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FREDERICO DAVIÀ = ITALIAN = = Opera Singer = |
Born: 7 July 1933 Genoa, ITALY | Died: 2 January 1997 New York City, New York, USA |
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BURTON LANE aka BURTON LEVY = AMERICAN = = Composer and Lyricist = |
Born: MORRIS HYMAN KUSHNER 2 February 1912 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 5 January 1997 New York City, New York, USA |
84 | |
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KENNY PICKETT = ENGLISH = = Singer = member of The Creation {1966–1967, 1968, mid-1980s–1997} |
Born: KENNETH GEORGE PICKETT 3 September 1940 Ware, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND | Died: 10 January 1997 |
54 | |
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COLONEL TOM PARKER = DUTCH-born AMERICAN = manager of Elvis Presley |
Born: ANDREAS CORNELIS VAN KUIJK 26 June 1909 Breda, NETHERLANDS | Died: 21 January 1997 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
87 | |
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RICHARD BERRY = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Singer-Songwriter and Musician = = (notably wrote "Louie Louie") = |
Born: RICHARD BERRY, Jr. 11 April 1935 Extension, Louisiana, USA | Died: 23 January 1997 Inglewood, California, USA |
61 | Heart Failure |
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BRIAN CONNOLLY = SCOTTISH = = Musician and Actor = lead singer of The Sweet |
Born: BRIAN FRANCIS CONNOLLY 5 October 1945 Govanhill, Glasgow, SCOTLAND | Died: 9 February 1997 Slough, ENGLAND |
51 | Liver Failure |
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THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. = AMERICAN = = Rapper = |
Born: CHRISTOPHER GEORGE LATORE WALLACE 21 May 1972 Brooklyn, New York, USA | Died: 9 March 1997 Los Angeles, California, USA |
24 | Shot |
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JERMAINE STEWART = AMERICAN = = R&B Singer = |
Born: WILLIAM JERMAINE STEWART 7 September 1957 Columbus, Ohio, USA | Died: 17 March 1997 Homewood, Illinois, USA |
39 | AIDS-Related Liver Cancer |
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HAROLD MELVIN = AMERICAN = = Singer, Composer and Arranger = |
Born: HAROLD JAMES MELVIN 24 May 1941 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 24 March 1997 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
55 | |
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GENE AMES = AMERICAN = = Singer = member of The Ames Brothers |
Born: 13 February 1923 Malden, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 4 April 1997 Scottsdale, Arizona, USA |
74 | |
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LAURA NYRO = AMERICAN = = Singer-Songwriter and Pianist = |
Born: LAURA NIGRO 18 October 1947 The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA | Died: 8 April 1997 Danbury, Connecticut, USA |
49 | Ovarian Cancer |
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JEFF BUCKLEY = AMERICAN = = Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist = |
Born: JEFFREY SCOTT BUCKLEY 17 November 1966 Orange, California, USA | Died: 29 May 1997 Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
30 | Drowned |
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DOC CHEATHAM = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trumpeter, Singer and Bandleader = |
Born: ADOLPHUS ANTHONY CHEATHAM 13 June 1905 Nashville, Tennessee, USA | Died: 2 June 1997 Washington D.C., USA |
91 | |
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RONNIE LANE = ENGLISH = = Musician, Songwriter, and Producer = member of The Small Faces The Faces Slim Chance |
Born: RONALD FREDERICK LANE 1 April 1946 Plaistow, Essex, ENGLAND | Died: 4 June 1997 Trinidad, Colorado, USA |
51 | Multiple Sclerosis, Pneumonia |
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JOHN WOLTERS = AMERICAN = = Drummer = member of Dr Hook {1973-1982, 1983-1985} |
Born: JOHNATHON CHRISTIAN WOLTERS 28 April 1945 Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, USA | Died: 16 June 1997 |
52 | Liver Cancer |
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LAWRENCE PAYTON = AMERICAN = = Tenor, Songwriter, Vocal Arranger and Record Producer = member of The Four Tops |
Born: LAWRENCE ALBERT PAYTON 2 March 1938 Detroit, Michigan, USA | Died: 20 June 1997 Southfield, Michigan, USA |
59 | Liver Cancer |
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PRINCE NICO MBARGO = NIGERIAN = = Highlife Musician = |
Born: NICO MBARGO 1 January 1950 Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, NIGERIA | Died: 24 June 1997 |
47 | Motorcycle Accident |
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SVIATOSLAV RICHTER = SOVIET = = Pianist = |
Born: SVIATOSLAV TEOFILOVICH RICHTER 20 March [O.S. 7 March] 1915 Zhytomyr, in the RUSSIAN EMPIRE (present-day UKRAINE) | Died: 1 August 1997 Moscow, RUSSIA |
82 | Heart Attack |
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FELA KUTI = NIGERIAN = = Musician and Composer = |
Born: OLUFELA OLUSEGUN OLUDOTUN RANSOME-KUTI 15 October 1938 Abeokuta, NIGERIA | Died: 2 August 1997 Lagos, NIGERIA |
58 | Kaposi's Sarcoma brought on by AIDS |
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CONLON NANCARROW = AMERICAN-born MEXICAN = = Composer = |
Born: 27 October 1912 Texarkana, Arkansas, USA | Died: 10 August 1997 Las Águilas, Mexico City, MEXICO |
84 | |
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NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN = PAKISTANI = = Musician, primarily a singer of Qawwali, = = the devotional music of the Sufis = |
Born: PARVEZ FATEH ALI KHAN 13 October 1948 Faisalabad, Punjab, PAKISTAN | Died: 16 August 1997 London, England, UK |
48 | Sudden Cardiac Arrest |
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Sir GEORG SOLTI = BRITISH = = Conductor = |
Born: GYÖRGY STERN 21 October 1912 Budapest, HUNGARY | Died: 5 September 1997 Antibes, FRANCE |
84 | |
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DEREK TAYLOR = ENGLISH = = Journalist, Writer and Publicist = = press agent for The Beatles = |
Born: 7 May 1932 Liverpool, ENGLAND | Died: 8 September 1997 Sudbury, Suffolk, ENGLAND |
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JIMMY WITHERSPOON = AMERICAN = = Blues Singer = |
Born: JAMES WITHERSPOON 8 August 1920 Gurdon, Arkansas, USA | Died: 18 September 1997 Los Angeles, California, USA |
77 | |
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RICH MULLINS = AMERICAN = = Singer-Songwriter = |
Born: RICHARD WAYNE MULLINS 21 October 1955 Richmond, Indiana, USA | Died: 19 September 1997 Bloomington, Illinois, USA |
41 | Car Accident |
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JOHN DENVER = AMERICAN = = Musician, Singer-Songwriter, Record Producer, = = Activist, Actor, and Humanitarian = |
Born: HENRY JOHN DEUTSCHENDORF Jr. 31 December 1943 Roswell, New Mexico, USA | Died: 12 October 1997 Monterey Bay, California, USA |
53 | Airplane Crash |
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GLEN BUXTON = AMERICAN = = Musician and Songwriter = guitarist for the original Alice Cooper Band |
Born: GLEN EDWARD BUXTON 10 November 1947 Akron, Ohio, USA | Died: 19 October 1997 Clarion, Iowa, USA |
49 | Pneumonia |
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EPIC SOUNDTRACKS = ENGLISH = = Singer-Songwriter = Drummer of Swell Maps {1972-1980} Crime and the City Solution {1985-1986} These Immortal Souls {1987-1997} |
Born: KEVIN PAUL GODFREY 23 March 1959 Croydon, Surrey, ENGLAND | Died: 6 November 1997 West Hampstead, London, ENGLAND |
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MICHAEL HUTCHENCE = AUSTRALIAN = = Musician and Actor = founding member, lead singer and lyricist of INXS |
Born: MICHAEL KELLAND JOHN HUTCHENCE 22 January 1960 Sydney, AUSTRALIA | Died: 22 November 1997 Sydney, AUSTRALIA |
37 | Suicide by Hanging |
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STÉPHANE GRAPPELLI = FRENCH = = Violinist = |
Born: STÉFANO GRAPPELLI 26 January 1908 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 1 December 1997 Paris, FRANCE |
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HENRY BARRAUD = FRENCH = = Composer = |
Born: 23 April 1900 Bordeaux, FRANCE | Died: 28 December 1997 |
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FLOYD CRAMER = AMERICAN = = Pianist = |
Born: 27 October 1933 Shreveport, Louisiana, USA | Died: 31 December 1997 Huttig, Arkansas, USA |
64 | Lung Cancer |
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