The following is a list of notable deaths in September 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.
September 1998
1 Francisco V. Coching, 78, Filipino comic books illustrator and writer. Albert W. Johnson, 92, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1963-1977). Harry Knudsen, 79, Danish rower and Olympic medalist (1948). Józef Krupiński, 67, Polish poet. Cary Middlecoff, 77, American golfer, heart disease. Nick Murphy, 31, English footballer, traffic collision. Ugo Pifferi, 68, Italian Olympic rower (1952). Vere Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere, 73, British newspaper magnate. Osman Fahir Seden, 74, Turkish film director, screenwriter and film producer. Ernest Edward Williams, 84, American herpetologist. Petar Šegedin, 89, Croatian writer.
2 Jackie Blanchflower, 65, Northern Irish footballer, cancer. Roy Bradford, 77, Northern Irish politician. Allen Drury, 80, American novelist and Pullizer Prize winner, cardiac arrest, heart attack. Charles A. Ferguson, 77, American linguist. Willie Kizart, 66, American electric blues guitarist. Walter L. Morgan, 100, American bankerW. L. Morgan, Finance Pioneer, Dies at 100 Danièle Parola, 93, French film actress. Tommy J. Smith, 81, Australian racehorse trainer. Notable victims of Swissair Flight 111: Mary Lou Clements-Mann, 51, American AIDS researcher. Jonathan Mann, 51, American physician, head of the WHO's AIDS program.
3 Vince Alascia, 84, American comic book artist (Captain America). Motohiko Ban, 93, Japanese Olympic ski jumper (1928). Samuel Findlay Clark, 89, Canadian Army general. Ragnar Ekholdt, 84, Norwegian Olympic middle-distance runner (1936). Rick Kay, 48, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Atlanta Falcons). Ellis R. Kerley, 74, American forensic anthropologist. Anup Kumar, 68, Indian actor. Friedrich Körner, 77, World War II Luftwaffe Flying ace. Albert Nemethy, 78, Hungarian-American artist. Jacek Płuciennik, 28, Polish footballer. John F. Thornell Jr., 77, World War II United States Army Air Forces Flying ace.
4 Hans Brenner, 59, Austrian actor. Jimmy Constantine, 78, English football player. Col Costorphin, 44, Australian cricketer. Hernando Durán Dussán, Colombian lawyer and politician, respiratory infection. Robert Higgins, 73, American weightlifter. Ernst Jaakson, 93, Estonian diplomat. Elizabeth Kata, 85, Australian writer under the pseudonym "Elizabeth Kata". Charles Kemball, 75, Scottish chemist. Tania Long, 85, American journalist and war correspondent during World War II. Masato Nakae, 80, Japanese American US Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient. Inge Scholl, 81, German activist and resistance member during World War II, cancer. Lal Waterson, 55, English folksinger and songwriter, cancer.
5 Lütfü Aksoy, 87, Turkish Olympic footballer (1936). Fernando Balzaretti, 52, Mexican actor, cardiovascular disease. Raymond Cattell, 87, English cricketer. Leon Dombrowski, 60, American gridiron football player (New York Titans). Willem Drees, 75, Dutch politician and son of politician Willem Drees. Willem Drees jr. (75) in Den Haag overleden, Volkskrant, 8 September 1998. Retrieved August 21, 2019 Michael Fleischer, 90, American chemist and mineralogist. Sonny Knight, 64, American singer, songwriter and author, complications following a stroke. Margaret Lefranc, 91, American visual artist. Donald McCowen, 90, British rower and Olympian (1932). Félix Morisseau-Leroy, 86, Haitian writer. Minoru Niizuma, 67, Japanese abstract sculptor, stroke. Verner Panton, 72, Danish interior designer. Takis Papoulidis, 63, Greek footballer. Leo Penn, 77, American actor and director, lung cancer. Billy Soose, 83, American boxer.
6 Vagn Hovard, 84, Danish Olympic field hockey player (1936, 1948). Ernst-Hugo Järegård, 69, Swedish cult actor, multiple myeloma. Akira Kurosawa, 88, Japanese film director and screenwriter (Seven Samurai, Rashomon, Throne of Blood), stroke. Hava Lazarus-Yafeh, 68, German-Israeli orientalist and academic. Ric Segreto, 45, American-Filipino singer-songwriter and actor, traffic collision. Elaine Shepard, 85, American actress. Denise Spencer, 68, Australian freestyle swimmer and Olympian (1948). Louis Van Parijs, 90, Belgian swimmer and Olympian (1928).
7 Håvard Alstadheim, 62, Norwegian economist and politician. Mario Bardi, 77, Italian Realist painter, stroke. István Bezegh-Huszágh, 85, Hungarian Olympic fencer (1936). André Bonin, 89, French fencer and Olympic champion (1948). K. M. Chandy, 77, Indian freedom fighter and politician. Valeri Frid, 76, Soviet screenwriter. Earl Harrist, 79, American baseball player. John Hayes, 85, British Royal Navy officer.Obituary: Admiral Sir John Hayes The Independent, 29 September 1998. Retrieved August 21, 2019
8 Walter Adams, 76, American economist and college professor, pancreatic cancer. Leonid Kinskey, 95, Russian-born actor, complications of a stroke.Oliver, Myrna (1998). "Leonid Kinskey; Actor in 'Casablanca'", obituary. Los Angeles Times, September 11, 1998. Retrieved April 24, 2019. Arsh Muneer, 84, Pakistani actress and singer. Marco Rizo, 77, Cuban-American pianist, composer, and arranger, heart attack. Bill Shankland, 91, Australian sportsman, heart failure. Ewald Tilker, 86, German canoeist and Olympic medalist (1936). Tryfon Tzanetis, 80, Greek football player and coach. Howard Vocke, 83, American basketball player. Helfried Winger, 76, Austrian Olympic ice hockey player (1948).
9 Lucio Battisti, 55, Italian singer-songwriter and composer, cancer. Bill Cratty, 47, American modern dancer and choreographer, liver cancer. Eleanor Garatti, 89, American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1928, 1932). Mariano Martín, 78, Spanish footballer. Catherine Turney, 91, American writer and screenwriter. Jerry Zimmerman, 63, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins), and coach.
10 Carl Forgione, 54, British actor. Freddie Green, 82, English professional footballer. Adolfe de Hoernle, 96, German-American philanthropist. Noshirvan Nagarwala, 88, Indian cricket umpire. Sir Frederick Rosier, 82, British Royal Air Force commander. Kedar Man Vyathit, 84, Nepali poet.
11 Paku Alam VIII, 88, Indonesian royal and Governor of Yogyakarta. Sofía Bassi, 85, Mexican painter and writer, heart failure. Larry Bradford, 48, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves). Dane Clark, 86, American actor. Stephie D'Souza, 61, Indian athlete and Olympian (1964). Carlos Guimard, 85, Argentine chess Grandmaster. Rolando Morán, 68, Guatemalan revolutionary leader, heart attack. P. S. Veerappa, 87, Indian actor and film producer.
12 Jim Cope, 45, American football player (Atlanta Falcons). George E. Danielson, 83, American politician and judge, heart failure. Hans Grimm, 93, German film director and screenwriter. Azem Hajdari, 35, Albanian student leader, shot. Awang Hassan, 87, Malaysian politician. John Holliman, 49, American broadcast journalist, traffic collision. Henry Spira, 71, Belgian-American animal rights activist, esophageal cancer.
13 Talimeren Ao, 80, Indian footballer, physician, and Olympian (1948). Denys Buckley, 92, English barrister and judge. Necdet Calp, 76, Turkish civil servant and politician, heart attack. Eugene Fruehauf, 85, American Olympic rower (1936). Aloys Grillmeier, 88, German Jesuit priest and theologian. Frans Hogenbirk, 80, Dutch football player. Owen Horwood, 81, South African economist and politician, heart attack. Antonio Núñez Jiménez, 75, Cuban revolutionary and academic. Harry Lumley, 71, Canadian ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League. Phil Ridings, 80, Australian cricket player. George Wallace, 79, American politician and populist, Parkinson's disease.
14 Johnny Adams, 66, American blues, jazz and gospel singer, prostate cancer. Hahn William Capps, 95, American entomologist. Lance Duldig, 76, Australian cricketer. Sue Geh, 39, Australian women's basketball player and Olympian (1984), heart failure. Åke Jansson, 82, Swedish Olympic long-distance runner (1936). Fred Korth, 89, United States Secretary of the Navy. George Scott, 69, English snooker player. Yang Shangkun, 91, President of China.
15 Fred Alderman, 93, American sprint runner and Olympic champion (1928). Barrett Deems, 84, American swing drummer, pneumonia. Charles George Drake, 78, Canadian neurosurgeon. René Ferrier, 61, French football midfielder. Viljo Heino, 84, Finnish long-distance runner and Olympian (1948). Reynold B. Johnson, 92, American inventor and computer pioneer, melanoma. Carl Larpenter, 62, American gridiron football player (Denver Broncos, Dallas Texans). Caroline Mikkelsen, 91, Danish-Norwegian explorer. Don Perkins, 80, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears). Louis Rasminsky, 90, Canadian banker. Eva Gabriele Reichmann, 101, German historian and sociologist.
16 Egidio Ariosto, 87, Italian politician. Jane Marsh Beveridge, 82, Canadian artist."Jane Marsh." Canadian Women Film Directors Database (femfilm.ca). Retrieved: August 23, 2019. John Eakins, 75, Canadian politician. Hal Hilpirt, 90, American football player (New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds). Mazhar Khan, 43, Indian actor and producer, renal failure. Bjørn Stenersen, 28, Norwegian racing cyclist and Olympian (1992). Boris Stoev, 71, Bulgarian Olympic cross-country skier (1952). John Systad, 86, Norwegian long-distance runner and Olympian (1948, 1952). Andrzej Trzaskowski, 65, Polish jazz composer and musicologist. Pak Tu-jin, 82, Korean poet. Harold Vokes, 90, American malacologist and paleontologist.Vokes, Emily H. "Harold Ernest Vokes". American Conchologist, vol. 26, no. 4 (December 1998), p. 22. (Obituary). John Woyat, 65, Canadian football player.
17 William Albright, 53, American composer, pianist and organist. Ted Binion, 54, American gambling executive. Geoffrey Dutton, 76, Australian author and historian. Win Elliot, 83, American television and radio sportscaster and game show host. Slim Emmerich, 78, American baseball player (New York Giants). April FitzLyon, 78, English translator, biographer, and historian. Gerold Frank, 91, American author and ghostwriter. Abe Geldenhuys, 65, South African Olympic wrestler (1956, 1960). Red Hoff, 107, American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (New York Highlanders/Yankees, St. Louis Browns), fall. Gustav Nezval, 90, Czech stage and film actor. Ralph Pappier, 84, Argentine production designer and film director. Celia Rooke, 96, English printmaker and book illustrator.
18 Francelia Butler, 85, American scholar and children's author. Paul Dolan, 71, Irish sprinter and Olympian (1948, 1952). Charlie Foxx, 64, American musician. Kurt Hager, 86, East German politician. Erik Holmberg, 76, Norwegian football player and Olympian (1952). Sam Locke, 81, American writer and director. Harun Nasution, 79, Indonesian scholar. Vadim Rogovin, 61, Russian Trotskyist historian and sociologist. Bob Stringer, 68, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).
19 Susan Barrantes, 61, British film producer and mother of Sarah Ferguson, traffic collision. Patricia Hayes, 88, English actress (The NeverEnding Story, Willow, A Fish Called Wanda).GRO Register of Deaths: SEP 1998 A5B 70 WEST SURREY – Patricia Lawlor Brook, DoB 22 Dec 1909 aged 88 Ran Laurie, 83, British physician, Olympic gold medalist (1936, 1948), and father of Hugh Laurie, Parkinson's disease. John Norby, 88, American gridiron football player (Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers).
20 Audrey Alexandra Brown, 93, Canadian poet. Muriel Humphrey Brown, 86, American politician and wife of Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Robert Malachy Burke, 91, Irish socialist and philanthropist. Lila Katzen, 72, American abstract sculptor, liver cancer.