In the year 2002
708 Notable deaths
Alex Hannum
American basketball player and coach (1923-2002).
Born July 19th, 1923 in Los Angeles.
Died January 18th, 2002 at 78 years old in San Diego.
Robert Guéï
Ivorian politician (1941-2002).
Born March 16th, 1941 in Man.
Died September 19th, 2002 at 61 years old in Cocody.
David McWilliams
Irish singer.
Born July 4th, 1945 in Belfast.
Died January 8th, 2002 at 56 years old in Ballycastle (myocardial infarction).
Arthur Rowley
English footballer and manager (1926-2002).
Born April 21st, 1926 in Wolverhampton.
Died December 19th, 2002 at 76 years old in Shrewsbury.
Gabriel Almond
American political scientist (1911-2002).
Born January 12th, 1911 in Rock Island.
Died December 25th, 2002 at 91 years old in Pacific Grove.
Igor Ansoff
American mathematician (1918-2002).
Born December 12th, 1918 in Vladivostok.
Died July 14th, 2002 at 83 years old in San Diego (pneumonia).
Nguyen Van Thuan
Vietnamese roman catholic cardinal, archbishop and venerable.
Born April 17th, 1928 in Huế. [ref]
Died September 16th, 2002 at 74 years old in Rome (cancer). [ref]
Alexander Prokhorov
Soviet and russian physicist (1916-2002).
Born July 11th, 1916 in Atherton. [ref]
Died January 8th, 2002 at 85 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Nils Bohlin
Swedish inventor.
Born July 17th, 1920 in Härnösand.
Died September 26th, 2002 at 82 years old in Ydre Municipality.
Deaths 271 to 280 of 708
Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living. Jo Nesbø