List of Famous people who died in 1997

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David Hamilton Stern

First Name David

Last Name Stern

Born on January 1, 1913

Died on January 1, 1997 (aged 84)

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Célia Helena

First Name Célia

Last Name Helena

Born on March 13, 1936

Died on March 29, 1997 (aged 61)

Born in Brazil, São Paulo

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Myrtle Clare Van de Weyer

First Name Myrtle

Last Name Weyer

Born on February 7, 1910

Died on August 31, 1997 (aged 87)

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Dawn Steel

First Name Dawn

Last Name Steel

Born on August 19, 1946

Died on December 20, 1997 (aged 51)

Born in United States of America, New York, New York City

Dawn Leslie Steel was an American film studio executive and producer. She was one of the first women to run a major Hollywood film studio, rising through the ranks of merchandising and production to head Columbia Pictures in 1987.

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Bernard Vonnegut

First Name Bernard

Last Name Vonnegut

Born on August 29, 1914

Died on April 25, 1997 (aged 82)

Born in United States of America, Indiana

Bernard Vonnegut was an American atmospheric scientist credited with discovering that silver iodide could be used effectively in cloud seeding to produce snow and rain. He was the older brother of American novelist Kurt Vonnegut.

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Desmond de Burgh Persse

First Name Desmond

Last Name Persse

Born on August 31, 1918

Died on December 20, 1997 (aged 79)

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Gurgen Askaryan

First Name Gurgen

Born on December 14, 1928

Died on April 2, 1997 (aged 68)

Born in Russia

Gurgen Ashotovich Askaryan was a prominent Soviet - Armenian physicist, famous for his discovery of the self-focusing of light, pioneering studies of light-matter interactions, and the discovery and investigation of the interaction of high-energy particles with condensed matter.

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Lars Ahlin

First Name Lars

Born on April 4, 1915

Died on March 11, 1997 (aged 81)

Born in Sweden, Västernorrland County

Lars Ahlin was an award-winning Swedish author and aesthetician.

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Lancelot Peter Bayly

First Name Lancelot

Last Name Bayly

Born on July 20, 1913

Died on April 30, 1997 (aged 83)

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Heiner Carow

First Name Heiner

Born on September 19, 1929

Died on February 1, 1997 (aged 67)

Born in Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Filmmaker

Heiner Carow was a German film director and screenwriter. His 1986 film So Many Dreams was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. The following year, he was a member of the jury at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1990, his film Coming Out won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. Carow died in 1997, aged 67. His grave is located in Babelsberg.

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