In the year 2002
708 Notable deaths
Eduardo Chillida
Spanish basque sculptor (1924-2002).
Born January 10th, 1924 in San Sebastián.
Died August 19th, 2002 at 78 years old in San Sebastián (Alzheimer's disease).
Larry Rivers
American artist (1923-2002).
Born August 17th, 1923 in New York City, The Bronx. [ref]
Died August 14th, 2002 at 78 years old in New York City. [ref]
Kristen Nygaard
Computer scientist, mathematician (1926-2002).
Born August 27th, 1926 in Oslo.
Died August 10th, 2002 at 75 years old in Oslo (myocardial infarction).
César Milstein
Argentine biochemist (1927–2002).
Born October 8th, 1927 in Bahía Blanca.
Died March 24th, 2002 at 74 years old in Cambridge.
Muhammad Hamidullah
Indian scholar and polymath (1908–2002).
Born February 19th, 1908 in Hyderabad.
Died December 17th, 2002 at 94 years old in Jacksonville.
Victor Weisskopf
Austrian american theoretical physicist (1908–2002).
Born September 19th, 1908 in Vienna.
Died April 22nd, 2002 at 93 years old in Newton.
Juan Alberto Schiaffino
Uruguayan association football player (1925-2002).
Born July 28th, 1925 in Montevideo.
Died November 13th, 2002 at 77 years old in Montevideo. [ref]
Roman Tam
Hong kong singer (1945-2002).
Born February 12th, 1945 in Baise.
Died October 18th, 2002 at 57 years old in Queen Mary Hospital (liver cancer).
André de Toth
Hungarian-born american film director (1913-2002).
Born May 15th, 1913 in Makó. [ref]
Died October 27th, 2002 at 89 years old in Burbank (aneurysm). [ref]
John W. Gardner
American politician (1912-2002).
Born October 8th, 1912 in Los Angeles.
Died February 16th, 2002 at 89 years old in Palo Alto (cancer).
Deaths 251 to 260 of 708
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner