In the year 1997
654 Notable deaths
Sviatoslav Richter
Soviet pianist (1915-1997).
Born March 20th, 1915 in Zhytomyr.
Died August 1st, 1997 at 82 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Jesse White
American actor (1917–1997).
Born January 4th, 1917 in Buffalo.
Died January 9th, 1997 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Jean-Dominique Bauby
French journalist, author and editor with locked-in syndrome (1952-1997).
Born April 23rd, 1952 in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died March 9th, 1997 at 44 years old in Garches (pneumonia). [ref]
Masaru Ibuka
Japanese businessman.
Born April 11th, 1908 in Nikkō.
Died December 19th, 1997 at 89 years old in Tokyo (heart failure). [ref]
Stubby Kaye
American actor (1918-1997).
Born November 11th, 1918 in Morningside Heights.
Died December 14th, 1997 at 79 years old in Rancho Mirage (cancer, lung cancer).
Billy Mackenzie
Scottish singer (1957–1997).
Born March 27th, 1957 in Dundee.
Died January 22nd, 1997 at 39 years old in Scotland (intoxication).
Coleman Young
American politician (1918-1997).
Born May 24th, 1918 in Tuscaloosa.
Died November 29th, 1997 at 79 years old in Detroit (pulmonary emphysema).
James Dickey
American writer (1923–1997).
Born February 2nd, 1923 in Atlanta.
Died January 19th, 1997 at 73 years old in Columbia.
Stéphane Grappelli
French jazz violinist (1908–1997).
Born January 26th, 1908 in Paris.
Died December 1st, 1997 at 89 years old in Paris. [ref]
Walter Gotell
German actor (1924–1997).
Born March 15th, 1924 in Bonn.
Died May 5th, 1997 at 73 years old in London (cancer).
Deaths 111 to 120 of 654
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.