In the year 2002
777 Notable deaths
Ivano Blason
Italian footballer (1923–2002).
Born May 24th, 1923 in San Lorenzo Isontino.
Died March 13th, 2002 at 78 years old in Gorizia.
Cornelis Johannes van Houten
Dutch astronomer (1920–2002).
Born February 18th, 1920 in The Hague.
Died August 24th, 2002 at 82 years old in The Hague.
Alexandru Todea
Greece-catholic cardinal (1912-2002).
Born June 5th, 1912 in Teleac.
Died May 22nd, 2002 at 89 years old in Târgu Mureș.
Richie Regan
American basketball player-coach.
Born November 23rd, 1930 in Newark. [ref]
Died December 24th, 2002 at 72 years old in Neptune Township (heart failure).
Lev Kulidzhanov
Soviet and russian actor, film director, screenwriter (1924-2002).
Born March 19th, 1924 in Tbilisi.
Died February 17th, 2002 at 77 years old in Moscow (stroke).
Sune Andersson
Swedish footballer and manager (1921–2002).
Born February 22nd, 1921 in Södertälje.
Died April 29th, 2002 at 81 years old in Solna Municipality.
Ernesto Díaz
Colombian footballer (1952–2002).
Born September 13th, 1952 in Bogotá.
Died May 4th, 2002 at 49 years old in Orlando. [ref]
Pyotr Ivashutin
General of the army (1909-2002).
Born September 18th, 1909 in Brest.
Died June 4th, 2002 at 92 years old in Moscow.
Mustafa Mansour
Egyptian footballer (1914-2002).
Born August 2nd, 1914 in Egypt.
Died July 24th, 2002 at 87 years old in Egypt.
Jean Sauvagnargues
French politician (1915-2002).
Born April 2nd, 1915 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 6th, 2002 at 87 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa
Brazilian footballer and manager (1934-2002).
Born March 26th, 1934 in Maceió.
Died September 17th, 2002 at 68 years old in Rio de Janeiro (cancer).
Grace Mera Molisa
Vanuatuan poet, politician, activist.
Born February 17th, 1946 in Aoba Island.
Died January 4th, 2002 at 55 years old in Port Vila.
Domenico Paolella
Italian director, screenwriter and journalist (1915-2002).
Born October 15th, 1918 in Foggia.
Died October 7th, 2002 at 83 years old in Rome.
Knud Lundberg
Danish football and handball player (1920-2002).
Born May 14th, 1920 in Copenhagen.
Died August 12th, 2002 at 82 years old in Gentofte.
Mariya Bayda
Russian military scout (1922–2002).
Born February 1st, 1922 in Chornomorske Raion.
Died August 30th, 2002 at 80 years old in Sevastopol.
Ante Mladinić
Croatian football manager (1929-2002).
Born October 1st, 1929 in Split.
Died June 13th, 2002 at 72 years old in Zagreb.
Sándor Kónya
Hungarian singer (1923–2002), tenor.
Born September 23rd, 1923 in Sarkad.
Died May 20th, 2002 at 78 years old in Ibiza.
Barbara G. Adams
British egyptologist (1945-2002).
Born February 19th, 1945 in Hammersmith.
Died June 26th, 2002 at 57 years old in London Borough of Enfield (cancer).
A. L. Barker
English novelist and short story writer (1918–2002).
Born April 13th, 1918 in St Paul's Cray.
Died February 21st, 2002 at 83 years old in Surrey.
Kazimierz Dejmek
Polish actor, theatre and film director, and politician (1924-2002).
Born May 17th, 1924 in Kovel. [ref]
Died December 31st, 2002 at 78 years old in Warsaw.
Francisco Coloane
Chilean writer (1910–2002).
Born July 19th, 1910 in Quemchi. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2002 at 92 years old in Santiago. [ref]
Olexander Liashko
Soviet politician (1915–2002).
Born December 30th, 1915 in Rodakove.
Died October 9th, 2002 at 86 years old in Kyiv.
Rolf Friedemann Pauls
German diplomat (1915-2002).
Born August 26th, 1915 in Eckartsberga.
Died May 4th, 2002 at 86 years old in Bonn.
Hrant Matevosyan
Armenian writer (1935-2002).
Born February 12th, 1935 in Ahnidzor.
Died December 19th, 2002 at 67 years old in Yerevan.
Aglaja Veteranyi
Swiss actor and writer (1962-2002).
Born May 17th, 1962 in Bucharest.
Died February 3rd, 2002 at 39 years old in Zurich (drowning).
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Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi