Deaths Date 1997 P 2 | History by KabAstro

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Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)

Apr 5 American beat poet (Howl, The Fall of America) and 1960s counterculture icon, dies of liver cancer via complications of hepatitis at 70

Apr 5 Alparslan Turkes, Turkish politician (MHP), dies
Apr 6 Jack Kent Cooke, Canadian entrepreneur, NFL team owner (Washington Redskins), dies at 84
Apr 6 Stephan Hermlin, German writer, dies at 81
Apr 7 Egil Harder, Danish concert pianist and composer (The Blue Anemone), dies on his 80th birthday
Apr 7 Georgy Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 6), dies of a heart attack at 61
Apr 7 Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player, dies at 73
Apr 7 Sam Parks Jr., American golfer (US Open 1935), dies at 87
Apr 8 Charles Hayes, American politician (Rep-D-IL, 1983-93), dies at 79
Apr 8 Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter ("Wedding Bell Blues"; "Stoned Soul Picnic"; "And When I Die"), dies of ovarian cancer at 49
Apr 9 Helene Hanff, author (84 Charing Cross Road), dies at 80
Apr 9 Mae Boren Axton, American songwriter, known as the"Queen Mother of Nashville" ("Heartbreak Hotel"), drowns in her hot tub during a heart attack at 82
Apr 10 Francis Walder [Francois Waldburger], Belgian author, dies at 90
Apr 10 Martin Schwarzschild, German-American astronomer (book Structure and Evolution of the Stars), dies at 84
Apr 10 Toshiro Mayuzumi, Japanese composer (Sphenogramme), dies at 68
Apr 11 Michael Dorris, writer, commits suicide at 52

George Wald (1906-1997)

Apr 12 American physiologist and biologist (Nobel Prize 1967, vitamin A in retina), dies at 90

Apr 13 Dorothy Frooks, American author and military figure, dies at 101
Apr 13 Foffie Williams, West Indian cricket all-rounder (4 Tests; 9 wickets, 1 x 50; Barbados), dies at 83
Apr 13 Gail Reese [Virginia Vieser], American big band and radio singer (Bunny Berigan, Glenn Miller), dies at 79
Apr 13 Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler, dies at age 94
Apr 15 Sam Moskowitz, American writer and historian of science fiction, dies at 76
Apr 15 Zdenek Mlynar, Czech politician (secretary of the Czechoslovak communist party, 1968–70), dies at 66
Apr 16 Doris Angleton, American socialite, murdered at 46
Apr 16 Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, American Mexican media tycoon (Televisa), dies at 66
Apr 16 Michael Stroka, American soap actor (Aristede-Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58
Apr 16 Ray Green, American composer and publisher, dies at 88
Apr 16 Roland Topor, French surrealist illustrator, novelist (The Tenant), playwright, and filmmaker, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 59
Apr 17 (Averil) Mary Thomas, Welsh lyric soprano of both early and contemporary concert music, dies at 64
Apr 17 Allan Francovich, American documentarian
Apr 17 Chaim Herzog, 6th President of Israel (1983-93), dies at 78
Apr 18 David Branson, British piano prodigy, composer, musicologist, and visual artist, dies at 88
Apr 18 Edward Barker, English cartoonist, dies at 46
Apr 19 El Duce [Eldon Wayne Hoke], American singer and drummer (The Mentors), dies from a "misadventure" on a train-track at 39
Apr 21 Andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies
Apr 21 Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines (1961-65), dies at 86
Apr 23 Dennis Compton, England cricket batsman and footballer (5,807 Test runs, Arsenal 1950 FA Cup), dies at 78

Eugene Stoner (1922-1997)

Apr 24 American firearms designer and inventor of the M16, dies of cancer at 74

Apr 24 Pat Paulsen, American comedian (The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour), actor, and frequent presidential candidate, dies of kidney failure while being treated for cancer at 69
Apr 24 Robert Erickson, American composer, dies at 80
Apr 26 Gene Ames, American singer (Ames Brothers), dies of cancer at 73
Apr 26 Joey Faye, American comedian (Joey Faye's Follies), dies at 86
Apr 26 John Beal [James Andrew Bliedung], American actor (10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Les Misérables), dies at 87
Apr 26 Peng Zhen, mayor of Beijing China (1951-66), dies at 94
Apr 27 Paul Lambert, American character actor (Executive Suite, Spartacus), dies at 74
Apr 28 Ann Lane Petry, American journalist and author (Street), dies at 88
Apr 28 Susan Seddon Boulet, American artist, dies of cancer at 45
Apr 29 Keith Ferguson, American blues-rock bassist (Fabulous Thunderbirds), dies of liver failure due to heroin use at 50
Apr 29 Mike Royko, American journalist (Chicago Daily News) and author (Boss), dies of stroke at 64
Apr 29 Peter Tali Coleman, Governor of American Samoa (1956-61, 1978-85, 1989-93), dies at 77
Apr 30 Henry Picard, American golfer (Masters 1938, PGA 1939), dies at 90
May 1 Bebe, AKA Flipper, dolphin, dies at 40
May 2 John Eccles, Australian neurologist (1963 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for work on the synapse), dies at 94
May 2 Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator and philosopher (critical pedagogy), dies at 75
May 2 Queen Mother Moore, African-American civil rights activist and humanitarian, dies at 98
May 3 Narciso Yepes, Spanish classical guitarist (Orquesta Nacionale 1947), dies at 69
May 3 Sébastien Enjolras, French racing driver, killed in a practice crash at 21
May 4 Alvin "Alvy" Moore, American comic actor (Green Acres, Scream, Intruder), dies of heart failure at 75
May 4 Vijayananda Dahanayake, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1959-60), dies
May 5 Tolia Nikiprowetzky, French composer, ethnomusicologist and broadcaster of Russian heritage, dies at 80
May 5 Walter Gotell, German actor (James Bond, From Russia With Love), dies at 73
May 8 Brian Wenham, British journalist (BBC), and media consultant, dies at 60
May 8 Kai-Uwe Von Hassel, German politician (President of Bundestag 1969-72), dies at 84
May 9 Bob Devaney, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (National C'ship, University of Nebraska 1970, 71; University of Wyoming; career record 136–30–7), dies at 82
May 9 Marco Ferreri, Italian film director, dies at 68
May 9 Willy Hess, Swiss musicologist, composer and famous Beethoven scholar, dies at 90
May 10 Joan [Joanie] Weston, American roller derby queen (Bay Bombers), dies at 61
May 11 Brenda Carlin, American television producer and wife of comedian George Carlin, dies at 57
May 13 Laurie Lee, English poet and author (I Can't Stay Long), dies at 82
May 14 Boris Parsadanian, Soviet Armenian-Estonian violinist, and composer, dies on his 72nd birthday
May 14 Harry Blackstone, Jr., American stage magician (Blackstone Book of Magic & Illusion), dies of cancer at 62
May 14 Princess Caradja-Kretzulesco, descendant of Dracula, dies at 76
May 14 Thelma Carpenter, American radio and jazz band singer (Coleman Hawkins; Count Basie), and stage and screen actress (Hello, Dolly!; Barefoot In The Park (TV); The Wiz (film)), dies of cardiac arrest at 76
May 16 Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (b. 1903)
May 16 Horace "Bones" McKinney, American basketball forward, coach and broadcaster (Washington Capitols, Wake Forest), dies at 78
May 18 Bridgette Andersen, American actress, dies at 21
May 19 Millie, dog of US President George H. W. Bush (Millie's Book), dies at 12
May 20 Virgilio Barco Vargas, Colombian politician and engineer, President of Colombia (1986-90), dies at 75
May 22 A. D. Hershey, American biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969), dies at 88
May 22 Herman de Coninck, Flemish writer, poet (Impossible Work), and publisher (Nieuw Wereldtijdschrift - New World Magazine), dies of heart failure at 53
May 23 Lovie Lee [Edward Lee Watson], American electric blues pianist, singer, and songwriter, dies at 88
May 24 Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (Knight Rider), dies of lung cancer at 74
May 25 Jay Hebert, American golfer (PGA Championship 1960), dies at 74
May 25 Muhammad Fadhel, Iraqi politician, Prime Minister of Iraq (1953-54), dies at 94
May 26 Erik Pausin, Austrian figure skater (Olympic silver pairs 1936; World C'ship silver x 5 [with sister Ilse Pausin]), dies at 77
May 26 Jack Jersey, Indonesian-Dutch singer and producer, dies at 55
May 26 Manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90
May 29 George Fenneman, American radio and TV announcer (You Bet Your Life), dies at 77
May 29 Jeff Buckley, American musician and singer ("Hallelujah"), drowns at 30
May 29 John Sengstacke, publisher (Defender), dies at 84
May 30 West Arkeen, American musician, best known for co-writing several Guns N' Roses songs (It's So Easy, The Garden), dies of a drug overdose at 36
May 31 Anton Zischka, Austrian writer (Lebendiges Europa), dies at 92
May 31 James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist, dies at 92
May 31 Rosie Will Monroe, American WW II icon (Rosie the riveter), dies at 76
Jun 1 Nikolai Tikhonov, Soviet politician (Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union 1980-85), dies at 92
Jun 2 (Aldophus) "Doc" Cheatham, American jazz trumpeter, dies of stroke at 91
Jun 2 Charles Jones, Canadian contemporary classical composer and music educator, dies at 86

Helen Jacobs (1908-1997)

Jun 2 American tennis player (7 Grand Slam singles titles, US Open 1932-35), dies of heart failure at 88

Jun 3 Dennis James, American wrestling announcer and TV host (PDQ), dies at 79
Jun 3 John Holt, West Indian cricket batsman (17 Tests, 1066 runs at 36.75; 2 x 100s), dies at 73
Jun 4 Johnny "Hammond" Smith, American jazz and bop organist (Wild Horses Rock Steady), dies of cancer at 63
Jun 4 Kurt Alfred Adler, Austrian therapist and writer, dies at 92
Jun 4 Ronnie Lane, British rock bassist (Small Faces), dies of multiple sclerosis at 51
Jun 5 J Anthony Lukas, writer (Pulitizer, Common Ground), suicide at 64
Jun 6 Magda Gabor [Magdolna Gábor], Hungarian actress (Mai lányok, People vs Zsa Zsa Gabor), dies of renal failure at 81
Jun 8 George Turner, Australian author (b. 1916)
Jun 9 Reid Shelton, American stage and screen actor (Annie - "Daddy Warbucks"; 1st & 10 - "Ernie"), dies of stroke at 71
Jun 9 Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician (b. 1908)
Jun 11 Thalassa Cruso, English-American gardening expert (The Mike Douglas Show; The Tonight Show), dies of Alzheimer's at 88
Jun 12 Bulat Okudzhava, Russian poet-bard and singer-songwriter (founder of author's song genre), dies at 73
Jun 14 Henry Charles Gordon, American test pilot and astronaut (Dynasoar), dies at 71
Jun 14 Richard Jaeckel, American actor (3:10 to Yuma, Sands of Iwo Jima, Sometimes a Great Notion), dies of cancer at 70
Jun 14 Tesslynn O'Cull, American child abuse victim (featured in Oregon "Stop the Abuse" campaign), murdered by her mother's boyfriend at 3
Jun 16 Dal Stivens, Australian author, dies at 85
Jun 16 John Wolters, American drummer (Dr. Hook -"When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman"), dies at 52
Jun 18 Lev Kopelev, Russian writer and dissident (b. 1912)
Jun 19 Bobby Helms [Robert Lee Helms], American country music singer (Jingle Bell Rock), dies at 63
Jun 20 John Akii-bua, Ugandan athlete (Olympic gold 400m hurdles 1972), dies at 49
Jun 20 Lawrence Payton, American pop & soul singer (Four Tops - "I'll Be There"), dies at 59
Jun 21 Arthur Prysock, American jazz and R&B singer ("I Didn't Sleep a Wink Last Night"; "In The Rain"), dies at 68 or 73 [birth year disputed]
Jun 21 Fidel Velázquez Sánchez, Mexican labor leader, dies at 97
Jun 21 Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, producer, and director (Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman), dies at 65
Jun 22 Don Henderson, British actor (The XYY Man, Strangers), dies at 65
Jun 22 Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (b. 1956)
Jun 23 "Wino" Willie Forkner, American biker (Wild One), dies of a heart attack at 77

Betty Shabazz (1940-1997)

Jun 23 American educator and civil rights activist who was the widow of Malcolm X, dies from burns suffered in a fire started by her young grandson at 63

Jun 24 Brian Keith, American actor (Family Affair, Loneliest Runner, The Parent Trap), commits suicide at 75
Jun 24 Jacques Van der Schueren, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 75

Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997)

Jun 25 French oceanic explorer (Calypso), dies of a heart attack at 87

Jun 25 William Lyle Woratzeck, American convicted killer, executed in Arizona at 51
Jun 25 Ziggy Talent, American saxophonist and novelty singer (Vaughn Monroe Orchestra - "Sam, You Made the Pants Too Long"), dies at 85
Jun 26 Charlie Chester, English comedian (Never Say Die), dies at 83

Don Hutson (1913-1997)

Jun 26 American College-Pro Football HOF end (Uni of Alabama; NFL MVP 1941, 42; 8 × First-team All-Pro, 4 × NFL All-Star; Green Bay Packers), dies at 84

Jun 26 Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Native Hawaiian singer, songwriter ("Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World"), and Hawaiian sovereignty advocate, dies from respiratory failure at 38
Jun 29 William Hickey, American actor (Prizzi's Honor, The Nightmare Before Christmas), dies of emphysema at 69
Jun 30 Albus Dumbledore [Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore], fictional character, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, dies at 115
Jun 30 Larry O'Day, Australian wrestler, dies of cancer at 53
Jul 1 Joshua Hassan, Gibraltarian lawyer and politician (Chief Minister of Gibraltar, 1964-69, and 1972-87), dies at 81
Jul 1 Robert Mitchum, American actor (Out of the Past, Winds of War, North & South), dies of lung cancer and emphysema at 79

James Stewart (1908-1997)

Jul 2 American actor (The Philadelphia Story; It's a Wonderful Life; Mr Smith Goes to Washington; Vertigo), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 89

Jul 4 Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Mexican drug lord (Juárez Cartel), dies at 40
Jul 4 Charles Kuralt, American news anchor (CBS Sunday Morning), dies at 62
Jul 5 Mrs. Miller, American singer (A Lover's Missouri), dies at 89
Jul 6 Brun Smith, New Zealand cricket batsman (4 Tests @ 47.40), dies at 75
Jul 7 Jerry Doggett, American sportscaster, 1956-87 (Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers), dies at 80
Jul 13 Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina (The Turning Point), dies at 92
Jul 13 Michael Jaffe, English professor and museum director (Fitzwilliam Museum), dies at 74
Jul 13 Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (b. 1968)
Jul 15 Alan Chaig, paleontologist (Carl Sagan of BBC), dies at 70

Gianni Versace (1946-1997)

Jul 15 Italian fashion designer (Versace), shot and murdered by Andrew Cunanan at 50

Jul 16 Dora Maar [Markovitch], French photographer, painter, poet, model, and lover of Pablo Picasso, dies at 89
Jul 17 Arthur L. Liman, American trial lawyer (Oliver North), dies of bladder cancer at 64 [1]
Jul 18 Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist and geologist (Shoemaker-Levy comet), dies at 69
Jul 18 James Goldsmith, French-British business tycoon and politician (Member of European Parliament, 1994-97; founder of UK's Referendum Party), dies of pancreatic cancer at 64
Jul 20 Clifford McWatt, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests, 10 dismissals; British Guiana), dies in a car crash at 75
Jul 20 Linda Stirling, college prof/B movie actress (Pretender), dies at 75
Jul 23 Chūhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (Olympic gold triple jump 1932; only person to have held WRs in both long jump & triple jump), dies at 93
Jul 24 Andrew Cunanan, American serial killer (Gianni Versace), commits suicide at 27
Jul 24 Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (Alien 3, Kes), dies of a brain tumor at 63
Jul 24 Frank Parker, American tennis player (4-time Grand Slam singles winner), dies at 81
Jul 24 Saw Maung, Burmese general (President of Myanmar (Burma) (1988-92), dies at 68
Jul 24 William J. Brennan, Jr. American Supreme Court judge (1956-90), dies at 91

Ben Hogan (1912-1997)

Jul 25 American golfer (9-time major title winner; US masters 1951, 53), dies of a stroke at 84

Jul 25 Margaret Farrer, English midwife, dies at 83
Jul 27 Isabel Dean, English actress (Five Days One Summer Virgin Island, Ransom), dies at 79
Jul 27 K'Tut Tantri [Muriel Stuart Walker], Scottish-American broadcaster during Indonesian National Revolution, dies at 99
Jul 27 Raymond Jackson, British illustrator and political cartoonist (Evening Standard, 1952-97), dies at 70
Jul 28 Rosalie Crutchley, British actress (Armchair Theatre: Black Limelight, Four Weddings and a Funeral), dies at 77
Jul 28 Seni Pramoj, Prime Minister of Thailand (1945-46, 75, 76), dies at 92
Jul 29 Chuck Wayne [Jagelka], America session and bebop jazz guitarist (Woody Herman's First Herd; George Shearing Quintet; Gil Evans; Tony Bennett), dies of emphysema at 74

Bảo Đại (1913-1997)

Jul 30 Vietnamese emperor and chief of state (Annam 1926-1945; State of Vietnam, 1949-1955), dies at 85

Jul 31 Edith Fore, American pitchwoman (ad for LifeCall alarm - I've fallen and I can't get up!), dies at 81
Jul 31 Ulrich Ernst Simon, German-Jewish Anglican theologian, dies at 63
Aug 1 Ngiratkel Etpison, president of Palau (1989-92), dies
Aug 1 Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of a heart attack at 82

Fela Kuti (1938-1997)

Aug 2 Nigerian Afrobeat musician and composer, dies of an illness, disputedly AIDS related, at 58

Aug 2 Tom Blackburn, American novelist and screenwriter of the Western genre, dies at 79

William S. Burroughs (1914-1997)

Aug 2 American writer (Naked Lunch, The Nova Trilogy) and visual artist, dies of a heart attack at 83

Aug 3 Pietro Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian politician (Senator for Repentigny, Quebec, 1976-97), dies at 83
Aug 4 Jeanne Calment, world's oldest person (born Feb 21, 1875), dies at 122 years, 164 days
Aug 5 Clarence M. Kelley, American 2nd Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1973-77), dies at 85
Aug 5 Don Steele, LA radio personality (KRTH), dies of cancer at 61
Aug 7 Douglas Gray, Scottish record and film producer, dies at 74
Aug 7 Vincent Gulliver, Britain's oldest man, dies at 109
Aug 8 Dardanelle (Breckenbridge), American jazz pianist, vibraphonist, and singer, dies at 79
Aug 8 Duncan Swift, English jazz pianist, dies at 74
Aug 9 Robert Satanowski, Polish opera conductor and general, dies at 79
Aug 10 Conlon Nancarrow, American composer (Soundings 4), dies at 84
Aug 10 Jean-Claude Lauzon, director/writer (Leola), dies in air crash at 43
Aug 12 Jack Delano [Jacob Ovcharov], Russian-born American composer and photographer, dies at 83
Aug 12 Luther Allison, American blues and session guitarist (Howlin' Wolf; James Cotton), dies of lung and brain cancer at 57
Aug 13 Emil 'Bus' Mosbacher, American yachtsman (America's Cup 1962 [Weatherly], 1967 [Intrepid]), dies at 75
Aug 16 Gerard McLarnon, British-Irish actor and writer (The Wrestler's Honeymoon), dies at 82