Famous People Who Died in 1998

• Autry, Gene

   The singing cowboy star who did "Back in the Saddle"

• Bono, Sonny

  The mod 1960s singer who became a Congressman

• Bridges, Lloyd

  Mike Nelson on Sea Hunt

• Castaneda, Carlos

  Author of The Teachings of don Juan

• Cleaver, Eldridge

  The Black Panther who wrote Soul on Ice

• Goldwater, Barry

  Conservative icon

• Hartman, Phil

  The droll comic star of TV's News Radio

• Hughes, Ted

  The English poet who was married to Sylvia Plath

• Jones, Grandpa

  Co-star of the show Hee Haw

• Kurosawa, Akira

  Legendary Japanese movie director

• Lord, Jack

  Steve McGarrett on TV's Hawaii Five-O

• Marshall, E. G.

  Lawrence Preston in the classic TV series The Defenders

• Mason, Shirley

  The woman whose story was told in Sybil

• McDowall, Roddy

  Cornelius and Caesar in the Planet of the Apes movie series

• Pakula, Alan J.

  The director of All the President's Men

• Paz, Octavio

  The Mexican poet who wrote 'Piedra de sol' ('Sun Stone')

• Pol Pot

  Ruthless Cambodian communist leader of the 1970s

• Ray, James Earl

  The man who killed Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Rogers, Roy

  Star of TV's Roy Rogers Show

• Shepard, Alan

  The first American in space

• Sinatra, Frank

  Singer of New York, New York and leader of the Rat Pack

• Spock, Dr.

  The author of Baby and Child Care

• Wallace, George

  Segregationist governor of the 1960s

• Wilson, Flip

  The Black comedian whose Geraldine character said "the devil made me do it!"

• Youngman, Henny

  The comedian who said "Take my wife -- please!"

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