Quote Authors Who Died in 1997

Albert Shanker

American Educator

Sep 14, 1928 - Feb 22, 1997

Alfred Hershey

American Scientist

Dec 4, 1908 - May 22, 1997

Allen Ginsberg

American Poet

Jun 3, 1926 - Apr 5, 1997

Anatoli Boukreev

Russian Athlete

Jan 16, 1958 - Dec 25, 1997

Andre Boucourechliev

French Composer

Jul 28, 1925 - Nov 13, 1997

Bao Dai

Vietnamese Statesman

Oct 22, 1913 - Jul 30, 1997

Ben Hogan

American Athlete

Aug 13, 1912 - Jul 25, 1997

Betty Shabazz

American Activist

May 28, 1936 - Jun 23, 1997

Brendan Gill

American Critic

Oct 4, 1914 - Dec 27, 1997

Buck Leonard

American Athlete

Sep 8, 1907 - Nov 27, 1997

Burgess Meredith

American Actor

Nov 16, 1907 - Sep 9, 1997

Charles Brenton Huggins

Canadian Scientist

Sep 22, 1901 - Jan 12, 1997

Charles Kuralt

American Journalist

Sep 10, 1934 - Jul 4, 1997

Chris Farley

American Comedian

Feb 15, 1964 - Dec 18, 1997

Clyde Tombaugh

American Scientist

Feb 4, 1906 - Jan 17, 1997

Coleman Young

American Politician

May 24, 1918 - Nov 29, 1997

Curt Flood

American Athlete

Jan 18, 1938 - Jan 20, 1997

Dawn Steel

American Businesswoman

Aug 19, 1946 - Dec 20, 1997

Deng Xiaoping

Chinese Leader

Aug 22, 1904 - Feb 19, 1997

Douglas Feaver

English Clergyman

1914 - 1997

Ella Maillart

Swiss Writer

Feb 20, 1903 - Mar 27, 1997

Eugenie Anderson

American Diplomat

May 26, 1909 - Mar 31, 1997

Georg Solti

Hungarian Musician

Oct 21, 1912 - Sep 5, 1997

George Wald

American Scientist

Nov 18, 1906 - Apr 12, 1997

Gianni Versace

Italian Designer

Dec 2, 1946 - Jul 15, 1997

Hans Eysenck

German Psychologist

Mar 4, 1916 - Sep 4, 1997