In the year 1997
722 Notable deaths
Volker Prechtel
German actor (1941-1997).
Born August 9th, 1941 in Füssen.
Died August 7th, 1997 at 55 years old in Gröbenzell (cancer).
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.
Nikola Koljević
Serbian politician and scholar (1936-1997).
Born June 9th, 1936 in Banja Luka.
Died January 25th, 1997 at 60 years old in Belgrade (gunshot wound).
Jürgen Kuczynski
German economist and economic historian (1904-1997).
Born September 17th, 1904 in Germany, Elberfeld. [ref]
Died August 6th, 1997 at 92 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Kiki Kogelnik
Austrian artist (1935-1997).
Born January 22nd, 1935 in Graz. [ref]
Died February 1st, 1997 at 62 years old in Vienna (cancer). [ref]
Pinchas Lapide
Israeli theologian, author and diplomat (1922-1997).
Born November 28th, 1922 in Vienna.
Died October 23rd, 1997 at 74 years old in Frankfurt.
Ziya Bunyadov
Azerbaijani historian (1921-1997).
Born December 24th, 1921 in Astara.
Died February 21st, 1997 at 75 years old in Baku.
Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
Iraqi politician, iraqi foreign minister, and prime minister of iraq from 1953 to 1954.
Born April 20th, 1903 in Kadhimiya.
Died May 24th, 1997 at 94 years old in Tunis.
Tommy Turrentine
American swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer (1928–1997).
Born April 22nd, 1928 in Pittsburgh.
Died May 13th, 1997 at 69 years old in New York City.
Ugo Poletti
Catholic cardinal (1914–1997).
Born April 19th, 1914 in Omegna.
Died February 25th, 1997 at 82 years old in Rome.
Evgenii Landis
Russian mathematician (1921–1997).
Born October 6th, 1921 in Kharkiv.
Died December 12th, 1997 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Rosita Serrano
Chilean singer and actress.
Born June 10th, 1914 in Viña del Mar, Quilpué. [ref]
Died April 6th, 1997 at 82 years old in Santiago (chronic bronchitis).
Wolfgang Späte
German world war ii fighter pilot (1911–1997).
Born September 8th, 1911 in Podbořany.
Died April 30th, 1997 at 85 years old in Edewecht.
James Krüss
German writer (1926–1997).
Born May 31st, 1926 in Heligoland.
Died August 2nd, 1997 at 71 years old in Gran Canaria.
Shuhei Nishida
Japanese pole vaulter (1910-1997).
Born May 21st, 1910 in Nachikatsuura.
Died April 13th, 1997 at 86 years old in Tokyo.
Paula Stone
American actress (1912-1997).
Born January 20th, 1912 in New York City.
Died December 23rd, 1997 at 85 years old in Sherman Oaks.
Sándor Végh
(1912-1997) hungarian born austrian violinist, conductor, music pedagogue.
Born May 17th, 1912 in Cluj-Napoca.
Died January 7th, 1997 at 84 years old in Salzburg.
Khaled Abdul-Wahab
Tunisian official (1911-1997).
Born April 11th, 1911 in French protectorate of Tunisia.
Died April 25th, 1997 at 86 years old
Heinrich Liebe
German world war ii u-boat commander.
Born January 29th, 1908 in Gotha.
Died July 27th, 1997 at 89 years old in Eisenach.
Choe Kwang
North korean politician (1918－1997).
Born July 17th, 1918 in Rason.
Died February 21st, 1997 at 78 years old in Pyongyang (myocardial infarction).
Stan Pearson
English footballer (1919–1997).
Born January 11th, 1919 in Salford.
Died February 20th, 1997 at 78 years old in Alderley Edge.
Annie Fratellini
French actress ad clown (1932–1997).
Born November 14th, 1932 in Algiers.
Died July 1st, 1997 at 64 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (cancer).
Pilar Mercedes Miró Romero
Film director, screenwriter (1940-1997).
Born April 20th, 1940 in Madrid.
Died October 19th, 1997 at 57 years old in Madrid (myocardial infarction).
Jean-Edern Hallier
French writer (1936–1997).
Born March 1st, 1936 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Died January 12th, 1997 at 60 years old in Deauville (traffic collision, myocardial infarction).
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler