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In the year 2002
630 Notable deaths
Spiros Kyprianou
2nd president of the republic of cyprus (1932-2002).
Born October 28th, 1932 in Limassol Municipality. [ref]
Died March 12th, 2002 at 69 years old in Bank of Cyprus Oncology Center (cancer). [ref]
George Alec Effinger
Novelist, short story writer.
Born January 10th, 1947 in Cleveland. [ref]
Died April 27th, 2002 at 55 years old in New Orleans. [ref]
Roland Hanna
American pianist.
Born February 10th, 1932 in Detroit. [ref]
Died November 13th, 2002 at 70 years old in Hackensack. [ref]
Michael Stasinopoulos
President of greece (1903-2002).
Born August 9th, 1903 in Messini.
Died October 31st, 2002 at 99 years old in Athens.
Elisabeth Mann Borgese
Canadian german-born expert in maritime law, ecologist.
Born April 24th, 1918 in Munich. [ref]
Died February 8th, 2002 at 83 years old in St. Moritz (pneumonia).
William Witney
American director (1915-2002).
Died March 17th, 2002 at 86 years old in Jackson. [ref]
Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
German writer.
Born March 18th, 1928 in Berlin.
Died April 30th, 2002 at 74 years old in Berlin (myocardial infarction).
Leopold Vietoris
Austrian mathematician.
Born June 4th, 1891 in Bad Radkersburg.
Died April 9th, 2002 at 110 years old in Innsbruck.
Jan de Hartog
Dutch author.
Born April 22nd, 1914 in Haarlem. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 2002 at 88 years old in Houston. [ref]
Pierre Werner
Luxembourg politician (1913-2002).
Born December 29th, 1913 in Lille. [ref]
Died June 24th, 2002 at 88 years old in Luxembourg. [ref]
Deaths 321 to 330 of 630
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