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The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2002.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
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November 2002
1
- Ekrem Akurgal, 91, Turkish archaeologist.[1]
- Yisrael Amir, 99, Israeli Air Force commander.
- Edward Brooke, 85, Canadian Olympic fencer (1952 Summer Olympics: men's foil, men's épée).[2]
- Amadou Cissé Dia, 87, Senegalese politician and playwright.
- Käte Jaenicke, 79, German theater and film actress.[3]
- Benjamin Keen, 89, American historian specialising in the history of colonial Latin America.
- Lester Morgan, 26, Costa Rican professional football goalkeeper, suicide.
- Keith A. Wester, 62, American sound engineer (The Rock, Air Force One, Armageddon).[4]
2
- Brian Behan, 75, Irish writer and playwright, younger brother of Brendan Behan.[5]
- Robert Haslam, Baron Haslam, 79, British industrialist and life peer.[6]
- Annelisa Kilbourn, 35, British conservationist and veterinarian, plane crash.[7]
- Lo Lieh, 63, Hong Kong actor, heart attack.[8]
- Felicity Peake, 89, British Director of the Women's Royal Air Force.[9]
- Tonio Selwart, 106, Bavarian actor and Broadway performer.[10]
- Charles Sheffield, 67, English-born American science fiction author and physicist.[11]
3
- Ulrika Babiaková, 26, Slovak astronomer and discoverer of minor planets, accident.
- Lonnie Donegan, 71, British skiffle musician ("Rock Island Line", "John Henry"), heart attack.[12]
- John Habakkuk, 87, British economic historian.[13]
- Jonathan Harris, 87, American actor (Lost in Space, A Bug's Life, The Third Man), heart failure.[14]
- William M. Packard, 69, American poet and author.[15]
4
- Raoul Diagne, 91, French football player.[16]
- Antonio Margheriti, 72, Italian filmmaker, heart attack.[17]
- Juan Araújo Pino, 81, Spanish football player.
- Malcolm Ross, 91, Canadian literary critic, pneumonia.[18]
- Jerry Sohl, 88, American television scriptwriter and science fiction author.[19]
- Ross Wilson, 83, Canadian ice hockey trainer (Detroit Red Wings).[20]
5
- Vinnette Justine Carroll, 80, American Broadway director (Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, Your Arms Too Short to Box with God).[21]
- Ansley J. Coale, 84, American demographer.[22]
- Billy Guy, 66, American singer.[23]
- Bunjaku Han, 54, Taiwanese actress, complications of cancer.
- Joaquín Navarro Perona, 81, Spanish football player.[24]
- Arthur Winfree, 60, American theoretical biologist, known for his studies of biological oscillations.[25]
6
- Alfonso Martínez Domínguez, 80, Mexican governor.
- Folke Frölén, 94, Swedish Olympic equestrian (equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics).[26]
- Michel Majerus, 35, Luxembourgish artist, killed aboard Luxair Flight 9642.[27]
- Sid Sackson, 82, American board game designer.[28]
- Gianluca Signorini, 42, Italian footballer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[29]
- Joginder Singh, 62, Indian hockey player and Olympic champion.[30]
- Stefan Wagner, 89, Austrian football player.
7
- Rudolf Augstein, 79, German journalist and publisher, founder of Der Spiegel, pneumonia.[31]
- Charles Hambro, Baron Hambro, 72, British merchant banker and political fundraiser.
- Dilys Hamlett, 74, British actress.[32]
- James Grier Miller, 86, American biologist, a pioneer of systems science.
- Peg Phillips, 84, American actress (Northern Exposure), pulmonary disease.[33]
- Tino Sabbadini, 74, French road bicycle racer.[34]
- Pedro Juan Soto, 74, Puerto Rican writer, killed by police officers.[35]
8
- Tom Barrington, 58, American gridiron football player (Ohio State, Washington Redskins, New Orleans Saints).[36]
- Jon Elia, 70, Pakistani Marxist.
- Querube Makalintal, 91, Filipino Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
- Rudolf Noelte, 81, German film director, theater director and opera director.[37]
- Zoé Oldenbourg, 86, Russian-born French historian and novelist.[38]
- Christopher Parsons, 70, English wildlife film-maker and producer.[39]
- Ke Zhao, 92, Chinese mathematician.
9
- Adrian Aeschbacher, 90, Swiss classical pianist.[40]
- Bill Baxter, 78, Scottish footballer.[41]
- Jan Hulsker, 95, Dutch art historian.
- Richard Jeffrey, 76, American philosopher, logician, and probability theorist, lung cancer.[42]
- Cliff Patton, 79, American professional football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Cardinals).[43]
- Merlin Santana, 26, American actor (The Steve Harvey Show, Getting By, The Cosby Show), shot.[44]
- William Schutz, 76, American psychologist.
- Eusebio Tejera, 80, Uruguayan footballer.[45]
10
- Michel Boisrond, 81, French film director and screenwriter, known for directing Brigitte Bardot in Naughty Girl.[46]
- Anne-Marie Brunius, 86, Swedish film actress.
- Franco Fantasia, 78, Italian actor.
- Johnny Griffith, 66, American musician, heart attack.
- Émile Ollivier, 62, Haitian-Canadian writer.[47]
- Ken Raffensberger, 85, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs).[48]
- Yevgeni Skomorokhov, 57, Russian football coach and player.
- Gert Westphal, 82, German-Swiss actor, recitator and director, cancer.[49]
11
- Frances Ames, 82, South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist, leukemia.
- Sir Michael Clapham, 90, British industrialist.[50]
- Zoe Ducós, 74, Argentine actress.
- Pietro Giudici, 81, Italian racing cyclist.[51]
- Esther Raziel-Naor, 90, Israeli Zionist, Irgun leader and politician.
- Marcia Van Dyke, 80, American violinist and actress.
- Yoo Youngkuk, 86, Korean abstract artist.[52]
12
- William Wallace Barron, 90, American politician (26th governor of West Virginia), indicted and pleaded guilty to jury tampering.[53]
- Glenn Dobbs, 82, American gridiron football player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dons) and college football coach (University of Tulsa).[54]
- Lester Holtzman, 89, American jurist and politician.
- Johannes Kerkorrel, 42, South African singer-songwriter, journalist and playwright, suicide by hanging.[55]
- Nicholas Mukomberanwa, 62, Zimbabwean sculptor.
13
- Frederick Valentine Atkinson, 86, British mathematician (Atkinson's theorem, Atkinson–Wilcox theorem).[56]
- Bill Berry, 72, American jazz trumpeter (Duke Ellington Orchestra, Bill Berry and the L.A. Band).[57]
- Alexandru Dragomir, 86, Romanian philosopher.
- Roland Hanna, 70, American jazz pianist, composer, and teacher, viral infection.[58]
- Kaloji Narayana Rao, 88, Indian poet, freedom fighter, and political activist.
- Siri Rom, 84, Norwegian actress.
- Irv Rubin, 57, Canadian chairman of the Jewish Defence League, fall.
- Juan Alberto Schiaffino, 77, Italian-Uruguayan football player.
- Rishikesh Shah, 77, Nepalese writer, politician and human rights activist.
- Michael Stewart, 57, American musician, songwriter, and producer, suicide.[59]
14
- Eddie Bracken, 87, American actor (Hail the Conquering Hero, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, National Lampoon's Vacation), surgical complications.[60]
- René Meléndez Brito, 73, Chilean football player, cancer.
- Walter Crocker, 100, Australian diplomat, writer and war veteran.[61]
- James R. Hendrix, 77, US Army sergeant and a recipient of the Medal of Honor, cancer.[62]
- Gourish Kaikini, 90, Indian litterateur, teacher and columnist.[63]
- Elena Nikolaidi, 93, Greek-American opera singer and teacher.[64]
- Gedong Bagus Oka, 81, Indonesian Hindu reformer and philosopher.[65]
- Mir Qazi, 38, Pakistani convicted criminal, executed by lethal injection.
- Dale Emerson Saffels, 81, American lawyer, legislator, and District Judge.[66]
- Manohar Singh, 64, Indian film and theatre actor and director, lung cancer.
15
- W. J. Burley, 88, British crime writer.
- André Clot, 93, French historian and essayist.[67]
- Bert Granet, 92, American writer and television producer.[68]
- Myra Hindley, 60, British serial killer, cardiovascular disease.[69]
- Sohn Kee-chung, 90, Korean Olympic athlete and long-distance runner, pneumonia.
- Terry Kendall, 55, New Zealand golfer, car fire.
- Mary Meigs, 85, American painter and writer.[70]
- John Joseph Stewart, 79, New Zealand rugby coach, cancer.
16
- Ramli Ahmad, 46, Malaysian Olympic sprinter (1976 Summer Olympics: men's 100 metres, men's 200 metres), stroke.[71]
- George Barrie, 90, American businessman (owner and CEO of Fabergé Inc.) and songwriter (two-time nominee for Academy Award for Best Original Song).[72]
- Steve Durbano, 50, Canadian ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues), lung cancer.[73]
- Tom Farris, 82, American professional football player (University of Wisconsin, Chicago Bears, Chicago Rockets).[74]
- George Gardiner, 67, British politician.
- Alfred Lewis Levitt, 86, American film and television screenwriter, heart failure.[75]
- Sima Milovanov, 79, Serbian football player and manager.[76]
- Frank Smithies, 90, British mathematician.
17
- Abba Eban, 88, Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister, ambassador to the U.S., ambassador to the U.N.[77]
- Frank McCarthy, 78, American artist and painter, lung cancer.[78]
- Marvin Mirisch, 84, American film producer, cancer.[79]
- Akshaya Mohanty, 65, Indian singer, musician and writer.
- Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, 72, Tibetan teacher of Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhism.
18
- Bolot Beishenaliev, 65, Soviet cinematographer, film and theater actor.
- Angus Cameron, 93, American book editor and publisher, known for being blacklisted during McCarthy era.[80]
- James Coburn, 74, American actor (The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Affliction), Oscar winner (1999), heart attack.[81]
- Francesco De Martino, 95, Italian jurist and politician, considered to be the conscience of the Italian Socialist Party.[82]
- Kim Gallagher, 38, American middle-distance runner, stroke.[83]
- Edith Hirsch Luchins, 80, Polish-American mathematician.
- Pasquale Vivolo, 74, Italian footballer.
- Juliusz Wyrzykowski, 56, Polish movie and stage actor.
- Zaldy Zshornack, 64, Filipino actor.
19
- Vito Ciancimino, 78, Italian politician (mayor of Palermo, Sicily) and Mafia member, heart attack.[84]
- George Fullerton, 79, South African cricketer.[85]
- K. M. George, 88, Indian writer and educator.[86]
- Max Reinhardt, 86, British publisher.[87]
- Jean-Claude Renard, 80, French poet.
- André Roch, 96, Swiss mountaineer, avalanche researcher, and author.[88]
- Harry Watson, 79, Canadian professional hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks).[89]
20
- Kakhi Asatiani, 55, Georgian football player and manager, shot.[90]
- Billy Goelz, 84, American professional wrestler, booker and trainer.
- George Guest, 78, British organist and choirmaster.[91]
- Niddy Impekoven, 98, German dancer and actress.[92]
- Webster Lewis, 59, American jazz and disco composer, arranger and keyboardist, pneumonia and diabetes.[93]
- Margita White, 65, American White House press official under Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford.[94]
21
- Robert Brentano, 76, American historian specializing in medieval England and Italy.[95]
- Hadda Brooks, 86, American jazz singer, pianist and composer, known as the "Queen of the Boogie".[96]
- Amílcar de Castro, 82, Brazilian sculptor, known for works in iron.[97]
- Arturo Guzmán Decena, 26, Mexican drug trafficker and founder of criminal syndicate Los Zetas, shot.
- George Emslie, Baron Emslie, 82, Scottish judge and life peer.[98]
- Buddy Kaye, 84, American songwriter, producer, and author.[99]
- Norihito, Prince Takamado, 47, Japanese prince, heart attack.
22
- Parley Baer, 88, American radio, television and film actor (The Andy Griffith Show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Addams Family), stroke.[100]
- Joan Barclay, 88, American actress.[101]
- Rafał Gan-Ganowicz, 70, Polish mercenary, journalist, and social activist, lung cancer.
- Adele Jergens, 84, American actress, pneumonia.[102]
- Arne Mellnäs, 69, Swedish composer.
- C. S. Nayudu, 88, Indian cricket player.[103]
- Azra Quraishi, 57, Pakistani botanist.[104]
- Noël Regney, 80, French World War II veteran and songwriter, pick disease.[105]
- Infanta Beatriz of Spain, 93, Spanish noblewoman and daughter of King Alfonso XIII.[106]
- Tsuneharu Sugiyama, 62, Japanese Olympic wrestler, heart failure.[107]
23
- Erna Bogen-Bogáti, 95, Hungarian Olympic fencer (1928 women's foil, 1932 bronze medal women's foil, 1936 women's foil).[108]
- Boudewijn Büch, 53, Dutch writer, poet and television presenter, cardiac arrest.[109]
- Maritie Carpentier, 79, French television show producer.
- Jackie Gayle, 76, American standup comedian and actor.[110]
- Roberto Matta, 91, Chilean artist.[111]
- Richard Mohr, 83, American producer of classical and operatic music recordings.[112]
- Billy Travis, 41, American professional wrestler, heart attack.
24
- Branko Dangubić, 80, Yugoslavian and Serbian Olympic javelin thrower (men's javelin throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics).[113]
- Noel Davis, 75, English film and television actor and casting director (Merlin, Reds), pulmonary emphysema.[114]
- Mikhail Devyatayev, 85, Soviet fighter pilot who escaped from a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.[115]
- Harriet Doerr, 92, American author.[116]
- Lewis Samuel Feuer, 89, American sociologist, philosopher, professor and author.[117]
- Richard Lazarus, 80, American psychologist.[118]
- Philip B. Meggs, 60, American graphic designer, leukemia.[119]
- John Rawls, 81, American moral and political philosopher.[120]
- John Tosi, 88, American football player.[121]
25
- Ed Bliss, 90, American broadcast journalist and news editor.[122]
- Charles E. Chamberlain, 85, American politician (U.S. Representative for Michigan's 6th congressional district), heart failure.[123]
- Gordon Davidson, 87, Australian politician (member of Australian Senate representing South Australia).[124]
- Woodrow W. Jones, 88, American politician and judge.
- John Drummond, 8th Earl of Perth, 95, British politician and aristocrat.[125]
- Karel Reisz, 76, British film director (The French Lieutenant's Woman, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, The Gambler).[126]
- Eugene V. Rostow, 89, American legal scholar and public servant.[127]
- Meta Vannas, 78, Estonian Soviet politician.
26
- Frank Allaun, 89, British politician (member of Parliament for Salford East from 1955 to 1983).[128]
- Ruzha Delcheva, 87, Bulgarian actress.
- Ralph Engelstad, 72, American casino executive (Imperial Palace).[129]
- Erika Helmke, 96, German stage and film actress.
- Isabel McLaughlin, 99, Canadian painter and philanthropist.
- Polo Montañez, 47, Cuban singer and songwriter, traffic collision.[130]
- Verne Winchell, 87, American business executive, president and CEO of Denny's, heart attack.[131]
27
- Billie Bird, 94, American actress (Sixteen Candles, Ernest Saves Christmas, Home Alone, Dennis the Menace), Alzheimer's disease.[132]
- Stanley Black, 89, English bandleader, composer, conductor and pianist.[133]
- Laurence J. Burton, 76, American politician (U.S. Representative for Utah's 1st congressional district).[134]
- George Christian, 75, American journalist, White House press secretary for President Lyndon B. Johnson.[135]
- Bob deLauer, 82, American gridiron football player (USC, Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams).[136]
- Larry Duran, 77, American actor and stuntman.
- Edwin L. Mechem, 90, American politician.
- Yeruham Meshel, 90, Israeli union leader and politician.[137]
- Wolfgang Preiss, 92, German theatre, film and television actor.[138]
- Robert W. Straub, 82, American politician, Alzheimer's disease.[139]
- Shivmangal Singh Suman, 87, Indian poet, heart attack.
28
- Melih Cevdet Anday, 87, Turkish author.
- Lennaert Nijgh, 57, Dutch lyricist, gastrointestinal bleeding.[140]
- Billy Pearson, American jockey, film actor, and an art dealer.[141]
- Juan Carlos Díaz Quincoces, 69, Spanish football player.[142]
29
- Damien Covington, 29, American gridiron football player (Buffalo Bills), killed in an attempted robbery.[143]
- Daniel Gélin, 81, French film and television actor, kidney failure.[144]
- Saburo Ienaga, 89, Japanese historian.
- John Justin, 85, British stage and film actor.[145]
- David Weiss, 93, American novelist (Naked Came I).[146]
30
- Alan Ashman, 74, English football player.
- Charles E. Dibble, 93, American academic, anthropologist, linguist, and scholar of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures.[147]
- Kozaburo Hirai, 92, Japanese composer and professor of music.
- Oddrunn Pettersen, 65, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.[148]
- Bill Sparks, 80, British Royal Marine commando during World War II.[149]
- Mr. Wrestling, 68, professional wrestler, heart attack.
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