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In the year 2002
777 Notable deaths
Dorothy Coade Hewett
Author, playwright and poet from western australia (1923-2002).
Born May 21st, 1923 in Perth. [ref]
Died August 25th, 2002 at 79 years old in Springwood (breast cancer). [ref]
Nathan Juran
American film director (1907-2002).
Born September 1st, 1907 in Gura Humorului.
Died October 23rd, 2002 at 95 years old in Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Ivan Desny
Swiss actor (1922–2002).
Born December 28th, 1922 in Beijing.
Died April 13th, 2002 at 79 years old in Ascona (pneumonia).
Yves Robert
French director (1920-2002).
Born June 19th, 1920 in Saumur.
Died May 10th, 2002 at 81 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (cerebral hemorrhage).
Phil Smith
American basketball player (1952-2002).
Born April 22nd, 1952 in San Francisco.
Died July 29th, 2002 at 50 years old in Escondido (multiple myeloma).
Charlie Mitten
Footballer and manager (1921–2002).
Born January 17th, 1921 in Yangon.
Died January 17th, 2002 at 81 years old in Stockport. [ref]
Robert Roswell Palmer
American historian (1909–2002).
Born January 11th, 1909 in Chicago.
Died June 11th, 2002 at 93 years old in Newtown.
Branko Stanković
Serbian footballer (1921-2002).
Born October 31st, 1921 in Sarajevo.
Died February 20th, 2002 at 80 years old in Belgrade.
Yevgeny Svetlanov
Russian conductor, composer, and pianist (1928-2002).
Born September 6th, 1928 in Moscow.
Died May 3rd, 2002 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Said Belqola
Moroccan football referee (1956–2002).
Born August 30th, 1956 in Tiflet.
Died June 15th, 2002 at 45 years old in Rabat (cancer).
Carmelo Bene
Italian actor (1937–2002).
Born September 1st, 1937 in Campi Salentina.
Died March 16th, 2002 at 64 years old in Rome (cancer).
Henri Rol-Tanguy
Member of the french resistance (1908-2002).
Born June 12th, 1908 in Morlaix.
Died September 8th, 2002 at 94 years old in Ivry-sur-Seine.
Matt Dennis
American singer, pianist, band leader, arranger, and writer of music (1914–2002).
Born February 11th, 1914 in Seattle.
Died June 21st, 2002 at 88 years old in Riverside.
Sanya Dharmasakti
Thai politician (1907-2002).
Born April 5th, 1907 in Thon Buri.
Died January 6th, 2002 at 94 years old in Bangkok.
Michel Majerus
Luxembourgian painter (1967-2002).
Born June 9th, 1967 in Esch-sur-Alzette. [ref]
Died November 6th, 2002 at 35 years old in Niederanven. [ref]
Archer John Porter Martin
British chemist (1910–2002).
Born March 1st, 1910 in London.
Died July 28th, 2002 at 92 years old in Llangarron. [ref]
Armi Aavikko
Finnish beauty queen and singer (1958–2002).
Born September 1st, 1958 in Helsinki.
Died January 2nd, 2002 at 43 years old in Espoo (pneumonia).
Ewart Oakeshott
British illustrator and historian (1916-2002).
Died September 30th, 2002 at 86 years old
Günter Wand
German orchestra conductor (1912-2002).
Born January 7th, 1912 in Elberfeld.
Died February 14th, 2002 at 90 years old in Canton of Fribourg.
Tatamkhulu Afrika
Poet, writer (1920–2002).
Born December 7th, 1920 in Sallum.
Died December 23rd, 2002 at 82 years old in South Africa (traffic collision).
Benny Peled
Israeli general (1928-2002).
Born April 18th, 1928 in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine. [ref]
Died July 13th, 2002 at 74 years old in Ramat HaSharon (pulmonary emphysema).
Rudolf Hell
German electrical engineer, inventor and entrepreneur (1901–2002).
Born December 19th, 1901 in Schierling.
Died March 11th, 2002 at 100 years old in Kiel.
Luise Rinser
German writer (1911–2002).
Born April 30th, 1911 in Pitzling.
Died March 17th, 2002 at 90 years old in Unterhaching.
Morihiro Saito
Japanese aikidōka (1928–2002).
Born March 31st, 1928 in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Died May 13th, 2002 at 74 years old in Iwama (cancer).
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