In the year 2002
775 Notable deaths
Miguel Busquets
Chilean footballer (1920-2002).
Born October 15th, 1920 in Santiago.
Died December 24th, 2002 at 82 years old in Santiago.
Georges Beaucourt
French association football player and manager (1912-2002).
Born April 15th, 1912 in Roubaix.
Died February 27th, 2002 at 89 years old in Douai.
Hanni Ossott
Venezuelan writer, poet and translator (1946–2002).
Born February 14th, 1946 in Caracas.
Died December 31st, 2002 at 56 years old in Caracas.
John James
Racecar driver (b. 1914).
Born May 10th, 1914 in Warwickshire.
Died January 27th, 2002 at 87 years old in St. Julian's.
Mario de las Casas
Peruvian footballer (1901-2002).
Born January 31st, 1901 in Lima.
Died October 10th, 2002 at 101 years old in Callao.
Károly Doncsecz
Slovenian artist (1918–2002).
Born May 30th, 1918 in Orfalu. [ref]
Died November 12th, 2002 at 84 years old in Körmend.
Francisco Cabañas
Mexican boxer (1912–2002).
Born January 22nd, 1912 in Mexico City.
Died January 26th, 2002 at 90 years old in Mexico City.
Govind Perumal
Field hockey player (1925–2002).
Born September 25th, 1925.
Died September 17th, 2002 at 76 years old in Nala Sopara.
Erna Bogen-Bogáti
Hungarian fencer (1906–2002).
Born December 31st, 1906 in Jarosław.
Died November 23rd, 2002 at 95 years old in Budapest.
Shigeo Sugimoto
Japanese association football player (1926-2002).
Born December 4th, 1926 in Kobe.
Died April 2nd, 2002 at 75 years old in Hyōgo Prefecture.
Enrique Regüeiferos
Cuban boxer (1948-2002).
Born July 15th, 1948 in Havana.
Died June 20th, 2002 at 53 years old in Santiago de Cuba.
Vasil Mitkov
Bulgarian footballer (1943-2002).
Born September 17th, 1943 in Sofia.
Died March 17th, 2002 at 58 years old in Sofia.
Nadezhda Zhurkina
Wwii pe-2 radio operator, one of only four women to become full cavalier of order of glory.
Born August 28th, 1920 in Turinsk.
Died April 24th, 2002 at 81 years old in Moscow.
Carlos Casares
Galician author and politician (1941–2002).
Born August 24th, 1941 in Ourense.
Died March 9th, 2002 at 60 years old in Nigrán.
Roberto Vidal Bolaño
Playwright and actor (1950–2002).
Born July 31st, 1950 in Santiago de Compostela.
Died September 11th, 2002 at 52 years old in Santiago de Compostela (lung cancer).
Rino Benedetti
Italian road bicycle racer (1928–2002).
Born November 18th, 1928 in Ponte Buggianese.
Died June 14th, 2002 at 73 years old in Lucca.
Yoshio Okada
Japanese association football player (1926–2002).
Born August 11th, 1926 in Kobe.
Died June 22nd, 2002 at 75 years old in Tokyo.
Pasquale Vivolo
Italian footballer (1928-2002).
Born January 6th, 1928 in Brusciano.
Died November 18th, 2002 at 74 years old in Cremona.
Philip LaBatte
American ice hockey player (1911–2002).
Born July 5th, 1911 in Saint Paul.
Died September 6th, 2002 at 91 years old in Alexandria.
Christian von Bülow
Danish sailor (1917–2002).
Born December 14th, 1917 in Copenhagen.
Died January 13th, 2002 at 84 years old
Hilde Zimmermann
Austrian resistance member (1920-2002).
Born September 12th, 1920 in Vienna.
Died March 25th, 2002 at 81 years old in Vienna.
Domingo Drummond
Honduran footballer (1957-2002).
Born April 14th, 1957 in Puerto Cortés.
Died January 23rd, 2002 at 44 years old in Honduras.
Kaisa Parviainen
Athletics competitor (1914–2002).
Born December 3rd, 1914 in Juankoski.
Died October 21st, 2002 at 87 years old in Rauma.
Ulrika Babiaková
Slovak astronomer (1976–2002).
Born April 3rd, 1976 in Banská Štiavnica.
Died November 3rd, 2002 at 26 years old in Piešťany.
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I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived. Willa Cather