In the year 1997
638 Notable deaths
Conlon Nancarrow
American composer (1912–1997).
Born October 27th, 1912 in Texarkana.
Died August 10th, 1997 at 84 years old in Mexico City.
John Eccles
Australian neurophysiologist (1903–1997).
Born January 27th, 1903 in Melbourne.
Died May 2nd, 1997 at 94 years old in Tenero-Contra.
Carl Gustav Hempel
German philosopher (1905–1997).
Born January 8th, 1905 in Oranienburg.
Died November 9th, 1997 at 92 years old in Princeton Township (pneumonia).
Yuri Nikulin
Soviet and russian actor and clown (1921-1997).
Born December 18th, 1921 in Demidov.
Died August 21st, 1997 at 75 years old in Moscow (heart failure).
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Japanese film producer.
Born April 26th, 1910 in Kashiwara.
Died April 2nd, 1997 at 86 years old in Tokyo (stroke).
King Hu
Film director.
Born April 29th, 1932 in Beijing.
Died January 14th, 1997 at 64 years old in Taipei.
Yevgeny Khaldei
Soviet photographer (1917-1997).
Born March 23rd, 1917 in Donetsk. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1997 at 80 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Norris Bradbury
American physicist.
Born May 30th, 1909 in Santa Barbara.
Died August 20th, 1997 at 88 years old in Los Alamos (infectious disease). [ref]
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]
Donald Schön
American academic.
Born September 19th, 1930 in Boston.
Died September 13th, 1997 at 66 years old in Boston.
Deaths 191 to 200 of 638
I feel monotony and death to be almost the same. Charlotte Brontë