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In the year 1997
639 Notable deaths
Nándor Wagner
Hungarian sculptor, painter (1922-1997).
Born October 7th, 1922 in Oradea.
Died November 15th, 1997 at 75 years old in Mooka.
Poul Petersen
Danish footballer (1921-1997).
Born April 11th, 1921 in Copenhagen.
Died May 31st, 1997 at 76 years old in Tisvildeleje.
Mikhail Anikushin
Russian artist (1917-1997).
Born October 2nd, 1917 in Moscow.
Died May 18th, 1997 at 79 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Natallia Arsiennieva
Belarusian poet (1903-1997).
Born September 20th, 1903 in Baku.
Died July 25th, 1997 at 93 years old in Rochester.
Guido Vincenzi
Italian footballer and manager (1932-1997).
Born July 14th, 1932 in Quistello.
Died August 14th, 1997 at 65 years old in Milan (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
George Roth
Gymnast (1911-1997).
Born April 25th, 1911 in Los Angeles.
Died October 31st, 1997 at 86 years old in Studio City.
Sergei Filatov
Soviet equestrian (1926–1997).
Born September 25th, 1926 in Lysye Gory.
Died April 3rd, 1997 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Fritz Schär
Swiss racing cyclist (1926-1997).
Born March 13th, 1926 in Wagenhausen.
Died September 29th, 1997 at 71 years old in Frauenfeld.
Ken Richardson
Racecar driver.
Born August 21st, 1911 in Bourne.
Died June 27th, 1997 at 85 years old in Bourne.
Justinas Lagunavičius
Basketball player.
Born September 4th, 1924 in Kaunas.
Died July 15th, 1997 at 72 years old in Kaunas.
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid