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In the year 2002
630 Notable deaths
Jesse Brown
Former united states secretary of veterans affairs (1944-2002).
Born March 27th, 1944 in Detroit.
Died August 15th, 2002 at 58 years old in Warrenton (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Ramón Grosso
Spanish footballer and manager (1943-2002).
Born December 8th, 1943 in Madrid.
Died February 13th, 2002 at 58 years old in Madrid.
Bobo Olson
American boxer.
Born July 11th, 1928 in Honolulu.
Died January 16th, 2002 at 73 years old in Honolulu (Alzheimer's disease).
Charles Sheffield
British scientist, american science fiction writer.
Born June 25th, 1935 in Kingston upon Hull. [ref]
Died November 2nd, 2002 at 67 years old in Rockville. [ref]
John Meredyth Lucas
American screenwriter.
Born May 1st, 1919 in Los Angeles.
Died October 19th, 2002 at 83 years old in Newport Beach (leukemia).
Raymond Firth
Ethnologist from new zealand (1901-2002).
Born March 25th, 1901 in Auckland. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 2002 at 100 years old in London. [ref]
Grote Reber
American astronomer (1911-2002).
Born December 22nd, 1911 in Wheaton.
Died December 20th, 2002 at 90 years old in Ouse.
Alice Stewart
British epidemiologist.
Born October 4th, 1906 in Sheffield.
Died June 3rd, 2002 at 95 years old in Oxford.
Nikolai Amosov
Ukrainian soviet and ukrainian surgeon.
Born December 6th, 1913.
Died December 12th, 2002 at 89 years old in Kyiv.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore