Deaths in October 1997

The following is a list of notable deaths in October 1997.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

October 1997

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Francisco Aramburu, 75, Brazilian footballer.Seleção brasileira: 1914-2006, {{ISBN|9788574781860}}, p.242 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=e7Jrej-ddv8C&q=Francisco+Aramburu&pg=PA242 Google Books])
Georg Bodenhausen, 92, Dutch civil servant.
Jerome H. Lemelson, 74, American engineer, inventor and patent holder, liver cancer.{{cite news |author1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |author-link1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |title=Jerome H. Lemelson, an Inventor, Dies at 74 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/04/business/jerome-h-lemelson-an-inventor-dies-at-74.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 June 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=4 October 1997 |page=B 6}}
Gul Mohammed, 40, Shortest adult human, heart attack.
Inbal Perlmuter, 26, Israeli rock musician, singer, composer and lyricist, traffic collision.

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Carybé, 86, Argentine-Brazilian artist, historian and journalist, heart failure.
Douglas Fairbairn, 70, American author.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Douglas Fairbairn |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb126049912 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Esa Seeste, 84, Finnish gymnast.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Esa Seeste |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/29834 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Guillermo Meza Álvarez, 80, Mexican painter.{{cite journal |title=Meza, Guillermo Benezit Dictionary of Artists |website=oxfordartonline.com |year=2011 |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00122112 }}

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Michael Adekunle Ajasin, 88, Nigerian politician.
John Ashley, 62, American actor, producer and singer, heart attack.{{cite book|last=Lentz|first=Harris M. |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts|year=1997|publisher=McFarland|page=9}}
Walter Baumgartner, 92, Swiss film composer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Walter Baumgartner - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/28a6976d952749cd89f1f4abc12ea967 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=German |date=}}
Richard Gilkey, 72, American painter, suicide by gunshot.{{cite news |last1=Updike |first1=Robin |title=Richard Gilkey Is Dead; One Of NW's Leading Artists |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19971008&slug=2564901 |access-date=13 June 2020 |work=Seattle Times |date=8 October 1997}}
Verna Hillie, 83, American film actress, stroke.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Verna Hillie |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14187098s |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Jarl Kulle, 70, Swedish actor and director, bone cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jarl Kulle - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/99194 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Millard Lampell, 78, American movie and television screenwriter, lung cancer.{{cite news |author1=Jon Pareles |author-link1=Jon Pareles |title=Millard Lampell, 78, Writer And Supporter of Causes, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/11/arts/millard-lampell-78-writer-and-supporter-of-causes-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=11 October 1997 |page=B 7}}
Phil Medley, 81, American songwriter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Phil Medley - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/399770 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Charlie Parsley, 71, American basketball player and college coach.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Charlie Parsley Stats - Basketball-Reference.com |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Charlie+Parsley |website=basketball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Hadassah Rosensaft, 85, Polish Holocaust survivor, liver failure.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=Hadassah Rosensaft, 85, Dies; Saved Auschwitz Inmates |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/08/nyregion/hadassah-rosensaft-85-dies-saved-auschwitz-inmates.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=8 October 1997 |page=B 7}}
A. L. Rowse, 93, British historian and author.{{cite news |author1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |author-link1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |title=A. L. Rowse, Masterly Shakespeare Scholar, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/06/world/a-l-rowse-masterly-shakespeare-scholar-dies-at-93.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=6 October 1997 |page=B 7}}
George Urban, 76, Hungarian writer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=George Urban - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6vz2pjf |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Blake Wayne Van Leer, 71, United States Navy officer.

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Nelson Coral Nye, 90, American author and editor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Nelson C. Nye - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6sn19mp |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Otto Ernst Remer, 85, German Wehrmacht officer during World War II.
Anne Strachan Robertson, 87, Scottish archaeologist, numismatist and writer.
Gunpei Yokoi, 56, Japanese video game designer and creator of the Game Boy, traffic collision.{{cite news |author1=Andrew Pollack |title=Gunpei Yokoi, Chief Designer Of Game Boy, Is Dead at 56 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/09/business/gunpei-yokoi-chief-designer-of-game-boy-is-dead-at-56.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=9 October 1997 |page=D 22}}
Georgi Yumatov, 71, Soviet and Russian film actor, aneurysm.

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Chitta Basu, 70, Indian politician, heart attack.
Mary Jayne Gold, 88, American heiress, pancreatic cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Mary Jayne Gold |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13617151p |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Andrew Keir, 71, Scottish actor (Cleopatra, Rob Roy, Mary, Queen of Scots).{{cite news|title=Andrew Keir; Obituary|work=The Times|date=8 October 1997|page=21}}
Debbie Linden, 36, British glamour model and actress, heroin overdose.
Dave Marr, 63, American golfer and sportscaster, stomach cancer.{{cite news |author1=Bill Brink |title=Dave Marr, 63, Golf Champion And Television Commentator |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/06/sports/dave-marr-63-golf-champion-and-television-commentator.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 June 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=6 October 1997 |page=B 7}}
Brian Pillman, 35, American professional wrestler (WCW, WWF, ECW), heart attack.
Tommy Ring, 67, Scottish footballer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Tommy Ring |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/tommy-ring/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Larisa Rozanova, 78, Soviet and Ukrainian pilot and navigator during World War II.
Curtis Williams Sabrosky, 87, American entomologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Curtis Williams Sabrosky - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w64618xx |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Arthur Tracy, 98, American vocalist and actor, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Mel Gussow |author-link1=Mel Gussow |title=Arthur Tracy, 98, Musical Star Known as the Street Singer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/08/arts/arthur-tracy-98-musical-star-known-as-the-street-singer.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 June 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=8 October 1997 |page=B 7}}
Bernard Yago, 81, Ivorian cardinal of the Catholic Church.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bernard Yago |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb15777214f |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}

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Orlando Ramón Agosti, 73, Argentine general and part of the military junta, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Calvin Sims |title=Orlando Agosti, 73, Argentine Junta Member |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/11/world/orlando-agosti-73-argentine-junta-member.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=11 October 1997 |page=B 7}}
George T. Barclay, 87, American football player and coach.
Warren Louis Boudreaux, 79, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, heart failure.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Warren Louis Boudreaux - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6b312vc |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Robert Endean, 71, Australian marine scientist.{{Cite news|url=https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/1997/10/respected-marine-scientist-dr-robert-endean-dies-after-heart-attack|title=Respected marine scientist Dr Robert Endean dies after heart attack|work=UQ News|access-date=2020-06-13|date=21 October 1997|language=en}}
Adrienne Hill, 60, English actress (Doctor Who), cancer.
Yevgeny Khaldei, 80, Soviet naval officer and photographer.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Yevgeny Khaldei, 80, War Photographer, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/09/world/yevgeny-khaldei-80-war-photographer-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=9 October 1997 |page=D 23}}
Johnny Vander Meer, 82, American baseball player, abdominal aneurysm.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Johnny Vander Meer, 82, No-Hit Master, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/07/sports/johnny-vander-meer-82-no-hit-master-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=7 October 1997 |page=A 25}}

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Felicisimo Ampon, 76, Filipino tennis player.
Johnny Darrell, 57, American country music artist, diabetes.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-johnny-darrell-1294178.html|title=Obituary: porn hub|work=The Independent |first=Paul| last=Wadey| access-date=13 June 2020|date=15 November 1997 }}
Gus Marker, 92, Canadian ice hockey player.
Aldo Sebben, 77, American football, cross country, and track and field coach.
Janez Vrhovec, 76, Yugoslav actor of Slovenian-German origin.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Janez Vrhovec - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/e00e092f8ea149599d0a06a6a158465f |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=German |date=}}
Wan Laiming, 97, Chinese animator.

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Henryk Bista, 63, Polish actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Henryk Bista |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13965993w |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Albert Blumberg, 91, American philosopher and political activist.{{cite news |author1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |author-link1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |title=Albert Blumberg, 91, Philosopher and Communist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/13/nyregion/albert-blumberg-91-philosopher-and-communist.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=13 October 1997 |page=D 11}}
Bertrand Goldberg, 84, American architect and industrial designer.{{cite news |author1=David W. Dunlap |author-link1=David W. Dunlap |title=Bertrand Goldberg Dies at 84; Architect Reshaped Chicago |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/10/arts/bertrand-goldberg-dies-at-84-architect-reshaped-chicago.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 June 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=10 October 1997 |page=D 19}}
Robin Lee, 77, American figure skater.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Robin Lee |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/89510 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Brown Meggs, 66, American writer and music executive.{{cite news |author1=Allan Kozinn |author-link1=Allan Kozinn |title=Brown Meggs, 66, a Recording Executive Who Signed the Beatles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/16/arts/brown-meggs-66-a-recording-executive-who-signed-the-beatles.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=16 October 1997 |page=D 23}}
Nininho, 73, Brazilian football player.
Desmond J. Scott, 79, New Zealand flying ace during World War II.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Desmond J. Scott - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6930z6x |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Sant Singh Sekhon, 89, Indian playwright and writer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Sant Singh Sekhon - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82009767 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
George Everard Kidder Smith, 84, American architectural writer and photographer.{{cite news |author1=Herbert Muschamp |author-link1=Herbert Muschamp |title=G. E. Kidder Smith, 83, Historian Who Wrote About Architecture |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/26/nyregion/g-e-kidder-smith-83-historian-who-wrote-about-architecture.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=26 October 1997 |page=1 37}}
William Spong Jr., 77, American politician.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=William B. Spong, 77, Senator Who Altered Virginia Politics |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/11/us/william-b-spong-77-senator-who-altered-virginia-politics.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=11 October 1997 |page=B 7}}

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Michael Cummings, 78, British newspaper cartoonist.Gifford, Dennis, "[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-michael-cummings-1235266.html Obituary: Michael Cummings]", The Independent. 11 October 1997. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
Monty Hoyt, 53, American figure skater and Olympian, melanoma.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Monty Hoyt |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/87190 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Arch Johnson, 75, American actor, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Arch Johnson - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/77583 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Jean Pasqualini, French/Chinese journalist.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/13/world/jean-pasqualini-dies-at-71-told-of-china-s-penal-horrors.html |title=Jean Pasqualini Dies at 71; Told of China's Penal Horrors |first=Seth |last=Faison |work=The New York Times |date=October 13, 1997| access-date=15 June 2020 |url-access=subscription}}
Joel Pritchard, 72, American politician, lymphoma.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Joel Pritchard - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6m08fb9 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Roy Rappaport, 71, American anthropologist.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Roy Rappaport, 71, Expert on Religion and Society |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/20/us/roy-rappaport-71-expert-on-religion-and-society.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=20 October 1997 |page=B 7}}

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D. J. Ambalavanar, 69, Sri Lankan Tamil bishop.{{cite news|title=Death of Bishop Ambalavanar|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/971012/newsm.html#4LABEL6|newspaper=Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=12 October 1997| access-date=15 June 2020}}
Marjorie Harris Carr, 82, American scientist and environmental activist.
Michael J. S. Dewar, 79, American theoretical chemist.{{cite news |author1=Ford Burkhart |title=Dr. Michael J. S. Dewar, 79; Research Led to Drug Advances |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/02/us/dr-michael-j-s-dewar-79-research-led-to-drug-advances.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=2 November 1997 |page=1 45}}
Hans-Joachim Kasprzik, 69, German film and television director and screenwriter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Hans-Joachim Kasprzik - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/27697892e36f4dd7a7f726b920b39796 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=German |date=}}
George Malcolm, 80, English pianist, harpsichordist, composer, and conductor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=George Malcolm |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13896990j |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Anne Marriott, 83, Canadian writer, stroke.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Anne Marriott - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6jx0xxc |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Dencio Padilla, 69, Filipino actor and comedian, heart attack.
Walt Simon, 57, American basketball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Walt Simon Stats - Basketball-Reference.com |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Walt+Simon |website=basketball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Thomas Whiteside, 79, American journalist, heart failure.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Thomas Whiteside, 79, Dies; Writer Exposed Agent Orange |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/12/nyregion/thomas-whiteside-79-dies-writer-exposed-agent-orange.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=12 October 1997 |page=1 44}}

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Paul Doughty Bartlett, 90, American chemist.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Paul D. Bartlett, 90, Expert On Reactions of Chemicals |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/15/us/paul-d-bartlett-90-expert-on-reactions-of-chemicals.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=15 October 1997 |page=D 23}}
Giacinto Bosco, 92, Italian jurist, academic and politician.
Lina Gennari, 86, Italian actress and operetta singer.
Käthe Gold, 90, Austrian actress.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Käthe Gold - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/dab9aefdb1864769b5fe1e47c04ae245 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=German |date=}}
Will Sherman, 69, American gridiron football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Will Sherman Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SherWi00.htm |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Ivan Yarygin, 48, Soviet / Russian heavyweight freestyle wrestler, traffic collision.{{cite web |title=Иван Ярыгин |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201125021/http://sport.uvao.ru/yarigin_site/ru/ivanyarigin |website=sport.uvao.ru |access-date=20 June 2020 |language=ru |url=http://sport.uvao.ru/yarigin_site/ru/ivanyarigin |archive-date=1 December 2011}}

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Raúl Arellano, 62, Mexican football forward.
John Denver, 53, American singer ("Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Poems, Prayers & Promises", "Annie's Song") and activist, plane crash.{{cite news |last1=Leigh |first1=Spencer |title=Obituary: John Denver |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-john-denver-1235844.html |access-date=20 June 2020 |work=The Independent |date=14 October 1997}}
Talib El-Shibib, 63, Iraqi politician.
Draga Garašanin, 76, Serbian archaeologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Draga Garašanin |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11201646v |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Kenneth Hahn, 77, American civil servant, heart failure.{{cite news |author1= |title=Kenneth F. Hahn, 77, Is Dead; Political Giant in Los Angeles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/14/us/kenneth-f-hahn-77-is-dead-political-giant-in-los-angeles.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=14 October 1997 |page=B 10}}
Fred McCain, 79, Canadian politician.
Isadore Twersky, 67, American orthodox rabbi and professor.{{cite news |author1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |author-link1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |title=Isadore Twersky, of Harvard and the Hasidim, Dies at 67 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/16/arts/isadore-twersky-of-harvard-and-the-hasidim-dies-at-67.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=16 October 1997 |page=D 23}}

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Ian Stuart Black, 82, British novelist, playwright and screenwriter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ian Stuart Black |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13891551b |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Joyce Compton, 90, American actress.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Joyce Compton - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6mn0tnd |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Gary Lee Davis, 53, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.{{cite news|last=Kohler|first=Judith|date=14 October 1997|title=Colorado Holds First Execution in 30 Years, Giving Convicted Murderer and Rapist Gary Lee|work=Associated Press|url=https://apnews.com/article/b299d6ddd39967e9acc42f95fa90cac5|access-date=22 May 2021}}
Kārlis Irbītis, 92, Latvian aeroplane designer.
Richard Mason, 78, British novelist, lung cancer.{{cite news |title=Richard Mason, 78, 'Suzie Wong' Author |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/19/nyregion/richard-mason-78-suzie-wong-author.html?_r=0 |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 June 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=19 October 1997}}
William Staveley, 68, Royal Navy officer, heart attack.{{cite news | author= A.B. Sainsbury | title= Obituary: Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Staveley | url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-admiral-of-the-fleet-sir-william-staveley-1236166.html | newspaper= The Independent | date=16 October 1997 | access-date=20 June 2020}}
Adil Çarçani, 75, Albanian politician.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Adil Carcani, 75, a Leader In Albania's Stalinist Twilight |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/20/world/adil-carcani-75-a-leader-in-albania-s-stalinist-twilight.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=20 October 1997 |page=B 7}}

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Hy Averback, 76, American actor, producer and director.{{cite news |title=Hy Averback, 76, TV Actor and Producer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/23/arts/hy-averback-76-tv-actor-and-producer.html| url-access=subscription |access-date=20 June 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=23 October 1997}}
Piedade Coutinho, 77, Brazilian swimmer and Olympian.{{cite web |title=Olympedia - Piedade Coutinho-Tavares |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/45584 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=7 April 2022}}
Jacqueline Delubac, 90, French stage and film actress, traffic collision.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jacqueline Delubac - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/ea40d3ab5ee341cea6f0a43477d28440 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=German |date=}}
George Forrest, 72, British classicist and academic, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=George Forrest |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12387903t |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Henry Pelling, 77, British historian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Henry Pelling |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12367835r |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Harold Robbins, 81, American writer, heart failure.{{cite news |author1=By Richard Severo |title=Harold Robbins, 81, Dies; Wrote Best Sellers Brimming With Sex, Money and Power |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/15/books/harold-robbins-81-dies-wrote-best-sellers-brimming-with-sex-money-and-power.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 June 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=15 October 1997 |page=D 23}}
Barbara Slater, 76, American film actress.

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MacDonald Critchley, 97, British neurologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=MacDonald Critchley - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6bq42rc |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Peter J. Dalessandro, 79, United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient.
Jack Dwyer, 70, American gridiron football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jack Dwyer Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Jack+Dwyer |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Walter Fritzsch, 76, German football player and manager.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Walter Fritzsch |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/walter-fritzsch/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Parker T. Hart, 87, American diplomat.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=Parker T. Hart, U.S. Diplomat And a Mideast Specialist, 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/27/world/parker-t-hart-us-diplomat-and-a-mideast-specialist-87.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=27 October 1997 |page=B 7}}
Bill McKay, 76, Irish rugby player.
John Merricks, 26, English sailor and Olympian, traffic collision.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – John Merricks |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62996 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}

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A. H. Armstrong, 88, English educator and author.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=A. H. Armstrong |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12030985r |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Dick Cavalli, 74, American cartoonist, heart attack.
Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, 94, Greek princess, Alzheimer's disease.Neil R. Balfour, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-princess-paul-of-yugoslavia-1291926.html Obituary: Princess Paul of Yugoslavia] in The Independent, 3 November 1997. Retrieved 20 June 2020
Noel Ferrier, 66, Australian comedian, actor, and theatrical producer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Noel Ferrier - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6bz9cw6 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Lotte Goslar, 90, German-American dancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Lotte Goslar - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/42673 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Adam Kennedy, 75, American actor, novelist, and painter, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Adam Kennedy |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14110329n |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Audra Lindley, 79, American actress (Three's Company, Another World, The Heartbreak Kid), leukemia.{{cite news |author1=Rick Lyman |title=Audra Lindley, 79, Actress; Played a Sex-Starved Wife |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/25/arts/audra-lindley-79-actress-played-a-sex-starved-wife.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=25 October 1997 |page=D 16}}
James A. Michener, 90, American author, kidney failure.{{cite news |author1=Albin Krebs |title=James Michener, Author of Novels That Sweep Through the History of Places, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/17/books/james-michener-author-of-novels-that-sweep-through-the-history-of-places-is-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 June 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=17 October 1997 |page=B 8}}

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Larry Jennings, 64, American magician.
Giorgio Pisanò, 73, Italian journalist, essayist and neo-fascist politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Giorgio Pisanò |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb123357748 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
László Szabados, 86, Hungarian swimmer and Olympic medalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – László Szabados |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/48234 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=23 August 2022 |language= |date=}}
Ben Welden, 96, American actor.{{cite web |title=Ben Welden, Character actor |url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/people-news/ben-welden-111660779/ |website=variety.com |access-date=20 June 2020 |date=4 November 1997}}
Fang Yi, 81, Chinese Communist revolutionary, diplomat, and politician.

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Leonard Andrzejewski, 73, Polish actor.
Ramiro Castillo, 31, Bolivian footballer, suicide by hanging.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ramiro Castillo |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ramiro-castillo/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Gordon Clark, 83, English football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Gordon Clark |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/gordon-clark/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Walter William Curtis, 84, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, pneumonia.{{cite news |author1=James Barron |title=Walter W. Curtis, 84, Bishop Of Bridgeport for 27 Years |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/23/nyregion/walter-w-curtis-84-bishop-of-bridgeport-for-27-years.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=23 October 1997 |page=D 27}}
Nancy Dickerson, 70, American radio and television journalist, stroke.{{cite news |author1=Richard Severo |title=Nancy Dickerson, 70, First Woman to Be a Reporter at CBS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/19/us/nancy-dickerson-70-first-woman-to-be-a-reporter-at-cbs.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=19 October 1997 |page=1 45}}
Trude Eipperle, 89, German operatic soprano.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Trude Eipperle |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139532353 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Vince Gironda, 79, American bodybuilder, personal trainer and author.{{cite news |last1=Olsen |first1=Eric |title=Vince Gironda |url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/people-news/vince-gironda-111637167/ |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=Variety |date=November 5, 1997}}
Roberto Goizueta, 65, Cuban businessman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, cancer.{{cite web|last1=Starrs|first1=Chris|title=Roberto Goizueta (1931-1997)|url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/roberto-goizueta-1931-1997|website=New Georgia Encyclopedia|publisher=Georgia Humanities Council|access-date=20 June 2020|date=June 24, 2005}}
Milt Neil, 83, American animator (Fantasia, Dumbo, The Three Caballeros).
William Rotsler, 71, American artist, cartoonist, pornographer and author.
Paul Edwin Zimmer, 54, American poet and author, heart attack.{{cite web |title=Author: Zimmer, Paul Edwin |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/zimmer_paul_edwin |website=sf-encyclopedia.com |access-date=20 June 2020}}

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Donald R. Bensen, 70, American editor and science fiction writer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Donald R. Bensen - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6qm3drh |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Glen Buxton, 49, American guitarist and composer, complications from pneumonia.{{cite news | url=http://www.theoriginalglenbuxton.com/stories-about-glen-or-the-band/glens-passing/ | title=Glen Buxton, lead guitar for Alice Cooper dies here | work=Wright County Examiner | date=October 23, 1997 | access-date=20 June 2020}}
Claudia Drake, 79, American actress and singer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Claudia Drake |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb141731172 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Harold French, 100, English film director, screenwriter and actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Harold French - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/14828 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Arthur Ibbetson, 75, British cinematographer (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Where Eagles Dare, The Bounty).
Francisco Guerrero Marín, 46, Spanish composer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Francisco Guerrero Marín - DB~e |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/32442/francisco-guerrero-marin |website=dbe.rah.es |publisher=Real Academia de la Historia |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=Spanish |date=}}
William J. McGill, 75, American psychologist and author.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=William J. McGill - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6h71c8d |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Pilar Mercedes Miró Romero, 57, Spanish screenwriter and film director, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Pilar Miró |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb137749162 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Stella Sierra, 80, Panamanian poet and prose writer.

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John Jacobs, 50, American student and anti-war activist, complications from melanoma.{{cite web |last1=Gillies |first1=Kevin |title=The Last Radical |url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/1968/radical.html |website=columbia.edu |publisher=Vancouver Magazine |access-date=20 June 2020 |date=1 November 1998}}
Frank Robert Miller, 89, Canadian air chief marshal.
Manush Myftiu, 78, Albanian politician.
Manuel Rodríguez Barros, 71, Spanish racing cyclist.{{cite web |title=Manuel Rodríguez |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/manuel-rodriguez |website=procyclingstats.com |access-date=7 April 2022}}
Li Ruishan, 76, Chinese politician.
Ron Tarr, 60, British actor, cancer.
Henry Vestine, 52, American guitarist, heart and respiratory failure.{{cite web|url=http://www.mnblues.com/memorial/vestine.html |title=Guitarist Henry Vestine Dead at 52 |website=Mnblues.com |access-date=20 June 2020}}
Robin Woods, 83, English Anglican bishop.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Robin Woods - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w69386dj |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}

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Dolph Camilli, 90, American baseball player.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Dolph Camilli, Who Led Dodgers to '41 Pennant, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/22/sports/dolph-camilli-who-led-dodgers-to-41-pennant-dies-at-90.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=22 October 1997 |page=A 25}}
John Whitney Hall, 81, American Japanologist.{{cite news |author1=Janny Scott |title=John W. Hall, Historian of Japan, Dies at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/24/arts/john-w-hall-historian-of-japan-dies-at-81.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=24 October 1997 |page=D 23}}
Lorenzo Sumulong, 92, Filipino politician.
Aale Tynni, 84, Finnish poet and translator.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frauendatenbank fembio.org |url=https://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/frauendatenbank?fem_id=27469 |website=fembio.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=German |date=}}
Waldemar F. A. Wendt, 85, United States Navy admiral.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Waldemar F. A. Wendt - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6pq5793 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Dick Wilkins, 72, American gridiron football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Dick Wilkins Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Dick+Wilkins |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}

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Leonid Amalrik, 92, Soviet animator.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Leonid Amalrik |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb145114097 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Reinhard Lauck, 51, German footballer, traffic collision.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Reinhard Lauck |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25328 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Quentin Smythe, 81, South African sergeant and recipient of the Victoria Cross, cancer.{{cite news|newspaper = The Times|location = London|title = Obituary: Captain Quentin Smythe, VC|date = 1997-10-25}}
Valerie Taylor, 84, American author and feminist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Valerie Taylor - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w62f7t1z |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Matthew Trupiano, 58, American mobster, heart attack.{{cite news |author=Henry Levins |title=MATTHEW TRUPIANO, KNOWN AS LEADER OF AREA MOB, DIES AT 58 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=October 24, 1997 |pages=1C}}

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Ann Devroy, 49, American political journalist, uterine cancer.{{cite news |last=Smith |first=J. Y. |date=October 24, 1997 |title=Ann Devroy Dies; Covered White House for Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/10/24/ann-devroy-dies/11990ec8-c6e2-4b98-9102-362b7222c1fd/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=20 June 2020 }}
Claire Falkenstein, 89, American visual artist, stomach cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-oct-25-mn-46691-story.html|title=Claire Falkenstein; Prolific and Innovative Sculptor|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|date=October 25, 1997|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=20 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105172237/http://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/25/news/mn-46691|archive-date=November 5, 2012|url-status=live}}
Bert Haanstra, 81, Dutch filmmaker, Alzheimer's disease.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bert Haanstra |url=http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/26321148 |website=biografischportaal.nl |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=Dutch |date=}}
Pinchas Lapide, 74, Israeli theologian and historian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Pinchas Lapide |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb119110427 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Kim Lim, 61, Singaporean-British sculptor and printmaker.
Bob Manning, 71, American big band singer, pneumonia.{{cite news|title=Bob Manning; Singer With Big Bands|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-oct-28-mn-47600-story.html|access-date=20 June 2020|work=The LA Times|date=28 October 1997}}
Michael Peter, 48, Field hockey player from West Germany.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Michael Peter |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/19051 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Georges Pianta, 85, French politician .{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Georges Pianta |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12057518m |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Babette Rosmond, 79, American author.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Babette Rosmond - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6nj0kp7 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Alfredo dos Santos, 77, Brazilian footballer.
Luther George Simjian, 92, Armenian-American inventor and entrepreneur.{{cite news |author1=Kenneth N. Gilpin |title=Luther Simjian Is Dead at 92; Held More Than 200 Patents |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/02/business/luther-simjian-is-dead-at-92-held-more-than-200-patents.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=2 November 1997 |page=1 45}}
Trevor Smith, 87, English footballer and manager.
Gerd Tacke, 91, German businessman and CEO of Siemens.

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Luis Aguilar, 79, Mexican actor, and singer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Luis Aguilar |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16510629f |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Skip Alexander, 79, American golfer.
Michael Balfour, 79, English actor, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Michael Balfour |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16932523p |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Don Messick, 71, American voice actor (Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, The Yogi Bear Show, The Jetsons), stroke.{{cite web |last=Evanier|first=Mark |title=Comics Buyer's Guide |url=https://www.newsfromme.com/pov/col161/ |website=newsfromme.com |access-date=20 June 2020 |date=21 November 1997}}

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William J. Hirsch, 88, American thoroughbred racehorses trainer, Alzheimer's disease.
Tina Lattanzi, 99, Italian actress and voice actress.
Jamie Livingston, 41, American photographer and film maker, brain tumor.{{cite news|last=Dee|first=Johnny|date=2008-08-13|access-date=2020-06-20|newspaper=The Guardian|title=Instant recall|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/aug/13/photography}}
Mina Rees, 95, American mathematician.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Mina S. Rees, Mathematician And CUNY Leader, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/28/nyregion/mina-s-rees-mathematician-and-cuny-leader-dies-at-95.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=28 October 1997 |page=B 10}}

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Georg Adelly, 78, Swedish film actor.
Teng Haiqing, 88, Chinese military officer and a politician.
William B. Hutchinson, 88, American physician.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8d0zAAAAIBAJ&pg=5081%2C6026766 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Dr. William Hutchinson, founder of research centers, dies in Seattle |date=October 28, 1997 |page=B6 | access-date=21 June 2020 }}
Rolf Kukowitsch, 84-85, German football coach.
Donald Ray Matthews, 90, American politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Donald Ray Matthews - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6x096m5 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Rankin M. Smith, Sr., 72, American businessman and philanthropist.{{cite news |author1= |title=Rankin Smith, 72, the Owner Of the Falcons |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/27/sports/rankin-smith-72-the-owner-of-the-falcons.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=27 October 1997 |page=B 7}}

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Mahala Andrews, 58, British vertebrae palaeontologist.
Achim Gercke, 95, German Nazi politician.
Vladimir Sokoloff, 84, American pianist and accompanist.{{cite news |title=Vladimir Sokoloff, 84, Pianist Who Accompanied the Famous |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/04/arts/vladimir-sokoloff-84-pianist-who-accompanied-the-famous.html|url-access=subscription |access-date=21 June 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=4 November 1997}}
Thomas Dale Stewart, 96, American anthropologist.{{cite news |last1=Pace |first1=Eric |title=T. Dale Stewart Dies at 96; Anthropologist at Smithsonian |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/30/us/t-dale-stewart-dies-at-96-anthropologist-at-smithsonian.html |access-date=10 February 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=30 October 1997 |page=B16}}
Reuben Sturman, 73, American businessman and pornographer.[http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1997/Oct-29-Wed-1997/news/6322832.html "Porn figure Sturman dies in prison at 73"]. Las Vegas Review-Journal, October 29, 1997 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101002138/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1997/Oct-29-Wed-1997/news/6322832.html |date=January 1, 2007 }}
François-Henri de Virieu, 65, French journalist and television presenter, pancreatic cancer.

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Walter Capps, 63, American politician, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Walter Capps - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6v535rc |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Toni Carabillo, 71, American feminist, graphic designer, and historian, lung cancer.{{cite news|last1=Oliver|first1=Myrna|title=Toni Carabillo; Feminist Leader and Historian|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-oct-29-mn-47939-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 29, 1997 |access-date=21 June 2020}}
Paul Jarrico, 82, American screenwriter, traffic collision.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Paul Jarrico, 82, Blacklisted Screenwriter |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/30/arts/paul-jarrico-82-blacklisted-screenwriter.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=30 October 1997 |page=B 16}}
Marian E. Koshland, 76, American immunologist, lung cancer.{{cite news |author1=James Barron |title=Marian Koshland, 76, Expert On How Antibodies Fight Ills |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/30/us/marian-koshland-76-expert-on-how-antibodies-fight-ills.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 June 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=30 October 1997 |page=B 16}}
Bryan Lefley, 49, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders) and coach, traffic collision.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bryan Lefley Stats - Hockey-Reference.com |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Bryan+Lefley |website=hockey-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Billy Neill, 47, Northern Irish football player.{{cite web |title=Billy Neill |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/billy-neill/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=4 November 2024}}
Klaus Wunderlich, 66, German musician, heart attack.

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Len Beurton, 83, English communist and Soviet agent.
H. C. Coombs, 91, Australian economist and public servant.{{cite news |author1=Clyde H. Farnsworth |title=Herbert Coombs, 91, Economist And Australian Bank Governor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/05/business/herbert-coombs-91-economist-and-australian-bank-governor.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=5 November 1997 |page=D 24}}
William Crook, 72, American politician and ambassador, congestive heart failure.{{cite news |author1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |author-link1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |title=William Crook, 72, Ambassador To Australia and Johnson Aide |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/31/us/william-crook-72-ambassador-to-australia-and-johnson-aide.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=31 October 1997 |page=D 23}}
Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten, 97, German junker, businessman and author.
Paul Guth, 87, French journalist and writer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Paul Guth |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11906561w |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Anton LaVey, 67, American author, musician, and occultist, pulmonary edema.{{cite news |title=Anton LaVey; Founded the Church of Satan |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-08-mn-51538-story.html |access-date=21 June 2020 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=8 November 1997}}
Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos, 50, Greek-American astronomer and astrophysicist, brain tumor.
Big Nick Nicholas, 75, American jazz saxophonist and singer, heart failure.{{cite news |author1=Ben Ratliff |author-link1=Ben Ratliff |title=Big Nick Nicholas, 75, Singer And Jazz-Band Saxophonist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/16/nyregion/big-nick-nicholas-75-singer-and-jazz-band-saxophonist.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=16 November 1997 |page=1 50}}
Anthony Velonis, 86, American painter and designer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Anthony Velonis - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2003007601 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}

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Jacques Derogy, 72, French journalist, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jacques Derogy |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11899695w |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Samuel Fuller, 85, American screenwriter, novelist, and film director.{{cite news |author1=Richard Severo |title=Samuel Fuller, Director, Is Dead at 85; A Master of Unsettling Low-Budget Films |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/01/arts/samuel-fuller-director-is-dead-at-85-a-master-of-unsettling-low-budget-films.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=1 November 1997 |page=D 16}}
Barney Martin, 74, American baseball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Barney Martin Stats - Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Barney+Martin |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Sydney Newman, 80, Canadian film and television producer (The Avengers, Doctor Who), heart attack.{{cite news|first=Leonard|last=Miall|author-link=Leonard Miall|newspaper=The Independent|date=November 4, 1997|page=22|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-sydney-newman-1292055.html|title=Obituary: Sydney Newman|access-date=21 June 2020 | location=London}}

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Zubeida Agha, 75, Pakistani artist.
Bram Appel, 75, Dutch footballer.
Hans Bauer, 70, German footballer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Hans Bauer |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/hans-bauer/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Sidney Darlington, 91, American electrical engineer.{{cite news |author1=Ford Burkhart |title=Sidney Darlington, 91, Dies; Leader in Design of Circuitry |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/08/us/sidney-darlington-91-dies-leader-in-design-of-circuitry.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=8 November 1997 |page=D 16}}
Tadeusz Janczar, 71, Polish film actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Tadeusz Janczar |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb140382433 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Taisto Kangasniemi, 73, Finnish heavyweight wrestler.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Taisto Kangasniemi |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/57900 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}
Wilfrid Oulton, 86, British Royal Air Force officer, cancer.{{cite news |title=Obituary: Air Vice-Marshal Wilfrid Oulton |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-air-vice-marshal-wilfrid-oulton-1295290.html |first=Christopher |last=Foxley-Norris |date=21 November 1997 |access-date=21 June 2020}}
George Roth, 86, American gymnast and Olympic champion.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – George Roth |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/31418 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=7 April 2022 |language= |date=}}

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1997-10-01,1997-10-31&adult=include List of October 1997 deaths] at IMDb

*1997-10