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In the year 1997
638 Notable deaths
Eric Gairy
Prime minister of grenada (1922-1997).
Born February 18th, 1922 in Dunfermline.
Died August 23rd, 1997 at 75 years old in Grand Anse.
Simone Duvalier
Wife of haitian dictator (1913-1997).
Born March 19th, 1913 in Léogâne.
Died December 26th, 1997 at 84 years old in Paris.
Miguel Najdorf
Argentine chess player (1910-1997).
Born April 15th, 1910 in Grodzisk Mazowiecki.
Died July 4th, 1997 at 87 years old in Málaga.
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).
Roland Topor
French writer, screenwriter, actor and painter (1938-1997).
Born January 7th, 1938 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 16th, 1997 at 59 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (cerebral hemorrhage).
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).
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]
Mihir Sen
Indian swimmer.
Born November 16th, 1930 in Purulia.
Died June 11th, 1997 at 66 years old in Kolkata.
Denise Levertov
British-american poet (1923-1997).
Born October 24th, 1923 in Ilford.
Died December 20th, 1997 at 74 years old in Seattle.
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]
Deaths 181 to 190 of 638
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