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In the year 2002
710 Notable deaths
John Berger
Cross-country skier (1909-2002).
Born July 31st, 1909 in Boden.
Died January 12th, 2002 at 92 years old in Stockholm.
Raoul Rémy
French road bicycle racer (1919–2002).
Born October 25th, 1919 in Marseille.
Died June 26th, 2002 at 82 years old in 8th arrondissement of Marseille.
Louis Carré
Belgian footballer (1925-2002).
Born January 7th, 1925 in Liège.
Died June 10th, 2002 at 77 years old in Liège.
Guido Bernardi
Olympic cyclist.
Born September 21st, 1921 in Pontenure. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 2002 at 80 years old in Pontenure.
Guglielmo Pesenti
Italian racing cyclist (1933-2002).
Born December 18th, 1933 in Sedrina.
Died July 12th, 2002 at 68 years old in Bergamo.
Stanley Wagner
Canadian ice hockey player (1908–2002).
Born March 2nd, 1908 in Pueblo.
Died October 11th, 2002 at 94 years old in Winnipeg.
Eberhard Mehl
German fencer.
Born April 20th, 1935 in Cologne.
Died March 29th, 2002 at 66 years old in Koblenz.
Vladimir Romashkin
Erzya folklorist, researcher, musician and documentary filmmaker. he also created the musical group toorama..
Born September 6th, 1951 in Ichalki.
Died August 29th, 2002 at 50 years old in Saransk.
Germana Malabarba
Italian gymnast (1913–2002).
Born November 19th, 1913 in Pavia.
Died September 30th, 2002 at 88 years old in Pavia.
Theo Bruce
Australian long jumper (1923-2002).
Born July 28th, 1923 in Adelaide.
Died August 1st, 2002 at 79 years old
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