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In the year 1997
619 Notable deaths
Shuhei Nishida
Japanese pole vaulter (1910-1997).
Born May 21st, 1910 in Nachikatsuura.
Died April 13th, 1997 at 86 years old in Tokyo.
Rod Milburn
American athlete.
Born May 18th, 1950 in Opelousas. [ref]
Died November 11th, 1997 at 47 years old in Port Hudson.
Sidney Darlington
Electrical engineer and inventor of a transistor configuration.
Born July 18th, 1906 in Pittsburgh.
Died October 31st, 1997 at 91 years old in Exeter.
Kiki Kogelnik
Austrian artist (1935-1997).
Born January 22nd, 1935 in Graz. [ref]
Died February 1st, 1997 at 62 years old in Vienna (cancer). [ref]
Ziya Bunyadov
Azerbaijani historian (1921-1997).
Born December 24th, 1921 in Astara.
Died February 21st, 1997 at 75 years old in Baku.
Orlando Ramón Agosti
Argentine general (1924-1997).
Born December 18th, 1924 in San Andrés de Giles. [ref]
Died October 7th, 1997 at 72 years old in Buenos Aires (cancer). [ref]
Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov
Chechen writer (1908–1997).
Born October 25th, 1908 in Chechnya.
Died April 24th, 1997 at 88 years old in Munich.
Jürgen Kuczynski
German economist and economic historian (1904-1997).
Born September 17th, 1904 in Germany, Elberfeld. [ref]
Died August 6th, 1997 at 92 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Milton Cato
Prime minister of saint vincent and the grenadines (1915-1997).
Born June 3rd, 1915 in Saint Vincent.
Died February 10th, 1997 at 81 years old in Kingstown.
Maria von Maltzan
German resistance member (1909-1997).
Born March 25th, 1909 in Milicz. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1997 at 88 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Deaths 361 to 370 of 619
Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman