In the year 2002
775 Notable deaths
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).
Elisabeth Mann Borgese
Canadian german-born expert in maritime law, ecologist.
Born April 24th, 1918 in Munich.
Died February 8th, 2002 at 83 years old in St. Moritz (pneumonia).
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.
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).
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).
Hazel Brooks
American actress (1924-2002).
Born September 8th, 1924 in Cape Town.
Died September 18th, 2002 at 78 years old in Bel Air.
Alice Stewart
British epidemiologist.
Born October 4th, 1906 in Sheffield.
Died June 23rd, 2002 at 95 years old in Oxford. [ref]
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.
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).
Bernard Fresson
French actor (1931–2002).
Died October 20th, 2002 at 71 years old in Paris (cancer).
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.
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.
Necdet Kent
Turkish diplomat (1911–2002).
Born January 1st, 1911 in Constantinople.
Died September 20th, 2002 at 91 years old
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.
Mykola Amosov
Ukrainian soviet and ukrainian surgeon (1913–2002).
Born December 6th, 1913.
Died December 12th, 2002 at 89 years old in Kyiv.
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]
Peggy Moran
Actress (1918-2002).
Born October 23rd, 1918 in Clinton.
Died October 25th, 2002 at 84 years old in Camarillo (traffic collision).
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).
Annada Shankar Ray
Writer, poet, essayist (1905-2002).
Born May 15th, 1905 in Dhenkanal State.
Died October 28th, 2002 at 97 years old in Kolkata.
Philip Whalen
American poet (1923–2002).
Born October 20th, 1923 in Portland.
Died June 26th, 2002 at 78 years old in San Francisco.
Deaths 351 to 375 of 775
Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi