In the year 1997
605 Notable deaths
Robert C. Weaver
Member of the united states cabinet (1907-1997).
Born December 29th, 1907 in Washington, D.C..
Died July 17th, 1997 at 89 years old in Manhattan.
Joseph Wolpe
American behavior therapist.
Born April 20th, 1915 in Johannesburg.
Died December 4th, 1997 at 82 years old in Los Angeles.
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer.
Born August 8th, 1923 in Gurdon.
Died December 13th, 1997 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Stanley Schachter
American psychologist.
Born April 15th, 1922 in Queens.
Died June 7th, 1997 at 75 years old in East Hampton.
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).
Deaths 191 to 200 of 605
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. Unknown