In the year 1997
656 Notable deaths
Tony Zale
American boxer (1913-1997).
Died March 20th, 1997 at 83 years old in Portage (Alzheimer's disease).
Bohumil Hrabal
Czech writer (1914–1997).
Born March 28th, 1914 in Brno-Židenice, Židenice. [ref]
Died February 3rd, 1997 at 82 years old in Prague (falling from height). [ref]
Melvin Calvin
American biochemist.
Born April 8th, 1911 in Saint Paul. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1997 at 85 years old in Berkeley (heart failure). [ref]
Feng-Shan Ho
Chinese diplomat whose actions during the second world war earned him the title "righteous among the nations" (1901–1997).
Born September 10th, 1901 in Yiyang prefecture.
Died September 28th, 1997 at 96 years old in San Francisco (disease).
Olga Georges-Picot
French actress (1940-1997).
Born January 6th, 1940 in Shanghai.
Died June 19th, 1997 at 57 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris (falling).
K. Shivaram Karanth
Indian writer (1902-1997).
Born October 10th, 1902 in Udupi district.
Died December 9th, 1997 at 95 years old in Manipal.
Richard Warwick
British actor (1945-1997).
Born April 29th, 1945 in England.
Died December 16th, 1997 at 52 years old in St John's Wood (death from AIDS-related complications).
Henry Vestine
American guitarist (1944–1997).
Born December 25th, 1944 in Washington, D.C..
Died October 20th, 1997 at 52 years old in Gonesse (myocardial infarction).
Son Sen
Cambodian politician (1930-1997).
Born June 12th, 1930 in Trà Vinh.
Died June 15th, 1997 at 67 years old in Anlong Veng District (summary execution). [ref]
Michael Dorris
American fiction writer, essayist, memoirist (1945–1997).
Born January 30th, 1945 in Louisville.
Died April 10th, 1997 at 52 years old in Concord (intoxication).
Deaths 171 to 180 of 656
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson