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W. O. Mitchell

William Ormond Mitchell
🇨🇦 Canada
1914 – 1998 (83 years old)

Beloved prairie storyteller whose 1947 classic novel Who Has Seen the Wind captured childhood wonder and the vast, living landscape of the Saskatchewan prairie.

Calgary (Alberta), Canada
Halldór Laxness
Literature & Poetry
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Halldór Laxness

Halldór Kiljan Laxness
🇮🇸 Iceland
1902-04-23 – 1998-02-08 (95 years old)

Iceland's sole Nobel laureate, awarded the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature for his vivid epic power which renewed the great narrative art of Iceland in Independent People and Iceland's Bell.

Mosfellsdalur, Iceland
Politics
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Nazim al-Qudsi

ناظم القدسي
🇸🇾 Syria
14 February 1906 – 6 February 1998 (91 years old)

Distinguished civilian President of Syria (1961-1963) and constitutional lawyer who led the People's Party.

Amman, Jordan
Ahmed Oudjani
Sports & Athletics
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Ahmed Oudjani

أحمد أودجاني
🇩🇿 Algeria
1937 – 1998 (60 years old)

Legendary forward and all-time top goalscorer in the history of French club RC Lens, who was Ligue 1 top scorer in 1964 and a prominent member of the FLN revolutionary football squad.

Lens, France
Arts & Music
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Cheikha Aïcha Bent El Bahja

الشيخة عائشة بنت البهجة
🇲🇦 Morocco
1928 – 1998 (70 years old)

Foremost female exponent of Aita Haouzia in Marrakech and the Haouz plains, skilled violinist and lead vocalist who captivated audiences in Jemaa el-Fna and celebratory moussem festivals.

Marrakech, Morocco
Alice Fitoussi
Arts & Music
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Alice Fitoussi

أليس فيتوسي
🇩🇿 Algeria
1916 – 1998 (81 years old)

Beloved Jewish-Algerian vocalist of Constantine Malouf and Hawzi, revered across Muslim and Jewish communities for singing classical Islamic Mawlid praise songs.

Constantine, Algeria
Jack Pickersgill
Politics
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Jack Pickersgill

Jack Pickersgill
🇨🇦 Canada
23 June 1905 – 14 November 1997 (92 years old)

Influential public servant and cabinet minister who served Mackenzie King, St. Laurent, and Pearson for three decades, drafting key immigration and transport policies.

Ottawa, Canada
Helenio Herrera
Sports & Athletics
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Helenio Herrera

Helenio Herrera Gavilán
🇦🇷 Argentina
10 April 1910 – 9 November 1997 (87 years old)

Helenio Herrera, 'Il Mago' (The Magician), was an Argentine-French football manager who revolutionized professional coaching, tactical discipline, and sports psychology. Creator of the iconic 'Grande Inter' team of the 1960s, he perfected the Catenaccio tactical system with sweeping counter-attacks, winning back-to-back European Cups and Intercontinental Cups (1964, 1965).

Venice, Italy
Music
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Munir Bashir

منير بشير
🇮🇶 Iraq
1930 – 28 September 1997 (67 years old)

Supreme Iraqi oud master who revolutionized solo oud improvisation (taqsim) and brought classical Arabic music to global concert halls.

Baghdad, Iraq
Ho Feng-Shan
Humanitarian & Peace
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Ho Feng-Shan

何鳳山 (He Fengshan)
🇨🇳 China
10 September 1901 – 28 September 1997 (96 years old)

Dr. Ho Feng-Shan was a Chinese diplomat who served as Consul-General of the Republic of China in Vienna from 1938 to 1940. In direct defiance of his ambassador's orders, Ho issued thousands of life-saving visas to Austrian Jews desperate to escape Nazi persecution following the Anschluss and Kristallnacht, allowing them to flee Europe to Shanghai and other destinations.

Yiyang, Hunan, China
Mother Teresa (Saint Teresa of Calcutta)
Humanitarian & Peace
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Mother Teresa (Saint Teresa of Calcutta)

Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
🇹🇷 Turkey
26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997 (87 years old)

Mother Teresa of Calcutta was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic religious sister who founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1950. Devoting her life to serving the 'poorest of the poor' in the slums of Calcutta, she established hospices for the destitute and dying, leprosy clinics, and orphanages worldwide, receiving the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize and canonization as Saint Teresa of Calcutta in 2016.

Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Politics
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Ali Yata

علي يعتة
🇲🇦 Morocco
1920 – 1997 (76 years old)

Historic leader of the Moroccan left who headed the Moroccan Communist Party (later Party of Progress and Socialism - PPS) from 1945 to 1997, editor of Al-Bayan, and respected parliamentarian.

Casablanca, Morocco
Jean-Claude Lauzon
Art
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Jean-Claude Lauzon

Jean-Claude Lauzon
🇨🇦 Canada
29 September 1953 – 10 August 1997 (43 years old)

Fiery and brilliant Quebec auteur whose poetic, visceral masterpiece Léolo competed for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and redefined international cinema.

Laval, Canada
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