List of Famous people who died at 98

Alton Augustus Adams, Sr. is remembered primarily as the first black bandmaster in the United States Navy. His music was performed by the bands of John Philip Sousa and Edwin Franko Goldman and his march "The Governor's Own" (1921) appears as the first selection on the bicentennial album Pride of America, released by New World Records.

Anthony Saliu Sanusi was a Nigerian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

Isidor Levin was a Latvian Jewish-born Soviet/Estonian folklorist, narrative researcher, theologian, and Professor Emeritus at the St. Petersburg Institute of Religion and Philosophy. Levin was an internationally recognized folklorist, who supported the study of Estonian culture and helped Estonian researchers continue their work during the Soviet occupation.

Ruth Clifford was an American actress of leading roles in silent films, whose career lasted from that era into the television era.

Charles Edward James "Charlie" Gunn was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 10 kilometre walk.

Henri Debain was a French film actor.

Hans J. Salter was an Austrian-American film composer.

Yu Guangyuan was a Chinese economist, philosopher, and a senior official of the People's Republic of China. Yu was recognized as one of the first proponents of the socialist market-oriented economic system in China and the theory of "the Primary Stage of Socialism". He was a close adviser and speech-writer to the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping.

Henry Stuart Hazlitt was an American journalist who wrote about business and economics for such publications as The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, The American Mercury, Newsweek, and The New York Times.