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In the year 2002
777 Notable deaths
John Biby
American sailor.
Born February 23rd, 1912 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 2002 at 90 years old in Newport Beach.
John Berger
Cross-country skier (1909-2002).
Born July 31st, 1909 in Boden.
Died January 12th, 2002 at 92 years old in Stockholm.
Valentina Kamenyok-Vinogradova
Olympic volleyball player.
Born May 17th, 1943 in Moscow.
Died July 17th, 2002 at 59 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Raoul Rémy
French road bicycle racer (1919–2002).
Born October 25th, 1919 in Marseille.
Died June 26th, 2002 at 82 years old in 8th arrondissement of Marseille.
Vladimir Romashkin
Erzya folklorist, researcher, musician and documentary filmmaker. he also created the musical group toorama. (1951–2002).
Born September 6th, 1951 in Ichalki.
Died August 29th, 2002 at 50 years old in Saransk.
Guido Bernardi
Olympic cyclist.
Born September 21st, 1921 in Pontenure. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 2002 at 80 years old in Pontenure.
Guglielmo Pesenti
Italian racing cyclist (1933-2002).
Born December 18th, 1933 in Sedrina.
Died July 12th, 2002 at 68 years old in Bergamo.
Stanley Wagner
Canadian ice hockey player (1908–2002).
Born March 2nd, 1908 in Pueblo.
Died October 11th, 2002 at 94 years old in Winnipeg.
Theo Bruce
Australian long jumper (1923-2002).
Born July 28th, 1923 in Adelaide.
Died August 1st, 2002 at 79 years old
Eberhard Mehl
German fencer (1935–2002).
Born April 20th, 1935 in Cologne.
Died March 29th, 2002 at 66 years old in Koblenz.
Germana Malabarba
Italian gymnast (1913–2002).
Born November 19th, 1913 in Pavia.
Died September 30th, 2002 at 88 years old in Pavia.
Eugen Meier
Swiss footballer (1930-2002).
Born April 30th, 1930 in Schaffhausen.
Died March 26th, 2002 at 71 years old in Bern.
Geoffrey Picard
American rower (1943-2022).
Born March 20th, 1943 in Oakland.
Died September 14th, 2002 at 59 years old in Tahoe City.
Heinz Bigler
Swiss football midfielder (1925-2002).
Born December 21st, 1925 in Bern.
Died June 20th, 2002 at 76 years old
Viktor Mineyev
Modern pentathlete (1937-2002).
Born June 19th, 1937 in Varva. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 2002 at 65 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Bira Maciel
Brazilian basketball player (1944–2002).
Born January 18th, 1944 in São Paulo.
Died July 17th, 2002 at 58 years old in Brasília.
Georges van Coningsloo
Belgian road bicycle racer (1940–2002).
Born October 27th, 1940 in Wavre.
Died April 7th, 2002 at 61 years old in Grez-Doiceau.
Mihai Țurcaș
Canoe racer.
Born November 18th, 1942 in Brașov.
Died December 24th, 2002 at 60 years old
Roger Gyselinck
Cyclist (1920-2002).
Born September 17th, 1920 in Wetteren.
Died January 5th, 2002 at 81 years old in Wetteren.
Ryszard Przybysz
Polish handball player (1950–2002).
Born January 8th, 1950 in Koło.
Died February 23rd, 2002 at 52 years old in Łódź.
Jan Mikołajczak
Polish rower (1907–2002).
Born March 30th, 1907 in Poznań.
Died December 15th, 2002 at 95 years old in Poznań.
Luis Ernesto Castro
Uruguayan footballer (1921-2002).
Born July 31st, 1921 in Montevideo.
Died December 17th, 2002 at 81 years old in Montevideo.
Thorsten Lindqvist
Olympic modern pentathlete (1925–2002).
Born December 2nd, 1925 in Säffle.
Died November 3rd, 2002 at 76 years old in Uppsala.
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