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In the year 1997
589 Notable deaths
Herta Ehlert
German concentration camp guard (1905-1997).
Born March 26th, 1905 in Berlin.
Died April 4th, 1997 at 92 years old in Berlin.
Malcolm Knowles
Adult educator.
Born August 24th, 1913 in Park County.
Died November 27th, 1997 at 84 years old in Fayetteville (stroke).
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Japanese film producer.
Born April 26th, 1910 in Kashiwara.
Died April 2nd, 1997 at 86 years old in Tokyo (stroke).
Saw Maung
Prime minister of burma (1928-1997).
Born December 31st, 1928 in Mandalay.
Died July 24th, 1997 at 68 years old in Yangon (myocardial infarction).
Martin Kippenberger
German artist (1953-1997).
Born February 25th, 1953 in Dortmund. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1997 at 44 years old in Vienna (liver cancer). [ref]
Chang Yu-sheng
Taiwanese singer.
Born June 7th, 1966 in Taiwan.
Died November 12th, 1997 at 31 years old in Mackay Memorial Hospital (traffic collision).
Zoltán Czibor
Hungarian footballer (1929-1997).
Born August 23rd, 1929 in Kaposvár.
Died September 1st, 1997 at 68 years old in Győr.
Alfred Hershey
American chemist.
Born December 4th, 1908 in Owosso.
Died May 22nd, 1997 at 88 years old in Nassau County (heart failure).
Lyman Spitzer
American astronomer.
Born June 26th, 1914 in Toledo.
Died March 31st, 1997 at 82 years old in Princeton.
Thelma Carpenter
American actress and musician (1922-1997).
Born January 15th, 1922 in Brooklyn.
Died May 14th, 1997 at 75 years old in Manhattan.
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Take nothing for granted. Keep in mind that it can come at anytime. Even today. Maxime Lagacé