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In the year 2002
777 Notable deaths
Ila Mitra
Bangladeshi activist.
Born October 18th, 1925 in Kolkata.
Died October 13th, 2002 at 76 years old in Kolkata.
Harbhajan Singh
Punjabi poet (1920-2002).
Born August 18th, 1920 in Lumding.
Died October 21st, 2002 at 82 years old
Arno Peters
German historian and filmmaker (1916–2002).
Born May 22nd, 1916 in Charlottenburg.
Died December 2nd, 2002 at 86 years old in Bremen.
Mikhail Devyatayev
Hero of the soviet union (1917–2002).
Born July 8th, 1917 in Torbeyevo.
Died November 24th, 2002 at 85 years old in Kazan.
Martin Kamen
American biochemist and molecular biologist (1913–2002).
Born August 27th, 1913 in Toronto.
Died August 31st, 2002 at 89 years old in Montecito.
Per Bak
Danish physicist (1948-2002).
Born December 8th, 1948 in Denmark.
Died October 16th, 2002 at 53 years old in Copenhagen.
Hernán Gaviria
Colombian association football player (1969–2002).
Born November 27th, 1969 in Carepa.
Died October 24th, 2002 at 32 years old in Cali (lightning strike).
Alexander Ginzburg
Russian journalist, poet, human rights activist and dissident (1936-2002).
Born November 21st, 1936 in Moscow.
Died July 19th, 2002 at 65 years old in Paris. [ref]
Mansoor Hekmat
Iranian politician (1951-2002).
Born June 4th, 1951 in Tehran.
Died July 4th, 2002 at 51 years old in London (cancer).
Jason Mayélé
Democratic republic of the congo footballer (1976-2002).
Born January 4th, 1976 in Kinshasa.
Died March 2nd, 2002 at 26 years old in Bussolengo (traffic collision).
Theresa Bernstein
American artist and writer (1890-2002).
Born March 1st, 1890 in Philadelphia.
Died February 12th, 2002 at 111 years old in New York City (disease).
Vlastimil Brodský
Czech actor (1920-2002).
Born December 15th, 1920 in Hrušov. [ref]
Died April 20th, 2002 at 81 years old in Slunečná. [ref]
Willie Davenport
American athletics competitor (1943–2002).
Died June 17th, 2002 at 59 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction).
Kim Gallagher
Athletics competitor (1964–2002).
Born June 11th, 1964 in Philadelphia.
Died November 18th, 2002 at 38 years old in Oreland (cancer).
Count Flemming Valdemar of Rosenborg
Danish prince (1922-2002).
Born March 9th, 1922 in Stockholm.
Died June 19th, 2002 at 80 years old in Antibes.
Jim Crawford
British racing driver (1948-2002).
Born February 13th, 1948 in Dunfermline.
Died August 6th, 2002 at 54 years old in Tierra Verde (liver failure).
Raoul Diagne
French footballer (1910–2002).
Born November 10th, 1910 in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.
Died November 4th, 2002 at 91 years old in Créteil.
Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford
British historian (1906-2002).
Born August 30th, 1906 in London.
Died October 23rd, 2002 at 96 years old in East Sussex.
Albrecht Becker
German actor and artist (1906-2002).
Born November 14th, 1906 in Thale.
Died April 22nd, 2002 at 95 years old in Hamburg (disease).
Helmut Zacharias
German violinist (1920–2002).
Born January 27th, 1920 in Berlin.
Died February 28th, 2002 at 82 years old in Brissago (Alzheimer's disease).
Jiří Kolář
Czech poet, playwright, translator and artist (1914–2002).
Born September 24th, 1914 in Protivín. [ref]
Died August 11th, 2002 at 87 years old in Prague.
Norbert Schultze
German composer (1911-2002).
Born January 26th, 1911 in Brunswick.
Died October 14th, 2002 at 91 years old in Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen District, Bad Tölz.
Ramiro de León Carpio
President of guatemala (1993-1996).
Born January 12th, 1942 in Guatemala City.
Died April 16th, 2002 at 60 years old in Miami (diabetic coma).
Jack Fairman
British racing driver.
Born March 15th, 1913 in Horley.
Died February 7th, 2002 at 88 years old in Rugby.
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