In the year 2002
708 Notable deaths
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).
Deaths 151 to 160 of 708
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