Freeborn's death was confirmed by Nick Maley, a family friend who worked as his assistant in the 1970s.
Freeborn's son Graham became a make-up artist in his own right, working alongside his father on the Star Wars and Superman films.
Nick Dudman, who worked with Freeborn on The Empire Strikes Back, remembered him as "a Renaissance man capable of doing absolutely anything".
Freeborn also put his skills to work in "Oliver Twist, " "The Bridge on the River Kwai, " "The Omen, " four "Superman" films, "Top Secret!"
CNN: Makeup master Stuart Freeborn of 'Star Wars' dead at age 98
Freeborn went on to work with director Stanley Kubrick, designing the three different faces sported by Peter Sellers in Cold War satire Doctor Strangelove.
Freeborn continued working with Sir David, travelling with him to Sri Lanka for the filming of his 1957 war epic The Bridge on the River Kwai.
Among the more memorable sequences in the "Star Wars" film is the Mos Eisley Cantina, which Freeborn and his team populated by creating Greedo, Walrus Man and Snaggletooth.
CNN: Makeup master Stuart Freeborn of 'Star Wars' dead at age 98
The 1970s saw Freeborn make a vital contribution to the Star Wars universe, for which he helped create such enduring characters as Chewbacca, Jabba the Hutt and Yoda.
When war broke out in 1939, Freeborn temporarily gave up his fledgling career to train as a fighter pilot, only to almost lose his life to Asian flu and haemophilia.
Director Irvin Kershner said Freeborn put his own image into Yoda the Jedi Master, giving the character inquisitive and elfin features with "more than a passing resemblance to Freeborn himself, " Lucasfilm said.
CNN: Makeup master Stuart Freeborn of 'Star Wars' dead at age 98
"Return of the Jedi" is considered the "monster movie" of the trilogy, and Freeborn and his team in the United Kingdom developed Jabba the Hutt, which was a massive puppet, and the teddy-bear-like Ewoks.
CNN: Makeup master Stuart Freeborn of 'Star Wars' dead at age 98
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