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In the year 2002
630 Notable deaths
Marianne Hoppe
German actress.
Born April 26th, 1911 in Rostock. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 2002 at 91 years old in Siegsdorf. [ref]
Marion Gräfin Dönhoff
German journalist.
Born December 2nd, 1909 in Friedrichstein Castle.
Died March 11th, 2002 at 92 years old in Castle Crottorf.
Phil Smith
American basketball player (1952-2002).
Born April 22nd, 1952 in San Francisco.
Died July 29th, 2002 at 50 years old in Escondido (multiple myeloma).
Yves Robert
French director (1920-2002).
Born June 19th, 1920 in Saumur. [ref]
Died May 10th, 2002 at 81 years old in Paris (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Armi Aavikko
Finnish beauty queen and singer.
Born September 1st, 1958 in Helsinki.
Died January 2nd, 2002 at 43 years old in Espoo (pneumonia).
Morihiro Saito
Japanese aikidōka.
Born March 31st, 1928 in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Died May 13th, 2002 at 74 years old in Iwama (cancer).
Desmond Hoyte
President of guyana, politician, lawyer (1929-2002).
Born March 9th, 1929 in Georgetown.
Died December 22nd, 2002 at 73 years old in Georgetown.
Günter Wand
German orchestra conductor (1912-2002).
Born January 7th, 1912 in Elberfeld. [ref]
Died February 14th, 2002 at 90 years old in canton of Fribourg. [ref]
Ivan Desny
Swiss actor (1922-2002).
Born December 28th, 1922 in Beijing. [ref]
Died April 13th, 2002 at 79 years old in Ascona (pneumonia). [ref]
Vitaly Solomin
Soviet and russian actor.
Born December 12th, 1941 in Chita.
Died May 27th, 2002 at 60 years old in Moscow (stroke).
Deaths 331 to 340 of 630
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