In the year 2002
694 Notable deaths
Benny Peled
Israeli general (1928-2002).
Born April 18th, 1928 in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Died July 13th, 2002 at 74 years old (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Luise Rinser
German writer.
Born April 30th, 1911 in Pitzling. [ref]
Died March 17th, 2002 at 90 years old in Unterhaching. [ref]
Ila Mitra
Bangladeshi activist.
Born October 18th, 1925 in Kolkata.
Died October 13th, 2002 at 76 years old in Kolkata.
Martin Kamen
American scientist (1913-2002).
Born August 27th, 1913 in Toronto.
Died August 31st, 2002 at 89 years old in Montecito.
Per Bak
Danish physicist (1948-2002).
Born December 8th, 1948 in Denmark.
Died October 16th, 2002 at 53 years old in Copenhagen.
Rudolf Hell
German electrical engineer, inventor and entrepreneur (1901–2002).
Born December 19th, 1901 in Schierling.
Died March 11th, 2002 at 100 years old in Kiel.
Arno Peters
German historian and filmmaker.
Born May 22nd, 1916 in Charlottenburg. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 2002 at 86 years old in Bremen. [ref]
Alexander Ginzburg
Russian journalist, poet, human rights activist and dissident (1936-2002).
Born November 21st, 1936 in Moscow.
Died July 19th, 2002 at 65 years old in Paris. [ref]
Hernán Gaviria
Colombian association football player (1969–2002).
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).
Deaths 381 to 390 of 694
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner