In the year 2002
694 Notable deaths
Čestmír Vycpálek
Czech soccer player and soccer coach (1921–2002).
Born May 15th, 1921 in Prague. [ref]
Died May 5th, 2002 at 80 years old in Palermo.
Jan Hulsker
Dutch art historian (1907-2002).
Born October 2nd, 1907 in The Hague.
Died November 9th, 2002 at 95 years old in Vancouver.
Edmar Mednis
American chess player.
Born March 22nd, 1937 in Riga.
Died February 13th, 2002 at 64 years old in Queens (myocardial infarction, pneumonia).
Gunnar Jarring
Swedish diplomat and turkologist (1907-2002).
Born October 12th, 1907 in Höganäs.
Died May 29th, 2002 at 94 years old in Stockholm.
Claude Berge
French mathematician (1926-2002).
Born June 5th, 1926 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 30th, 2002 at 76 years old in 10th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Nika Turbina
Russian poet (1974–2002).
Born December 17th, 1974 in Yalta.
Died May 11th, 2002 at 27 years old in Moscow (falling from height).
Bernhard Neumann
German-born british mathematician.
Born October 15th, 1909 in Berlin.
Died October 21st, 2002 at 93 years old in Canberra.
Eduard Gufeld
Soviet chess player.
Born March 19th, 1936 in Kyiv.
Died September 23rd, 2002 at 66 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Jim Barnes
American basketball player (1941-2002).
Born April 13th, 1941 in Tuckerman.
Died September 14th, 2002 at 61 years old in Silver Spring.
Etta Zuber Falconer
American mathematician & academic (1933–2002).
Born November 21st, 1933 in Tupelo. [ref]
Died September 19th, 2002 at 68 years old in Atlanta (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Deaths 421 to 430 of 694
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk