In the year 2002
717 Notable deaths
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).
Raf Vallone
Italian actor (1916-2002).
Born February 17th, 1916 in Tropea.
Died October 31st, 2002 at 86 years old in Rome.
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.
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
Bolivian president (1926-2002).
Born May 10th, 1926 in Concepción, Santa Cruz. [ref]
Died May 5th, 2002 at 75 years old in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (lung cancer). [ref]
William Clement Stone
American new thought author (1902-2002).
Born May 4th, 1902 in Chicago. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 2002 at 100 years old in Evanston. [ref]
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.
Mickey Newbury
American recording artist; singer-songwriter.
Born May 19th, 1940 in Houston. [ref]
Died September 29th, 2002 at 62 years old in Springfield (pulmonary fibrosis).
Otis Blackwell
American songwriter (1931–2002).
Born February 16th, 1931 in Brooklyn.
Died May 6th, 2002 at 71 years old in Nashville.
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).
Cliff Gorman
American actor (1936-2002).
Born October 13th, 1936 in Queens.
Died September 5th, 2002 at 65 years old in Manhattan (leukemia).
Herman Talmadge
American politician (1913–2002).
Born August 9th, 1913 in McRae.
Died March 21st, 2002 at 88 years old in Hampton.
Peg Phillips
American actress (1918-2002).
Born September 20th, 1918 in Everett.
Died November 7th, 2002 at 84 years old in Seattle (lung disease).
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]
Adolph Green
American lyricist and playwright (1914-2002).
Born December 2nd, 1914 in The Bronx.
Died October 23rd, 2002 at 87 years old in New York City.
Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Ukrainian football manager (1939–2002).
Born January 6th, 1939 in Kyiv.
Died May 13th, 2002 at 63 years old in Zaporizhzhia (stroke).
Silvia Derbez
Mexican actress (1932-2002).
Born March 8th, 1932 in San Luis Potosí.
Died April 6th, 2002 at 70 years old in Mexico City (lung cancer).
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).
Joan Littlewood
British theatre director and actress (1914-2002).
Born October 6th, 1914 in London.
Died September 20th, 2002 at 87 years old in Paris.
Bill Blass
American fashion designer (1922-2002).
Born June 22nd, 1922 in Fort Wayne. [ref]
Died June 12th, 2002 at 79 years old in New Preston (esophageal cancer).
Esther Afua Ocloo
Ghanaian entrepreneur (1919-2002).
Born April 18th, 1919 in South Dayi District. [ref]
Died February 8th, 2002 at 82 years old in Accra (pneumonia). [ref]
Elie Hobeika
Lebanese politician and militia commander (1956–2002).
Born September 22nd, 1956 in Keserwan District.
Died January 24th, 2002 at 45 years old in Beirut.
Karel Reisz
Czech-born british director, producer, film theorist, theatre director (1926-2002).
Born July 21st, 1926 in Ostrava. [ref]
Died November 25th, 2002 at 76 years old in Camden Town. [ref]
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Dag Hammarskjold