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In the year 1997
664 Notable deaths
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. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1997 at 77 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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.
Born August 24th, 1944 in Berhampur.
Died June 24th, 1997 at 52 years old in Bhubaneswar.
Bo Widerberg
Swedish film director, screenwriter and film editor.
Born June 8th, 1930 in Malmö. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1997 at 66 years old in Båstad (stomach cancer). [ref]
Jack Delano
American photographer and composer.
Born August 1st, 1914 in Voroshylivka. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1997 at 83 years old in Puerto Rico. [ref]
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.
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, 1926 in Uvs Province.
Died May 14th, 1997 at 71 years old in Ulaanbaatar.
Joshua Hassan
Chief minister of gibraltar (1915-1997).
Born August 21st, 1915 in Gibraltar.
Died July 1st, 1997 at 81 years old in Gibraltar.
Jan P. Syse
31st prime minister of norway.
Born November 25th, 1930 in Nøtterøy.
Died September 17th, 1997 at 66 years old in Oslo (cerebral hemorrhage).
Héctor Yazalde
Argentine footballer (1946-1997).
Born May 29th, 1946 in Villa Fiorito. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1997 at 51 years old in Buenos Aires.
Agnieszka Osiecka
Polish poet and songwriter (1936–1997).
Born October 9th, 1936 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1997 at 60 years old in Warsaw (cancer). [ref]
Ivan Yarygin
Soviet sport wrestler (1948–1997).
Born November 7th, 1948.
Died October 11th, 1997 at 48 years old in Neftekumsk (traffic collision).
Martin Schwarzschild
German astronomer (1912-1997).
Born May 31st, 1912 in Potsdam.
Died April 10th, 1997 at 84 years old in Langhorne.
John Akii-Bua
Ugandan athletics competitor (1949–1997).
Born December 3rd, 1949 in Lira.
Died June 20th, 1997 at 47 years old in Kampala.
Brian May
Australian film composer.
Born July 28th, 1934 in Adelaide.
Died April 25th, 1997 at 62 years old in Melbourne (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Wang Xiaobo
Chinese writer.
Born May 13th, 1952 in Beijing. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1997 at 44 years old in Beijing (heart disease). [ref]
Andrés Rodríguez
43.° president of paraguay from february 3, 1989 to august 15, 1993.
Born June 19th, 1923 in Borja.
Died April 21st, 1997 at 73 years old in New York City (liver cancer).
Charles Brenton Huggins
American physiologist (1901-1997).
Born September 22nd, 1901 in Halifax.
Died January 12th, 1997 at 95 years old in Chicago.
Deaths 276 to 300 of 664
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