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In the year 2002
630 Notable deaths
César Milstein
Argentine biochemist.
Born October 8th, 1927 in Bahía Blanca.
Died March 24th, 2002 at 74 years old in Cambridge.
Irán Eory
Iranian-spanish actress (1937-2002).
Born October 21st, 1937 in Tehran. [ref]
Died March 10th, 2002 at 64 years old in Mexico City (cerebral hemorrhage).
Kristen Nygaard
Computer scientist, mathematician (1926-2002).
Born August 27th, 1926 in Oslo.
Died August 10th, 2002 at 75 years old in Oslo (myocardial infarction).
Zizinho
Brazilian footballer (1921-2002).
Born September 14th, 1921 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died February 8th, 2002 at 80 years old in Niterói (myocardial infarction).
Sohn Kee-chung
South korean marathon runner.
Born August 29th, 1914 in Sinuiju.
Died November 15th, 2002 at 88 years old in Daejeon (pneumonia).
Roman Tam
Hong kong singer.
Born February 12th, 1945 in Baise.
Died October 18th, 2002 at 57 years old in Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong (liver cancer).
John W. Gardner
American politician (1912-2002).
Born October 8th, 1912 in Los Angeles.
Died February 16th, 2002 at 89 years old in Palo Alto (cancer).
Mati Klarwein
German artist (1932-2002).
Born April 9th, 1932 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died March 7th, 2002 at 69 years old in Deià. [ref]
Walter Lord
American author.
Born October 8th, 1917 in Baltimore.
Died May 19th, 2002 at 84 years old in Manhattan (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
President of somaliland (1928-2002).
Born August 15th, 1928 in Odweine.
Died May 3rd, 2002 at 73 years old in Pretoria.
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