In the year 1997
720 Notable deaths
Jagmohan Kaur
Musical artist (1948-1997).
Born October 15th, 1948 in Pathankot.
Died December 6th, 1997 at 49 years old in Ludhiana.
Marino Marini
Italian singer, composer, and record producer (1924–1997).
Born May 11th, 1924 in Seggiano.
Died March 20th, 1997 at 72 years old in Milan.
Enrique Peralta Azurdia
President of guatemala (1908-1997).
Born June 17th, 1908 in Guatemala City.
Died February 18th, 1997 at 88 years old in Miami.
John Zachary Young
British zoologist, neurophysiologist, professor of anatomy and author (1907-1997).
Born March 18th, 1907 in Bristol.
Died July 4th, 1997 at 90 years old in Oxford.
Ivan Graziani
Italian recording artist; singer (1945–1997).
Born October 6th, 1945 in Teramo. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1997 at 51 years old in Novafeltria (colorectal cancer).
William H. Reynolds
American film editor (1910-1997).
Born June 14th, 1910 in Elmira.
Died July 16th, 1997 at 87 years old in California.
P. H. Newby
English novelist and broadcasting administrator (1918–1997).
Born June 25th, 1918 in Crowborough.
Died September 6th, 1997 at 79 years old in Garsington.
Bozorg Alavi
Writer, novelist and activist (1904-1997).
Born February 2nd, 1904 in Tehran.
Died February 18th, 1997 at 93 years old in Berlin (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Corneliu Baba
Romanian painter (1906-1997).
Born November 18th, 1906 in Craiova.
Died December 28th, 1997 at 91 years old in Bucharest.
Maria von Maltzan
German resistance member (1909-1997).
Born March 25th, 1909 in Milicz.
Died November 12th, 1997 at 88 years old in Berlin.
Robert Herman
American astronomer (1914–1997).
Born August 29th, 1914 in New York City.
Died February 13th, 1997 at 82 years old in Austin.
Thies Christophersen
German holocaust denier (1918–1997).
Born January 27th, 1918 in Kiel.
Died February 13th, 1997 at 79 years old in Molfsee.
Dulce María Loynaz
Cuban writer (1902–1997).
Born December 10th, 1902 in Havana. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1997 at 94 years old in Havana (cardiac arrest).
Cyril Toumanoff
Russian-born georgian historian and genealogist (1913-1997).
Born October 13th, 1913 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 4th, 1997 at 83 years old in Rome.
Léon Poliakov
French historian (1910–1997).
Born November 25th, 1910 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 8th, 1997 at 87 years old in Orsay.
George Schaefer
American television and theater director (1920-1997).
Born December 16th, 1920 in Wallingford.
Died September 10th, 1997 at 76 years old in Los Angeles.
Renuka Ray
Indian freedom-fighter, social activist and politician.
Born January 4th, 1904.
Died April 11th, 1997 at 93 years old
Jurek Becker
German writer, film-author and gdr dissident.
Born September 30th, 1937 in Łódź.
Died March 14th, 1997 at 59 years old in Thumby, Sieseby (colorectal cancer).
Néstor Cerpa Cartolini
Peruvian guerrilla leader (1953-1997).
Born August 14th, 1953 in Lima.
Died April 22nd, 1997 at 43 years old in Lima (gunshot wound).
Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov
Chechen writer (1908–1997).
Born October 25th, 1908 in Chechnya.
Died April 24th, 1997 at 88 years old in Munich.
Rod Milburn
American athlete (1950–1997).
Born May 18th, 1950 in Opelousas. [ref]
Died November 11th, 1997 at 47 years old in Port Hudson.
Thomas Carr
American film and television director (1907-1997).
Born July 4th, 1907 in Philadelphia.
Died April 23rd, 1997 at 89 years old in Ventura.
Milton Cato
Prime minister of saint vincent and the grenadines (1915-1997).
Born June 3rd, 1915 in Saint Vincent.
Died February 10th, 1997 at 81 years old in Kingstown.
Sidney Darlington
Electrical engineer and inventor of a transistor configuration.
Born July 18th, 1906 in Pittsburgh.
Died October 31st, 1997 at 91 years old in Exeter.
Volker Prechtel
German actor (1941-1997).
Born August 9th, 1941 in Füssen.
Died August 7th, 1997 at 55 years old in Gröbenzell (cancer).
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