1997
Pietro Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1934)
Pietro Rizzuto was an Italian-born Canadian politician.
Pietro Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1934)
The 1990s
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1997
Shin Ki-ha, South Korean lawyer and politician (born 1941)
Shin Ki-ha, was a South Korean politician. A four-term lawmaker, he was a former parliamentary leader of the South Korean political party National Congress for New Politics.
Shin Ki-ha, South Korean lawyer and politician (born 1941)
1997
Conlon Nancarrow, American-Mexican pianist and composer (born 1912)
Samuel Conlon Nancarrow was a US-born Mexican composer. Nancarrow is best remembered for his Studies for Player Piano, being one of the first composers to use auto-playing musical …
Conlon Nancarrow, American-Mexican pianist and composer (born 1912)
1997
William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1914)
William Seward Burroughs II was an American writer and visual artist. He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a postmodern author who influenced undergr…
William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1914)
1997
Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter and activist (born 1938)
Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì was a Nigerian musician and political activist. He is regarded as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, a Nigerian music genre that combines West African music w…
Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter and activist (born 1938)
1997
Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian; holds records for the world's substantiated longest-lived person (born 1875)
Jeanne Louise Calment was a French supercentenarian who is the oldest person in recorded history whose age has been verified, with a documented lifespan of 122 years and 164 days. …
Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian; holds records for the world's substantiated longest-lived person (born 1875)
1997
Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian director and screenwriter (born 1953)
Jean-Claude Lauzon was a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter. Born to a working class family in Montreal, Quebec, Lauzon dropped out of high school and worked various jobs before s…
Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian director and screenwriter (born 1953)
1997
Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (born 1914)
Jack Delano was a Russian Empire-born Ukrainian photographer, filmmaker, and composer, who spent much of his life in Puerto Rico. In the United States, he worked for the Works Prog…
Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (born 1914)
1997
Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet and educator (born 1905)
Ida Gerhardt was a classicist and Dutch poet of a post-symbolist tradition.
Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet and educator (born 1905)
1997
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician and Qawwali singer (born 1948)
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, also known as NFAK, was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and music director, primarily associated with qawwali, a form of Suf…
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician and Qawwali singer (born 1948)
1997
Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and teacher (born 1914)
Shah Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri, also known by his daak naam Badshah, was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, teacher and author. He established numerous madrasas in Bangladesh and was the f…
Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and teacher (born 1914)
1997
Norris Bradbury, American soldier, physicist, and academic (born 1909)
Norris Edwin Bradbury was an American physicist who served as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory for 25 years from 1945 to 1970. He succeeded Robert Oppenheimer, who pe…
Norris Bradbury, American soldier, physicist, and academic (born 1909)
1997
Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (born 1922)
Léon Dion was a Canadian political scientist.
Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (born 1922)
1997
Eric Gairy, Grenadian educator and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Grenada (born 1922)
Sir Eric Matthew Gairy PC was the first Prime Minister of Grenada, serving from his country's independence in 1974 until his overthrow in a coup by Maurice Bishop in 1979. Gairy al…
Eric Gairy, Grenadian educator and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Grenada (born 1922)
1997
John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
Sir John Cowdery Kendrew, was an English biochemist, crystallographer, and science administrator. Kendrew shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Max Perutz, for their work a…
John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
1997
Luigi Villoresi, Italian racing driver (born 1907)
Luigi "Gigi" Villoresi was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956.
Luigi Villoresi, Italian racing driver (born 1907)
1997
Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1961)
Diana, Princess of Wales, was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles III and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her activism and glamour made her…
Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1961)
1997
Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (born 1955)
Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Mena'em "Dodi" Fayed was an Egyptian film producer and the eldest child of the businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed. He was romantically involved with Diana, Prin…
Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (born 1955)
1997
Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (born 1929)
Zoltán Czibor was a Hungarian footballer who played for several Hungarian clubs, including Ferencváros and Budapest Honvéd, and the Hungary national team before joining CF Barcelon…
Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (born 1929)
1997
Rudolf Bing, Austrian-American manager (born 1902)
Sir Rudolf Bing, KBE was an Austrian-born British opera impresario who worked in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, including as General Manager of the Metropolitan…
Rudolf Bing, Austrian-American manager (born 1902)
1997
Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (born 1905)
Viktor Emil Frankl was an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher, and Holocaust survivor, who founded logotherapy, a school of psychotherapy that describes a search for a…
Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (born 1905)
1997
Dharamvir Bharati, Indian author, poet, and playwright (born 1926)
Dharamvir Bharati was a Hindi poet, author, playwright and a social thinker from India. He was the chief editor of the Hindi weekly magazine Dharmayug, from 1960 till 1987.
Dharamvir Bharati, Indian author, poet, and playwright (born 1926)
1997
Aldo Rossi, Italian architect, designed the Bonnefanten Museum and Teatro Carlo Felice (born 1931)
Aldo Rossi was an Italian architect and designer who achieved international recognition in four distinct areas: architectural theory, drawing and design and also product design. He…
Aldo Rossi, Italian architect, designed the Bonnefanten Museum and Teatro Carlo Felice (born 1931)
1997
Leon Edel, American author and critic (born 1907)
Joseph Leon Edel was an American/Canadian literary critic and biographer. He was the elder brother of North American philosopher Abraham Edel.
Leon Edel, American author and critic (born 1907)