In the year 1997
619 Notable deaths
George Wald
American biologist, biochemist, physiologist and nobel laureate (1906–1997).
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 (1910-1997).
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]
John Beal
1909–1997; american actor.
Born August 13th, 1909 in Joplin.
Died April 26th, 1997 at 87 years old in Santa Cruz (stroke).
John Howard Yoder
American theologian and academic.
Born December 29th, 1927 in Ohio. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1997 at 70 years old in South Bend. [ref]
Leo Rosten
Jewish american humorist.
Born April 11th, 1908 in Łódź. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1997 at 88 years old in New York City. [ref]
Josef Pieper
German philosopher (1904-1997).
Born May 4th, 1904 in Elte, North Rhine-Westphalia. [ref]
Died November 6th, 1997 at 93 years old in Münster. [ref]
Deaths 211 to 220 of 619
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.