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In the year 1997
656 Notable deaths
Herta Ehlert
German concentration camp guard (1905-1997).
Born March 26th, 1905 in Berlin.
Died April 4th, 1997 at 92 years old in Berlin.
Shirley Clarke
American filmmaker (1919-1997).
Born October 2nd, 1919 in New York City.
Died September 23rd, 1997 at 77 years old in Boston (stroke).
John Beal
1909–1997; american actor.
Born August 13th, 1909 in Joplin.
Died April 26th, 1997 at 87 years old in Santa Cruz (stroke).
Robert H. Dicke
American astronomer.
Born May 6th, 1916 in St. Louis.
Died March 4th, 1997 at 80 years old in Princeton. [ref]
André Franquin
Belgian comics artist (1924-1997).
Born January 3rd, 1924 in Etterbeek.
Died January 5th, 1997 at 73 years old in Saint-Laurent-du-Var (myocardial infarction).
Manfred von Ardenne
German researcher and applied physicist (1907-1997).
Born January 20th, 1907 in Hamburg.
Died May 26th, 1997 at 90 years old in Dresden.
Cahit Arf
Turkish mathematician (1910-1997).
Born October 11th, 1910 in Thessaloniki.
Died December 26th, 1997 at 87 years old in Istanbul.
Judi Bari
American environmentalist (1949–1997).
Born November 7th, 1949 in Baltimore.
Died March 2nd, 1997 at 47 years old in California (breast cancer).
Stanley Schachter
American psychologist.
Born April 15th, 1922 in Queens.
Died June 7th, 1997 at 75 years old in East Hampton.
Malcolm Knowles
Adult educator.
Born August 24th, 1913 in Park County.
Died November 27th, 1997 at 84 years old in Fayetteville (stroke).
Deaths 211 to 220 of 656
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson