Explore notable deaths.

Elisabeth Targ

1961–2002

psychiatrist

Official cause

brain cancer

Mário Juruna

1943–2002

politician

Official cause

diabetes

Lee Maye

1934–2002

baseball player, musician

Official cause

cancer

Aleksandr Kolchinsky

1955–2002

amateur wrestler

Official cause

heart failure

Łucja Prus

1942–2002

singer

Official cause

breast cancer

James Lee

1923–2002

screenwriter, playwright

Official cause

pulmonary emphysema

Earle Brown

1926–2002

composer

Official cause

cancer

Roberto Villa

1915–2002

film actor, stage actor, dub actor

Official cause

pancreatitis

Richard "Pistol" Allen

1932–2002

musician

Official cause

cancer

Dave Wilson

1932–2002

television director

Official cause

aortic aneurysm

Francisco Candido Xavier

1910–2002

psychic, writer, philanthropist

Official cause

acute myocardial infarction

Nikolay Haytov

1919–2002

writer, politician, playwright

Official cause

cancer

Gene Kan

1976–2002

programmer, engineer, computer scientist

Official cause

gunshot wound

Rosemary Clooney

1928–2002

singer, actor, jazz musician

Official cause

lung cancer

John Entwistle

1944–2002

singer-songwriter, bassist, guitarist

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Nancy Addison

1946–2002

actor, stage actor, television actor

Official cause

cancer

Walter Villa

1943–2002

motorcycle racer

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Jack Buck

1924–2002

sports commentator

Official cause

lung cancer; Parkinson's disease

Willie Davenport

1943–2002

bobsledder, athletics competitor

Official cause

myocardial infarction

J. Carter Brown

1934–2002

art historian, historian

Official cause

multiple myeloma

Big Mello

1968–2002

rapper

Official cause

traffic collision

Silas Bissell

1942–2002

Official cause

cancer

Choi Hong-hi

1918–2002

taekwondo athlete, karateka, military personnel

Official cause

stomach cancer

Said Belqola

1956–2002

association football referee, customs officer

Official cause

cancer