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In the year 1997
619 Notable deaths
Thies Christophersen
German politician (1918-1997).
Born January 27th, 1918 in Kiel.
Died February 13th, 1997 at 79 years old in Molfsee.
Wijeyananda Dahanayake
Sri lankan prime minister (1902-1997).
Born October 22nd, 1902 in Galle.
Died May 4th, 1997 at 94 years old in Galle.
Bones McKinney
American basketball player-coach.
Born January 1st, 1919 in Durham.
Died May 17th, 1997 at 78 years old in Raleigh.
Brian May
Australian film composer.
Born July 28th, 1934 in Adelaide.
Died April 25th, 1997 at 62 years old in Melbourne (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Nechama Leibowitz
Israeli biblical scholar (1905-1997).
Born September 3rd, 1905 in Riga. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1997 at 91 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Prince Álvaro of Orleans
Duke of galliera (1910-1997).
Born April 20th, 1910 in Coburg.
Died August 22nd, 1997 at 87 years old in Monte Carlo.
John Zachary Young
English zoologist and neurophysiologist. professor of anatomy and author; (1907-1997).
Born March 18th, 1907 in Bristol.
Died July 4th, 1997 at 90 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Robert B. Leighton
American astronomer (1919–1997).
Born September 10th, 1919 in Detroit.
Died March 9th, 1997 at 77 years old in Pasadena.
Anatoliy Banishevskiy
Soviet footballer (1946-1997).
Born February 23rd, 1946 in Baku.
Died December 10th, 1997 at 51 years old in Baku.
Jurek Becker
German writer, film-author and gdr dissident.
Born September 30th, 1937 in Łódź.
Died March 14th, 1997 at 59 years old in Sieseby, Thumby (colorectal cancer).
Deaths 341 to 350 of 619
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