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In the year 1997
722 Notable deaths
Basri Dirimlili
Turkish association football player (1929–1997).
Born June 7th, 1929 in Silistra. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1997 at 68 years old in Turkey.
Ferenc Sipos
Hungarian footballer (1932–1997).
Born December 13th, 1932 in Budapest.
Died March 17th, 1997 at 64 years old in Budapest.
Boris Parsadanian
Armenian-estonian composer (1925–1997).
Born May 14th, 1925 in Kislovodsk. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1997 at 72 years old in Tallinn. [ref]
Pierre Gascar
French writer (1916–1997).
Born March 13th, 1916 in Paris.
Died February 20th, 1997 at 80 years old in Lons-le-Saunier.
Nicholas J. Hoff
American aeronautical engineer (1906–1997).
Born January 3rd, 1906 in Magyaróvár.
Died August 4th, 1997 at 91 years old in Stanford.
Jean Luciano
French footballer (1921-1997).
Born January 2nd, 1921 in Nice.
Died July 7th, 1997 at 76 years old in Tourrette-Levens.
Abdelkader Ben Bouali
French footballer (1912-1997).
Born October 15th, 1912 in Chlef.
Died February 23rd, 1997 at 84 years old in Algiers.
Alija Isaković
Bosnian writer (1932–1997).
Born January 15th, 1932 in Stolac.
Died March 14th, 1997 at 65 years old in Sarajevo.
Juan Landázuri Ricketts
Catholic cardinal (1913-1997).
Born December 19th, 1913 in Arequipa.
Died January 16th, 1997 at 83 years old in Lima.
Zofia Rydet
Polish photographer (1911-1997).
Born May 5th, 1911 in Ivano-Frankivsk.
Died August 24th, 1997 at 86 years old in Gliwice.
Guido Brunner
German diplomat and politician (1930–1997).
Born May 27th, 1930 in Madrid.
Died December 2nd, 1997 at 67 years old in Madrid.
Roger Laurent
Former racing driver and motorcycle racer from belgium.
Born February 21st, 1913 in Liège.
Died February 6th, 1997 at 83 years old in Uccle.
Aale Tynni
Finnish poet, critic and translator.
Born October 3rd, 1913 in Gatchina, Bolshiye Kolpany.
Died October 21st, 1997 at 84 years old in Helsinki.
Achilles Papapetrou
Greek physicist.
Born February 2nd, 1907 in Serres.
Died August 12th, 1997 at 90 years old in Paris.
Eitel Cantoni
Uruguayan racing driver (1906-1997).
Born October 4th, 1906 in Montevideo.
Died June 6th, 1997 at 90 years old in Montevideo.
Chuck Arnold
American racing driver.
Born May 30th, 1926 in Stamford.
Died September 4th, 1997 at 71 years old in Santa Ana.
Tamara Tyshkevich
Belarusian shot putter (1931-1997).
Born March 31st, 1931 in Čašniki District.
Died December 27th, 1997 at 66 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Torsten Nilsson
Swedish politician (1905–1997).
Died December 14th, 1997 at 92 years old in Oscar Parish. [ref]
Willy Hess
Swiss musician (1906–1997).
Born October 12th, 1906 in Winterthur.
Died May 9th, 1997 at 90 years old in Winterthur.
Henri Vilbert
French actor (1904–1997).
Born April 6th, 1904 in Marseille.
Died April 20th, 1997 at 93 years old in Cagnes-sur-Mer.
Imam Mustafayev
Azerbaijani (soviet) politician, azerbaijani (soviet) botanist and plant breeder (1910-1997).
Born February 25th, 1910 in Qaxmuğal.
Died March 10th, 1997 at 87 years old in Baku.
Harlow Rothert
American shot putter (1908-1997).
Born April 1st, 1908 in Jasper County.
Died August 13th, 1997 at 89 years old in Menlo Park.
Mary Peters Fieser
American chemist (1909-1997).
Born May 27th, 1909 in Atchison.
Died March 22nd, 1997 at 87 years old in Belmont.
Vladimir Soloukhin
Russian writer (1924-1997).
Born June 14th, 1924 in Alepino.
Died April 4th, 1997 at 72 years old in Moscow.
Ali Yata
Moroccan politician (1920-1997).
Born August 25th, 1920 in Tangier.
Died August 13th, 1997 at 76 years old in Casablanca. [ref]
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