Celebrity Deaths in 2002
223 notable figures died in 2002. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Alberto Busaid
1938 – 2002 · Actors Jan 1 -
Alfonso Del Real
1916 – 2002 · Actors Jan 1 -
Camilo José Cela Trulock
1916 – 2002 · Authors and Writers Jan 1 -
Carol Ohmart
1927 – 2002 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Carrie Hamilton
1963 – 2002 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Catya Sassoon
1968 – 2002 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Geoff Astle
1942 – 2002 · Sports Figures Jan 1 -
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John Clifford Baxter
1958 – 2002 · Business Magnates Jan 1 -
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Mari Carmen Prendes
1906 – 2002 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Mari Carmen Prendes
1906 – 2002 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Meg Wyllie
1917 – 2002 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Paul Hubschmid
1917 – 2002 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Queenie Leonard
1905 – 2002 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Dave Thomas
1932 – 2002 · Business Magnates, Philanthropists Jan 8 -
Henri Verneuil
1920 – 2002 · Film Director Jan 11 -
Paul Fannin
1907 – 2002 · Politicians, Senator Jan 13 -
Ted Demme
1963 – 2002 · Director, Film Director, Movie/TV Producer, Producer Jan 13 -
Camilo José Cela
1916 – 2002 · Celebrities, Politicians Jan 17 -
Carrie Hamilton
1963 – 2002 · Actresses, Singer Jan 20 -
Peggy Lee
1920 – 2002 · Actresses, Singer Jan 21 -
Sheldon Allman
1924 – 2002 · Actors Jan 22 -
Astrid Lindgren
1907 – 2002 · Authors and Writers Jan 28 -
Harold Russell
1914 – 2002 · Actors Jan 29 -
Stephen Wayne Anderson
1953 – 2002 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jan 29 -
Stratford Johns
1925 – 2002 · Actors Jan 29 -
Daniel Pearl
1963 – 2002 · American journalist, Victims of crime and disaster Feb 1 -
Hildegard Knef
1925 – 2002 · Actresses, Singer, Song Writers Feb 1 -
Chuck Jones
1912 – 2002 · Artists and Architects Feb 2 -
Chuck Jones
1912 – 2002 · Business Magnates Feb 2 -
Elisa Bridges
1973 – 2002 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Ellen Demming
1922 – 2002 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Hilda Carrero
1951 – 2002 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Margit Lukacs
1914 – 2002 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Mary Stuart
1926 – 2002 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Mary Stuart Houchins Neumann
1926 – 2002 · Actresses Feb 2 -
George Nader
1921 – 2002 · Actors, Authors and Writers Feb 4 -
Guy Stockwell
1934 – 2002 · Actors Feb 6 -
Barry Foster
1927 – 2002 · Actors Feb 11 -
Waylon Jennings
1937 – 2002 · Country Music Feb 13 -
Mike Darr
1976 – 2002 · Athletes, Baseball Feb 15 -
John Thaw
1942 – 2002 · Actors Feb 21 -
Spike Milligan
1918 – 2002 · Actors, Authors and Writers, Comedian, Entertainers Feb 27 -
Helmut Zacharias
1920 – 2002 · Musicians and Composers Feb 28 -
Andra Akers
1943 – 2002 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Claire Davenport
1933 – 2002 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Harlan Howard
1927 – 2002 · Country Music, Musicians and Composers, Song Writers Mar 3 -
Héctor Anglada
1976 – 2002 · Actors Mar 3 -
Iran Eory
1938 – 2002 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Irene Worth
1916 – 2002 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Marvin Goldhar
1934 – 2002 · Actors Mar 3 -
Mati Klarwein
1932 – 2002 · Artists and Architects Mar 3 -
Roy Porter
1946 – 2002 · Educators Mar 3 -
Prunella Ransome
1943 – 2002 · Actresses Mar 4 -
Donald Wilson
1910 – 2002 · Authors and Writers Mar 5 -
Shirley Scott
1934 – 2002 · Musicians and Composers Mar 10 -
James Tobin
1918 – 2002 · Educators Mar 11 -
Sylvester Weaver
1908 – 2002 · Business Magnates Mar 15 -
Rosetta LeNoire
1911 – 2002 · Actresses Mar 17 -
Andra Akers
1943 – 2002 · Actresses Mar 20 -
Milly Dowler
1988 – 2002 · Victims of crime and disaster Mar 22 -
Billy Wilder
1906 – 2002 · Authors and Writers, Director Mar 27 -
Dudley Moore
1935 – 2002 · Actors, Comedian, Musicians and Composers Mar 27 -
Milton Berle
1908 – 2002 · Actors, Comedian Mar 27 -
Jack Kruschen
1922 – 2002 · Actors Apr 2 -
Roy Huggins
1914 – 2002 · Movie/TV Producer Apr 3 - Photo 1917 – 2002 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Apr 4
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Byron Raymond “Whizzer” White
1917 – 2002 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Apr 4 -
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Byron Raymond “Whizzer” White
1917 – 2002 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Apr 4 -
Maria de los Angeles Felix
1914 – 2002 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Neville Labovitch
1927 – 2002 · Artists and Architects Apr 4 -
Rusty Burrell
1925 – 2002 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Apr 4 -
Ruth Fertel
1927 – 2002 Apr 4 -
Ruth Mosko Handler
1916 – 2002 Apr 4 -
Silvia Derbez
1932 – 2002 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Truman Gaige
1906 – 2002 · Actors Apr 4 -
Nobu McCarthy
1934 – 2002 · Actresses Apr 6 -
John Agar
1921 – 2002 · Actors Apr 7 -
Robert Urich
1946 – 2002 Apr 16 -
Gaige Truman
1906 – 2002 Apr 17 -
Thor Heyerdahl
1914 – 2002 · Authors and Writers, Celebrities, Film Director Apr 18 -
Wahoo McDaniel
1938 – 2002 · Sports Figures, Wrestler Apr 18 -
Lisa Lopes
1971 – 2002 · Hip Hop Artist, R&B Singer, Singer Apr 25 -
Bob Akin
1936 – 2002 · Athletes, Race Car Driver Apr 29 -
Victor Peirce
1958 – 2002 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities May 1 -
Anthea Holloway
1919 – 2002 · Actresses May 5 -
Axel Amuchástegui
1921 – 2002 · Artists and Architects May 5 -
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Dave Berg
1920 – 2002 · Authors and Writers May 5 -
George Sidney
1916 – 2002 · Film Director May 5 -
James Grant Benton
1949 – 2002 · Actors May 5 -
Joe Frank Cobb
1916 – 2002 · Actors May 5 -
Joseph Bonanno
1905 – 2002 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities, Gangster, Organized Crime Figures May 5 -
Pat Coombs
1926 – 2002 · Actresses May 5 -
Susie Garrett
1929 – 2002 · Actresses May 5 -
Otis Blackwell
1931 – 2002 · Authors and Writers, Musicians and Composers May 6 -
Leslie Dale Martin
1967 – 2002 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities May 10 -
Lynda Lyon Block
1948 – 2002 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities May 10 -
Yves Robert
1920 – 2002 · Actors May 10 -
Ruth Cracknell
1925 – 2002 · Actresses, Comedian May 13 -
Jerry Dunphy
1921 – 2002 · Television Broadcaster May 20 -
Mamo Wolde
1932 – 2002 · Athletes May 26 -
David Parker Ray
1939 – 2002 · Serial Killer May 28 -
Napoleon Beazley
1976 – 2002 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities May 28 -
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Bill Blass
1922 – 2002 · Business Magnates Jun 6 -
Jaime Brocal Remohí
1936 – 2002 · Artists and Architects Jun 6 -
Pedro Alcazar
1975 – 2002 · Sports Figures Jun 6 -
Signe Hasso
1915 – 2002 · Actresses Jun 7 -
James Wheaton
1924 – 2002 · Actors Jun 9 -
John Gotti
1940 – 2002 · Gangster Jun 10 -
Maury Travis
1965 – 2002 · Serial Killer Jun 10 -
Erwin Chargaff
1905 – 2002 · Scientists and Inventors Jun 20 -
Dolores Gray
1923 – 2002 · Actresses, Singer Jun 26 -
Rosemary Clooney
1928 – 2002 · Actresses, Singer Jun 29 -
Ted Williams
1918 – 2002 · Athletes, Baseball Jul 5 -
Betsy Friday David
1958 – 2002 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Glenda Hope Crane
1915 – 2002 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Katy Jurado
1924 – 2002 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Mary Carew Armstrong
1913 – 2002 · Sports Figures Jul 7 -
Peter Baylis
1922 – 2002 · Actors Jul 7 -
Roger Leonard “Casey Jones” Awsumb
1928 – 2002 · Entertainers Jul 7 -
Yousuf Karsh
1908 – 2002 · Business Magnates Jul 7 -
Ward Kimball
1914 – 2002 · Artists and Architects Jul 8 -
Rod Steiger
1925 – 2002 · Actors Jul 9 -
Chuck Traynor
1937 – 2002 · Director Jul 22 -
Leo McKern
1920 – 2002 · Actors Jul 23 -
Maurice Denham
1909 – 2002 · Actors Jul 24 -
Carmen Silvera
1922 – 2002 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Eduardo Chillida
1924 – 2002 · Artists and Architects Aug 8 -
Jan Stenbeck
1942 – 2002 · Business Magnates Aug 8 -
Josh Ryan Evans
1982 – 2002 · Actors Aug 8 -
Luis Carandell
1929 – 2002 · Authors and Writers Aug 8 -
Roberto “Calambres” Cobo
1930 – 2002 · Actors Aug 8 -
Roberto Guzman
1936 – 2002 · Actors Aug 8 -
Don Chastain
1935 – 2002 · Actors Aug 9 -
Jeff Corey
1914 – 2002 · Actors Aug 16 -
Dennis Fimple
1940 – 2002 · Actors Aug 23 -
Ted Ross
1934 – 2002 · Actors Sep 3 -
Cliff Gorman
1936 – 2002 · Actors Sep 5 -
Cyrinda Foxe
1952 – 2002 · Actresses, Model Sep 7 -
Katrin Cartlidge
1961 – 2002 · Actresses Sep 7 -
Michael Elphick
1946 – 2002 · Actors Sep 7 -
Angelo Buono, Jr
1934 – 2002 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Sep 9 -
Blanca De Silos
1914 – 2002 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Carmen Phillips
1937 – 2002 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Cyrinda Foxe-Tyler
1952 – 2002 · Actresses Sep 9 -
John O’Gorman Arundel
1927 – 2002 · Sports Figures Sep 9 -
LaWanda Page
1920 – 2002 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Lester Alexander “Les” Auge, Jr
1953 – 2002 · Sports Figures Sep 9 -
Lolita Torres
1930 – 2002 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Sergei Bodrov, Jr
1971 – 2002 · Actors Sep 9 -
William Rosenberg
1916 – 2002 · Business Magnates Sep 9 -
Kim Hunter
1922 – 2002 · Actresses Sep 11 -
LaWanda Page
1920 – 2002 · Actresses Sep 14 -
James Gregory
1911 – 2002 · Actors Sep 16 -
Tony Martinez
1920 – 2002 · Actors Sep 16 -
Robert Anthony Buell
1940 – 2002 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Sep 24 -
Whitney Blake
1925 – 2002 · Actresses Sep 28 -
Walter Annenberg
1908 – 2002 · Business Magnates, Philanthropists Oct 1 -
Phyllis Calvert
1915 – 2002 · Actresses Oct 8 -
Aileen Wuornos
1956 – 2002 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Oct 9 -
Barbara Berjer
1920 – 2002 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Cheryl “Rainbeaux” Smith
1955 – 2002 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Claude Earl “Chuck” Rayner
1920 – 2002 · Native Americans Oct 10 -
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Fred Joseph Scolari
1922 – 2002 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Oct 10 -
Juan Antonio Bardem
1922 – 2002 · Entertainers Oct 10 -
Stephen Edward Ambrose
1936 – 2002 · Authors and Writers Oct 10 -
Teresa Graves
1948 – 2002 · Actresses Oct 10 -
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Walter Hubert Annenberg
1908 – 2002 · Business Magnates Oct 10 -
William Dysart
1929 – 2002 · Actors Oct 10 -
Dennis Patrick
1918 – 2002 · Actors Oct 13 -
Keene Curtis
1923 – 2002 · Actors Oct 13 -
Brother Oswald
1911 – 2002 · Country Music, Musicians and Composers Oct 17 -
Barbara Berjer
1920 – 2002 · Actresses Oct 20 -
Adolph Green
1914 – 2002 · Song Writers Oct 23 -
Marianne Hoppe
1909 – 2002 · Actresses Oct 23 -
Nathan Juran
1907 – 2002 · Director, Film Director Oct 23 -
Peggy Moran
1918 – 2002 · Actresses Oct 24 -
Richard Harris
1930 – 2002 · Actors Oct 25 -
Lawrence Dobkin
1919 – 2002 · Actors, Radio Performers Oct 28 -
Raf Vallone
1916 – 2002 · Actors Oct 31 -
Jonathan Harris
1914 – 2002 · Actors Nov 3 -
Merlin Santana
1976 – 2002 · Actors, Victims of crime and disaster Nov 9 -
Billie Bird
1908 – 2002 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Eldridge Locke Fox
1936 – 2002 Nov 11 -
Eloísa Cañizares
1928 – 2002 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Federico Jorge Klemm
1942 – 2002 · Artists and Architects Nov 11 -
Joan Barclay
1914 – 2002 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Parley Baer
1914 – 2002 · Actors Nov 11 -
Tracy Lamar Coley
1964 – 2002 · Actors Nov 11 -
Verne Hedges Winchell
1915 – 2002 · Business Magnates Nov 11 -
Zoe Ducós
1928 – 2002 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Roland Hanna
1932 – 2002 · Musicians and Composers Nov 13 -
Eddie Bracken
1915 – 2002 · Actors Nov 14 -
James Coburn
1928 – 2002 · Actors Nov 18 -
Adele Jergens
1917 – 2002 · Actresses Nov 22 -
Joan Barclay
1914 – 2002 · Actresses Nov 22 -
Parley Baer
1914 – 2002 Nov 22 -
Adele Jergens
1917 – 2002 · Actresses Nov 22 -
John Rawls
1921 – 2002 · Politicians Nov 24 -
Billie Bird
1908 – 2002 · Actresses Nov 27 -
Wolfgang Preiss
1910 – 2002 · Actors Nov 27 -
Daniel Gélin
1921 – 2002 · Actors, Director Nov 29 -
John Justin
1917 – 2002 · Actors Nov 29 -
Achille Castiglioni
1918 – 2002 · Artists and Architects Dec 2 -
Glenn Quinn
1970 – 2002 · Actors Dec 3 -
Roone Arledge
1931 – 2002 · Entertainers Dec 5 -
Desmond Keith Carter
1967 – 2002 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Dec 10 -
Brad Dexter
1917 – 2002 · Actors Dec 11 -
Hank “Bow Wow” Arft
1922 – 2002 · Sports Figures Dec 12 -
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Helen Grace
1914 – 2002 Dec 12 -
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Jaime Barylko
1936 – 2002 · Authors and Writers Dec 12 -
Jay Wesley Neill
1965 – 2002 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Dec 12 -
José Cibrián
1916 – 2002 · Actors Dec 12 -
Luis Ciges
1921 – 2002 · Actors Dec 12 -
Roone Pinckney Arledge
1931 – 2002 · Entertainers Dec 12 -
Ruth Kobart
1924 – 2002 · Actresses Dec 12 -
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Sidney Glazier
1916 – 2002 · Artists and Architects Dec 12 -
Susan Fleming Marx
1909 – 2002 · Actresses Dec 12 -
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William “Tex” Henson
1924 – 2002 · Artists and Architects Dec 12 -
Corey Rand
1946 – 2002 · Actors Dec 22 -
Joe Strummer
1952 – 2002 · Actors, Musicians and Composers, Singer Dec 22 -
Kenneth Tobey
1917 – 2002 · Actors Dec 22 -
George Roy Hill
1921 – 2002 · Film Director Dec 27 -
Mary Brian
1906 – 2002 · Actresses Dec 30