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In the year 1898
21 Notable deaths
Aubrey Beardsley
British illustrator and author (1872–1898).
Born August 21st, 1872 in Brighton. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1898 at 25 years old in Menton (tuberculosis). [ref]
Constance Lloyd
Author, wife of oscar wilde.
Born January 2nd, 1859 in London. [ref]
Died April 7th, 1898 at 39 years old in Genoa (multiple sclerosis). [ref]
Eleanor Marx
Social activist from london (1855–1898).
Born January 16th, 1855 in Soho.
Died March 31st, 1898 at 43 years old in Sydenham (poison).
Soapy Smith
American con artist, gangster, and crime boss (1860-1898).
Born November 2nd, 1860 in Coweta County.
Died July 8th, 1898 at 37 years old in Skagway.
Edward Bellamy
American author and socialist.
Born March 26th, 1850 in Chicopee. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1898 at 48 years old in Chicopee (tuberculosis). [ref]
Joseph Vacher
French serial killer (1869-1898).
Born November 16th, 1869 in Beaufort. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1898 at 29 years old in Bourg-en-Bresse (guillotine). [ref]
William Seward Burroughs I
American businessman.
Born January 28th, 1857 in Rochester.
Died September 14th, 1898 at 41 years old in Citronelle.
Tan Sitong
Chinese philosopher (1865-1898).
Born March 10th, 1865 in Beijing. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1898 at 33 years old in Beijing (decapitation). [ref]
Arturo Michelena
Venezuelan painter (1863-1898).
Born June 16th, 1863 in Valencia. [ref]
Died July 29th, 1898 at 35 years old in Caracas. [ref]
Georges Rodenbach
Belgian symbolist poet and novelist (1855-1898).
Born July 16th, 1855 in Tournai. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1898 at 43 years old in Paris. [ref]
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Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson