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In the year 1997
589 Notable deaths
Manfred von Ardenne
German researcher and applied physicist (1907-1997).
Born January 20th, 1907 in Hamburg.
Died May 26th, 1997 at 90 years old in Dresden.
Shirley Clarke
American filmmaker (1919-1997).
Born October 2nd, 1919 in New York City. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1997 at 77 years old in Boston (stroke). [ref]
Eddie Arcaro
American jockey.
Born February 19th, 1916 in Cincinnati.
Died November 14th, 1997 at 81 years old in Miami (liver cancer).
Judi Bari
American environmentalist.
Born November 7th, 1949 in Baltimore.
Died March 2nd, 1997 at 47 years old in California (breast cancer).
George Wald
Nobel laureate.
Born November 18th, 1906 in New York City.
Died April 12th, 1997 at 90 years old in Cambridge.
Robert H. Dicke
American astronomer.
Born May 6th, 1916 in St. Louis.
Died March 4th, 1997 at 80 years old in Princeton. [ref]
André Franquin
Belgian comics artist (1924-1997).
Born January 3rd, 1924 in Etterbeek. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1997 at 73 years old in Saint-Laurent-du-Var (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Reginald Victor Jones
World war ii scientist (1911-1997).
Born September 29th, 1911 in Herne Hill.
Died December 17th, 1997 at 86 years old in Aberdeen.
Cahit Arf
Turkish mathematician.
Born October 11th, 1910 in Thessaloniki.
Died December 26th, 1997 at 87 years old in Istanbul.
Yevgeny Khaldei
Soviet photographer (1917-1997).
Born March 23rd, 1917 in Donetsk. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1997 at 80 years old in Moscow. [ref]
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