In the year 1997
605 Notable deaths
Denise Levertov
British-american 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).
Eric Gairy
Prime minister of grenada (1922-1997).
Born February 18th, 1922 in Grenada.
Died August 23rd, 1997 at 75 years old in Grenada.
Roland Topor
French writer, screenwriter, actor and painter (1938-1997).
Born January 7th, 1938 in Paris. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1997 at 59 years old in Paris (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Robert Clouse
American film director.
Born March 6th, 1928 in Wisconsin. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1997 at 68 years old in Ashland (kidney failure). [ref]
Eric Laithwaite
Electrical engineer.
Born June 14th, 1921 in Atherton.
Died November 27th, 1997 at 76 years old
King Hu
Film director.
Born April 29th, 1932 in Beijing.
Died January 14th, 1997 at 64 years old in Taipei.
Yuri Nikulin
Soviet and russian actor and clown (1921-1997).
Born December 18th, 1921 in Demidov. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1997 at 75 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel