In the year 1997
638 Notable deaths
Don Messick
American actor (1926-1997).
Born September 7th, 1926 in Buffalo.
Died October 24th, 1997 at 71 years old in Salinas (stroke).
Diosdado Macapagal
President of the philippines from 1961 to 1965.
Born September 28th, 1910 in Lubao.
Died April 21st, 1997 at 86 years old in Makati (pneumonia, kidney failure).
Dora Maar
French photographer and painter (1907–1997).
Born November 22nd, 1907 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 16th, 1997 at 89 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris.
Sheldon Leonard
American actor, producer, director, and writer (1907–1997).
Born February 22nd, 1907 in Manhattan.
Died January 11th, 1997 at 89 years old in Beverly Hills.
Georg Solti
Hungarian-british conductor (1912–1997).
Born October 21st, 1912 in Budapest.
Died September 5th, 1997 at 84 years old in Antibes (myocardial infarction).
Rich Mullins
American christian musician (1955–1997).
Born October 21st, 1955 in Richmond.
Died September 19th, 1997 at 41 years old in Bloomington (traffic collision).
Jermaine Stewart
American musician, singer, actor, dancer.
Born September 7th, 1957 in Columbus.
Died March 17th, 1997 at 39 years old in Homewood (liver cancer).
Isaiah Berlin
Russo-british jewish social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas (1909-1997).
Born June 6th, 1909 in Riga. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1997 at 88 years old in Acland Hospital. [ref]
Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff, Sr.
Philadelphia typesetter said to have had the longest name ever used.
Born August 4th, 1914 in Bergedorf. [ref]
Died October 24th, 1997 at 83 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Catherine Scorsese
American film actress (1912-1997).
Born April 16th, 1912 in New York City.
Died January 6th, 1997 at 84 years old in New York City (Alzheimer's disease).
Deaths 61 to 70 of 638
Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters. Horace