In the year 2002
694 Notable deaths
Paul Fannin
Republican governor of and u.s. senator from arizona (1907–2002).
Born January 29th, 1907 in Ashland.
Died January 13th, 2002 at 94 years old in Phoenix (cerebrovascular disease).
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]
George Alec Effinger
Novelist, short story writer (1947–2002).
Born January 10th, 1947 in Cleveland.
Died April 27th, 2002 at 55 years old in New Orleans.
Roland Hanna
American pianist (1932–2002).
Born February 10th, 1932 in Detroit.
Died November 13th, 2002 at 70 years old in Hackensack.
Shanta Gandhi
Indian dancer and theatre director (1917-2002).
Born December 20th, 1917 in Nashik.
Died May 6th, 2002 at 84 years old in Mumbai.
Farhad Mehrad
Iranian singer and guitarist.
Born January 20th, 1944 in Tehran.
Died August 31st, 2002 at 58 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (hepatitis).
Fernando Belaúnde Terry
President of peru from 1963 to 1968 and from 1980 to 1985 (1912-2002).
Born October 7th, 1912 in Lima. [ref]
Died June 4th, 2002 at 89 years old in Lima.
Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
German writer.
Born March 18th, 1928 in Berlin.
Died April 30th, 2002 at 74 years old in Berlin (myocardial infarction).
Meinhard Michael Moser
Austrian mycologist (1924-2002).
Born March 13th, 1924 in Innsbruck.
Died September 30th, 2002 at 78 years old in Innsbruck (myocardial infarction).
Pierre Werner
Luxembourgish politician (1913-2002), prime minister of luxembourg (1959-1974, 1979-1984).
Born December 29th, 1913 in Lille.
Died June 24th, 2002 at 88 years old in Luxembourg.
Deaths 341 to 350 of 694
Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris