In the year 2002
777 Notable deaths
Achille Castiglioni
Italian architect and designer (1918–2002).
Born February 16th, 1918 in Milan. [ref]
Died December 6th, 2002 at 84 years old in Milan. [ref]
Henry Slesar
American author, playwright, and copywriter (1927-2002).
Born June 12th, 1927 in Brooklyn.
Died April 2nd, 2002 at 74 years old in New York City.
William Witney
American director (1915-2002).
Born May 15th, 1915 in Lawton.
Died March 17th, 2002 at 86 years old in Jackson.
Bobo Olson
American boxer (1928–2002).
Born July 11th, 1928 in Honolulu.
Died January 16th, 2002 at 73 years old in Honolulu (Alzheimer's disease).
Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz
French resistance member (1920-2002).
Born October 25th, 1920 in Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle.
Died February 15th, 2002 at 81 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Mamo Wolde
Ethiopian marathon runner (1932–2002).
Born June 12th, 1932 in Oromia Region.
Died May 26th, 2002 at 69 years old in Addis Ababa (liver cancer).
Martin Esslin
British playwright, theatre critic, scholar (1918-2002).
Born June 6th, 1918 in Budapest.
Died February 24th, 2002 at 83 years old in London (Parkinson's disease).
Garfield Todd
Prime minister of south rhodesia (1908-2002).
Born July 13th, 1908 in Invercargill.
Died October 13th, 2002 at 94 years old in Bulawayo.
Bernard Fresson
French actor (1931–2002).
Died October 20th, 2002 at 71 years old in Paris (cancer).
Hazel Brooks
American actress (1924-2002).
Born September 8th, 1924 in Cape Town.
Died September 18th, 2002 at 78 years old in Bel Air.
Michael Stasinopoulos
Greek politician, former president of the hellenic republic (1903–2002).
Born August 9th, 1903 in Messini.
Died October 31st, 2002 at 99 years old in Athens.
John Meredyth Lucas
American screenwriter (1919–2002).
Born May 1st, 1919 in Los Angeles.
Died October 19th, 2002 at 83 years old in Newport Beach (leukemia).
Mauro Ramos
Brazilian footballer (1930-2002).
Born August 30th, 1930 in Poços de Caldas. [ref]
Died September 18th, 2002 at 72 years old in Poços de Caldas (stomach cancer).
Rudolf Augstein
German journalist (1923-2002).
Born November 5th, 1923 in Hanover.
Died November 7th, 2002 at 79 years old in Hamburg (pneumonia).
Eleanor J. Gibson
American psychologist and academic (1910–2002).
Born December 7th, 1910 in Peoria.
Died December 30th, 2002 at 92 years old in Columbia.
Mykola Amosov
Ukrainian soviet and ukrainian surgeon (1913–2002).
Born December 6th, 1913.
Died December 12th, 2002 at 89 years old in Kyiv.
Charles Sheffield
British mathematician, physicist and writer (1935–2002).
Born June 25th, 1935 in Kingston upon Hull.
Died November 2nd, 2002 at 67 years old in Rockville.
Spiros Cyprianou
2nd president of the republic of cyprus (1977-1988).
Born October 28th, 1932 in Limassol. [ref]
Died March 12th, 2002 at 69 years old in Bank of Cyprus Oncology Center (cancer). [ref]
Fernando Belaúnde Terry
President of peru from 1963 to 1968 and from 1980 to 1985 (1912-2002).
Born October 7th, 1912 in Lima. [ref]
Died June 4th, 2002 at 89 years old in Lima.
Peggy Moran
Actress (1918-2002).
Born October 23rd, 1918 in Clinton.
Died October 25th, 2002 at 84 years old in Camarillo (traffic collision).
Alice Stewart
British epidemiologist.
Born October 4th, 1906 in Sheffield.
Died June 23rd, 2002 at 95 years old in Oxford. [ref]
André de Toth
Hungarian-born american film director (1913–2002).
Died October 27th, 2002 at 90 years old in Burbank (aneurysm).
Ramón Grosso
Spanish footballer and manager (1943–2002).
Born December 8th, 1943 in Madrid.
Died February 13th, 2002 at 58 years old in Madrid.
Danilo Stojković
Serbian theatre, television and film actor (1934-2002).
Born August 11th, 1934 in Belgrade.
Died March 16th, 2002 at 67 years old in Belgrade (lung cancer).
Necdet Kent
Turkish diplomat (1911–2002).
Born January 1st, 1911 in Constantinople.
Died September 20th, 2002 at 91 years old
Deaths 351 to 375 of 777
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz