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In the year 2002
630 Notable deaths
Arno Peters
German historian and filmmaker.
Born May 22nd, 1916 in Charlottenburg. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 2002 at 86 years old in Bremen. [ref]
Said Belqola
Moroccan football referee.
Born August 30th, 1956 in Tiflet.
Died June 15th, 2002 at 45 years old in Rabat (cancer).
Albrecht Becker
German actor and artist (1906-2002).
Born November 14th, 1906 in Thale.
Died April 22nd, 2002 at 95 years old in Hamburg (disease).
Branko Stanković
Serbian footballer (1921-2002).
Born October 31st, 1921 in Sarajevo.
Died February 20th, 2002 at 80 years old in Belgrade.
Martin Kamen
American scientist (1913-2002).
Born August 27th, 1913 in Toronto.
Died August 31st, 2002 at 89 years old in Montecito.
Rudolf Hell
German electrical engineer and inventor (1901-2002).
Born December 19th, 1901 in Schierling.
Died March 11th, 2002 at 100 years old in Kiel.
Enzo Barboni
Italian film director.
Born July 10th, 1922 in Rome. [ref]
Died June 23rd, 2002 at 79 years old in Rome. [ref]
Jiří Kolář
Czech poet, playwright, translator and artist (1914-2002).
Born September 24th, 1914 in Protivín. [ref]
Died August 11th, 2002 at 87 years old in Prague. [ref]
Hernán Gaviria
Colombian association football player.
Born November 27th, 1969 in Carepa.
Died October 24th, 2002 at 32 years old in Cali (lightning strike).
Jason Mayélé
Democratic republic of the congo footballer (1976-2002).
Born January 4th, 1976 in Kinshasa.
Died March 2nd, 2002 at 26 years old in Bussolengo (traffic collision).
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius