Deaths in June 2002

The following is a list of notable deaths in June 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.

June 2002

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Michael Alexander, 65, British diplomat (ambassador to Austria, ambassador to NATO).{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jun/27/guardianobituaries.obituaries|last=Braithwaite|first=Rodric|title=Sir Michael Alexander|work=The Guardian|date=2002-06-26|access-date=2019-03-01}}
Tom Austin, 78, Australian politician.
Hansie Cronje, 32, South African cricketer, plane crash.{{cite web |title=Hansie Cronje profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/hansie-cronje-44485 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 November 2023}}
Joseph Nanven Garba, 58, Nigerian soldier, diplomat and politician.{{cite news |author1=Paul Lewis |title=Joseph Garba, 58, a Nigerian Coup Plotter and, Later, a Diplomat |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/05/world/joseph-garba-58-a-nigerian-coup-plotter-and-later-a-diplomat.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=5 June 2002 |page=A 25}}
James Gathers, 71, American Olympic track and field athlete.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – James Gathers |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78441 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Tibor Scitovsky, 91, Hungarian-American economist.

=2=

Boyd Bennett, 77, American rockabilly songwriter and singer ("Seventeen", "My Boy, Flat Top"), lung ailment.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-08-me-passing8.1-story.html|title=Boyd Bennett, 77; Band Leader Wrote Pop Hits in the '50s|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-06-08|access-date=2019-03-14}}
Herman Cohen, 76, American film producer (I Was a Teenage Werewolf), esophageal cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-09-me-cohen9-story.html|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=Herman Cohen, 76; Film Producer Made Horror Movies Targeted at Teens|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-06-09|access-date=2019-03-24}}
Tim Lopes, 51, Brazilian investigative journalist and television producer, tortured.
Hugo van Lawick, 65, Dutch wildlife filmmaker and photographer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Hugo van Lawick |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12643927j |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Konrad Wirnhier, 64, German sports shooter (bronze medal in 1968 mixed skeet, gold medal in 1972 mixed skeet).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Konrad Wirnhier |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/42605 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Charles Antrobus, 69, Governor-General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, leukemia.
Cecil Hankins, 80, American gridiron football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Cecil Hankins Stats - Basketball-Reference.com |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hankice01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Fran Rogel, 74, American football player (Penn State, Pittsburgh Steelers), Parkinson's disease.{{cite news|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RogeFr00.htm|title=Fran Rogel|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2019-03-01}}
Edward Somers, 73, New Zealand jurist and member of the Privy Council.
Lew Wasserman, 89, American talent agent and studio executive (Universal Studios, Decca Records, MCA), complications from a stroke.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-04-me-wasserman4-story.html|last=Bates|first=James|title=The Hollywood Mogul and Kingmaker Dies at 89|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-06-04|access-date=2019-03-01}}
Sam Whipple, 41, American actor (Seven Days, The Larry Sanders Show, Open All Night), cancer.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/people-news/sam-whipple-1117869417/|last=Daley|first=Ashley|title=Sam Whipple: TV, film, theater actor|work=Variety|date=2002-07-08|access-date=2019-03-02}}
Brian Woledge, 97, English scholar of medieval French language and literature.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jun/04/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|last=Day|first=Shirley|title=Brian Woledge: French scholar who put literature back in context|work=The Guardian|date=2002-06-04|access-date=2019-05-03}}

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Fernando Belaúnde Terry, 89, Peruvian politician, President of Peru (1963–1968, 1980–1985).{{cite news |author1=Paul Lewis |author-link1= |title=Fernando Belaúnde Terry, 89, Who Was Twice Peru's Chief |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/06/world/fernando-belaunde-terry-89-who-was-twice-peru-s-chief.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=6 June 2002 |page=C 12}}
John W. Cunningham, 86, American author.
Ann Henderson, 60, Australian politician.{{cite web | last = Parliament of Victoria | authorlink = Parliament of Victoria | title = Henderson, Ann Mary | work = re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs ince 851 | publisher = Parliament of Victoria | date = 2008 | url = https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/people-in-parliament/re-member/details/24/165 | accessdate = 4 November 2023}}
Pyotr Ivashutin, 92, Soviet Army General and head of the state.
Bob Lackey, 53, American professional basketball player (Marquette University, New York Nets), cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/lackebo01.html|title=Bob Lackey|work=Basketball-Reference.com|access-date=2019-01-30}}

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Curtis Amy, 74, American jazz saxophonist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Curtis Amy |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13931826w |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Carlos Berlanga, 42, Spanish musician and painter, liver disease.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/carlos-berlanga-180660.html|last=Nash|first=Elizabeth|title=Carlos Berlanga: Punk star of the Spanish 'Movida'|work=The Independent, London|date=2002-06-19|access-date=2019-03-15}}
Carmelo Bernaola, 72, Spanish composer and clarinetist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Carmelo Bernaola - DB~e |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/24153/carmelo-alonso-bernaola |website=dbe.rah.es |publisher=Real Academia de la Historia |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=es |date=}}
Michel Bernholc, 60, French composer, arranger and producer, suicide by gunshot.{{cite news |last=Bigot |first=Yves |date=2002-06-12 |title=Mort du musicien Michel Bernholc |url=https://www.liberation.fr/culture/2002/06/12/mort-du-musicien-michel-bernholc_406653/ |access-date=2024-08-17 |work=Liberation}} {{in lang|fr}}
Gaston Geens, 70, Belgian politician, Minister-President of Flanders (1981 -1992).
Aden Abdullahi Nur, Somali politician and army general.
Truck Parham, 91, American jazz double-bassist.{{cite news |author1=Peter Keepnews |title=Truck Parham, 91, Jazz Bassist for 7 Decades |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/23/nyregion/truck-parham-91-jazz-bassist-for-7-decades.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=23 June 2002 |page=1 27}}
Gwen Plumb, 89, Australian performer and entertainer.
Dee Dee Ramone, 50, American musician, founding member of The Ramones, heroin overdose.{{cite news |author1=Jon Pareles |author-link1=Jon Pareles |title=Dee Dee Ramone, Pioneer Punk Rocker, Dies at 50 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/07/arts/dee-dee-ramone-pioneer-punk-rocker-dies-at-50.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=7 June 2002 |page=B 12}}
M. Sivasithamparam, 78, Sri Lankan Tamil politician.

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Peter Cowan, 87, Australian writer.{{cite news|url=http://pba.slwa.wa.gov.au/hall_of_fame/peter_cowan|title=Peter Cowan|work=State Library of Western Australia|access-date=2019-04-03}}
Robbin Crosby, 42, American guitarist (Ratt), AIDS-related complications and heroin overdose.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-14-me-passings14-story.html|title=Robbin Crosby, 42; Helped Found Heavy Metal Band Ratt|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-06-14|access-date=2019-04-03}}
Bernard Destremau, 85, French tennis player, diplomat and politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bernard Destremau |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12012261w |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Yat Malmgren, 86, Swedish dancer and acting teacher.
Shanta Shelke, 79, Indian poet and writer in the Marathi language, cancer.
Holly Solomon, 68, American collector of contemporary art and art dealer, complications from pneumonia.{{cite news |author1=Grace Glueck |author-link1=Grace Glueck |title=Holly Solomon, Adventurous Art Dealer, Is Dead at 68 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/10/arts/holly-solomon-adventurous-art-dealer-is-dead-at-68.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 July 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=10 June 2002 |page=B 8}}
Betty Winkler, 88, American radio actor.{{cite news|url=https://sensoryawareness.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/SAF-Newsletter-2002-2.pdf#page=6|last=Roche|first=Mary Alice|title=Betty Winkler Keane|work=Sensory Awareness Foundation|access-date=2019-03-02}}

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Wayne Cody, 65, American sportscaster.{{cite news|url=https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Colorful-sportscaster-Wayne-Cody-dies-1088993.php|last=Sunde|first=Scott|title=Colorful sportscaster Wayne Cody dies|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=2002-06-07|access-date=2019-01-05}}
Donald S. Fredrickson, 77, American medical researcher.{{cite news |author1=Lawrence K. Altman |title=Donald S. Fredrickson, 77, Researcher on the Links of Fat to Heart Disease |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/11/us/donald-s-fredrickson-77-researcher-on-the-links-of-fat-to-heart-disease.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 April 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=11 June 2002 |page=A 26}}
Signe Hasso, 86, Swedish actress, writer, and composer, pneumonia.
Rodney Hilton, 85, British medieval historian.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jun/10/guardianobituaries.humanities|last=Dyer|first=Christopher|title=Rodney Hilton|work=The Guardian|date=2002-06-10|access-date=2019-03-02}}
Basappa Danappa Jatti, 89, Indian politician and acting president of India (1977), kidney cancer.{{Cite book|title=Unity in diversity : collection of speeches of Dr. B.D. Jatti.|last=Jatti, Bi. Ḍi., 1912-2002.|date=1995|publisher=Basava Samithi|oclc=33667164}}
James Luisi, 73, American basketball player and actor, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=James Luisi - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/89539 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Lilian, Princess of Réthy, 85, British-Belgian royal.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1396745/H-R-H-Princess-Liliane-of-Belgium.html|title=H R H Princess Liliane of Belgium|work=The Telegraph, London|date=2002-06-10|access-date=2019-03-02}}
Anselmo Sule, 68, Chilean politician.
Edmond Séchan, 82, French cinematographer and film director.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Edmond Séchan |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14136318v |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=fr |date=}}

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Ray Alexander, 77, American jazz drummer and vibraphonist, complications from elective surgery.{{cite news|url=https://www.local802afm.org/allegro/articles/requiem-36/#1|title=Ray Alexander|work=American Federation of Musicians, Local 802, New York|access-date=2019-03-11}}
George Mudie, 86, Jamaican cricketer.{{cite web |title=George Mudie profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/george-mudie-52438 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 November 2023}}
Antonio Oppes, 85, Italian Olympic show jumping rider.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Antonio Oppes |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/12519 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Lino Tonti, 81, Italian motorcycle engineer.

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Elena Burke, 74, Cuban singer of boleros and romantic ballads, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Elena Burke |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14024901x |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Paul Chubb, 53, Australian actor (The Coca-Cola Kid, Stan and George's New Life, The Roly Poly Man, Dirty Deeds), post operative cardiomyopathy complications.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/people-news/paul-chubb-1117869734/|last=Stratton|first=David|title=Paul Chubb: Oz actor|work=Variety|date=2002-07-15|access-date=2019-03-23}}
Hans Janmaat, 67, Dutch far-right politician, heart failure.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Hans Janmaat (67) overleden |url=https://www.trouw.nl/home/hans-janmaat-67-overleden~be4d534c |work=Trouw |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=nl |date=10 June 2002 | url-access=subscription}}
Peter Mokaba, 53, South African politician and political activist, acute pneumonia and respiratory problems.{{cite news |title=Hambe Kahle Peter Mokaba |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2002-01-01-hambe-kahle-peter-mokaba/ |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=Mail & Guardian |date=1 July 2002}}
Alexander Molodchy, 81, Soviet long-range pilot during World War II.
Maxwell M. Rabb, 91, American lawyer and diplomat.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=Maxwell Rabb, 91, Eisenhower Official and Former Ambassador |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/11/nyregion/maxwell-rabb-91-eisenhower-official-and-former-ambassador.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=11 June 2002 |page=A 27}}
Alexander Vlasov, 70, Soviet/Russian politician.
James Wheaton, 78, American actor, heart attack.

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Dick Brittenden, 82, New Zealand cricket writer.
Louis Carré, 77, Belgian football player and coach.
John Gotti, 61, Italian-American gangster and boss of the Gambino crime family, throat cancer.{{cite news |author1=Selwyn Raab |author-link1=Selwyn Raab |title=John Gotti Dies in Prison at 61; Mafia Boss Relished the Spotlight |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/11/nyregion/john-gotti-dies-in-prison-at-61-mafia-boss-relished-the-spotlight.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=11 June 2002 |page=A 1}}
Maury Travis, 36, American murderer and serial killer, suicide by hanging.{{cite news |last = Suhr |first = Jim |title = Inmate's Suicide Won't Stall Probe |newspaper = Southeast Missourian |publisher = Associated Press |date = 12 June 2002 |url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1893&dat=20020612&id=7nxFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1344,6346781 |access-date = 17 August 2024}}
John Wansbrough, 74, American historian and professor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=John Wansbrough |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12181856b |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Benjamin Ward, 75, first African American New York City Police Commissioner.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Benjamin Ward, New York City's First Black Police Commissioner, Dies at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/11/nyregion/benjamin-ward-new-york-city-s-first-black-police-commissioner-dies-at-75.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 March 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=11 June 2002 |page=A 27}}

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Tahseen Bashir, 77, Egyptian diplomat, spokesman for Gamal Nasser and Anwar Sadat.{{cite news |author1=Neil MacFarquhar |author-link1=Neil MacFarquhar |title=Tahseen Bashir, Urbane Egyptian Diplomat, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/14/world/tahseen-bashir-urbane-egyptian-diplomat-dies-at-77.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 March 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=14 June 2002 |page=C 11}}
Regīna Ezera, 71, Polish-Latvian author.
Bertrand Goldschmidt, 89, French chemist, nuclear physicist and diplomat.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bertrand Goldschmidt - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6ft9qxb |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Margaret E. Lynn, 78, American theater director.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Margaret E. Lynn, 81, Dies; Led Army Theater Program |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/09/us/margaret-e-lynn-81-dies-led-army-theater-program.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 March 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=9 July 2002 |page=A 19}}
Jürgen Kraft, 50, German racing cyclist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jürgen Kraft |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/jürgen-kraft |website=procyclingstats.com |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Robert Roswell Palmer, 93, American historian and writer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Robert Roswell Palmer - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6p29xvh |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Bill Blass, 79, American fashion designer, esophageal cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.biography.com/people/bill-blass-9215129|title=Bill Blass Biography Fashion Designer, Business Leader (1922–2002)|work=Biography.com|access-date=2019-03-13|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323012309/https://www.biography.com/people/bill-blass-9215129|url-status=dead}}
Jean de Beaumont, 98, French IOC sports administrator and Olympic sport shooter (men's team shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Jean de Beaumont |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/b9kIYggjfVt_ |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
John Tileston Edsall, 99, American biochemist.{{cite news |author1=Anahad O'Connor |author-link1=Anahad O'Connor |title=John T. Edsall, 99, Biochemist Who Helped Explain Proteins |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/07/us/john-t-edsall-99-biochemist-who-helped-explain-proteins.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=7 August 2002 |page=C 22}}
José Serra Gil, 78, Spanish racing cyclist.{{cite web |title=José Serra Gil |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=16421 |website=cyclingarchives.com |access-date=4 November 2023}}
Jeong Seung-hwa, 73, South Korean officer.

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Guilford Dudley, 94, American businessman and diplomat (U.S. Ambassador to Denmark).{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/20/us/guilford-dudley-jr-94-nixon-diplomat.html|title=Guilford Dudley Jr., 94, Nixon Diplomat|work=The New York Times|date=2002-06-20|access-date=2019-04-07}}
Vincent Fago, 87, American comic-book artist and writer, stomach cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/fago_vincent.htm|title=Vincent Fago (Vincenzo Francisco Gennaro Di Fago) (28 November 1914 - 13 June 2002, USA)|work=Lambiek|access-date=2019-04-16}}
Stanley L. Greigg, 71, American Watergate break-in victim.
John Hope, 83, American meteorologist, complications of an open heart surgery.
R. W. B. Lewis, 84, American literary scholar and critic and winner of the Pulitzer Prize.{{cite news |author1=Michael Anderson |title=R. W. B. Lewis, Biographer and Critic, Is Dead at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/15/arts/r-w-b-lewis-biographer-and-critic-is-dead-at-84.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=15 June 2002 |page=B 18}}
Ante Mladinić, 72, Croatian football manager.
Hideo Murata, 73, Japanese rōkyoku and enka singer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Hideo Murata |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb166787548 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Ralph Shapey, 81, American composer and conductor.{{cite news |author1=Allan Kozinn |author-link1=Allan Kozinn |title=Ralph Shapey, 81, Composer Evoking Conflicting Impulses |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/14/business/ralph-shapey-81-composer-evoking-conflicting-impulses.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=14 June 2002 |page=C 11}}
Maia Wojciechowska, 74, Polish-American writer of children's books (Shadow of a Bull).{{cite news |author1= |title=Maia Wojciechowska, 74, Author of Children's Books |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/21/arts/maia-wojciechowska-74-author-of-children-s-books.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 May 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=21 June 2002 |page=C 13}}

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Albert Band, 78, American film director and film producer, frequently collaborated with John Huston.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-29-me-passing29.1-story.html|title=Albert Band, 78; Producer, Director Worked With Huston|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-06-29|access-date=2019-03-12}}
Rino Benedetti, 73, Italian road bicycle racer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Rino Benedetti |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/rino-benedetti |website=procyclingstats.com |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
José Bonilla, 34, Venezuelan boxer, asthma attack.{{cite news|url=http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/003257|title=Jose Bonilla|work=BoxRec|access-date=2019-03-16}}
Lily Carlstedt, 76, Danish Olympic javelin thrower (bronze medal at 1948 women's javelin throw, 1952 women's javelin throw).[https://web.archive.org/web/20161203003048/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/lily-carlstedt-kelsby-1.html Lily Carlstedt-Kelsby, Sports-Reference / Olympic Sports]. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
George William Coventry, 11th Earl of Coventry, 68, British peer and politician.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1397876/The-Earl-of-Coventry.html|title=The Earl of Coventry|work=The Telegraph, London|date=2002-06-21|access-date=2019-04-03}}
W. Nelson Francis, 91, American author, linguist and university professor, scholar of the English language.{{cite journal|last=Kučera|first=Henry|title=Obituary for W. Nelson Francis|journal=Journal of English Linguistics|date=2002-12-01|volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=306–309 |doi=10.1177/007542402237878}}
June Jordan, 65, Caribbean-American poet, essayist and activist, breast cancer.{{cite news |author1=Dinitia Smith |author-link1=Dinitia Smith |title=June Jordan, 65, Poet and Political Activist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/18/arts/june-jordan-65-poet-and-political-activist.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=18 June 2002 |page=A 21}}

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Said Belqola, 45, Moroccan referee of the 1998 FIFA World Cup final, cancer.
Silas Bissell, 60, American activist and member of The Weatherman, brain cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-23-me-bissell23-story.html|last=Woo|first=Elaine|title=Silas Trim Bissell, 60; Spent Years as a Fugitive After Bombing Attempt|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-06-23|access-date=2019-03-16}}
Mutal Burhonov, 86, Soviet/Uzbek composer.
Choi Hong-hi, 83, South Korean Army general and martial artist, purported "father of Taekwon-Do", cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1398386/General-Choi-Hong-Hi.html|title=General Choi Hong Hi|work=The Telegraph, London|date=2002-06-26|access-date=2019-03-22}}
Big Mello, 33, American rapper from Houston, Texas, traffic collision.
Hideo Murota, 64, Japanese actor.
Dick White, 70, English football player.
Robert Whitehead, 86, Canadian theatre producer, winner of four Tony Awards.{{cite news|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/robert-whitehead-distinguished-producer-of-plays-dead-at-86-com-106535|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|title=Robert Whitehead, Distinguished Producer of Plays, Dead at 86|work=Playbill|date=2002-06-17|access-date=2019-05-01}}

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Louis Giguère, 90, Canadian politician."L'ex-sénateur Louis Giguère est décédé dimanche à Montréal, à l'âge de 90 ans", Canadian Press, June 19, 2002
Barbara Goalen, 81, British model.{{cite news |last1=Horwell |first1=Veronica|work=The Guardian |title=Barbara Goalen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jun/22/guardianobituaries.veronicahorwell |access-date=10 August 2021 |date=22 June 2002}}
Kiço Ngjela, 82, Albanian politician.
Harry Oakman, 96, Australian horticulturalist and writer.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

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Bill Adair, 89, American baseball manager and coach (Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos).
Louis George Alexander, 70, British teacher and author (New Concept English), a prolific writer of English-language text books.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jul/09/guardianobituaries.obituaries|last=Mortimer|first=David|title=Louis Alexander|work=The Guardian|date=2002-07-09|access-date=2019-03-10}}
Stein Ove Berg, 53, Norwegian singer, songwriter, and journalist.
J. Carter Brown, 67, American director of the National Gallery of Art from 1969 to 1992, multiple myeloma.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-19-me-brown19-story.html|last=Haithman|first=Diane|title=J.C. Brown, 67; Led National Gallery of Art|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-06-19|access-date=2019-03-18}}
Willie Davenport, 59, American Olympic hurdler (1968 gold medal, 1976 bronze medal), heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Willie Davenport, 59, Gold Medal Olympian in High Hurdles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/19/sports/willie-davenport-59-gold-medal-olympian-in-high-hurdles.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=19 June 2002 |page=C 15}}
John C. Davies II, 82, American politician (U.S. Representative for New York's 35th congressional district).{{cite news|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000089|title=DAVIES, John Clay, (1920 - 2002)|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=2019-03-01}}
Dobri Dzhurov, 86, Bulgarian politician and military leader.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Dobri Dzhurov |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16823190k |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Francisco Escudero, 89, Basque composer.
Zora Kolínska, 60, Slovak actress, singer, and presenter.
Yuri Korneev, 65, Russian basketball player.
Roger Mackay, 46, Australian golfer, lymphoma.{{cite news |title=Gifted player loses battle with illness |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/golf/gifted-player-loses-battle-with-illness-20020618-gdfdk3.html |access-date=4 November 2023 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=June 18, 2002}}
Antony C. Sutton, 77, British-American writer, economist, and academic.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Antony C. Sutton - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w63k0xmv |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Fritz Walter, 81, German football player, captain of 1954 World Cup winners.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Fritz Walter |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/fritz-walter/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Nancy Addison, 54, American soap actress, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Nancy Addison - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/86577 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Naseem Banu, 85, Indian actress.
Jack Buck, 77, American sportscaster, best known for announcing MLB games of the St. Louis Cardinals, Parkinson's disease.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-20-me-buck20-story.html|last=Stewart|first=Larry|title=Jack Buck, 77; Sportscaster Was St. Louis Legend|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-06-20|access-date=2019-03-18}}
Nilima Ibrahim, 81, Bangladeshi writer.
Jack Jenkins, 59, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Los Angeles Dodgers).{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jenkija01.shtml|title=Jack Jenkins|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2019-02-21}}
Walter Villa, 58, Italian four-time Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion, heart attack.

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Ross Carter, 88, American gridiron football player (University of Oregon, Chicago Cardinals).{{cite news|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CartRo20.htm|title=Ross Carter|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2019-03-21}}
Cavin Councilor, 38, American stock car racing driver, plane crash.{{Cite web |date=19 June 2002 |title=Councilor killed in crash |url=https://www.espn.com/rpm/2002/0619/1396786.html |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=ESPN}}
Margaret Johnston, 87, Australian-British actress.
Robert W. Lenski, 76, American screenwriter.
Pascal Mazzotti, 78, French actor (The King and the Mockingbird).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Pascal Mazzotti |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14020205d |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Dmitry Oboznenko, 71, Soviet Russian painter and graphic artist.
Count Flemming of Rosenborg, 80, Danish prince.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Count Flemming Valdemar of Rosenborg |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/rGW14P1mmqLB |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Johnny Strzykalski, 80, American gridiron football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Johnny Strzykalski Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Johnny+Strzykalski |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
N. F. Varghese, 53, Indian actor.

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Carlos Badion, 66, Filipino basketball player (basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics, basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics), heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Carlos Badion |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/5656 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Heinz Bigler, 76, Swiss football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Heinz Bigler |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/heinz-bigler/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Erwin Chargaff, 96, Austro-Hungarian biochemist.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jul/02/guardianobituaries.obituaries|last=Wright|first=Pearce|title=Erwin Chargaff|work=The Guardian|date=2002-07-02|access-date=2019-03-22}}
Fred Drake, 44, American musician, lung cancer.
Timothy Findley, 71, Canadian author (The Wars, Headhunter, Pilgrim, Elizabeth Rex).{{cite news |author1=Anthony Depalma |title=Timothy Findley, Canadian Author, Dies at 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/22/arts/timothy-findley-canadian-author-dies-at-71.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=22 June 2002 |page=B 6}}
Irene MacDonald, 68, Canadian athlete, sports executive and broadcaster.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Irene MacDonald |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/45829 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Tinus Osendarp, 86, Dutch sprinter (two-time bronze medal at 1936 Summer Olympics: men's 100 metres, men's 200 metres).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Tinus Osendarp |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/73863 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Enrique Regüeiferos, 53, Cuban boxer (silver medal in light welterweight boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Enrique Regüeiferos |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1675 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi, 75, Indian scholar.
Stanisław Trepczyński, 78, Polish diplomat.
John Wirth, 66, American professor and historian of Latin American studies.{{cite news |author1=Anthony Depalma |title=John D. Wirth, 66, Historian and Author |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/27/us/john-d-wirth-66-historian-and-author.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 May 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=27 June 2002 |page=A 27}}

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Sidney Armus, 77, American actor, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Sidney Armus - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/74534 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Matt Dennis, 88, American singer, pianist and composer ("Angel Eyes", "Everything Happens to Me", "Violets for Your Furs").{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-29-me-dennis29-story.html|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=Matt Dennis, 89; Singer, Pianist Wrote 'Angel Eyes,' Other Hits|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-06-29|access-date=2019-04-05}}
Henry Keith, Baron Keith of Kinkel, 80, British jurist.
Wladimiro Panizza, 57, Italian road bicycle racer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Wladimiro Panizza |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/wladimiro-panizza |website=procyclingstats.com |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Kurt Seibt, 94, East German politician.
Berl Senofsky, 76, American classical violinist and teacher, lung disease.{{cite news |author1= |title=Berl Senofsky, 77, Violinist and Teacher |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/02/arts/berl-senofsky-77-violinist-and-teacher.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=2 July 2002 |page=A 19}}
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, 70, Australian painter.

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Chang Cheh, 79, Hong Kong film director, pneumonia.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Chang Cheh - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w67n3v4t |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
David O. Cooke, 81, American civil servant, Director of Administration and Management at the U.S. Department of Defense.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/06/27/david-cooke-mayor-of-the-pentagon-dies/71367f58-e637-4473-ab8d-ed048ce7a548/|last=Zielinski|first=Graeme|title= David Cooke, 'Mayor of the Pentagon,' Dies |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2002-06-27|access-date=2019-03-24}}
Justin Whitlock Dart, Jr., 71, American activist and advocate for people with disabilities.{{cite news |author1=Richard W. Stevenson |title=Justin Dart Jr., 71, Advocate For Rights of Disabled People |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/24/us/justin-dart-jr-71-advocate-for-rights-of-disabled-people.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 April 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=24 June 2002 |page=B 8}}
Conrad Hansen, 95, German pianist and a piano teacher.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Conrad Hansen |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14014552h |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Darryl Kile, 33, Major League Baseball player (Houston Astros, Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals), heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Murray Chass |author-link1=Murray Chass |title=Darryl Kile, a Pitcher for the Cardinals, Is Dead at 33 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/24/sports/darryl-kile-a-pitcher-for-the-cardinals-is-dead-at-33.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=24 June 2002 |page=B 8}}
Ron Kline, 70, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators).{{cite news|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/68478256|last=Nowlin|first=Bill|title=Ron Kline|work=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=2019-02-21}}
Eppie Lederer, 83, American media celebrity and advice columnist known by her pen name Ann Landers, multiple myeloma.{{cite news |author1=Margalit Fox |author-link1=Margalit Fox |title=Ann Landers, Advice Giver To the Millions, Is Dead at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/23/us/ann-landers-advice-giver-to-the-millions-is-dead-at-83.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=23 June 2002 |page=1 1}}
Helen Nielsen, 83, American author and screen writer (Perry Mason, Alfred Hitchcock Presents).{{cite news |title=Helen Nielsen, 83; Mystery Writer Scripted TV Dramas |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-29-me-passing29.2-story.html |access-date=4 November 2023 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=June 29, 2002}}
Yoshio Okada, 75, Japanese football player.
Cho Yoon-ok, 62, South Korean football player and manager.

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Lionel Bernstein, 82, South African anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner.{{cite news |author1=Paul Lewis |title=Lionel Bernstein, 82, Is Dead; On Trial With Mandela in '64 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/06/world/lionel-bernstein-82-is-dead-on-trial-with-mandela-in-64.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=6 July 2002 |page=A 14}}
Fadzil Noor, 63, Malaysian politician and religious teacher, complications following heart bypass surgery.
Carlo Savina, 82, Italian composer and conductor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Carlo Savina |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13899443c |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Alice Stewart, 95, British physician and epidemiologist.{{cite news |author1=Carmel McCoubrey |title=Alice Stewart, 95; Linked X-Rays to Diseases |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/04/world/alice-stewart-95-linked-x-rays-to-diseases.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=4 July 2002 |page=B 6}}

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Larry Alcala, 75, Filipino editorial cartoonist and illustrator.
Pedro Alcázar, 26, Panamanian boxer, injuries sustained during title fight.{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-06-25-0206250158-story.html|title=Boxer Alcazar collapses, dies in Las Vegas hotel|work=Chicago Tribune|date=2002-06-25|access-date=2019-03-10}}
Robert Dorfman, 85, American economist.{{cite news|url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2002/07/economist-dorfman-dies-at-85/|title=Economist Dorfman dies at 85|work=Harvard Gazette|date=2002-07-18|access-date=2019-04-06}}
Doreen Fernandez, 67, Filipino writer, teacher, cultural historian, food critic and scholar.
Bernard Longpré, 65, Canadian director and animator.
Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk, 86, 17th Duke of Norfolk.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6g47gm2 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Frank Ripploh, 52, German actor, film director, and author, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frank Ripploh - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99068927 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Pierre Werner, 88, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1959–1974, 1979–1984), considered the "father of the euro".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jun/28/guardianobituaries.euro|last=Bates|first=Stephen|title=Pierre Werner: The man who dreamed up the euro|work=The Guardian|date=2002-06-27|access-date=2019-03-02}}

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Syed Ali Ahsan, 82, Bangladeshi poet, writer and academic.
Joe Antolick, 86, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/antoljo01.shtml|title=Joe Antolick|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2019-02-21}}
Gordon Park Baker, 64, American philosopher, focussing on the writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein.{{cite news|url=http://h1960.classes.harvard.edu/article.html?aid=263|title= Gordon Park Baker|work=Harvard University|date=2002-07-18|access-date=2019-03-12}}
Turhan Baytop, 82, Turkish botanist and pharmacist.
Jean Corbeil, 68, Canadian politician (Minister of Labour, Minister of Transport, member of Parliament).{{cite news|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=13200|title=The Hon. Jean Corbeil, P.C.|work=Parliament of Canada|access-date=2019-04-02}}
Derrek Dickey, 51, American basketball player and sportscaster (Cincinnati, Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls), heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/dickede01.html|title=Derrek Dickey|work=Basketball-Reference.com|access-date=2019-04-05}}

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Barbara G. Adams, 57, British egyptologist, cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jul/13/guardianobituaries.obituaries|last=Smith|first=Harry|title=Barbara Adams|work=The Guardian|date=2002-07-13|access-date=2019-03-09}}
Humaira Begum, 83, Afghan royal as the last queen consort of Afghanistan, heart failure.
Arnold Brown, 88, British General of the Salvation Army.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1398875/General-Arnold-Brown.html|title=General Arnold Brown|work=The Telegraph, London|date=2002-07-01|access-date=2019-03-18}}
Donald A. Bullough, 74, British historian and author.{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/professor-donald-bullough-1-616696|title=Professor Donald Bullough|work=The Scotsman|date=2002-08-13|access-date=2019-03-18}}
Dolores Gray, 78, American actress and singer, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Ari L. Goldman |author-link1=Ari L. Goldman |title=Dolores Gray, 78, Sultry Star Of Stage and Movie Musicals |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/29/arts/dolores-gray-78-sultry-star-of-stage-and-movie-musicals.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=29 June 2002 |page=C 18}}
Martti Ketelä, 57, Finnish modern pentathlete.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Martti Ketelä |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/34721 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Henry Jepson Latham, 93, American attorney, politician, and jurist.{{cite news |author1= |title=Henry J. Latham, 93, Queens Congressman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/26/nyregion/henry-j-latham-93-queens-congressman.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 July 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=26 June 2002 |page=A 21}}
Raoul Rémy, 82, French road bicycle racer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Raoul Rémy |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/_3lMsMPIstNo |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Dermot Walsh, 77, Irish actor (Richard the Lionheart, Sea of Sand, The Challenge).{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1399080/Dermot-Walsh.html|title=Dermot Walsh|work=The Telegraph|date=2002-07-03|access-date=2019-04-29}}
Philip Whalen, 78, American Beat generation poet and Zen Buddhist priest.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/02/arts/philip-whalen-78-an-original-beat-poet.html|author=The Associated Press|title=Philip Whalen, 78, an Original Beat Poet|work=The New York Times|date=2002-07-02|access-date=2019-05-01|author-link=The Associated Press}}
Turgut Özatay, 74, Turkish film actor, lung cancer.

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Qu Bo, 79, Chinese novelist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Qu Bo - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001034013 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Charles Frederick Carter, 82, British economist and academic administrator.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Charles Frederick Carter - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w64j0jc4 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
John Entwistle, 57, English bassist (The Who), heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/dec/12/arts.artsnews|last=Wilson|first=Jamie|title=Bass player died in classic rock style|work=The Guardian|date=2002-12-12|access-date=2019-04-09}}
Ralph Erickson, 100, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/erickra01.shtml|title=Ralph Erickson|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2019-02-21}}
Richard Evonitz, 38, American serial killer, kidnapper, and rapist, suicide by gunshot.
Muharram Fouad, 68, Egyptian actor and singer, starred in Hassan and Nayima with co-star Soad Hosny.{{cite news|url=https://www.apnews.com/92b23445541ed2c674ddd5862c4e16cb|last=Youssef|first=Maamoun|title=Egyptian Star Muharram Fouad Dies|work=AP News|date=2002-06-27|access-date=2019-04-18|archive-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419015513/https://www.apnews.com/92b23445541ed2c674ddd5862c4e16cb|url-status=dead}}
Russ Freeman, 76, American bebop and jazz pianist and songwriter.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-10-me-freeman10-story.html|last=Thurber|first=Jon|title=Russ Freeman, 76; Jazz Pianist, Songwriter|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-07-10|access-date=2019-04-19}}
Robert L. J. Long, 82, American admiral.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=Adm. Robert Long, 82, Leader Of Inquiry in '83 Terrorist Attack |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/03/us/adm-robert-long-82-leader-of-inquiry-in-83-terrorist-attack.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=3 July 2002 |page=C 12}}
Georgi Sokolov, 60, Bulgarian football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Georgi Sokolov |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/georgi-sokolov/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
Timothy White, 50, American rock music journalist and editor (Crawdaddy!, Rolling Stone, Billboard), heart attack.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/75253/timothy-white-1952-2002-a-death-in-the-family|title=Timothy White, 1952-2002: A Death In The Family|magazine=Billboard|date=2002-06-28|access-date=2019-05-01}}

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Anatoly Akimov, 54, Soviet Olympic water polo player (gold medal winner in water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Anatoly Akimov |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54806 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=4 November 2023 |language= |date=}}
William Dufty, 86, American writer, musician, and activist (Lady Sings the Blues, Sugar Blues), cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-04-me-dufty4-story.html|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|title=William F. Dufty, 86; Wrote 'Lady Sings the Blues' and 'Sugar Blues'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-07-04|access-date=2019-04-07}}
Doug Elmore, 62, American professional football player (Ole Miss, Washington Redskins).{{cite news|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/E/ElmoDo20.htm|title=Doug Elmore|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2019-04-09}}
François Périer, 82, French actor, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - François Périer |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/qw5w3BeriNVf |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=fr |date=}}

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Terry Bourke, 62, Australian screenwriter, producer and director (Spyforce, Night of Fear, The Tourist).{{cite news|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/remembering-aussie-pioneer-terry-bourke/|last=Harris|first=Richard|title=Remembering Aussie Pioneer Terry Bourke|work=Filmink|date=2017-02-07|access-date=2019-03-17}}
Rosemary Clooney, 74, American singer and actress ("Come On-a My House", "Hey There", "This Ole House"), lung cancer.{{cite news |author1=Richard Severo |title=Rosemary Clooney, Legendary Pop Singer, Dies at 74 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/01/arts/rosemary-clooney-legendary-pop-singer-dies-at-74.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 February 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=1 July 2002 |page=B 7}}
Ole-Johan Dahl, 70, Norwegian computer scientist, considered one of the fathers of object-oriented programming.{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ole-Johan-Dahl|title=Ole-Johan Dahl|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2019-04-04}}
Alfred Dregger, 81, German politician and a leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Obby Kapita, 47, Zambian football player and coach, colorectal cancer.{{cite news |last1=Gondwe |first1=Kennedy |title=Zambia: Former National Soccer Team Coach Maj. Obby Kapita is Dead. |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200206300009.html |access-date=4 November 2023 |work=AllAfrica |date=30 June 2002}}
Roger Lévêque, 81, French road racing cyclist from 1946 to 1953.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Roger Lévêque |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/jJmvNc4FDhtX |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
William Edward Ozzard, 87, American politician.
Jaime Brocal Remohi, 66, Spanish comic book artist.{{cite news|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/brocal_jaime.htm|title=Jaime Brocal Remohí|work=Lambiek|access-date=2019-03-18}}
Jan Tomasz Zamoyski, 90, Polish political activist, aristocrat and member of anti-Nazi underground resistance.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/12/world/jan-zamoyski-90-partisan-and-polish-aristocrat-dies.html|last=Lewis|first=Paul|title=Jan Zamoyski, 90, Partisan And Polish Aristocrat, Dies|work=The New York Times|date=2002-07-12|access-date=2019-04-21}}

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Claude Berge, 76, French mathematician.{{cite news|url=http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Berge.html|last1=O'Connor|first1=J J|last2=Robertson|first2=E F|title=Claude Jacques Roger Berge|work=MacTutor History of Mathematics archive|access-date=2019-03-14}}
Josef Buršík, 90, Czech resistance fighter, dissident, and political prisoner.
W. Maxwell Cowan, 70, South African neurobiologist.{{cite news |author1=Carla Baranauckas |title=Dr. W. M. Cowan, 70, Scientist With Hughes Medical Institute |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/08/us/dr-w-m-cowan-70-scientist-with-hughes-medical-institute.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=8 July 2002 |page=A 17}}
Pete Gray, 87, American one-armed baseball player (St. Louis Browns).{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Pete Gray, Major Leaguer With One Arm, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/02/sports/pete-gray-major-leaguer-with-one-arm-dies-at-87.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=2 July 2002 |page=A 19}}
Nikolay Haytov, 82, Bulgarian fiction writer, playwright, and publicist, cancer.
Raúl Sánchez, 71, Cuban-American baseball player (Washington Senators, Cincinnati Redlegs/Reds).{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sanchra01.shtml|title=Raúl Sánchez|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2019-02-21}}
Roberto Villa, 86, Italian actor (The Fornaretto of Venice), pancreatitis.[https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/voci/vocirvil.htm La pagina di Roberto Villa] (in Italian)
Dave Wilson, 69, American television director (Saturday Night Live), aortic aneurysm.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/people-news/dave-wilson-1117869476/|title=Dave Wilson: Emmy-winning television director|work=Variety|date=2002-07-09|access-date=2019-05-02}}
Chico Xavier, 92, Brazilian spiritual medium and author, acute heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jul/11/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries1|last=Bellos|first=Alex|title=Chico Xavier: Brazil's leading medium, his many books were dictated by the dead|work=The Guardian|date=2002-07-11|access-date=2019-04-22}}

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=2002-06-01,2002-06-30&adult=include List of June 2002 deaths] at IMDb

*2002-06