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In the year 2002
694 Notable deaths
Domenico Paolella
Italian director, screenwriter and journalist (1915-2002).
Born October 18th, 1915 in Foggia.
Died October 7th, 2002 at 86 years old in Rome.
Antonio Barrios
Footballer (1910-2002).
Died August 19th, 2002 at 92 years old in Donostia-San Sebastián.
Francisco Coloane
Chilean writer.
Born July 19th, 1910 in Quemchi. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2002 at 92 years old in Santiago. [ref]
Olexander Liashko
Soviet politician (1915–2002).
Born December 30th, 1915 in Rodakove.
Died October 9th, 2002 at 86 years old in Kyiv.
Rusty Wailes
American rower.
Born March 21st, 1936 in Seattle.
Died October 11th, 2002 at 66 years old in Seattle.
Hrant Matevosyan
Armenian writer (1935-2002).
Born February 12th, 1935 in Ahnidzor.
Died December 19th, 2002 at 67 years old in Yerevan.
Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa
Brazilian footballer and manager (1934-2002).
Born March 26th, 1934 in Maceió.
Died September 17th, 2002 at 68 years old in Rio de Janeiro (cancer).
Aglaja Veteranyi
Swiss actor and writer (1962-2002).
Born May 17th, 1962 in Bucharest.
Died February 3rd, 2002 at 39 years old in Zürich (drowning).
Louis Salica
Boxer (1912–2002).
Born November 16th, 1912 in Brooklyn.
Died January 30th, 2002 at 89 years old in Brooklyn.
Kazimierz Dejmek
Polish actor, theatre and film director, and politician (1924-2002).
Born May 17th, 1924 in Kovel. [ref]
Died December 31st, 2002 at 78 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Deaths 531 to 540 of 694
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