In the year 1997
654 Notable deaths
Vittorio Mussolini
Italian film producer (1916-1997).
Born September 27th, 1916 in Milan.
Died June 12th, 1997 at 80 years old in Rome.
Diana Lewis
American film actress (1919-1997).
Born September 18th, 1919 in Asbury Park.
Died January 18th, 1997 at 77 years old in Rancho Mirage (pancreatic cancer).
Bridgette Andersen
American actress and model (1974-2013).
Born July 11th, 1975 in Inglewood.
Died May 18th, 1997 at 21 years old in Los Angeles (drug overdose).
Hastings Banda
First president of malawi.
Born February 15th, 1898 in Kasungu.
Died November 25th, 1997 at 99 years old in Johannesburg.
Richie Ashburn
American baseball player (1927–1997).
Born March 19th, 1927 in Tilden.
Died September 9th, 1997 at 70 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Jeane Dixon
American astrologer and psychic.
Born January 5th, 1904 in Medford.
Died January 26th, 1997 at 93 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart failure).
Hans Eysenck
British psychologist (1916–1997).
Born March 16th, 1916 in Berlin.
Died September 4th, 1997 at 81 years old in London (brain cancer).
Fred Zinnemann
Austrian-born american film director (1907-1997).
Born April 29th, 1907 in Rzeszów. [ref]
Died March 14th, 1997 at 89 years old in London (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Marjorie Reynolds
Actress (1917-1997).
Born August 12th, 1917 in Buhl. [ref]
Died February 1st, 1997 at 79 years old in Manhattan Beach (heart failure). [ref]
Kathy Acker
American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (1947–1997).
Born April 18th, 1947 in New York City. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1997 at 50 years old in Tijuana (cancer, breast cancer). [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 654
Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris