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In the year 2002
693 Notable deaths
André de Toth
Hungarian-born american film director (1913-2002).
Born May 15th, 1913 in Makó. [ref]
Died October 27th, 2002 at 89 years old in Burbank (aneurysm). [ref]
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).
Shanta Shelke
Marathi poet and writer (1922–2002).
Born October 19th, 1922 in Pune.
Died June 6th, 2002 at 79 years old (cancer).
R. A. Lafferty
American writer (1914–2002).
Born November 7th, 1914 in Neola.
Died March 18th, 2002 at 87 years old in Broken Arrow.
Salman Raduyev
Chechen warlord (1967-2002).
Born February 13th, 1967 in Gudermes. [ref]
Died December 14th, 2002 at 35 years old in White Swan (Henoch-Schoenlein purpura). [ref]
Marina Berti
British italian actress (1924-2002).
Born September 29th, 1924 in London.
Died October 29th, 2002 at 78 years old in Rome (cancer).
Chang Cheh
Chinese film director, screenwriter and songwriter (1923-2002).
Born February 10th, 1923 in Shanghai.
Died June 22nd, 2002 at 79 years old in Hong Kong (pneumonia).
Mati Klarwein
German artist (1932-2002).
Born April 9th, 1932 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died March 7th, 2002 at 69 years old in Deià. [ref]
Rudi Dornbusch
German economist.
Born June 8th, 1942 in Krefeld.
Died July 25th, 2002 at 60 years old in Washington, D.C. (cancer). [ref]
Lilian, Princess of Réthy
Second wife of king leopold iii of belgium (1916–2002).
Born November 28th, 1916 in London.
Died June 7th, 2002 at 85 years old in Waterloo.
Deaths 251 to 260 of 693
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