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In the year 1997
722 Notable deaths
Adil Çarçani
Albanian politician (1922-1997).
Born May 15th, 1922 in Fushëbardhë.
Died October 13th, 1997 at 75 years old in Tirana.
Hans Robert Jauss
German romance philologist (1921-1997).
Born December 12th, 1921 in Göppingen.
Died March 1st, 1997 at 75 years old in Constance.
Giorgio Strehler
Italian opera and theatre director (1921–1997).
Born August 14th, 1921 in Barcola.
Died December 25th, 1997 at 76 years old in Lugano (myocardial infarction).
Jaime Milans del Bosch
Spanish general (1915–1997).
Born June 8th, 1915 in Madrid.
Died July 26th, 1997 at 82 years old in Madrid (brain tumor).
Katherine Esau
German-american botanist (1898-1997).
Born April 15th, 1898 in Dnipro. [ref]
Died June 4th, 1997 at 99 years old in Santa Barbara.
Hiram Keller
American actor (1944-1997).
Born May 3rd, 1944 in Lowndes County.
Died January 20th, 1997 at 52 years old in Atlanta (liver cancer).
Renzo Montagnani
Italian actor (1930-1997).
Born September 11th, 1930 in Alessandria.
Died May 22nd, 1997 at 66 years old in Rome (lung cancer).
Darcy Ribeiro
Brazilian politician and academic (1922-1997).
Born October 26th, 1922 in Salinas.
Died February 17th, 1997 at 74 years old in Brasília (cancer).
Anne Stine Ingstad
Norwegian archaeologist (1918-1997).
Born February 11th, 1918 in Lillehammer.
Died November 6th, 1997 at 79 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Fenton Robinson
American chicago blues singer and guitarist.
Born September 23rd, 1935 in Greenwood.
Died November 25th, 1997 at 62 years old in Rockford (brain cancer).
Nuccio Bertone
Italian automobile designer (1914–1997).
Died February 26th, 1997 at 82 years old in Turin.
Haruko Sugimura
Japanese actress (1909–1997).
Born January 6th, 1906 in Hiroshima.
Died April 4th, 1997 at 91 years old in Tokyo.
Klaus Wunderlich
German musician (1931–1997).
Born June 18th, 1931 in Chemnitz.
Died October 28th, 1997 at 66 years old in Engen (myocardial infarction).
Gabriel Figueroa
Mexican cinematographer (1907-1997).
Born April 24th, 1907 in Mexico City.
Died April 27th, 1997 at 90 years old in Mexico City (cerebral infarction).
Sotiria Bellou
Greek singer (1921–1997).
Born August 22nd, 1921.
Died August 27th, 1997 at 76 years old in Metaxa Hospital (cancer).
Rudolf Bahro
German politician and writer (1935-1997).
Born November 18th, 1935 in Świeradów-Zdrój.
Died December 5th, 1997 at 62 years old in Berlin.
Toshiro Mayuzumi
Japanese composer (1929–1997).
Born February 20th, 1929 in Yokohama.
Died April 10th, 1997 at 68 years old in Shinkawa-dōri (liver failure).
Shinichi Hoshi
Japanese artist and writer (1926-1997).
Born September 6th, 1926 in Tokyo City.
Died December 30th, 1997 at 71 years old in Minato.
George Chambers
Politician from trinidad and tobago.
Born October 4th, 1928 in Port of Spain.
Died November 4th, 1997 at 69 years old in Port of Spain.
Louis Essen
English physicist who invented the caesium atomic clock and determined the speed of light (1908-1997).
Born September 6th, 1908 in Nottingham.
Died August 24th, 1997 at 88 years old in Great Bookham.
Louis Pauwels
French journalist and writer (1920-1997).
Born August 2nd, 1920 in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Died January 28th, 1997 at 76 years old in Suresnes (myocardial infarction).
Adrienne Hill
British actress (1937-1997).
Born July 22nd, 1937 in Plymouth.
Died October 6th, 1997 at 60 years old in London (cancer).
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
German politician (1913–1997).
Born April 21st, 1913.
Died May 8th, 1997 at 84 years old in Aachen (myocardial infarction).
Alexander Kazhdan
Soviet historian and byzantine empire specialist (1922-1997).
Born September 3rd, 1922 in Moscow.
Died May 29th, 1997 at 74 years old in Dumbarton Oaks.
Deaths 326 to 350 of 722
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