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In the year 2002
630 Notable deaths
Necdet Kent
Turkish diplomat.
Born January 1st, 1911 in Constantinople.
Died September 20th, 2002 at 91 years old
Lance Macklin
British racing driver.
Born September 2nd, 1919 in London.
Died August 29th, 2002 at 82 years old in Kent (disease).
Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz
French resistance member (1920-2002).
Born October 25th, 1920 in Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle. [ref]
Died February 15th, 2002 at 81 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
John R. Pierce
American electrical engineer, acoustics expert, and author.
Born March 27th, 1910 in Des Moines.
Died April 2nd, 2002 at 92 years old in Sunnyvale (pneumonia).
Achille Castiglioni
Italian designers and architect.
Born February 16th, 1918 in Milan. [ref]
Died December 6th, 2002 at 84 years old in Milan. [ref]
Eleanor J. Gibson
American psychologist and academic.
Born December 7th, 1910 in Peoria.
Died December 30th, 2002 at 92 years old in Columbia.
Paul Hubschmid
Swiss actor.
Born July 20th, 1917 in Aarau. [ref]
Died January 1st, 2002 at 84 years old in Berlin (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Martin Esslin
British playwright, theatre critic, scholar (1918-2002).
Born June 6th, 1918 in Budapest.
Died February 24th, 2002 at 83 years old in London (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Mamo Wolde
Ethiopian marathon runner.
Born June 12th, 1932 in Oromia Region.
Died May 26th, 2002 at 69 years old in Addis Ababa (liver cancer).
Pratima Barua Pandey
Indian singer.
Born October 3rd, 1934 in Kolkata.
Died December 27th, 2002 at 68 years old in Assam.
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