In the year 1997
659 Notable deaths
Émile Stijnen
Belgian footballer (1907-1997).
Born November 2nd, 1907 in Antwerp.
Died March 27th, 1997 at 89 years old
Aleksandr Ivanov
Soviet footballer (1928-1997).
Born April 14th, 1928 in Saint Petersburg.
Died March 29th, 1997 at 68 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Vladimir Sukharev
Athletics competitor (1924-1997).
Born July 10th, 1924 in Korday.
Died April 30th, 1997 at 72 years old in Moscow.
Charlotte van Pallandt
Dutch painter and sculptor (1898-1997).
Born September 24th, 1898 in Arnhem.
Died July 30th, 1997 at 98 years old in Noordwijk.
Warner T. Koiter
Dutch mechanical engineer and professor of applied mechanics (1914-1997).
Born June 16th, 1914 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1997 at 83 years old in Delft. [ref]
James Boyd
American professional boxer.
Born November 30th, 1930 in Rocky Mount.
Died January 25th, 1997 at 66 years old in Baltimore (cancer).
James Couttet
Alpine skier.
Born July 6th, 1921 in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. [ref]
Died November 13th, 1997 at 76 years old in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. [ref]
Kurt Stöpel
German cyclist.
Born March 12th, 1908 in Berlin.
Died June 11th, 1997 at 89 years old in Berlin.
Sung Nak-woon
South korean footballer (1926-1997).
Born February 2nd, 1926 in Korea under Japanese rule.
Died May 28th, 1997 at 71 years old in Seoul.
Lyman Bradford Smith
U.s. botanist (1904-1997).
Born September 11th, 1904 in Winchester.
Died May 4th, 1997 at 92 years old in Manhattan.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson