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In the year 1997
656 Notable deaths
Sanjukta Panigrahi
Indian dancer.
Born August 24th, 1944 in Berhampur.
Died June 24th, 1997 at 52 years old in Bhubaneswar.
Bo Widerberg
Swedish film director, screenwriter and film editor.
Born June 8th, 1930 in Malmö. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1997 at 66 years old in Båstad (stomach cancer). [ref]
Jack Delano
American photographer and composer.
Born August 1st, 1914 in Voroshylivka. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1997 at 83 years old in Puerto Rico. [ref]
William Alland
Actor, producer, writer and director (1916-1997).
Born March 4th, 1916 in Delmar.
Died November 11th, 1997 at 81 years old in Long Beach.
Rudolf Bing
Austrian-american opera impresario (1902-1997).
Born January 9th, 1902 in Vienna.
Died September 2nd, 1997 at 95 years old in St. Joseph's Medical Center (Alzheimer's disease).
John White
American rower.
Born May 16th, 1916 in Seattle.
Died March 16th, 1997 at 80 years old in Bellevue.
Lev Kopelev
Soviet writer.
Born April 9th, 1912 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1997 at 85 years old in Cologne. [ref]
Jambyn Batmönkh
Mongolian politician (1927–1997).
Born March 10th, 1926 in Uvs Province.
Died May 14th, 1997 at 71 years old in Ulaanbaatar.
Joshua Hassan
Chief minister of gibraltar (1915-1997).
Born August 21st, 1915 in Gibraltar.
Died July 1st, 1997 at 81 years old in Gibraltar.
Jan P. Syse
31st prime minister of norway.
Born November 25th, 1930 in Nøtterøy.
Died September 17th, 1997 at 66 years old in Oslo (cerebral hemorrhage).
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius