In the year 2002
777 Notable deaths
John W. Gardner
American politician (1912-2002).
Born October 8th, 1912 in Los Angeles.
Died February 16th, 2002 at 89 years old in Palo Alto (cancer).
Roman Tam
Hong kong singer (1945-2002).
Born February 12th, 1945 in Baise.
Died October 18th, 2002 at 57 years old in Queen Mary Hospital (liver cancer).
Lilian, Princess of Réthy
Second wife of king leopold iii of belgium (1916–2002).
Born November 28th, 1916 in London.
Died June 7th, 2002 at 85 years old in Waterloo.
R. A. Lafferty
American writer (1914–2002).
Born November 7th, 1914 in Neola.
Died March 18th, 2002 at 87 years old in Broken Arrow.
Salman Raduyev
Chechen warlord (1967-2002).
Born February 13th, 1967 in Gudermes. [ref]
Died December 14th, 2002 at 35 years old in White Swan (Henoch-Schoenlein purpura). [ref]
Robert Kanigher
American comic books editor (1915-2002).
Born June 18th, 1915 in New York City. [ref]
Died May 7th, 2002 at 86 years old in Fishkill. [ref]
Shanta Shelke
Marathi poet and writer (1922–2002).
Born October 12th, 1922 in Pune.
Died June 6th, 2002 at 79 years old (cancer).
Mary Wesley
English novelist (1912-2002).
Born June 24th, 1912 in Englefield Green.
Died December 30th, 2002 at 90 years old in Devon, Totnes (disease).
Marina Berti
British italian actress (1924-2002).
Born September 29th, 1924 in London.
Died October 29th, 2002 at 78 years old in Rome (cancer).
Chang Cheh
Chinese film director, screenwriter and songwriter (1923-2002).
Born February 10th, 1923 in Shanghai.
Died June 22nd, 2002 at 79 years old in Hong Kong (pneumonia).
Edward Norris
American film actor (1911-2002).
Born March 10th, 1911 in Philadelphia.
Died December 18th, 2002 at 91 years old in Fort Bragg.
Rudi Dornbusch
German economist (1942–2002).
Born June 8th, 1942 in Krefeld.
Died July 25th, 2002 at 60 years old in Washington, D.C. (cancer).
Mati Klarwein
German artist (1932-2002).
Born April 9th, 1932 in Hamburg.
Died March 7th, 2002 at 69 years old in Deià. [ref]
René Thom
French mathematician (1923–2002).
Born September 2nd, 1923 in Montbéliard.
Died October 25th, 2002 at 79 years old in Bures-sur-Yvette.
Alex Hannum
American basketball player and coach (1923-2002).
Born July 19th, 1923 in Los Angeles.
Died January 18th, 2002 at 78 years old in San Diego.
Robert Guéï
Ivorian politician (1941-2002).
Born March 16th, 1941 in Man.
Died September 19th, 2002 at 61 years old in Cocody.
Margita Stefanović
Serbian musician (1959-2002).
Born April 1st, 1959 in Belgrade.
Died September 18th, 2002 at 43 years old in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (death from AIDS-related complications).
Arthur Rowley
English footballer and manager (1926-2002).
Born April 21st, 1926 in Wolverhampton.
Died December 19th, 2002 at 76 years old in Shrewsbury. [ref]
Nguyen Van Thuan
Vietnamese roman catholic cardinal, archbishop and venerable (1928–2002).
Born April 17th, 1928 in Huế.
Died September 16th, 2002 at 74 years old in Rome (cancer).
David McWilliams
Northern irish singer and guitarist (1945–2002).
Born July 4th, 1945 in Belfast.
Died January 8th, 2002 at 56 years old in Ballycastle (myocardial infarction).
Choi Hong-hi
Korean army general and martial artist (1918–2002).
Born November 9th, 1918 in Myongchon County.
Died June 15th, 2002 at 83 years old in Pyongyang (stomach cancer).
Nanabhoy Palkhivala
Indian jurist and economist (1920-2002).
Born January 16th, 1920 in Mumbai.
Died December 11th, 2002 at 82 years old in Mumbai.
Héctor Trujillo
Former president of the dominican republic (1908-2002).
Born April 6th, 1908 in San Cristóbal.
Died October 19th, 2002 at 94 years old in Miami.
Joseph Bau
Polish and israeli graphic artist and poet (1920-2002).
Born June 13th, 1920 in Kraków.
Died May 24th, 2002 at 81 years old in Tel Aviv.
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner