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In the year 1997
638 Notable deaths
Jambyn Batmönkh
Mongolian politician.
Born March 10th, 1927 in Uvs Province.
Died May 14th, 1997 at 70 years old in Ulaanbaatar.
Joshua Hassan
Chief minister of gibraltar (1915-1997).
Born August 21st, 1915 in Gibraltar.
Died July 1st, 1997 at 81 years old in Gibraltar.
Jan P. Syse
31st prime minister of norway.
Born November 25th, 1930 in Nøtterøy.
Died September 17th, 1997 at 66 years old in Oslo (cerebral hemorrhage).
Héctor Yazalde
Argentine footballer (1946-1997).
Born May 29th, 1946 in Villa Fiorito. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1997 at 51 years old in Buenos Aires.
Agnieszka Osiecka
Polish poet and songwriter (1936–1997).
Born October 9th, 1936 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1997 at 60 years old in Warsaw (cancer). [ref]
Ivan Yarygin
Soviet sport wrestler (1948–1997).
Born November 7th, 1948.
Died October 11th, 1997 at 48 years old in Neftekumsk (traffic collision).
Martin Schwarzschild
German astronomer (1912-1997).
Born May 31st, 1912 in Potsdam.
Died April 10th, 1997 at 84 years old in Langhorne.
John Akii-Bua
Ugandan athletics competitor (1949–1997).
Born December 3rd, 1949 in Lira.
Died June 20th, 1997 at 47 years old in Kampala.
Brian May
Australian film composer.
Born July 28th, 1934 in Adelaide.
Died April 25th, 1997 at 62 years old in Melbourne (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Wang Xiaobo
Chinese writer.
Born May 13th, 1952 in Beijing. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1997 at 44 years old in Beijing (heart disease). [ref]
Deaths 281 to 290 of 638
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche