In the year 1997
605 Notable deaths
Richie Ashburn
American baseball player.
Born March 19th, 1927 in Tilden.
Died September 9th, 1997 at 70 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Jeane Dixon
American astrologer and psychic.
Born January 5th, 1904 in Medford.
Died January 26th, 1997 at 93 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart failure).
John Boyd
American pilot and pentagon consultant.
Born January 23rd, 1927 in Erie.
Died March 9th, 1997 at 70 years old in West Palm Beach (cancer).
Randy California
American guitarist and singer (1951–1997).
Born February 20th, 1951 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 1997 at 45 years old in Molokaʻi (drowning). [ref]
Chien-Shiung Wu
Chinese-american experimental physicist.
Born May 31st, 1912 in Taicang. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1997 at 84 years old in New York City (watershed stroke).
Gunpei Yokoi
Japanese video game designer (1941–1997).
Born September 10th, 1941 in Kyoto.
Died October 4th, 1997 at 56 years old in Ishikawa Prefecture (traffic collision).
Hans Eysenck
British psychologist (1916–1997).
Born March 4th, 1916 in Berlin. [ref]
Died September 4th, 1997 at 81 years old in London (brain cancer). [ref]
Bridgette Andersen
American actress and model (1974-2013).
Born July 11th, 1975 in Inglewood.
Died May 18th, 1997 at 21 years old in Los Angeles (drug overdose).
Urmila Bhatt
Indian actress.
Born November 1st, 1934 in Dehradun. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1997 at 62 years old in Juhu.
Charles Hallahan
American film, television and stage actor (1943-1997).
Born July 29th, 1943 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1997 at 54 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 605
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner