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In the year 1997
722 Notable deaths
Anthony Bushell
Actor (1904–1997).
Born May 19th, 1904 in Westerham.
Died April 2nd, 1997 at 92 years old in Oxford.
Jean Françaix
French composer and pianist (1912–1997).
Born May 23rd, 1912 in Le Mans.
Died September 25th, 1997 at 85 years old in Paris.
Ganesh Man Singh
Nepali politician (1915–1997).
Born November 9th, 1915 in Kathmandu. [ref]
Died September 18th, 1997 at 81 years old in Kathmandu.
James Robert Baker
American author (1946–1997).
Born October 18th, 1946 in Long Beach.
Died November 5th, 1997 at 51 years old in Pacific Palisades (asphyxia).
Judith Merril
American science fiction writer and editor (1923-1997).
Born January 21st, 1923 in Boston.
Died September 12th, 1997 at 74 years old in Toronto.
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
Indian writer (1924–1997).
Born October 14th, 1924 in Assam.
Died August 6th, 1997 at 72 years old
Misael Pastrana Borrero
Colombian lawyer and politician (1923-1997).
Born November 14th, 1923 in Neiva.
Died August 21st, 1997 at 73 years old in Bogotá.
Dick van Dijk
Dutch footballer (1946-1997).
Born February 15th, 1946 in Gouda.
Died July 8th, 1997 at 51 years old in Nice (infectious disease).
Joan Rice
English actress (1930–1997).
Born February 3rd, 1930 in Derby.
Died January 1st, 1997 at 66 years old in Maidenhead.
Otto John
German resistance member (1909-1997).
Born March 19th, 1909 in Marburg.
Died March 26th, 1997 at 88 years old in Innsbruck.
Andrei Sinyavsky
Russian writer, dissident, political prisoner, emigrant, professor of sorbonne university, magazine founder and publisher (1925–1997).
Born October 8th, 1925 in Moscow.
Died February 25th, 1997 at 71 years old in Paris.
Uzi Narkiss
Israeli general (1925–1997).
Born January 6th, 1925 in Jerusalem.
Died December 17th, 1997 at 72 years old in Jerusalem.
Tamara Geva
Soviet-american actress and dancer (1906–1997).
Born March 17th, 1907 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 9th, 1997 at 90 years old in New York City (disease).
Prince Álvaro of Orleans
Duke of galliera (1910-1997).
Born April 20th, 1910 in Coburg.
Died August 22nd, 1997 at 87 years old in Monte Carlo.
Michael LeMoyne Kennedy
American lawyer and businessman (1958–1997).
Born February 27th, 1958 in Washington, D.C..
Died December 31st, 1997 at 39 years old in Aspen.
Georges Marchais
Former general secretary of the french communist party (1920-1997).
Born June 7th, 1920 in La Hoguette.
Died November 16th, 1997 at 77 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction).
Willie Pastrano
American boxer (1935–1997).
Born November 27th, 1935 in New Orleans.
Died December 6th, 1997 at 62 years old in New Orleans (liver cancer).
Sanjukta Panigrahi
Indian dancer (1944–1997).
Born August 24th, 1944 in Brahmapur.
Died June 24th, 1997 at 52 years old in Bhubaneswar.
Bo Widerberg
Swedish film director, screenwriter and film editor (1930–1997).
Died May 1st, 1997 at 66 years old in Båstad (stomach cancer).
Jack Delano
American photographer and composer (1914-1997).
Born August 1st, 1914 in Voroshylivka.
Died August 13th, 1997 at 83 years old in Puerto Rico.
William Alland
Actor, producer, writer and director (1916-1997).
Born March 4th, 1916 in Delmar.
Died November 11th, 1997 at 81 years old in Long Beach.
Rudolf Bing
Austrian-american opera impresario (1902-1997).
Born January 9th, 1902 in Vienna.
Died September 2nd, 1997 at 95 years old in St. Joseph's Medical Center (Alzheimer's disease).
John White
American rower (1916–1997).
Born May 16th, 1916 in Seattle.
Died March 16th, 1997 at 80 years old in Bellevue.
Jambyn Batmönkh
Mongolian politician (1927–1997).
Born March 10th, 1927 in Uvs Province.
Died May 14th, 1997 at 70 years old in Ulaanbaatar.
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Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi