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In the year 1997
589 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]
Miguel Najdorf
Argentine chess player (1910-1997).
Born April 15th, 1910 in Grodzisk Mazowiecki.
Died July 4th, 1997 at 87 years old in Málaga.
Donald Schön
American academic.
Born September 19th, 1930 in Boston.
Died September 13th, 1997 at 66 years old in Boston.
Alberto Rivera
Spanish activist (1935-1997).
Born September 19th, 1935 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Died June 20th, 1997 at 61 years old in Broken Arrow (colorectal cancer).
Carl Gustav Hempel
German philosopher.
Born January 8th, 1905 in Oranienburg. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1997 at 92 years old in Princeton, Princeton Township (pneumonia). [ref]
Son Sen
Cambodian politician (1930-1997).
Born June 12th, 1930 in Trà Vinh.
Died June 15th, 1997 at 67 years old in Anlong Veng District (summary execution). [ref]
Denise Levertov
Poet (1923-1997).
Born October 24th, 1923 in Ilford.
Died December 20th, 1997 at 74 years old in Seattle.
John Eccles
Australian neurophysiologist (1903–1997).
Born January 27th, 1903 in Melbourne. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1997 at 94 years old in Tenero-Contra. [ref]
Simone Duvalier
Wife of haitian dictator (1913-1997).
Born March 19th, 1913 in Léogâne.
Died December 26th, 1997 at 84 years old in Paris.
Roger Brown
American basketball player (1942-1997).
Born May 22nd, 1942 in Brooklyn.
Died March 4th, 1997 at 54 years old in Indianapolis (liver cancer).
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