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Harry Blackstone, Jr.
1934–1997
magician
Official cause
pancreatic cancer
Laurie Lee
1914–1997
screenwriter, poet, autobiographer
Official cause
colorectal cancer
Dimitris Vakrinos
1962–1997
Official cause
hanging to death
Howard Morton
1925–1997
actor, television actor
Official cause
stroke
Yūsaku Kamekura
1915–1997
illustrator, graphic designer, graphic artist
Official cause
heart failure
Joan Weston
1935–1997
roller derby player
Official cause
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of Offaly
1974–1997
Official cause
traffic collision
John Beal
1909–1997
stage actor, film actor, television actor
Official cause
stroke
Valery Obodzinsky
1942–1997
singer
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Nikolai Yegorov
1951–1997
politician, statesperson
Official cause
lung cancer
Bernard Vonnegut
1914–1997
atmospheric chemist, physicist, meteorologist
Official cause
cancer
Brian May
1934–1997
composer, film score composer, conductor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Chia-Shun Yih
1918–1997
engineer, university teacher
Official cause
heart failure
Pat Paulsen
1927–1997
actor
Official cause
colorectal cancer
Robert Erickson
1917–1997
composer, music theorist, writer
Official cause
polymyositis
Eugene Stoner
1922–1997
inventor, entrepreneur, firearms designer
Official cause
cancer
Denis Compton
1918–1997
association football player, cricketer
Official cause
sepsis
Rosita Serrano
1914–1997
actor, opera singer, singer
Official cause
chronic bronchitis
Jack Kent Cooke
1912–1997
businessperson
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Jesús López Pacheco
1930–1997
poet, writer, prose writer
Official cause
lung cancer
Stoney Edwards
1929–1997
singer-songwriter, singer
Official cause
stomach cancer
Paul W. Cronin
1938–1997
politician
Official cause
brain cancer
Allen Ginsberg
1926–1997
playwright, poet, writer
Official cause
liver cancer
Alparslan Türkeş
1917–1997
politician, military personnel
Official cause
myocardial infarction