In the year 1997
654 Notable deaths
Urmila Bhatt
Indian actress.
Born November 1st, 1934 in Dehradun. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1997 at 62 years old in Juhu.
Gail Davis
American actress and horseback rider (1925-1997).
Born October 5th, 1925 in Little Rock.
Died March 17th, 1997 at 71 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Victor Vasarely
French-hungarian painter and printmaker.
Born April 9th, 1908 in Pécs. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1997 at 88 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
American geologist and astronomer.
Born April 28th, 1928 in Los Angeles.
Died July 18th, 1997 at 69 years old in Alice Springs (traffic collision).
Bobby Helms
American country singer (1933-1997).
Born August 15th, 1933 in Bloomington.
Died June 19th, 1997 at 63 years old in Martinsville (pulmonary emphysema).
Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark
Eldest daughter of prince nicholas of greece and grand duchess elena vladimirovna of russia (1903-1997).
Born June 11th, 1903 in Tatoi Palace.
Died October 16th, 1997 at 94 years old in Paris (Alzheimer's disease).
Floyd Cramer
American pianist (1933–1997).
Born October 27th, 1933 in Shreveport.
Died December 31st, 1997 at 64 years old in Nashville (lung cancer).
Mukul S. Anand
Indian director and producer (1951-1997).
Born October 11th, 1951 in Mumbai.
Died September 7th, 1997 at 45 years old in Mumbai (myocardial infarction).
Wende Wagner
American film and television actress (1941-1997).
Born December 6th, 1941 in New London.
Died February 26th, 1997 at 55 years old in Santa Monica (cancer).
Gerda Christian
Personal secretary of adolf hitler (1913–1997).
Born December 13th, 1913 in Berlin.
Died April 14th, 1997 at 83 years old in Düsseldorf (cancer).
Deaths 121 to 130 of 654
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker