1998 in music

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Deaths

• January 4 - Mae Questel, (89), US singer and actress, the voice of Betty Boop
• January 5 - Sonny Bono, singer, songwriter, etc, 53
• January 8 - Michael Tippett, composer (born 1905)
• January 11 - Klaus Tennstedt, conductor, 71
• January 15 - Junior Wells, harmonica player, 64
• January 19 - Carl Perkins, complications following a series of strokes
• February 6 - Carl Wilson, The Beach Boys, lung cancer
• February 6 - Falco, rock star, car accident
• February 13 - Buddy Lee, respiratory failure while undergoing treatment for lung cancer
• February 17 - Bob Merrill, US songwriter, suicide
• February 19 - Grandpa Jones, star of Hee-Haw, comedian and musician
• February 25 - Rockin' Sidney, soul musician, 59
• February 28 - Todd Duncan, first Porgy in Porgy and Bess, age 95
• April 17 - Linda McCartney, Wings, breast cancer, 56
• May 9 - Alice Faye, actress and singer, 83
• March 12 - Judge Dread, ska and reggae performer (died on stage)
• April 1 - Rozz Williams, founder of Christian Death, suicide; hanging
• April 5 - Cozy Powell, drummer, car accident
• April 6 - Tammy Wynette, country singer, 55
• April 7 - Wendy O. Williams, The Plasmatics, suicide
• May 7 - Eddie Rabbitt, country singer, 56 (of lung cancer)
• May 14 - Frank Sinatra
• June 10 - Steve Sanders, 45, formerly of the Oak Ridge Boys (from 1987-1996, replaced and succeeded by William Lee Golden); suicide.
• July 6 - Roy Rogers, 86, US actor, singer and King of the Cowboys
• July 23 - André Gertler, violinist
• July 29 - Jerome Robbins, choreographer, 79
• August 3 - Alfred Schnittke, composer
• August 29 - Charlie Feathers, country blues musician
• October 14 - Frankie Yankovic, America's "Polka King"