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In the year 2002
630 Notable deaths
Infanta Beatriz of Spain
Spanish infanta, daughter of king alfonso xiii of spain and victoria eugenie of battenberg.
Born June 22nd, 1909 in San Ildefonso.
Died November 22nd, 2002 at 93 years old in Rome.
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]
Julia Phillips
American film producer and author.
Born April 7th, 1944 in New York City.
Died January 1st, 2002 at 57 years old in West Hollywood (cancer).
Bill Blass
American fashion designer (1922-2002).
Born June 22nd, 1922 in Fort Wayne. [ref]
Died June 12th, 2002 at 79 years old in New Preston (esophageal cancer).
James Tobin
American economist.
Born March 5th, 1918 in Champaign. [ref]
Died March 11th, 2002 at 84 years old in New Haven (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Sergey Bodrov, Jr.
Russian actor (1971-2002).
Born December 27th, 1971 in Moscow.
Died September 20th, 2002 at 30 years old in Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.
Adolph Green
American lyricist and playwright (1914-2002).
Born December 2nd, 1914 in The Bronx.
Died October 23rd, 2002 at 87 years old in New York City. [ref]
Otis Blackwell
American songwriter (1931–2002).
Born February 16th, 1931 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died May 6th, 2002 at 71 years old in Nashville. [ref]
Ron Taylor
American actor, singer and writer (1952-2002).
Born October 16th, 1952 in Galveston.
Died January 16th, 2002 at 49 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Chico Xavier
Spiritualist and philanthropist from brazil.
Born April 2nd, 1910 in Pedro Leopoldo. [ref]
Died June 30th, 2002 at 92 years old in Uberaba (acute myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 151 to 160 of 630
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci