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In the year 2002

630 Notable deaths

Pier Giorgio Perotto

Italian engineer (1930-2002).

Born December 24th, 1930 in Turin.

Died January 23rd, 2002 at 71 years old in Genoa.

Vlado Perlemuter

Lithuanian-born french pianist and teacher.

Born May 26th, 1904 in Kaunas. [ref]

Died September 4th, 2002 at 98 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]

Mario Nascimbene

Italian film composer (1913-2002).

Born November 28th, 1913 in Milan. [ref]

Died January 6th, 2002 at 88 years old in Rome.

Nathan H. Juran

American film director (1907-2002).

Born September 1st, 1907 in Gura Humorului. [ref]

Died October 23rd, 2002 at 95 years old in Palos Verdes Peninsula. [ref]

Ubiratan Pereira Maciel

Basketball player.

Born January 18th, 1944 in São Paulo.

Died July 17th, 2002 at 58 years old in Brasília.

Olof Lagercrantz

Swedish writer.

Born March 10th, 1911 in Stockholm. [ref]

Died July 23rd, 2002 at 91 years old in Stockholm.

Jim Crawford

British racing driver (1948-2002).

Born February 13th, 1948 in Dunfermline.

Died August 6th, 2002 at 54 years old in Tierra Verde (liver failure).

Raoul Diagne

French footballer (1910-2002).

Born November 10th, 1910 in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. [ref]

Died November 4th, 2002 at 91 years old in Créteil. [ref]

Melih Cevdet Anday

Turkish poet and writer (1915-2002).

Born March 13th, 1915 in Istanbul.

Died November 28th, 2002 at 87 years old in Istanbul.

Xavier Montsalvatge

Spanish composer.

Born March 11th, 1912 in Girona. [ref]

Died May 7th, 2002 at 90 years old in Barcelona.

Deaths 371 to 380 of 630

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