal-advocate.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=16 October 1998 |page=B 11}}
Leopoldina Bălănuță, 63, Romanian actress.{{cite news |last=Șchiopu |first=Ana-Maria |date=October 15, 2019 |title=Portret Leopoldina Bălănuță, tragica doamnă a teatrului cu voce de înger: "Cea mai mare nefericire e să n-ai nevoie de cultură" |url=https://adevarul.ro/cultura/teatru/portret-leopoldina-balanuta-tragica-doamna-teatrului-voce-inger-cea-mai-mare-nefericire-e-san-ai-nevoie-cultura-1_5da587fb892c0bb0c697dae7/index.html |language=ro |newspaper=Adevărul |access-date=August 26, 2023}}
Dasarath Deb, 82, Indian communist politician.
Betty Gillies, 90, American aviation pioneer.
Giorgio Oberweger, 84, Italian discus thrower and Olympic medalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Giorgio Oberweger |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/72066 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Frankie Yankovic, 93, American polka musician, heart failure.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frankie Yankovic - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6zs7c30 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}

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Rolf Agop, 90, German conductor and academic.
Colette Darfeuil, 92, French actress.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Colette Darfeuil |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/6t6mUmIsKN97 |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language=fr |date=}}
Mãe Cleusa Millet, 75, Brazilian physician and spiritual leader.
Ike Owens, 79, Welsh rugby player.{{cite book |last=Thomson |first=Colin |title=The Indomitables: The 1946 Rugby League Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand |year=2009 |publisher=London League Publications |isbn=978-1903659-44-1 |page=141}}
Iain Crichton Smith, 70, Scottish poet and novelist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Iain Crichton Smith - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6kd4fws |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}

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Carlos Aldabe, 79, Argentine football player and coach.
Frank Carswell, 78, American baseball player and manager.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frank Carswell Stats - Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carswfr01.shtml |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Jon Postel, 55, American computer scientist, complications from heart surgery.{{cite news |author1=Katie Hafner |author-link1=Katie Hafner |title=Jonathan B. Postel, a Pioneer Of the Internet, Is Dead at 55 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/19/us/jonathan-b-postel-a-pioneer-of-the-internet-is-dead-at-55.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=19 October 1998 |page=B 9}}
Joseph Stamler, 86, American lawyer and judge.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Joseph Howard Stamler, 86, Influential New Jersey Judge |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/23/nyregion/joseph-howard-stamler-86-influential-new-jersey-judge.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=23 October 1998 |page=C 23}}
M. Vasalis, 89, Dutch poet and psychiatrist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=M. Vasalis |url=http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/50592726 |website=biografischportaal.nl |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language=nl |date=}}

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Antonio Agri, 66, Argentine musician, cancer.
Germán List Arzubide, 100, Mexican poet and revolutionary.{{cite news |title=German List Arzubide, Mexican Poet, 100 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/26/arts/german-list-arzubide-mexican-poet-100.html |access-date=1 August 2022 |url-access=subscription |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=26 October 1998 |page=A 19}}
Brian Dickson, 82, Canadian military officer and judge.
Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi, 63, Pakistani religious leader, shot.
Joan Hickson, 92, English actress (Miss Marple).{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/20/arts/joan-hickson-miss-marple-on-tv-dies-at-92.html|title=Joan Hickson, Miss Marple on TV, Dies at 92|first=Sarah|last=Lyall|newspaper=The New York Times|date=20 October 1998|url-access=subscription|access-date=5 July 2019 }}
Carmen Molina, 78, Mexican actress, singer, and dancer.
Hakim Said, 78, Pakistani scholar and philanthropist, murdered.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Hakeem Muhammad Saeed - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6t72h2j |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Tron, 26, German hacker and phreaker, suicide by hanging.
Karel Vohralík, 53, Czech ice hockey player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Karel Vohralík |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/98691 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}

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Frédéric Fitting, 96, Swiss fencer and Olympian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Frédéric Fitting |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/23337 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Peter A. Griffin, 61, American mathematician, author, and blackjack expert.
Alfred Praks, 96, Estonian wrestler and Olympian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Alfred Praks |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/57827 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Dick Sheppard, 53, English footballer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Dick Sheppard |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/dick-sheppard/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
George Shaw Wheeler, 90, American advisor to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and defector.{{cite news| title = In Memoriam: George Wheeler '29| publisher = Reed College| url = https://www.reed.edu/reed-magazine/in-memoriam/obituaries/february1998/george-wheeler-1929.html| date = 1998| access-date = 5 July 2019}}

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Arnold M. Auerbach, 86, American comedy writer.{{cite news |author1=Richard Severo |title=Arnold M. Auerbach, 86, a Comedy Writer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/21/arts/arnold-m-auerbach-86-a-comedy-writer.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=21 October 1998 |page=C 27}}
Frank J. Brasco, 66, American politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frank J. Brasco - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w66b0h7g |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Tommy Burks, 58, American farmer and politician, murdered.
Chaduranga, 82, Indian Kannada writer.
Edward Flannery, 86, American Roman Catholic priest and author, pancreatic cancer.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=The Rev. Edward Flannery, 86, Priest Who Fought Anti-Semitism |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/22/us/the-rev-edward-flannery-86-priest-who-fought-anti-semitism.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 July 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=22 October 1998 |page=C 22}}
Fritz Honka, 63, German serial killer.
Charlton Ogburn, 87, American journalist and author, suicide.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/10/22/charlton-ogburn-dies-at-87/5d93f642-c9f7-4570-8ecd-41d7a8efc4fd/|title=CHARLTON OGBURN DIES AT 87|date=1998-10-22|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2018-04-03| url-access=subscription | language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}
Compton I. White, Jr., 77, American politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Compton I. White Jr. - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6087jq8 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}

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John Mowbray Didcott, 67, South African lawyer and judge, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=John Didcott, South African Lawyer and Judge, Dies at 67 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/27/world/john-didcott-south-african-lawyer-and-judge-dies-at-67.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=27 October 1998 |page=A 21}}
Frank Gillard, 89, British BBC reporter and radio pioneer.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/198513.stm|title=BBC legend Frank Gillard dead |access-date=5 July 2019 | date=1998-10-21 | work=BBC News}}
Gerhard Jahn, 71, German politician, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Gerhard Jahn |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12671362j |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=1 August 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Spike Nelson, 92, American football player and coach.
René Pleimelding, 73, French football player and manager.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - René Pleimelding |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/XWJGn27P1JOj |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language=fr |date=}}

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Josef Bremm, 84, Nazi Germany Wehrmacht officer.
Scott Brower, 34, American ice hockey player, traffic collision.{{cite web |title=1984 NHL DRAFT PICK; Scott Brower |url=http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1984/84243.html |website=hockeydraftcentral.com |access-date=6 July 2019}}
Alexander Cairncross, 87, British economist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Alexander Cairncross - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6xb4pnz |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Cheng Lianzhen, 77, Chinese politician and bandit leader.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=1953年，女匪首被活捉，毛主席却下令释放，主席去世后她哭晕多次|url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/I2JNHA7M05532ILM.html|website=163.com |publisher= |access-date=28 January 2025 |language= |date=}}
John Hazen, 71, American basketball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=John Hazen Stats - Basketball-Reference.com |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hazenjo01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Nicholas Kemmer, 86, Russian-British nuclear physicist.{{Cite journal | last1 = Dyson | first1 = F. | author-link = Freeman Dyson| doi = 10.1098/rsbm.2011.0008 | title = Nicholas Kemmer. 7 December 1911 -- 21 October 1998 | journal = Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society | year = 2011 | volume = 57 | pages = 189–204 | doi-access = }}
Hans Alfred Nieper, 70, German alternative medicine practitioner.
Alan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury, 96, British businessman.
Tatiana Tolmacheva, 91, Soviet figure skater and figure skating coach.

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Eric Ambler, 89, English thriller author.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=Eric Ambler, Thriller Writer Who Elevated the Genre to Literature, Is Dead at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/24/arts/eric-ambler-thriller-writer-who-elevated-the-genre-to-literature-is-dead-at-89.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 July 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=24 October 1998 |page=C 16}}
Nathalia Crane, 85, American poet and novelist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Nathalia Crane - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6fr03s0 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Burton M. Cross, 95, American businessman, politician and governor.
Ajit Khan, 76, Indian actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/11259/Ajit-Hamid-Ali-Khan |title=Ajit (Hamid Ali Khan) (Indian actor) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia |publisher=Britannica.com |access-date=6 July 2019}}
Molly O'Day, 89, American film actress.
Violet Owen, 96, British tennis and hockey player.{{cite web|title=Obituary: Violet Owen|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-violet-owen-1187339.html|website=The Independent|access-date=6 July 2019|date=26 November 1998}}
Ángel Picazo, 81, Spanish film actor, cancer.
Francis W. Sargent, 83, American politician and governor.{{cite news |author1=Carey Goldberg |title=Francis W. Sargent, 83, A Massachusetts Governor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/23/us/francis-w-sargent-83-a-massachusetts-governor.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=23 October 1998 |page=C 23}}

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Noel Carroll, 56, Irish middle distance runner and Olympian, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Noel Carroll |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71505 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Christopher Gable, 58, English ballet dancer, choreographer and actor, cancer.{{cite web |last1=Meisner |first1=Nadine |title=Obituary: Christopher Gable |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-christopher-gable-1180734.html |website=The Independent |date=26 October 1998|access-date=6 July 2019}}
Winnie Ruth Judd, 93, American convicted murderer.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/27/us/winnie-r-judd-93-infamous-as-1930-s-trunk-murderess.html|title=Winnie R. Judd, 93, Infamous As 1930's 'Trunk Murderess'|work= The New York Times|date=October 27, 1998|url-access=subscription|access-date=6 July 2019| first=Richard| last=Goldstein}}
Zangeres Zonder Naam, 79, Dutch levenslied singer, heart attack.{{cite news |title=Zangeres Zonder Naam overleden aan hartstilstand |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/zangeres-zonder-naam-overleden-aan-hartstilstand~b6fcd101 |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2022 |work=De Volkskrant |date=26 October 1998 |language=nl}}
Barnett Slepian, 52, American physician, homicide.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Barnett Slepian - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6tt7mpm |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Silviu Stănculescu, 66, Romanian actor, leukemia.{{Cite news|url=http://www.libertatea.ro/monden/vedete-de-la-noi/se-implinesc-13-ani-de-la-moartea-actorului-silviu-stanculescu-656354|title = Se împlinesc 13 ani de la moartea actorului Silviu Stănculescu|lang=ro|first=Petre|last=Dobrescu|newspaper=Libertatea|date = October 23, 2011|access-date=August 26, 2023}}

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Rafael Alonso, 78, Spanish actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Rafael Alonso - DB~e |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/6678/rafael-alonso-ochoa |website=dbe.rah.es |publisher=Real Academia de la Historia |access-date=1 August 2022 |language=es |date=}}
Dennis Ayling, 81, British cinematographer.
Charles Barnes, 96, Australian politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Charles Barnes - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w62d1s5q |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Mary Calderone, 94, American physician and sexual education advocate.{{cite news |author1=Jane E. Brody |author-link1=Jane Brody |title=Mary S. Calderone, Advocate of Sexual Education, Dies at 94 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/25/us/mary-s-calderone-advocate-of-sexual-education-dies-at-94.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 July 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=25 October 1998 |page=1 52}}
Pino Dordoni, 72, Italian race walker and Olympic champion.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Pino Dordoni |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71956 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Ardalion Ignatyev, 67, Soviet track and field athlete and Olympic medalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Ardalion Ignatyev |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77452 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}

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Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth, 93, British mycologist and scientific historian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6d65227 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Robin Brook, 90, British banker and Olympic fencer.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-sir-robin-brook-1185808.html |title=Sir Robin Brook obituary |access-date=6 July 2019 |work=The Independent |location=London |first=Colin |last=Vines |date=19 November 1998}}
Geoff Crain, 67, Canadian football player.
Dick Higgins, 60, American artist, composer, poet, and publisher, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Roberta Smith |author-link1=Roberta Smith |title=Dick Higgins, 60, Innovator In the 1960's Avant-Garde |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/31/arts/dick-higgins-60-innovator-in-the-1960-s-avant-garde.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=31 October 1998 |page=C 16}}
John Hyland, 86, United States Navy admiral.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=John Hyland - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w67v3rs5 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Gavriil Malish, 91, Soviet and Russian painter, watercolorist and graphic artist.
Susan Strange, 75, British scholar and political scientist.{{cite news |author1=Gautam Sen |author-link1= |title=Obituary: Professor Susan Strange |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-professor-susan-strange-1190179.html |url-access= |access-date=1 August 2022 |work=The Independent |language= |date=9 December 1998}}
Warren Wiebe, 45, American vocalist and session musician, suicide.

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Nicholas Budgen, 60, British politician, liver cancer.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/201623.stm | title= Former MP Budgen dies | date=26 October 1998 | publisher=BBC | access-date=16 July 2018 }}
Rick Dior, 51, American sound engineer (Apollo 13, Dirty Dancing, Ransom), Oscar winner (1996), heart attack.{{cite news |author1= |title=Richard Dior, 51, Mixer for 'Apollo 13' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/29/arts/richard-dior-51-mixer-for-apollo-13.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=29 October 1998 |page=B 14}}
Kenkichi Iwasawa, 81, Japanese mathematician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Kenkichi Iwasawa - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6pz8sgh |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Margaret Keay, 87, British phytopathologist.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-margaret-keay-1184730.html|title=Obituary: Margaret Keay|website=Independent.co.uk|date=14 November 1998|access-date=6 July 2019}}
José Cardoso Pires, 73, Portuguese author.
Hugh David Stevenson, 80, Royal Australian Navy officer.
Terry Thomas, 45, American basketball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Terry Thomas Stats - Basketball-Reference.com |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/thomate01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Selvarajan Yesudian, 82, Swiss yogi and author.

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Alfred Gray, 59, American mathematician, heart attack.
Rosamund John, 85, English film and stage actress.{{cite web|author=Tom Vallance |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-rosamund-john-1182234.html |title=Obituary: Rosamund John - Arts and Entertainment |work=The Independent |date=1998-11-02 |access-date=2019-07-06}}
Reidar Kvammen, 84, Norwegian footballer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Reidar Kvammen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26836 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Daniel Pedoe, 87, English mathematician and geometer.
Luis Prendes, 85, Spanish actor, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Luis Prendes |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb142174618 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=1 August 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Gene Taylor, 70, American politician.
Klári Tolnay, 84, Hungarian actress.
Winnie van Weerdenburg, 52, Dutch swimmer and Olympic medalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Winnie van Weerdenburg |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/49420 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}

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Ghulam Ahmed, 76, Indian cricket player.
Cuthbert Alport, Baron Alport, 86, British politician, minister and life peer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Cuthbert Alport - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6r365qf |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Sherman Block, 74, American politician and sheriff.
James L. Day, 73, United States Marine Corps major general.{{cite news |author1=William H. Honan |author-link1=William Honan |title=James Day, 73, Hero in Battle for Okinawa |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/04/us/james-day-73-hero-in-battle-for-okinawa.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=4 November 1998 |page=C 23}}
Tommy Flowers, 92, English engineer and electronic computing pioneer.{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/71253|title=Thomas Flowers Biography|year= 2008|doi= 10.1093/ref:odnb/71253|last1=Agar|first1=Jon}}
James Goldman, 71, American screenwriter (The Lion in Winter, Nicholas and Alexandria) and playwright (Follies), Oscar winner (1969), heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Mel Gussow |author-link1=Mel Gussow |title=James Goldman, 71, a Creator Of 'Lion in Winter' and 'Follies' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/29/theater/james-goldman-71-a-creator-of-lion-in-winter-and-follies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=29 October 1998 |page=B 14}}
Ted Hughes, 68, English poet and children's writer, heart attack.{{cite news |last1=Mackinnon |first1=Lachlan |title=Obituary: Ted Hughes |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-ted-hughes-1181470.html |access-date=6 July 2019 |work=The Independent |date=30 October 1998}}
Margaret Marley Modlin, 71, American painter, sculptor and photographer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Margaret Modlin - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6km3d29 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Wang Shuming, 92, Chinese airforce colonel general.

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Anthony J. Celebrezze, 88, American politician.{{cite news |author1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |author-link1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |title=Anthony Celebrezze Is Dead; Kennedy Cabinet Member, 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/31/us/anthony-celebrezze-is-dead-kennedy-cabinet-member-88.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=31 October 1998 |page=C 16}}
Alvin M. Johnston, 84, American jet-age test pilot, Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news |author1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |author-link1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |title=Tex Johnston, 84; Pilot Ushered In Airline Era |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/14/us/tex-johnston-84-pilot-ushered-in-airline-era.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=14 November 1998 |page=C 16}}
Gilda Lousek, 60, Argentine actress.
Paul Misraki, 90, French composer of music and film scores.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=Paul Misraki, 90, a Composer of Songs and Soundtracks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/02/arts/paul-misraki-90-a-composer-of-songs-and-soundtracks.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=2 November 1998 |page=B 11}}
Harry Weese, 83, American architect, stroke.{{cite news |author1=Herbert Muschamp |author-link1=Herbert Muschamp |title=Harry Weese, 83, Designer Of Metro System in Washington |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/03/arts/harry-weese-83-designer-of-metro-system-in-washington.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 July 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=3 November 1998 |page=B 11}}

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Vishram Bedekar, 92, Indian writer and movie director.
Guido De Santi, 75, Italian racing cyclist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Guido De Santi |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/guido-de-santi |website=procyclingstats.com |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Apo Lazaridès, 73, French cyclist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Apo Lazaridès |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/5gzTyaEvMkYk |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language=fr |date=}}
Bulldog Turner, 79, American football player and coach.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Bulldog Turner, 79, a Star For Bears and Hall of Famer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/02/sports/bulldog-turner-79-a-star-for-bears-and-hall-of-famer.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=2 November 1998 |page=B 11}}
Lam Van Phat, Army of the Republic of Vietnam officer.
Elmer Vasko, 62, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, Minnesota North Stars).{{cite web |title=Moose Vasko Stats – Hockey-Reference.com |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/v/vaskomo01.html |website=hockey-reference.com |access-date=1 August 2022}}
Heinz Westphal, 74, German politician.

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Kenneth Darling, 89, British Army general.{{cite news|title=Obituary: General Sir Kenneth Darling|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-general-sir-kenneth-darling-1184316.html|work=The Independent|date=12 November 1998|access-date=6 July 2019 | location=London | first=Max | last=Arthur}}
María de la Purísima de la Cruz, 72, Spanish Roman Catholic nun.
Bernard J. Dwyer, 77, American Democratic Party politician, heart attack.{{cite news |author1= |title=B. J. Dwyer, New Jersey Congressman, 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/05/nyregion/b-j-dwyer-new-jersey-congressman-77.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=5 November 1998 |page=D 4}}
Vassar Miller, 74, American writer and poet.{{cite news |author1=Rick Lyman |title=Vassar Miller, 74, Texas Poet; Her Infirmity Inspired Her Art |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/08/nyregion/vassar-miller-74-texas-poet-her-infirmity-inspired-her-art.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=8 November 1998 |page=1 49}}
Noah Mullins, 80, American gridiron football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Noah Mullins Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Noah+Mullins |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Lou Rymkus, 78, American football player and coach, stroke.{{cite news|last=Breslin |first=Meg McSherry |title=Lou Rymkus, 78, Former Oilers Coach |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-11-03-9811030186-story.html | newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=November 3, 1998 }}
Bob Thurman, 81, American baseball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bob Thurman Stats - Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Bob+Thurman |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=1 August 2022 |language= |date=}}

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1998-10-01,1998-10-31&adult=include List of October 1998 deaths] at IMDb

*1998-10