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In the year 2002
777 Notable deaths
Maurice Denham
British actor (1909–2002).
Born December 23rd, 1909 in Beckenham.
Died July 24th, 2002 at 92 years old in London Borough of Hillingdon.
Sylvester Weaver
American television executive (1908–2002).
Born December 21st, 1908 in Los Angeles.
Died March 15th, 2002 at 93 years old in Santa Barbara.
Scott Plank
American actor (1958-2002).
Born November 11th, 1958 in Washington, D.C..
Died October 24th, 2002 at 43 years old in Los Angeles (traffic collision).
John Buscema
American comics artist (1927–2002).
Born December 11th, 1927 in Brooklyn.
Died January 10th, 2002 at 74 years old in Port Jefferson (cancer).
Abba Eban
Israeli diplomat and politician (1915-2002).
Born February 2nd, 1915 in Cape Town. [ref]
Died November 17th, 2002 at 87 years old in Tel Aviv.
Julia Phillips
American film producer and author (1944–2002).
Born April 7th, 1944 in New York City.
Died January 1st, 2002 at 57 years old in West Hollywood (cancer).
J. Lee Thompson
British film director (1914-2002).
Born August 1st, 1914 in Bristol.
Died August 30th, 2002 at 88 years old in Sooke (heart failure).
Infanta Beatriz of Spain
Spanish infanta, daughter of king alfonso xiii of spain and victoria eugenie of battenberg (1909–2002).
Born June 22nd, 1909 in Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso.
Died November 22nd, 2002 at 93 years old in Rome.
Raf Vallone
Italian actor (1916-2002).
Born February 17th, 1916 in Tropea.
Died October 31st, 2002 at 86 years old in Rome.
Sergey Bodrov, Jr.
Russian actor (1971-2002).
Born December 27th, 1971 in Moscow.
Died September 20th, 2002 at 30 years old in North Ossetia–Alania.
Hugo Banzer
President of bolivia from 1971 to 1978 and 1997 to 2001.
Born May 10th, 1926 in Concepción. [ref]
Died May 5th, 2002 at 75 years old in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (lung cancer). [ref]
Gabby Gabreski
American flying ace (1919-2002).
Born January 28th, 1919 in Oil City.
Died January 31st, 2002 at 83 years old in Huntington.
Paul Baloff
American heavy metal vocalist (1960–2002).
Born April 25th, 1960 in Oakland.
Died February 2nd, 2002 at 41 years old in Oakland (stroke).
Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk
British army general (1915-2002).
Born July 21st, 1915 in London.
Died June 24th, 2002 at 86 years old in Hambleden.
Krishan Kant
Vice president of india from 1997 to 2002.
Born February 28th, 1927 in Amritsar district.
Died July 27th, 2002 at 75 years old in New Delhi.
Otis Blackwell
American songwriter (1931–2002).
Born February 16th, 1931 in Brooklyn.
Died May 6th, 2002 at 71 years old in Nashville.
Mickey Newbury
American singer-songwriter (1940–2002).
Born May 19th, 1940 in Houston.
Died September 29th, 2002 at 62 years old in Springfield (pulmonary fibrosis).
Cliff Gorman
American actor (1936-2002).
Born October 13th, 1936 in Queens.
Died September 5th, 2002 at 65 years old in Manhattan (leukemia).
Vavá
Brazilian association football player (1934–2002).
Born November 12th, 1934 in Recife.
Died January 19th, 2002 at 67 years old in Rio de Janeiro (myocardial infarction).
Peg Phillips
American actress (1918-2002).
Born September 20th, 1918 in Everett.
Died November 7th, 2002 at 84 years old in Seattle (lung disease).
William Clement Stone
American new thought author (1902-2002).
Born May 4th, 1902 in Chicago.
Died September 3rd, 2002 at 100 years old in Evanston.
Herman Talmadge
American politician (1913–2002).
Born August 9th, 1913 in McRae.
Died March 21st, 2002 at 88 years old in Hampton.
Tom Dowd
American music producer (1925–2002).
Born October 20th, 1925 in Manhattan.
Died October 27th, 2002 at 77 years old in Miami (pulmonary emphysema).
Chaim Potok
American rabbi and author (1929–2002).
Born February 17th, 1929 in The Bronx. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 2002 at 73 years old in Merion Station (brain cancer). [ref]
Ron Taylor
American actor, singer and writer (1952-2002).
Born October 16th, 1952 in Galveston.
Died January 16th, 2002 at 49 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 151 to 175 of 777
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