Explore notable deaths.

Eve McVeagh

1919–1997

actor, television actor, stage actor

Official cause

disease

Tamara Geva

1907–1997

ballet dancer, actor, choreographer

Official cause

disease

Brent Chalem

1975–1997

actor

Official cause

pneumonia

Akman Akyürek

1942–1997

judge

Official cause

traffic collision

Fred Glazer

1937–1997

librarian

Official cause

kidney failure

Carlos Rafael Rodríguez

1913–1997

politician, writer

Official cause

Parkinson's disease

Robert Lewis

1909–1997

stage actor, film actor, theatre director

Official cause

heart failure

Jorge Mas Canosa

1939–1997

businessperson, politician

Official cause

lung cancer

James R. Mellow

1926–1997

editor, art critic, biographer

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Joanna Moore

1934–1997

actor, television actor, film actor

Official cause

lung cancer

Roger Brown

1941–1997

painter, printmaker

Official cause

death from AIDS-related complications

Ayyā Khemā

1923–1997

Buddhist nun

Official cause

breast cancer

Larry Ferrari

1932–1997

organist

Official cause

leukemia

Jean Conan Doyle

1912–1997

writer

Official cause

Parkinson's disease

Peter James

1924–1997

scenographer

Official cause

cancer

Annie Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe

1915–1997

politician

Official cause

bronchopneumonia; cerebrovascular disease

Jane Thurgood-Dove

1963–1997

Official cause

gunshot wound

Epic Soundtracks

1959–1997

musician, actor, drummer

Official cause

drug overdose

María de Lourdes

1939–1997

singer, television actor, film actor

Official cause

myocardial infarction

James Robert Baker

1946–1997

screenwriter, novelist, writer

Official cause

asphyxia

Camilla Cederna

1911–1997

journalist, writer

Official cause

cancer

Phil Soto

1926–1997

politician

Official cause

cancer

Noboru Aota

1924–1997

baseball player

Official cause

lung cancer

Wally Bruner

1931–1997

journalist, writer

Official cause

liver cancer