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Robert W. Ward
1929–1997
politician, businessperson, civil servant
Official cause
cancer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
1910–1997
film director, film producer, screenwriter
Official cause
stroke
Wilbur Knorr
1945–1997
mathematician, historian of mathematics, historian
Official cause
cancer
Gail Davis
1925–1997
actor, television actor, film actor
Official cause
cancer
Jermaine Stewart
1957–1997
singer, singer-songwriter, dancer
Official cause
liver cancer
Charles G. Overberger
1920–1997
chemist
Official cause
Parkinson's disease
Victor Vasarely
1906–1997
painter, visual artist, sculptor
Official cause
cancer
Jurek Becker
1937–1997
writer, screenwriter, prose writer
Official cause
colorectal cancer
Kalman Mann
1912–1997
activist, physician
Official cause
traffic collision
Fred Zinnemann
1907–1997
film producer, film director, photographer
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Hugh Lawson
1935–1997
pianist, jazz musician
Official cause
cancer
Peter H. Behr
1915–1997
politician
Official cause
Parkinson's disease
The Notorious B.I.G.
1972–1997
rapper, songwriter, musician
Official cause
gunshot wound
Michael Kirby
1931–1997
actor, journalist, printmaker
Official cause
leukemia
Tony Williams
1945–1997
drummer, jazz musician, director
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Don Flickinger
1907–1997
physician, military leader, military personnel
Official cause
congestive heart failure
Albert Shanker
1928–1997
trade unionist, educator
Official cause
bladder cancer
Choe Kwang
1918–1997
politician, military personnel
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Josef Posipal
1927–1997
association football player
Official cause
heart failure
Deng Xiaoping
1904–1997
politician, journalist, diplomat
Official cause
Parkinson's disease
Khan Abdul Ali Khan
1922–1997
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Frank Delfino
1911–1997
actor
Official cause
multiple myeloma
Bozorg Alavi
1904–1997
linguist, writer, novelist
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Marjorie Reynolds
1917–1997
actor, film actor
Official cause
heart failure