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In the year 2002
775 Notable deaths
Agatha Barbara
Maltese politician (1923-2002).
Born March 11th, 1923 in Żabbar.
Died February 4th, 2002 at 78 years old in Żabbar.
Paul Fannin
Republican governor of and u.s. senator from arizona (1907–2002).
Born January 29th, 1907 in Ashland.
Died January 13th, 2002 at 94 years old in Phoenix (cerebrovascular disease).
Raymond Firth
Ethnologist from new zealand.
Born March 25th, 1901 in Auckland.
Died February 22nd, 2002 at 100 years old in London.
George Alec Effinger
Novelist, short story writer (1947–2002).
Born January 10th, 1947 in Cleveland.
Died April 27th, 2002 at 55 years old in New Orleans.
Mufidah Abdul Rahman
First female egyptian lawyer.
Born January 20th, 1914 in Al-Darb al-Ahmar.
Died September 3rd, 2002 at 88 years old
Roland Hanna
American pianist (1932–2002).
Born February 10th, 1932 in Detroit.
Died November 13th, 2002 at 70 years old in Hackensack.
Shanta Gandhi
Indian dancer and theatre director (1917-2002).
Born December 20th, 1917 in Nashik.
Died May 6th, 2002 at 84 years old in Mumbai.
Farhad Mehrad
Iranian singer and guitarist.
Born January 19th, 1944 in Tehran.
Died August 31st, 2002 at 58 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (hepatitis).
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.
Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
German founder of the gründerzeit museum in berlin-mahlsdorf and famous transgender.
Born March 18th, 1928 in Berlin.
Died April 30th, 2002 at 74 years old in Berlin (myocardial infarction).
Geoffrey Dummer
British electronics engineer (1909-2002).
Born February 25th, 1909 in Kingston upon Hull.
Died September 9th, 2002 at 93 years old in Malvern.
Elizabeth Russell
American actress (1916-2002).
Born August 2nd, 1916 in Philadelphia.
Died May 4th, 2002 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Meinhard Michael Moser
Austrian mycologist (1924–2002).
Born March 13th, 1924 in Innsbruck.
Died September 30th, 2002 at 78 years old in Innsbruck (myocardial infarction).
Pierre Werner
Luxembourgish politician (1913-2002), prime minister of luxembourg (1959-1974, 1979-1984).
Born December 29th, 1913 in Saint-André-lez-Lille.
Died June 24th, 2002 at 88 years old in Luxembourg.
Joseph Nanven Garba
Nigerian general, diplomat and politician (1943–2002).
Born July 17th, 1943 in Langtang.
Died June 1st, 2002 at 58 years old in Abuja.
Lolita Torres
Argentinian actor (1930–2002).
Born March 26th, 1930 in Avellaneda.
Died September 14th, 2002 at 72 years old in Buenos Aires.
George Rickey
American sculptor (1907–2002).
Born June 6th, 1907 in South Bend.
Died July 17th, 2002 at 95 years old in Saint Paul.
Vitaly Solomin
Soviet and russian actor (1941–2002).
Born December 12th, 1941 in Chita.
Died May 27th, 2002 at 60 years old in Moscow (stroke).
Desmond Hoyte
President of guyana, politician, lawyer (1929-2002).
Born March 9th, 1929 in Georgetown.
Died December 22nd, 2002 at 73 years old in Georgetown.
Jan de Hartog
Dutch author (1914–2002).
Born April 22nd, 1914 in Haarlem. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 2002 at 88 years old in Houston. [ref]
Leopold Vietoris
Austrian mathematician (1891–2002).
Born June 4th, 1891 in Bad Radkersburg.
Died April 9th, 2002 at 110 years old in Innsbruck.
Marion Gräfin Dönhoff
German journalist (1909–2002).
Born December 2nd, 1909 in Friedrichstein Castle.
Died March 11th, 2002 at 92 years old in Castle Crottorf.
Marianne Hoppe
German actress (1909–2002).
Born April 26th, 1911 in Rostock. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 2002 at 91 years old in Siegsdorf.
John Wansbrough
American historian (1928-2002).
Born February 19th, 1928 in Peoria.
Died June 10th, 2002 at 74 years old in Montaigu-de-Quercy.
Zeid bin Shaker
Jordanian military officer and politician (1934-2002).
Born September 4th, 1934 in Amman.
Died August 30th, 2002 at 67 years old in Amman.
Deaths 376 to 400 of 775
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