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In the year 2002
677 Notable deaths
Tom Dowd
American music producer (1925–2002).
Born October 20th, 1925 in Manhattan.
Died October 27th, 2002 at 77 years old in Miami (pulmonary emphysema).
Herman Talmadge
American politician (1913–2002).
Born August 9th, 1913 in McRae.
Died March 21st, 2002 at 88 years old in Hampton.
Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Ukrainian football manager (1939–2002).
Born January 6th, 1939 in Kyiv.
Died May 13th, 2002 at 63 years old in Zaporizhzhia (stroke).
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 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.
Deaths 151 to 160 of 677
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