In the year 1997
658 Notable deaths
Ivan Graziani
Italian recording artist; singer (1945–1997).
Born October 6th, 1945 in Teramo. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1997 at 51 years old in Novafeltria (colorectal cancer).
William H. Reynolds
American film editor (1910-1997).
Born June 14th, 1910 in Elmira.
Died July 16th, 1997 at 87 years old in California.
P. H. Newby
English novelist and broadcasting administrator.
Born June 25th, 1918 in Crowborough.
Died September 6th, 1997 at 79 years old in Garsington.
Bozorg Alavi
Writer, novelist and activist (1904-1997).
Born February 2nd, 1904 in Tehran.
Died February 18th, 1997 at 93 years old in Berlin (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Corneliu Baba
Romanian painter (1906-1997).
Born November 18th, 1906 in Craiova.
Died December 28th, 1997 at 91 years old in Bucharest.
Maria von Maltzan
German resistance member (1909-1997).
Born March 25th, 1909 in Milicz.
Died November 12th, 1997 at 88 years old in Berlin.
Robert Herman
American astronomer.
Born August 29th, 1914 in New York City.
Died February 13th, 1997 at 82 years old in Austin.
Thies Christophersen
German holocaust denier (1918–1997).
Born January 27th, 1918 in Kiel.
Died February 13th, 1997 at 79 years old in Molfsee.
Dulce María Loynaz
Cuban writer (1902–1997).
Born December 10th, 1902 in Havana. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1997 at 94 years old in Havana (cardiac arrest).
Cyril Toumanoff
Russian-born georgian historian and genealogist (1913-1997).
Born October 13th, 1913 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 4th, 1997 at 83 years old in Rome.
Deaths 361 to 370 of 658
It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo