In the year 2002
710 Notable deaths
Eugenio Coșeriu
Romanian linguist (1921-2002).
Born July 27th, 1921 in Mihăileni. [ref]
Died September 7th, 2002 at 81 years old in Tübingen. [ref]
George Shevelov
Ukrainian writer, slavist philologist, literary historian, critic, member of the national academy of sciences of ukraine (1908-2002).
Born December 17th, 1908 in Kharkiv.
Died April 12th, 2002 at 93 years old in New York City.
Chaim Cohn
Israeli judge (1911–2002).
Born March 11th, 1911 in Lübeck.
Died April 10th, 2002 at 91 years old in Jerusalem.
Walter Villa
Italian motorcycle racer.
Born August 13th, 1943 in Castelnuovo Rangone.
Died June 18th, 2002 at 58 years old in Modena (myocardial infarction).
John Cocke
American computer scientist (1925-2002).
Born May 30th, 1925 in Charlotte.
Died July 16th, 2002 at 77 years old in Valhalla.
Aileen Riggin
American diver, swimmer, olympic gold medalist.
Born May 2nd, 1906 in Newport.
Died October 17th, 2002 at 96 years old in Honolulu. [ref]
Robert Hanbury Brown
British astronomer and physicist, born in india.
Born August 31st, 1916 in Aruvankadu. [ref]
Died January 16th, 2002 at 85 years old in Andover. [ref]
Licínio Rangel
Brazilian bishop.
Born January 5th, 1936 in Campos dos Goytacazes.
Died December 16th, 2002 at 66 years old in Campos dos Goytacazes. [ref]
Mia Čorak Slavenska
Croatian ballerina (1916-2002).
Born February 20th, 1916 in Slavonski Brod.
Died October 5th, 2002 at 86 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Pierre Rapsat
Singer-songwriter.
Born May 28th, 1948 in Ixelles - Elsene.
Died April 20th, 2002 at 53 years old in Verviers (cancer).
Deaths 461 to 470 of 710
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