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In the year 1997
639 Notable deaths
Luther George Simjian
American-armenian inventor.
Born January 28th, 1905 in Gaziantep.
Died October 23rd, 1997 at 92 years old in Fort Lauderdale.
Roger Marche
French association football player (1924-1997).
Born March 5th, 1924 in Villers-Semeuse. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1997 at 73 years old in Charleville-Mézières. [ref]
Boris Novikov
Soviet actor.
Born July 13th, 1925 in Ryazhsk.
Died July 25th, 1997 at 72 years old in Moscow (diabetes).
Hendrik Brugmans
Dutch politician (1906-1997).
Born December 13th, 1906 in Amsterdam.
Died March 12th, 1997 at 90 years old in Bruges.
Nello Pazzafini
Italian actor.
Died November 27th, 1997 at 64 years old in Lido di Ostia (diabetes).
Rawya Ateya
Egyptian female politician and officer.
Born April 19th, 1926 in Giza Governorate.
Died May 9th, 1997 at 71 years old
Zdeněk Mlynář
Czech politic writer, political analyst and lawyer (1930-1997).
Born June 22nd, 1930 in Vysoké Mýto. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1997 at 66 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Valery Obodzinsky
Russian singer (1942-1997).
Born January 24th, 1942 in Odesa.
Died April 26th, 1997 at 55 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Robert Pinget
Swiss writer (1919-1997).
Born July 19th, 1919 in Geneva. [ref]
Died August 25th, 1997 at 78 years old in Tours. [ref]
George Turner
Australian writer (1916–1997).
Born October 15th, 1916 in Melbourne.
Died June 8th, 1997 at 80 years old in Ballarat.
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