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In the year 1997
656 Notable deaths
Bulat Okudzhava
Soviet writer and singer (1924-1997).
Born May 9th, 1924 in Moscow. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1997 at 73 years old in Paris. [ref]
Mihir Sen
Indian swimmer.
Born November 16th, 1930 in Purulia.
Died June 11th, 1997 at 66 years old in Kolkata.
Denise Levertov
British-american poet (1923-1997).
Born October 24th, 1923 in Ilford.
Died December 20th, 1997 at 74 years old in Seattle.
Robert Clouse
American film director (1928–1997).
Born March 6th, 1928 in Wisconsin.
Died February 4th, 1997 at 68 years old in Ashland (kidney failure).
Conlon Nancarrow
American composer (1912–1997).
Born October 27th, 1912 in Texarkana.
Died August 10th, 1997 at 84 years old in Mexico City.
John Eccles
Australian neurophysiologist (1903–1997).
Born January 27th, 1903 in Melbourne.
Died May 2nd, 1997 at 94 years old in Tenero-Contra.
Carl Gustav Hempel
German philosopher (1905–1997).
Born January 8th, 1905 in Oranienburg.
Died November 9th, 1997 at 92 years old in Princeton Township (pneumonia).
Yuri Nikulin
Soviet and russian actor and clown (1921-1997).
Born December 18th, 1921 in Demidov.
Died August 21st, 1997 at 75 years old in Moscow (heart failure).
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Japanese film producer.
Born April 26th, 1910 in Kashiwara.
Died April 2nd, 1997 at 86 years old in Tokyo (stroke).
King Hu
Film director.
Born April 29th, 1932 in Beijing.
Died January 14th, 1997 at 64 years old in Taipei.
Deaths 191 to 200 of 656
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