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In the year 2002
630 Notable deaths
Peter Blau
American sociologist.
Born February 7th, 1918 in Vienna.
Died March 12th, 2002 at 84 years old in New York City.
Igor Ansoff
American mathematician (1918-2002).
Born December 12th, 1918 in Vladivostok. [ref]
Died July 14th, 2002 at 83 years old in San Diego (pneumonia).
Dorothy DeLay
American musician and violin instructor (1917–2002).
Born March 31st, 1917 in Medicine Lodge.
Died March 24th, 2002 at 84 years old in New York City (cancer).
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist.
Born March 14th, 1934 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died March 10th, 2002 at 67 years old in Philadelphia (heart failure). [ref]
Arthur Rowley
English footballer and manager (1926-2002).
Born April 21st, 1926 in Wolverhampton.
Died December 19th, 2002 at 76 years old in Shrewsbury.
Eugene Odum
Mathematician, ecologist, natural philosopher, and systems ecologist.
Born September 17th, 1913 in Newport.
Died August 10th, 2002 at 88 years old in Athens.
Nguyen Van Thuan
Vietnamese roman catholic cardinal, archbishop and venerable.
Born April 17th, 1928 in Huế. [ref]
Died September 16th, 2002 at 74 years old in Rome (cancer). [ref]
David Riesman
American sociologist and educator.
Born September 22nd, 1909 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died May 10th, 2002 at 92 years old in Binghamton. [ref]
François Périer
French actor.
Born November 10th, 1919 in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died June 28th, 2002 at 82 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 261 to 270 of 630
Death ends a life, not a relationship. Mitch Albom