Deaths in 1997
See also Births in 1997
- Robert Sarnoff died 22 February 1997
- Allen Ginsberg died 5 April 1997
- Jeff Buckley died 29 May 1997
- Brian Keith died 24 June 1997
- Robert Mitchum died 1 July 1997
- Jimmy Stewart died 2 July 1997
- Charles Kuralt died 4 July 1997
- Gianni Versace died 15 July 1997
- Ben Hogan died 25 July 1997
- William Burroughs died 2 August 1997
- Sally Blane died 27 August 1997
- Princess Diana died 31 August 1997
- Mother Teresa died 5 September 1997
- Burgess Meredith died 9 September 1997
- Red Skelton died 17 September 1997
- John Denver died 12 October 1997
- James A. Michener died 16 October 1997
- Samuel Fuller died 30 October 1997
- Chris Farley died 18 December 1997
