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In the year 1997
722 Notable deaths
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.
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.
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).
Kingsley Davis
American sociologist and demographer (1908–1997).
Born August 20th, 1908 in Jones County.
Died February 27th, 1997 at 88 years old in Stanford.
Ivan Yarygin
Soviet sport wrestler (1948–1997).
Born November 7th, 1948.
Died October 11th, 1997 at 48 years old (traffic collision).
Wang Xiaobo
Chinese writer (1952–1997).
Born May 13th, 1952 in Beijing.
Died April 11th, 1997 at 44 years old in Beijing (myocardial infarction).
Elsa De Giorgi
Italian film actress and writer (1914-1997).
Born January 26th, 1914 in Pesaro.
Died September 12th, 1997 at 83 years old in Rome.
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).
Dorothy Hill
Australian geologist and palaeontologist (1907 - 1997).
Born September 10th, 1907 in Brisbane.
Died April 23rd, 1997 at 89 years old in Brisbane.
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]
Charles Brenton Huggins
American physiologist (1901-1997).
Born September 22nd, 1901 in Halifax.
Died January 12th, 1997 at 95 years old in Chicago.
John Akii-Bua
Ugandan athletics competitor (1949–1997).
Born December 3rd, 1949 in Lira.
Died June 20th, 1997 at 47 years old in Kampala.
Martin Schwarzschild
German astronomer (1912-1997).
Born May 31st, 1912 in Potsdam.
Died April 10th, 1997 at 84 years old in Langhorne.
Helen Jacobs
American tennis player (1908–1997).
Born August 6th, 1908 in Globe.
Died June 2nd, 1997 at 88 years old in East Hampton (heart failure).
Ella Maillart
Sportwomen, explorator, traveler and writer (1903–1997).
Born February 20th, 1903 in Plainpalais.
Died March 27th, 1997 at 94 years old in Chandolin.
Troy Ruttman
American racing driver.
Born March 11th, 1930 in Mooreland.
Died May 19th, 1997 at 67 years old in Lake Havasu City (lung cancer).
Muhammad Mahdi Al-Jawahiri
Iraqi neo-classical poet (1899 – 1997).
Born July 26th, 1899 in Najaf.
Died July 27th, 1997 at 98 years old in Damascus.
Ayyā Khemā
German buddhist nun (1923–1997).
Born August 25th, 1923 in Berlin.
Died November 21st, 1997 at 74 years old in Oy-Mittelberg (breast cancer).
Mikael Tariverdiev
Soviet composer of armenian descent (1931–1996).
Born August 15th, 1931 in Tbilisi.
Died July 25th, 1997 at 65 years old in Sochi.
Walter Molino
Italian illustrator.
Born November 5th, 1915 in Reggio Emilia.
Died December 8th, 1997 at 82 years old in Milan.
Tete Montoliu
Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933–1997).
Born March 28th, 1933 in Barcelona.
Died August 24th, 1997 at 64 years old in Barcelona (lung cancer).
Chico Science
Brazilian singer-songwriter (1966−1997).
Born June 19th, 1966 in Olinda.
Died February 2nd, 1997 at 30 years old in Recife (traffic collision).
Rosina Lawrence
American actress (1912-1997).
Born December 30th, 1912 in Westboro.
Died June 23rd, 1997 at 84 years old in New York City (cancer).
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