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In the year 2002
630 Notable deaths
James Gregory
Actor (1911-2002).
Born December 23rd, 1911 in The Bronx.
Died September 16th, 2002 at 90 years old in Sedona.
Randy Castillo
American drummer.
Born December 10th, 1950 in Albuquerque.
Died March 26th, 2002 at 51 years old in Los Angeles (skin cancer).
Freddy Heineken
Dutch businessman.
Born November 4th, 1923 in Amsterdam.
Died January 3rd, 2002 at 78 years old in Noordwijk (pneumonia).
Barbara Valentin
Austrian actress (1940-2002).
Born December 15th, 1940 in Vienna. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 2002 at 61 years old in Munich (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Sylvia Rivera
American sexworker transgender rights activist (1951-2002).
Born July 2nd, 1951 in New York City. [ref]
Died February 19th, 2002 at 50 years old in New York City (liver cancer).
John Frankenheimer
American film and television director (1930-2002).
Born February 19th, 1930 in Queens. [ref]
Died July 6th, 2002 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction, stroke). [ref]
Erma Franklin
American recording artist; gospel and soul singer.
Born March 13th, 1938 in Shelby. [ref]
Died September 7th, 2002 at 64 years old in Detroit (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Robert Nozick
American political philosopher (1938-2002).
Born November 16th, 1938 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 2002 at 63 years old in Cambridge (stomach cancer). [ref]
Cyrus Vance
United states secretary of state from 1977 to 1980.
Born March 27th, 1917 in Clarksburg. [ref]
Died January 12th, 2002 at 84 years old in Mount Sinai Hospital (pneumonia). [ref]
Oskar Sala
German musician.
Born July 18th, 1910 in Greiz.
Died February 26th, 2002 at 91 years old in Berlin.
Deaths 61 to 70 of 630
Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius