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In the year 1997
638 Notable deaths
Ben Hogan
American golfer.
Born August 13th, 1912 in Dublin.
Died July 25th, 1997 at 84 years old in Fort Worth.
Barry Evans
British actor (1943-1997).
Born June 18th, 1943 in Guildford.
Died February 11th, 1997 at 53 years old in Claybrooke Magna.
Nicolette Larson
American singer.
Born July 17th, 1952 in Helena.
Died December 16th, 1997 at 45 years old in Los Angeles (edema). [ref]
Brian Connolly
Scottish singer-songwriter (1945–1997).
Born October 5th, 1945 in Hamilton.
Died February 9th, 1997 at 51 years old in Slough (disease). [ref]
Paulo Freire
Brazilian educator and philosopher (1921–1997).
Born October 19th, 1921 in Recife.
Died May 2nd, 1997 at 75 years old in São Paulo.
Lillian Disney
American artist and philanthropist (1899–1997).
Born February 15th, 1899 in Spalding.
Died December 16th, 1997 at 98 years old in West Los Angeles (stroke).
Anatoli Boukreev
Russian mountain climber (1958-1997).
Born January 16th, 1958 in Korkino.
Died December 25th, 1997 at 39 years old in Annapurna (avalanche).
William Hickey
American actor (1927–1997).
Born September 19th, 1928 in Brooklyn.
Died June 29th, 1997 at 68 years old in New York City (pulmonary emphysema).
James Goldsmith
Anglo-french billionaire financier and tycoon (1933-1997).
Born February 26th, 1933 in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1997 at 64 years old in Benahavís (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Audra Lindley
American actress (1918-1997).
Born September 24th, 1918 in Los Angeles.
Died October 16th, 1997 at 79 years old in Los Angeles (leukemia).
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler