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In the year 2002
630 Notable deaths
Heinz von Foerster
Austrian american scientist and cybernetician.
Born November 13th, 1911 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 2002 at 90 years old in Pescadero.
Pauline Chan
Hong-kong actress (1973-2002).
Born May 23rd, 1973 in Shanghai.
Died July 31st, 2002 at 29 years old in Shanghai (falling).
Keene Curtis
American actor (1923-2002).
Born February 15th, 1923 in Salt Lake City.
Died October 13th, 2002 at 79 years old in Bountiful (Alzheimer's disease).
B. V. Karanth
Indian theatre personality, film director.
Born September 19th, 1929 in Dakshina Kannada district.
Died September 1st, 2002 at 72 years old in Bengaluru.
Van Tien Dung
General of the vietnam people's army (1917-2002).
Died March 17th, 2002 at 84 years old in Hanoi.
R. M. Hare
British moral philosopher (1919–2002).
Born March 12th, 1919 in Somerset. [ref]
Died January 29th, 2002 at 82 years old in Ewelme (stroke). [ref]
Leo Ornstein
American composer and pianist (1895–2002).
Born December 2nd, 1893 in Kremenchuk. [ref]
Died February 24th, 2002 at 108 years old in Green Bay. [ref]
Queen Geraldine of Albania
Albanian royal consort (1915-2002).
Born August 6th, 1915 in Budapest.
Died October 22nd, 2002 at 87 years old in Tirana.
Peter Bardens
English keyboardist (1945-2002).
Born June 19th, 1945 in Westminster. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 2002 at 56 years old in Malibu (lung cancer). [ref]
Dee Brown
American writer.
Born February 28th, 1908 in Roy.
Died December 12th, 2002 at 94 years old in Little Rock (heart failure). [ref]
Deaths 201 to 210 of 630
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir