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In the year 2002
694 Notable deaths
Enrique Regüeiferos
Boxer (1948-2002).
Born July 15th, 1948 in Havana.
Died June 20th, 2002 at 53 years old in Santiago de Cuba.
Vasil Mitkov
Bulgarian footballer (1943-2002).
Born September 17th, 1943 in Sofia.
Died March 17th, 2002 at 58 years old in Sofia.
Nadezhda Zhurkina
Wwii pe-2 radio operator, one of only four women to become full cavalier of order of glory.
Born August 28th, 1920 in Turinsk.
Died April 24th, 2002 at 81 years old in Moscow.
Carlos Casares
Galician author and politician.
Born August 24th, 1941 in Ourense.
Died March 9th, 2002 at 60 years old in Nigrán. [ref]
Roberto Vidal Bolaño
Playwright and actor.
Born July 31st, 1950 in Santiago de Compostela.
Died September 11th, 2002 at 52 years old in Santiago de Compostela (lung cancer).
Rino Benedetti
Italian road bicycle racer (1928–2002).
Born November 18th, 1928 in Ponte Buggianese.
Died June 14th, 2002 at 73 years old in Lucca.
Yoshio Okada
Japanese association football player.
Born August 11th, 1926 in Kōbe.
Died June 22nd, 2002 at 75 years old in Tokyo.
Pasquale Vivolo
Italian footballer (1928-2002).
Born January 6th, 1928 in Brusciano.
Died November 18th, 2002 at 74 years old in Cremona.
Christian von Bülow
Danish sailor (1917–2002).
Born December 14th, 1917 in Copenhagen.
Died January 13th, 2002 at 84 years old
Hilde Zimmermann
Austrian resistance member (1920-2002).
Born September 12th, 1920 in Vienna.
Died March 25th, 2002 at 81 years old in Vienna.
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They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time. Banksy