Deaths in December 1997

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10
• 11
• 12
• 13
• 14
• 15
• 16
• 17
• 18
• 19
• 20
• 21
• 22
• 23
• 24
• 25
• 26
• 27
• 28
• 29
• 30
• 31

← November

December

January →

The following is a list of notable deaths in December 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.

December 1997

1

• Julius Barnathan, 70, American broadcast engineer, lung cancer. ^[1]
• Stéphane Grappelli, 89, French-Italian jazz violinist. ^[2]
• Alex McGregor, 89, Australian rules footballer. ^[3]
• Władysław Młynek, 67, Polish teacher, writer and poet.
• Jiří Pleskot, 75, Czech actor.
• Khan Ataur Rahman, 68, Bangladeshi film actor, director, and singer.
• Edwin Rosario, 34, Puerto Rican boxer, aneurysm. ^[4]

2

• Guido Brunner, 67, Spanish-German diplomat and politician. ^[5]
• Silvio Ceccato, 83, Italian philosopher and linguist. ^[6]
• Shirley Crabtree, 67, British wrestler known as Big Daddy, stroke. ^[7]
• Harald Gelhaus, 82, German U-boat commander during World War II.
• Robert A. Hall, 86, American linguist. ^[8]
• Steve Hamilton, 63, American basketball player, colon cancer. ^[9]
• Michael Hedges, 43, American composer, guitarist and singer-songwriter, traffic collision. ^[10]
• Marge Kotlisky, 70, American actress ( Major League , Thief , Sixteen Candles ).
• Endicott Peabody, 77, American gridiron football player and politician, leukemia. ^[11]
• Robert E. Williams, 61, American murderer, execution by electrocution. ^[12]

3

• Stan Anderson, 58, Scottish football player.
• Domenico Enrici, 88, Italian prelate of the Catholic Church.
• Benito Jacovitti, 74, Italian comic artist. ^[13]
• Vic Lombardi, 75, American Major League Baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates). ^[14]
• Olaf Pedersen, 77, Danish historian of science. ^[15]

4

• Leo August, 83, American philatelist. ^[16]
• Morton Bard, 73, American psychologist and author of The Crime Victim's Book. ^[17]
• Buck Barry, 80, American actor and radio and television personality. ^[18]
• Joe Brown, 71, American boxer.
• Ho Sin Hang, 97, Hong Kong entrepreneur and philanthropist.
• G. S. Jayanath, Sri Lankan army officer, killed in action.
• Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas, 90, Lithuanian artist. ^[19]
• Alberto Manzi, 73, Italian school teacher, writer and television host. ^[20]
• K. A. Nizami, 71, Indian historian and diplomat. ^[21]
• Pepper Sharpe, 78, American baseball player. ^[22]
• Richard Vernon, 72, English actor ( Goldfinger , Gandhi , The Man in Room 17 ), complications from Parkinson's disease. ^[23]
• Joseph Wolpe, 82, South African psychiatrist. ^[24]

5

• Rudolf Bahro, 62, East Germany dissident and politician, cancer. ^[25]
• Forrest Burmeister, 84, American gridiron football player (Cleveland Rams). ^[26]
• Eugen Cicero, 57, Romanian-German jazz pianist. ^[27]
• Frederick Dainton, Baron Dainton, 83, British academic chemist. ^[28]
• Ali Forney, 22, American gay and transgender youth, shot. ^[29]
• Lutz Hoffmann, 38, East German gymnast and Olympic silver medalist (1980), suicide. ^[30]
• John E. Moss, 82, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1953-1978). ^[31]
• Jakob Sverdrup, 78, Norwegian historian. ^[32]
• Jan Voigt, 69, Norwegian actor, dancer and museum director.

6

• Bob Adkins, 80, American football player (Green Bay Packers). ^[33]
• George Chisholm, 82, Scottish jazz trombonist and vocalist. ^[34]
• Lou Clinton, 60, American baseball player, pneumonia. ^[35]
• Eliot Daniel, 89, American songwriter and lyricist. ^[36]
• Gilbert Delahaye, 74, Belgian author ( Martine ). ^[37]
• Willy den Ouden, 79, Dutch swimmer and Olympic champion (1932, 1936). ^[38]
• Jagmohan Kaur, 49, Indian singer and actress.
• Peter Leventritt, 82, American bridge player. ^[39]
• Eddie Myers, 91, British Army officer and author.
• Willie Pastrano, 62, American boxer, liver cancer. ^[40]
• Chris Walder, 97, Dutch footballer. ^[41]

7

• Billy Bremner, 54, Scottish footballer and manager, suspected heart attack. ^[42]
• Barry S. Brook, 81, American musicologist. ^[43]
• Félix Candela, 87, Spanish architect. ^[44]
• Torbjörn Caspersson, 87, Swedish cytologist and geneticist. ^[45]
• Fernand Cornez, 90, French road bicycle racer. ^[46]
• Karl August Folkers, 91, American biochemist.
• George R. Gardiner, 80, Canadian businessman and philanthropist.
• Armando Valente, 94, Italian racewalker and Olympian (1924). ^[47]
• Annette B. Weiner, 64, American anthropologist.
• Woodrow Wyatt, 79, British politician, author and journalist. ^[48]

8

• Bob Bell, 75, American actor famous for his alter-ego, Bozo the Clown . ^[49]
• Walter Molino, 82, Italian comics artist and illustrator.
• Léon Poliakov, 87, French historian. ^[50]
• Carlos Rafael Rodríguez, 84, Cuban communist politician, Parkinson's disease. ^[51]
• Laurean Rugambwa, 85, Tanzanian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. ^[52]
• Bob Tanner, 90, American football player (Frankford Yellow Jackets). ^[53]
• Stephen Tredre, 34, English actor and writer, bone cancer.
• Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, 54, Nigerian army general, politician and Vice President.

9

• Tamara Geva, 91, Russian-American actress, ballet dancer, and choreographer. ^[54]
• Angelo Herndon, 84, American labor organizer. ^[55]
• K. Shivaram Karanth, 95, Indian polymath. ^[56]
• Michael Lee Lockhart, 37, American convicted serial killer, execution by lethal injection.
• Keith W. Piper, 76, American football coach, congestive heart failure. ^[57]
• Stefano Ludovico Straneo, 95, Italian entomologist and author.
• John D. Winters, 80, American historian. ^[58]

10

• Luis Bagnato, 73, Argentine footballer. ^[59]
• Anatoliy Banishevskiy, 51, Azerbaijani football player, diabetic coma attack.
• Kalmen Kaplansky, 85, Canadian human rights and trade union activist.
• Ken Keller, 63, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles). ^[60]
• Yevgeni Mayorov, 59, Soviet ice hockey player and Olympian (1964), A.L.S. ^[61]
• Eve McVeagh, 78, American actress ( High Noon , The Clear Horizon , The Glass Web ). ^[62]

11

• Roger Brown, 72, American social psychologist. ^[63]
• Eddie Chapman, 83, English criminal and spy during World War II.
• Robert Cosmoc, 66, Romanian footballer.
• Jorge Castañeda y Álvarez de la Rosa, 76, Mexican diplomat.
• Simon Jeffes, 48, English classical guitarist, composer and arranger, brain tumor, brain cancer. ^[64]
• Paul Scull, 90, American football player.
• Harold Madison Wright, 89, Canadian engineer and Olympic sprinter (1932). ^[65]

12

• Jim Bob Altizer, 65, American calf and steer roper.
• R. Stanton Avery, 90, American inventor. ^[66]
• Wacław Gajewski, 86, Polish geneticist.
• Brian Deneke, 19, American punk musician, homicide by vehicular impact. ^[67]
• Evgenii Landis, 76, Soviet and Russian mathematician. ^[68]
• M. G. Soman, 53, Indian Air Force officer and actor.

13

• Giovanni Alberto Agnelli, 33, Italian businessman and member of the Agnelli family, stomach cancer.
• Martin Carter, 70, Guyanese poet and political activist.
• Paddy DeMarco, 69, American lightweight boxer.
• Don Edward Fehrenbacher, 77, American historian and Pulitzer Prize winner. ^[69]
• Harry Glaß, 67, German ski jumper and Olympian (1956). ^[70]
• Gran Harrison, 80, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions). ^[71]
• Harry Lippiatt, 79, Australian rules footballer. ^[72]
• Jimmy Milne, 86, Scottish football player and manager.
• W. D. Mochtar, 69, Indonesian actor. ^[73]
• David Nicholson, 93, Australian politician.
• Alexander Oppenheim, 94, British mathematician.
• Georges Rose, 87, French footballer. ^[74]
• David Rousset, 85, French writer and political activist. ^[75]
• Claude Roy, 82, French poet and essayist, cancer. ^[76]

14

• John Adair, 84, American anthropologist. ^[77]
• Owen Barfield, 99, British philosopher, author, critic, and member of the Inklings. ^[78]
• Frank Baumholtz, 79, American baseball and basketball player (Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies). ^[79]
• Marion Bell, 78, American singer and musical theatre performer. ^[80]
• Leola Brody, 75, American baseball player. ^[81]
• Teodoro Goliardi, 70, Uruguayan fencer and Olympian (1956, 1960). ^[82]
• Gerald Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth, 73, British peer and businessman.
• Stubby Kaye, 79, American actor ( Guys and Dolls , Who Framed Roger Rabbit , Cat Ballou ), comedian and singer, lung cancer. ^[83]
• Edna F. Kelly, 91, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1949-1969). ^[84]
• Nico Lutkeveld, 81, Dutch javelin thrower and Olympian (1948). ^[85]
• Emily Cheney Neville, 77, American author. ^[86]
• Torsten Nilsson, 92, American politician.
• Kurt Winter, 51, Canadian guitarist and songwriter, kidney failure. ^[87]

15

• Karsten Andersen, 77, Norwegian conductor. ^[88]
• Cosmo Campoli, 74, American sculptor.
• Siegfried Flügge, 85, German theoretical physicist. ^[89]
• Albert Heremans, 91, Belgian football player. ^[90]
• Amin Ahsan Islahi, 93, Pakistani Muslim scholar. ^[91]
• Borislav Mihajlović Mihiz, 75, Serbian writer and literary critic. ^[92]
• Aleksandar Strain, 78, Croatian Olympic cyclist (1948). ^[93]

16

• Lillian Disney, 98, American ink artist and wife of Walt Disney, stroke.
• Ralph Fasanella, 84, American painter. ^[94]
• Kim Hak-sun, 73, Korean human rights activist.
• Oksana Ivanenko, 91, Soviet and Ukrainian children's writer and translator.
• Nicolette Larson, 45, American pop singer, cerebral edema. ^[95]
• David L. McDonald, 91, American admiral, Chief of Naval Operations. ^[96]
• Hu Ning, 81, Chinese physicist and writer.
• José Pi, 65, Spanish Olympic sailor (1960). ^[97]
• William A. Smalley, 74, American linguist, heart attack. ^[98]
• Frans Stafleu, 76, Dutch botanist. ^[99]
• Richard Warwick, 52, English actor, AIDS-related complications. ^[100]

17

• Juan Francisco Barraza, 62, Salvadoran football player and manager, cardiac problems.
• Paul Bindrim, 77, American psychotherapist.
• Ernest Bromley, 85, American minister and civil rights activist.
• Katharine Fowler-Billings, 95, American writer, naturalist, and geologist. ^[101]
• Reginald Victor Jones, 86, British physicist and scientific military intelligence expert. ^[102]
• Karl Kainberger, 85, Austrian Olympic football player (1936). ^[103]
• Marie Gudme Leth, 102, Danish textile printer.
• Mel Mazzera, 83, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Phillies). ^[104]
• Uzi Narkiss, 72, Israeli general. ^[105]
• Peter Taylor, 75, English film editor ( The Bridge on the River Kwai , Summertime , The Taming of the Shrew ), Oscar winner (1958). ^[106]
• Leo Turner, 69, Australian rules football player.
• Hanna Walz, 79, German politician.

18

• Lennart Andersson, 83, Swedish athlete and Olympian (1936). ^[107]
• Ted Bond, 93, American baseball player. ^[108]
• Geoff Campion, 81, British comics artist. ^[109]
• Chris Farley, 33, American comedian and actor ( Saturday Night Live , Tommy Boy , Black Sheep ), drug overdose. ^[110]
• Harriet Holter, 75, Norwegian social psychologist.
• Michel Quoist, 76, French catholic priest, theologian and writer, pancreatic cancer. ^[111]
• George Tsutakawa, 87, American painter and sculptor.
• James Kemsey Wilkinson, founder of Wilko.
• Kasino Hadiwibowo, 47, Indonesian comedian and actor, a member of Warkop DKI, brain tumor.

19

• Michael Alldredge, 56, American actor ( Scarface , Iron Eagle , Shoot the Moon ).
• Siegfried Barth, 81, German Luftwaffe bomber pilot during World War.
• David Bradley, 77, American motion picture director and actor. ^[112]
• Jack Bruen, 48, American basketball coach, cancer. ^[113]
• Bonny Hicks, 29, Singaporean model and writer, plane crash. ^[114]
• Sara Northrup Hollister, 73, American occultist and second wife of author L. Ron Hubbard.
• Masaru Ibuka, 89, Japanese electronics industrialist and co-founder of Sony, heart failure. ^[115]
• Patsy Lawlor, 64, Irish businesswoman and politician.
• Jimmy Rogers, 73, American blues musician, colon cancer. ^[116]
• David Schramm, 52, American astrophysicist, plane crash. ^[117]
• Fyodor Simashev, 52, Soviet Russian cross-country skier and Olympian (1968, 1972). ^[118]
• Uldis Ģērmanis, 82, Latvian historian, writer and publicist. ^[119]

20

• Jim Gibbons, 73, Irish politician.
• Richard Glazar, 77, Czech-Jewish Holocaust survivor, suicide by self-defenestration.
• Jūzō Itami, 64, Japanese actor, screenwriter and film director, suicide by jumping. ^[120]
• Wenceslas Kalibushi, 78, Rwandan Catholic bishop.
• Denise Levertov, 74, American poet, lymphoma. ^[121]
• Esko Lyytikkä, 68, Finnish Olympic rower (1952). ^[122]
• Hugh McMahon, 91, Scottish footballer.
• Esther Peterson, 91, American consumer and women's advocate. ^[123]
• Dick Spooner, 77, English cricket player. ^[124]
• Dawn Steel, 51, American film studio executive and producer ( Cool Runnings , Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit , Honey, I Blew Up the Kid ), brain cancer. ^[125]

21

• Joseph Ahrens, 94, German composer and organist. ^[126]
• Roger Barkley, 61, American radio personality, pancreatic cancer. ^[127]
• Blai Bonet, 71, Spanish poet, novelist and art critic.
• Johnny Coles, 71, American jazz trumpeter, cancer. ^[128]
• Amie Comeaux, 21, American country music singer, traffic collision.
• Igor Dmitriev, 56, Russian ice hockey player and coach.
• Sacco van der Made, 79, Dutch actor. ^[129]
• Jerry Masucci, 63, American attorney and businessman. ^[130]
• Roxbee Cox, Baron Kings Norton, 95, British aeronautical engineer.
• Sholom Schwadron, Israeli Haredi rabbi and orator.
• Józef Stefański, 89, Polish cyclist and Olympian (1928). ^[131]
• Bruce Woodcock, 76, English boxer. ^[132]

22

• Sebastian Arcos Bergnes, 66, Cuban human rights activist. ^[133]
• Flea Clifton, 89, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers). ^[134]
• Francis Haar, 89, Hungarian socio-photographer.
• José Oliva, 26, Dominican baseball player (Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals), traffic collision. ^[135]
• Hal Rice, 73, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs). ^[136]
• Stillman Rouse, 80, American football player (Detroit Lions). ^[137]
• Clara Lee Tanner, 92, American anthropologist and art historian.

23

• Felix Bwalya, 30, Zambian boxer and Olympian (1992), head injuries sustained in a boxing fight. ^[138]
• Stanley Cortez, 89, American cinematographer, heart attack. ^[139]
• Bill Dickie, 81, Canadian chemist and ice hockey player (Chicago Black Hawks). ^[140]
• Les Harrison, 93, American basketball player and coach (Rochester Royals). ^[141]
• Zaur Kaloyev, 66, Soviet and Georgian football player.
• Thomas S. Moorman, 87, United States Air Force officer. ^[142]
• Kārlis Paegle, 86, Latvian sportsman and Olympian (1936). ^[143]
• Fred Page, 82, Canadian ice hockey referee and administrator. ^[144]
• Paula Stone, 85, American actress. ^[145]

24

• Fahd Ballan, 64, Syrian druze singer and actor.
• Jacques Fabbri, 72, French actor. ^[146]
• Vic Feller, 74, Luxembourgish Olympic football player (1948). ^[147]
• Kemper Goodwin, 91, American architect.
• Harry Groves, 79, English boxer.
• Andy Kerr, 66, Scottish football player. ^[148]
• Charles Roman Koester, 82, American prelate of the Catholic Church.
• James Komack, 73, American television producer and writer ( The Courtship of Eddie's Father , Chico and the Man , Welcome Back, Kotter ), heart failure. ^[149]
• Toshiro Mifune, 77, Japanese actor ( Rashomon , Seven Samurai , Throne of Blood ), multiple organ failure. ^[150]
• Lotte Motz, 75, Austrian-American scholar.

25

• Julio Alba, 75, Argentine cyclist and Olympian (1948). ^[151]
• Anatoli Boukreev, 39, Russian and Kazakhstani mountaineer, avalanche. ^[152]
• George Bryce, 82, Australian rules footballer. ^[153]
• Anita Conti, 98, French explorer and photographer.
• Yvonne Cormeau, 88, British SOE agent during World War II.
• Georgi Gavasheli, 50, Soviet/Georgian football player.
• Myriam Marbe, 66, Romanian composer and pianist. ^[154]
• Jerry March, 68, American organic chemist. ^[155]
• Paul M. O'Leary, 96, American economist and educator. ^[156]
• Denver Pyle, 77, American actor ( The Dukes of Hazzard , Bonnie and Clyde , The Andy Griffith Show ), lung cancer. ^[157]
• Kenneth Spring, 76, British Army officer and artist.
• Giorgio Strehler, 76, Italian opera and theatre director, heart attack. ^[158]

26

• Cahit Arf, 87, Turkish mathematician.
• Rajmund Badó, 95, Hungarian Olympic wrestler (1924, 1928). ^[159]
• Cornelius Castoriadis, 75, Greek-French philosopher, social critic and economist, complications following heart surgery. ^[160]
• Simone Duvalier, 84, First Lady of Haiti as wife of François "Papa Doc" Duvalier. ^[161]
• John Hinde, 81, English photographer.
• Sergei Mamchur, 25, Russian football player, heart failure.
• Dale Milford, 71, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1973-1979). ^[162]
• Victor Oehrn, 90, German U-boat commander during World War II.
• Karlis Osis, 80, Latvian-American parapsychologist. ^[163]
• Kenneth Pitzer, 83, American physical and theoretical chemist. ^[164]
• Tommy Price, 86, British speedway rider.
• Mircea Veroiu, 56, Romanian film director and screenwriter. ^[165]

27

• Ewart Abner, 74, American record company executive. ^[166]
• Yousef Mohamed Alghoul, 61, Libyan football referee.
• Said Brahimi, 66, Algerian-French football player.
• Webster Chikabala, 32, Zambian football player, coach, and Olympian (1988), HIV/AIDS. ^[167]
• Brendan Gill, 83, American journalist. ^[168]
• Possum Jones, 63, American racing driver. ^[169]
• George Mearns, 75, American basketball player (Providence Steamrollers). ^[170]
• James Nabrit, Jr., 97, American civil rights attorney. ^[171]
• Buxton Orr, 73, British composer and teacher. ^[172]
• Dumitru Popescu, 55, Romanian footballer. ^[173]
• Malayattoor Ramakrishnan, 70, Indian writer, cartoonist and lawyer. ^[174]
• Kent Robbins, 50, American country music songwriter, traffic collision.
• Bess Whitehead Scott, 107, American journalist.
• Jesús Suárez, 85, Spanish Olympic skier (1936). ^[175]
• Tamara Tyshkevich, 66, Soviet shot putter and Olympian (1952, 1956). ^[176]
• Danny Wagner, 75, American basketball player (Sheboygan Red Skins). ^[177]
• Dan Wagoner, 38, American football player (Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons). ^[178]
• Billy Wright, 37, Northern Irish paramilitary leader, shot. ^{[179] [180]}

28

• Heikki A. Alikoski, 85, Finnish astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.
• Bill Anderson, 86, American producer, cerebral hemorrhage after falling. ^[181]
• Shaikh Ayaz, 74, Pakistani poet, heart attack. ^[182]
• Corneliu Baba, 91, Romanian painter. ^[183]
• Henry Barraud, 97, French composer. ^[184]
• Bob Bosustow, 63, Australian rules footballer. ^[185]
• James Lees-Milne, 89, English writer and expert on country houses. ^[186]
• William Martínez, 69, Uruguayan footballer.
• Steve Musseau, 74, American football coach and motivational speaker, heart failure. ^[187]
• Dominic Pressley, 33, American basketball player (Washington Bullets, Chicago Bulls). ^[188]
• Vassily Solomin, 44, Soviet and Russian boxer and Olympian (1972, 1976), lung cancer. ^[189]
• Wacław Wójcik, 78, Polish racing cyclist.

29

• Ignácz Berecz, 85, Hungarian Olympic cross-country skier (1952). ^[190]
• J. Richardson Dilworth, 81, American businessman. ^[191]
• Helen Kirkpatrick, 88, American war correspondent during World War II. ^[192]
• István Kiss, 70, Hungarian sculptor and politician.
• André Marchand, 90, French painter. ^[193]
• Frank O'Connor, 74-75, Irish Olympic basketball player (1948). ^[194]
• Robert Walter Steel, 82, British geographer. ^[195]

30

• Danilo Dolci, 73, Italian social activist, sociologist and poet, heart attack. ^[196]
• Raymond Ericson, 82, American music critic. ^[197]
• Bernard Girard, 79, American screenwriter, producer and film director. ^[198]
• Shinichi Hoshi, 71, Japanese novelist and science fiction writer.
• Warren Mehrtens, 77, American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. ^[199]
• Bernard Soysa, 83, Sri Lankan politician.
• Kim Sun-ja, South Korean serial killer.
• John Howard Yoder, 70, American theologian and ethicist. ^[200]

31

• Jim Chambers, 70, Canadian football player.
• Floyd Cramer, 64, American pianist, lung cancer. ^[201]
• Dominique de Menil, 89, French-American art collector and philanthropist. ^[202]
• Billie Dove, 94, American actress, pneumonia. ^[203]
• Richard Elman, 63, American novelist, poet, and journalist. ^[204]
• Michael LeMoyne Kennedy, 39, American lawyer, son of Robert F. Kennedy, skiing accident. ^[205]
• Liu Lantao, 87, Chinese communist revolutionary and politician.
• Sandy McPeak, 61, American actor. ^[206]
• Ken Olfson, 60, American actor. ^[207]
• Ko Stijger, 82, Dutch footballer. ^[208]
• Silvia Strukel, 81, Italian Olympic fencer (1952). ^[209]

References

1. Bill Carter (5 December 1997). "Julius Barnathan, 70, Innovator In Television Technology at ABC" . The New York Times . p. B 15. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
2. Smith, Geoffrey (2 December 1997). "Obituary: Stephane Grappelli". The Independent . Retrieved 4 April 2020.
3. "Australian Football - Alex McGregor - Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
4. "Edwin Rosario Is Dead at 34, Troubled Boxing Champion", The New York Times, December 3, 1997. Retrieved 4 April 2020
5. "Guido Brunner". biografischportaal.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 April 2022.
6. "Silvio Ceccato". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
7. Perrone, Pierre (3 December 1997). "Obituary: Big Daddy". The Independent. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
8. "Robert A. Hall Jr. - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
9. Frank Litsky (4 December 1997). "Steve Hamilton, 62, 'Floater' Pitcher for Yankees" . The New York Times . p. B 13. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
10. Bendersky, Ari (4 December 1997). "Guitarist Michael Hedges Dies In Car Accident". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
11. Irvin Molotsky (4 December 1997). "Endicott Peabody, 77, Dies; Governor of Massachusetts in 60's" . The New York Times . p. B 13. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
12. Cordes, Henry J. (3 December 1997). "'I'm on my way home': Robert E. Williams' calm before his 1997 execution put others at ease". Omaha World-Herald . Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
13. "BENITO JACOVITTI – ILLUSTRATOR, CARTOONIST". archiviostoricobarilla.com/. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
14. "Vic Lombardi, 75, a Pitcher On '47 Dodger Pennant Team" . The New York Times . 7 December 1997. p. 1 54. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
15. "Olaf Pedersen". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
16. Barth Healey (21 December 1997). "Leo August, 83, an Innovator In the Art of Stamp Collecting" . The New York Times . p. 1 50. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
17. Eric Pace (14 December 1997). "Morton Bard, 73, Authority on Crime Victims" . The New York Times . p. 1 59. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
18. "Former cowboy TV actor Buck Barry dies in El Paso". Austin American-Statesman . December 6, 1997. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
19. "Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
20. "Alberto Manzi". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
21. "K. A. Nizami - Library of Congress". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
22. "Pepper Sharpe Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
23. "Obituary: Richard Vernon". 13 December 1997. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
24. "Joseph Wolpe - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
25. Edmund L. Andrews (11 December 1997). "Rudolf Bahro Is Dead at 62; Dissident in Both Germanys" . The New York Times . p. B 12. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
26. "Forrest Burmeister Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
27. "Eugen Cicero". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
28. "Frederick Dainton, Baron Dainton - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
29. Carter, Chelsea J. (5 September 1999). "In Memoriam: A Youth's Troubled Life, Tragic Death : Society: Thousands of New York's homeless teens live with violence and despair. Ali Forney was one of them". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 4 April 2020.
30. "Olympedia – Lutz Hoffmann". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 8 April 2022.
31. Robert McG. Thomas Jr. (6 December 1997). "John E. Moss, 84, Is Dead; Father of Anti-Secrecy Law" . The New York Times . p. D 15. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
32. "Jakob Sverdrup". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
33. "Bob Adkins Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
34. "George Chisholm". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
35. "Lou Clinton Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
36. "Eliot Daniel - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". ibdb.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
37. "Gilbert Delahaye". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
38. Cees Zevenbergen (1998-12-31). Willy den Ouden (1918–1997) (in Dutch), Retrieved 4 April 2020.
39. Alan Truscott (22 December 1997). "Peter A. Leventritt, 82, Bridge Player Who Won 13 National Titles" . The New York Times . p. B 7. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
40. Timothy W. Smith (9 December 1997). "Willie Pastrano, 62, Boxing Champ in 1960's" . The New York Times . p. B 15. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
41. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Chris Walder (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
42. "Soccer star Billy Bremner dies". BBC News. 9 December 1997. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
43. Anthony Tommasini (9 December 1997). "Barry S. Brook, Musicologist And Educator, Is Dead at 79" . The New York Times . p. B 15. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
44. "Muere a los 87 años el arquitecto Félix Candela". El País (in Spanish). 1997-12-07. ISSN   1134-6582 . Retrieved 2020-12-21.
45. "Torbjörn Caspersson". britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
46. "Fernand Cornez". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
47. "Olympedia – Armando Valente". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
48. Lancaster, Terence (9 December 1997). "Obituary: Lord Wyatt of Weeford". The Independent. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
49. "Bob Bell, the first 'Bozo the Clown' on WGN-TV, Dies". WGN-TV. 8 December 1997. Archived from the original on 5 December 1998. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
50. "L. Poliakov, 87, Historian of Anti-Semitism" . The New York Times . 10 December 1997. p. D 25. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
51. Sam Dillon (13 December 1997). "Carlos Rodriguez, Castro Ally And Leftist Leader, Dies at 84" . The New York Times . p. C 8. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
52. Celestine Bohlen (11 December 1997). "Laurean Rugambwa, Chosen Africa's First Cardinal, 85" . The New York Times . p. B 13. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
53. "Bob Tanner Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
54. Jack Anderson (11 December 1997). "Tamara Geva Is Dead at 91; Ballet Dancer and Actress" . The New York Times . p. B 13. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
55. "Angelo Herndon - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
56. "Shivaram Karanth". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
57. William N. Wallace (11 December 1997). "Keith Piper, 76, Football Coach Who Restored the Single Wing" . The New York Times . p. B 12. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
58. "John D. Winters - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
59. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Luis Angel Bagnato (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
60. "Ken Keller Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
61. "Yevgeny Mayorov Bio, Stats and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
62. "Eve McVeagh Gordon dies at 78". Variety. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
63. Steven Pinker (1998). "Obituary for Roger Brown" (PDF). Cognition. 66 (3): 199–213. doi:10.1016/s0010-0277(98)00027-4. PMID   9689769. S2CID   6858457. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
64. "Simon Jeffes". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
65. "Olympedia – Harold Wright". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
66. "R. Stanton Avery, 90, Inventor and Producer of Self-Sticking Labels" . The New York Times . 22 December 1997. p. B 6. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
67. Yardley, Jim (26 November 1999). "After a Murder Trial, Amarillo Asks, 'Is This a Tolerant Place?'" . The New York Times. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
68. "Evgenii Landis". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
69. Eric Pace (17 December 1997). "Don E. Fehrenbacher, 77 Authority on the Civil War" . The New York Times . p. B 7. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
70. "Olympedia – Harry Glaß". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 8 April 2022.
71. "Gran Harrison Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
72. "Australian Football - Harry Lippiatt - Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
73. "W. D. Mochtar". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
74. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Georges Rose (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
75. "David Rousset". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
76. Kirkup, James (15 December 1997). "Obituary: Claude Roy". The Independent. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
77. Pace, Eric (December 29, 1997). "John Adair, 84, Anthropologist Who Studied Navajo Culture" . The New York Times. New York City, New York . Retrieved 3 April 2020.
78. Sarah Lyall (20 December 1997). "Owen Barfield, 99, Word Lover And C. S. Lewis Associate" . The New York Times . p. D 15. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
79. "Frank Baumholtz Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
80. Mel Gussow (24 December 1997). "Marion Bell, Star of 'Brigadoon,' Dies at 78" . The New York Times . p. A 18. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
81. "Leola (Brody) Hay (". www.aagpbl.org. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
82. "Olympedia – Adolfo Goliardi". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
83. Rick Lyman (16 December 1997). "Stubby Kaye, 79, Rotund Comic and Singer" . The New York Times . p. B 9. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
84. Wolfgang Saxon (17 December 1997). "Edna Kelly, Congresswoman From Brooklyn, Is Dead at 91" . The New York Times . p. B 7. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
85. "Olympedia – Nico Lutkeveld". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
86. "Emily Cheney Neville - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
87. "Kurt Winter - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
88. "Karsten Andersen". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
89. "Siegfried Flügge". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
90. "Albert Heremans". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
91. "Profile of Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904 – 1997)". Dar-ul-Tazkeer.com website. 8 April 2004. Archived from the original on 4 September 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
92. "Borislav Mihajlović Mihiz". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
93. "Olympedia – Aleksandar Strain". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
94. Roberta Smith (18 December 1997). "Ralph Fasanella, 83, Primitive Painter, Dies" . The New York Times . p. B 14. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
95. Oliver, Myrna (December 18, 1997). "Nicolette Larson; Award-Winning Singer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
96. "David L. McDonald - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
97. "Olympedia – José Pi". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
98. Holcomb B. Noble (26 December 1997). "William Smalley, 74, Linguist for the Hmong" . The New York Times . p. D 7. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
99. "Frans Stafleu". biografischportaal.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 April 2022.
100. "Richard Warwick - filmportal.de". filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 8 April 2022.
101. Frost, C. D. (June 1, 2002). "Katharine Fowler-Billings: Pioneering woman field geologist trained in the Rocky Mountains". Rocky Mountain Geology. 37 (1): 99–102. doi:10.2113/gsrocky.37.1.99. ISSN   1555-7332.
102. Martin, G. H. (September 2004). "Jones, Reginald Victor (1911–1997)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68827.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
103. "Olympedia – Karl Kainberger". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
104. "Mel Mazzera Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
105. "Uzi Narkiss, Israeli Army General, 72" . The New York Times . 19 December 1997. p. B 13. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
106. "Peter Taylor - filmportal.de". filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 8 April 2022.
107. "Olympedia – Lennart Andersson". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
108. "Ted Bond Career Stats Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
109. Norman Wright and David Ashford, Masters of Fun and Thrills: The British Comic Artists Vol. 1, Norman Wright (pub.), 2008, pp. 7-21
110. James Barron (19 December 1997). "Chris Farley, 33, a Versatile Comedian-Actor" . The New York Times . p. B 13. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
111. "Michel Quoist". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
112. "David Bradley". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
113. Buster Olney (20 December 1997). "Jack Bruen, 48, Colgate Basketball Coach" . The New York Times . p. D 15. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
114. "Grieving relatives recall SilkAir crash victims". CNN. 20 December 1997. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008.
115. James Sterngold (20 December 1997). "Masaru Ibuka, 89, Engineer And Sony Co-Founder, Dies" . The New York Times . p. D 16. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
116. Du Noyer, Paul (2003). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music. Fulham, London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 181. ISBN   1-904041-96-5.
117. Kolb, Edward W.; Turner, Michael S. (29 January 1998). "Obituary: David N. Schramm (1945–97)". Nature. 391 (6666): 444. Bibcode:1998Natur.391..444K. doi: 10.1038/35044 . S2CID   40443439.
118. "Olympedia – Fyodor Simashov". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
119. "Uldis Ģērmanis". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
120. Kirkup, James (23 December 1997). "Obituary: Juzo Itami". The Independent. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
121. Mel Gussow (23 December 1997). "Denise Levertov, Poet and Political Activist, Dies at 74" . The New York Times . p. B 8. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
122. "Olympedia – Esko Lyytikkä". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
123. Irvin Molotsky (22 December 1997). "Esther Peterson Dies at 91; Worked to Help Consumers" . The New York Times . p. B 7. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
124. "Dick Spooner Profile - Cricket Player England | Stats, Records, Video". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
125. Bernard Weinraub (22 December 1997). "Dawn Steel, Studio Chief And Producer, Dies at 51" . The New York Times . p. B 6. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
126. "Joseph Ahrens". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
127. Michaelson, Judith (1997-12-23). "Radio's Roger Barkley Dies Following Illness". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
128. "Johnny Coles, 71, Warm Jazz Trumpeter" . The New York Times . 31 December 1997. p. B 6. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
129. "Sacco van der Made (1918-1997)". Trouw (in Dutch). 22 December 1997. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
130. Peter Watrous (24 December 1997). "J. Masucci, 62, International Salsa Promoter" . The New York Times . p. A 18. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
131. "Olympedia – Józef Stefański". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 8 April 2022.
132. Mee, Bob (1997) "Obituary: Bruce Woodcock", The Independent, 31 December 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2020
133. Larry Rohter (28 December 1997). "Sebastian Arcos Is Dead at 65; Human Rights Fighter in Cuba" . The New York Times . p. 1 29. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
134. "Flea Clifton Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
135. "José Oliva Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
136. "Hal Rice Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
137. "Stillman Rouse Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
138. "Olympedia – Felix Bwalya". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 8 April 2022.
139. "Stanley Cortez". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
140. "Bill Dickie Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Title". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
141. Richard Goldstein (25 December 1997). "Les Harrison, 93, a Pioneer Of Professional Basketball" . The New York Times . p. B 6. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
142. Wolfgang Saxon (28 December 1997). "Thomas Moorman, 87, Leader Of Air Force Academy in 60's" . The New York Times . p. 1 29. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
143. "Olympedia – Kārlis Paegle". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
144. "Page, Frederick (Fred)". The Chronicle-Journal. Thunder Bay, Ontario. December 26, 1997. p. 31.
145. "Paula Stone - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". ibdb.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
146. "Jacques Fabbri". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
147. "Olympedia – Vic Feller". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 8 April 2022.
148. "Andy Kerr". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
149. "James Komack". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
150. Kirkup, James (2 January 1998). "Obituary: Toshiro Mifune". The Independent. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
151. "Olympedia – Julio Alba". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
152. Venables, Stephen (28 January 1998). "Obituary: Anatoli Boukreev". The Independent. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
153. "Australian Football - George Bryce - Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
154. "Myriam Marbe". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
155. "Paid Notice: Deaths MARCH, JERRY". The New York Times . 28 December 1997. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
156. "Paul M. O'Leary - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
157. David Rohde (28 December 1997). "Denver Pyle, 77, Best Known For 'Dukes of Hazzard' Role" . The New York Times . p. 1 29. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
158. Mel Gussow (27 December 1997). "Giorgio Strehler, 76, Dies; Director of Italian Theater" . The New York Times . p. B 24. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
159. "Olympedia – Rajmund Badó". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
160. "Obituary Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–1997)". No. Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History, Vol. 7 No. 2. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
161. Larry Rohter (31 December 1997). "Simone Duvalier, the 'Mama Doc' of Haiti" . The New York Times . p. B 6. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
162. "Bioguide Search". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
163. "Karlis Osis - Library of Congress". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
164. "Former Stanford president, renowned chemist Ken Pitzer, dies" Archived 2019-10-15 at the Wayback Machine , Stanford University, January 6, 1998, retrieved April 2, 2020
165. "Mircea Veroiu - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
166. Allan Kozinn (12 January 1998). "Ewart Abner Jr., 74, President of Motown Label" . The New York Times . p. B 7. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
167. "Olympedia – Webster Chikabala". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
168. "Brendan Gill". britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
169. "Driver". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
170. "George Mearns Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
171. Eric Pace (30 December 1997). "James M. Nabrit Jr. Dies at 97; Led Howard University" . The New York Times . p. B 8. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
172. "Buxton Orr". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
173. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Dumitru Popescu (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
174. "Malayattoor Ramakrishnan". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
175. "Olympedia – Jesús Suárez-Valgrande". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
176. "Olympedia – Tamara Tyshkevich". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 8 April 2022.
177. "Danny Wagner Stats - Basketball-Reference.com". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
178. "Danny Wagoner Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
179. BBC News: How was Billy Wright killed, 11 June 2007, retrieved 2 April 2020]
180. "1997: Loyalist leader murdered in prison". BBC News. 27 December 1997. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
181. "Bill Anderson; Film, TV Producer for Disney". Los Angeles Times. January 13, 1998. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
182. "Shaikh Ayaz". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
183. "Corneliu Baba". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
184. "Henry Barraud". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
185. "Australian Football - Bob Bosustow - Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
186. "James Lees-Milne - Library of Congress". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
187. "Death notice - Stephen Joseph Musseau". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho- Washington. January 1, 1998. p. 3A. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
188. "Dominic Pressley Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
189. "Olympedia - Vasily Solomin". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 8 April 2022.
190. "Olympedia – Ignác Berecz". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
191. Eric Pace (31 December 1997). "J. Richardson Dilworth, 81, Philanthropist" . The New York Times . p. B 7. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
192. Miall, Leonard. "Obituary: Helen Kirkpatrick Milbank". The Independent. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
193. "André Marchand". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
194. "Olympedia – Frank O'Connor". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
195. "Robert Walter Steel". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
196. Danilo Dolci, the Gandhi of Sicily, died on December 30th, aged 73, The Economist, January 8, 1998, retrieved April 2, 1998
197. "Raymond Ericson, 82, Music Critic for The Times" . The New York Times . 31 December 1997. p. B 7. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
198. "Bernard Girard". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
199. "Warren Mehrtens, 77, a Triple Crown Jockey" . The New York Times . 1 January 1998. p. B 7. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
200. Peter Steinfels (7 January 1998). "John H. Yoder, Theologian At Notre Dame, Is Dead at 70" . The New York Times . p. A 17. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
201. "Floyd Cramer - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". ibdb.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
202. "Dominique de Menil". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
203. Mel Gussow (6 January 1998). "Billie Dove, Damsel in Distress In Silent Films, Is Dead at 97" . The New York Times . p. D 21. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
204. Wolfgang Saxon (2 January 1998). "Richard Elman, Novelist, Poet And Teacher, Is Dead at 63" . The New York Times . p. D 7. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
205. Franken, Bob (January 1, 1998). "Coroner: Kennedy death accidental". CNN . Time Warner Company. Archived from the original on May 19, 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
206. "Sandy McPeak". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
207. "Ken Olfson - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". ibdb.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
208. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ko Stijger (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
209. "Olympedia – Silvia Strukel". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 1 February 2026.

External links

• List of December 1997 deaths at IMDb