Can't delete photos from iPhoto 9

I have iPhoto 9 (8.1.2) have deleted photos/events and they are gone. iphoto crashes and the event shows back up, but there are no photos in the event, just blank boxes and the number of photos are on the bottom. When I click on the event to drag it to the iPhoto trash, the photos are showing in the drag box... deleted... crash... events back! What am I doing wrong?

Ok, I did as Larry HN suggested, also checked out a few other discussions on iPhoto 9 and discovered that iPhoto will only allow a small number of photos deleted at a time... so iPhoto still crashes, but I am able to delete up to 25 photos at a time. If I do more iPhoto crashes. Sometimes crashes while deleting the 25 photos. Teadious job doing only 25 photos at a time, but at least the photos are NOT coming back and I am gaining space... Thank You to Larry HN for responding & for the discussion that said deleting small numbers of photos might work... Thanks, Suz

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