page_title: 1997
section_title: October – December
hierarchical_section_title: 1997 / Deaths / October – December
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Le violoniste de jazz Stéphane Grappelli en concert à Deauville (Calvados, France).
context_page_description: 1997 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
context_section_description: October 5 – Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (b. 1962)
  October 12 – John Denver, American musician (b. 1943)
  October 16 – James A. Michener, American writer (b. 1907)
  October 22 – Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (b. 1905)
  October 30 – Samuel Fuller, American screenwriter and director (b. 1912)
  November 22 – Michael Hutchence, Australian musician (b. 1960)
  November 25 – Hastings Banda, 1st President of Malawi (b. 1907)
  December 1 – Stephane Grappelli, French violinist (b. 1908)
  December 7 – Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer (b. 1942)
  December 18 – Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (b. 1964)
  December 20 – Juzo Itami, Japanese movie director (b. 1933)
  December 27 – Billy Wright, Northern Irish paramilitary leader (b. 1960)
caption: Stephane Grappelli 1908–1997
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