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In the year 2002
630 Notable deaths
Herb Ritts
American photographer.
Born August 13th, 1952 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died December 26th, 2002 at 50 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia). [ref]
Mick Tucker
British drummer.
Born July 17th, 1947 in London.
Died February 14th, 2002 at 54 years old in Hertfordshire (leukemia).
Susie Garrett
Actress (1929-2002).
Born December 29th, 1929 in Detroit.
Died May 24th, 2002 at 72 years old in Southfield (cancer).
Ong Teng Cheong
5th president of singapore (1936-2002).
Born January 22nd, 1936 in Straits Settlements.
Died February 8th, 2002 at 66 years old in Singapore (lymphoma).
Joaquín Balaguer
President of the dominican republic (1906-2002).
Born September 1st, 1902 in Bisonó.
Died July 14th, 2002 at 99 years old in Santo Domingo (peptic ulcer disease). [ref]
Jack Kruschen
Canadian actor (1922-2002).
Born March 20th, 1922 in Winnipeg.
Died April 2nd, 2002 at 80 years old in Chandler.
Prince Claus of the Netherlands
Spouse of prinsess beatrix of the netherlands, prince-consort of the netherlands.
Born September 6th, 1926 in Hitzacker.
Died October 6th, 2002 at 76 years old in Amsterdam (Parkinson's disease, pneumonia).
Basappa Danappa Jatti
Indian politician (1912-2002).
Born September 10th, 1912 in Savalagi.
Died June 7th, 2002 at 89 years old in Bengaluru (kidney cancer).
László Kubala
Hungarian footballer (1927–2002).
Born June 10th, 1927 in Budapest.
Died May 17th, 2002 at 74 years old in Barcelona.
John Gorton
Australian politician, 19th prime minister of australia (1911-2002).
Born September 9th, 1911 in Melbourne.
Died May 19th, 2002 at 90 years old in Sydney.
Deaths 121 to 130 of 630
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown