Famous Deaths for April 1997
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Months in 1997: January February March May June July August September October November December
Deaths 1 - 39 of 39
1st - Jolie Gabor, mother of Zsa Zsa & Eva, dies at 97
1st - Nancy Woodhull, news editor (USA Today), dies of cancer at 52
2nd - Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86
3rd - Judy Flannery, master triathelete, killed by a car at 56
5th - Allen Ginsberg, beat poet, dies at 80
5th - Alparslan Turkes, Turkish politician (MHP), dies
6th - Jack Kent Cooke, NFL owner (Wash Redskins), dies at 84
7th - Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (b. 1923)
7th - Georgi Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935)
8th - Laura Nyro, singer, dies of ovarian cancer at 49
9th - Helene Hanff, author (84 Charing Cross Road), dies at 80
11th - Michael Dorris, writer, commits suicide at 52
12th - George Wald, scientist, dies at 90
13th - Ann Craft, researcher/writer, dies at 53
13th - George Wald, scientist (Nobel Prize, vitamin A in retina), dies at 80
13th - Dorothy Frooks, American author and military figure (b. 1896)
13th - Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (b. 1903)
15th - Sam Moskowitz, SF fandom historian, dies at 76
15th - Zdenek Mlynar, Sec of Czech Communist Central Committee (1968), dies
Beat Poet Allen Ginsberg (5th)
16th - Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, media tycoon, dies at 66
16th - Mae Boren Axton, song writer (Heartbreak Hotel), dies at 82
16th - Michael Stroka, actor (Aristede-Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 57
16th - Roland Topor, French illustrator (b. 1938)
17th - Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-93), dies at 78
17th - Allan Francovich, American documentarian
18th - Edward Barker, cartoonist, dies at 46
19th - El Duce, American singer and drummer (The Mentors) (b. 1958)
21st - Andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies
21st - Diosdado Macapagal, Philippine president (1961-65), dies
23rd - Denis Compton, English cricketer (b. 1918)
24th - Pat Paulsen, comedian (Smothers Brothers Show), dies at 69
26th - Joey Faye, comic (Fruit of the Loom grapes), dies at 86
26th - Peng Zhen, mayor of Beijing China (1951-66), dies
26th - Yegorov, Russian leader (1994-95), dies
27th - Paul Lambert, actor (Tom-Executive Suite), dies at 73
28th - Susan Seddon Boulet, artist, dies of cancer at 45
29th - Keith Ferguson, blues (Fabulous Thunderbirds), dies of overdose at 50
29th - Mike Royko, columnist, dies of stroke at 64
29th - Peter Tali Coleman, gov of Americ Samoa (1956-61, 78-85, 89-93), dies
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