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Deaths in May 2002

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The following is a list of notable deaths in May 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.

May 2002

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  • Ade Bethune, 88, American Catholic liturgical artist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ade Bethune - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6d80723 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=25 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Aspy Engineer, 89, Indian Air Force officer.
  • John Nathan-Turner, 54, British television producer (Doctor Who), infection.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/may/11/guardianobituaries.media|last=Bodle|first=Andy|title=John Nathan-Turner|work=The Guardian|date=2002-05-10|access-date=2019-02-27}}
  • Tom Sutton, 65, American comic book artist (Vampirella, Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider), heart attack.
  • Roger Teillet, 89, Canadian politician.

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  • Rosa García Ascot, 100, Spanish composer and pianist.
  • Peter Thomas Bauer, 86, Hungarian-British economist.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/may/06/guardianobituaries.obituaries|last=Roth|first=Andrew|title=Lord Bauer|work=The Guardian|date=2002-05-06|access-date=2019-03-13}}
  • Olive Cook, 90, British writer and artist, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olive Cook - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50027288 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Constanța Crăciun, 88, Romanian politician and educator.
  • Devika, 59, Indian actress, heart attack.
  • Carl Heger, 92, Danish actor.
  • Sihung Lung, 72, Taiwanese movie and TV actor, liver failure.{{cite news |author1= |title=Sihung Lung, 72, Film Actor Who Starred for Ang Lee |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/25/arts/sihung-lung-72-film-actor-who-starred-for-ang-lee.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=25 May 2002 |page=A 18}}
  • Izet Sarajlić, 72, Bosnian historian of philosophy, essayist, and poet.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Izet Sarajlić |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb120451760 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=29 October 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Ron Soble, 70, American actor in films and television.
  • Richard Stücklen, 85, German politician, President of the Bundestag.
  • Judy Toll, 44, American actress, writer and comedian, melanoma.
  • W. T. Tutte, 84, British-Canadian cryptographer during World War II and mathematician.

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  • Livingston L. Biddle, Jr., 83, American author and promoter of funding for the arts.{{cite news |author1=David Stout |author-link1=David Stout |title=Livingston Biddle Jr., 83, Ex-Chairman of Arts Endowment |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/04/us/livingston-biddle-jr-83-ex-chairman-of-arts-endowment.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 March 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=4 May 2002 |page=A 11}}
  • Malcolm Bosse, 75, American author, known for his historical novels set in Asia.{{cite news |author1= |title=Malcolm Bosse, 75, an Author Of Historical Novels Set in Asia |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/14/business/malcolm-bosse-75-an-author-of-historical-novels-set-in-asia.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 March 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=14 June 2002 |page=C 11}}
  • Barbara Castle, 91, British Labour politician and female life peer.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1393108/Barbara-Castle-dies-aged-91.html|title=Barbara Castle dies aged 91|work=The Telegraph, London|date=2002-05-04|access-date=2019-03-21}}
  • Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, 73, president of Somaliland and former prime minister of the Somali Republic.{{cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maxamed-Xaaji-Ibrahiim-Cigaal|title=Muhammad Ibrahim Egal: Somalian politician|work=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2019-04-08}}
  • Mohan Singh Oberoi, 103, Indian hotelier and retailer.{{cite news |author1=Paul Lewis |title=Mohan Singh Oberoi, 103, A Pioneer in Luxury Hotels |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/04/business/mohan-singh-oberoi-103-a-pioneer-in-luxury-hotels.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=4 May 2002 |page=A 11}}
  • Yevgeny Svetlanov, 73, Russian conductor, composer and pianist.{{cite news |author1=Robert D. McFadden |author-link1=Robert D. McFadden |title=Yevgeny Svetlanov, Conductor, Dies at 73 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/06/arts/yevgeny-svetlanov-conductor-dies-at-73.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=6 May 2002 |page=B 7}}
  • Mariana Yampolsky, 76, Mexican photographer.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-06-me-passings6.1-story.html|title=Mariana Yampolsky, 76; Photographed Daily Life of Mexico's Indians|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-05-06|access-date=2019-04-22}}

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  • Don Allard, 66, American football player (New York Titans, Boston Patriots) and coach.{{cite news|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AllaDo20.htm|title=Don Allard|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2019-02-26}}
  • Clarence Boston, 85, American college football coach, head coach of New Hampshire Wildcats from 1949 to 1964.{{cite news|url=https://unhwildcats.com/news/2002/5/6/5_6_2002_1299.aspx?path=football|title=Official Site of UNH Athletics-Legendary UNH Football Coach Clarence E. "Chief" Boston Dies at Age 85|work=New Hampshire Wildcats|date=2002-05-06|access-date=2019-03-17|archive-date=December 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215191301/https://unhwildcats.com/news/2002/5/6/5_6_2002_1299.aspx?path=football|url-status=dead}}
  • Ernesto Díaz, 49, Colombian football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Ernesto Díaz |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/24486 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • John Hasted, 81, British physicist and folk musician.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/sep/09/guardianobituaries.obituaries|last=Hunt|first=Ken|title=John Hasted: Physicist and folk musician|work=The Guardian|date=2002-09-09|access-date=2019-02-26}}
  • John Kohn, 76, American writer and producer, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=John Kohn |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14111140v |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=29 October 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Rolf Friedemann Pauls, 86, German diplomat.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Rolf Friedemann Pauls - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w67f8zbk |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Elizabeth Russell, 85, American actress.
  • Gerónimo Saccardi, 52, Argentine football player and manager, heart attack.
  • Abu Turab al-Zahiri, 79, Saudi Arabian writer of Arab Indian descent.

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  • Murray Adaskin, 96, Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and teacher.{{cite news|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/murray-adaskin-emc|last1=Spier|first1=Susan|last2=Nygaard King|first2=Betty|last3=Hanson|first3=Jens|title=Murray Adaskin|work=The Canadian Encyclopedia|date=2013-03-23|access-date=2019-03-09}}
  • Heinz Arndt, 87, German-Australian economist, traffic collision.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Heinz Arndt - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w61z4gqh |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Otis Blackwell, 71, American songwriter, singer and pianist ("Great Balls of Fire", "Don't Be Cruel", "All Shook Up", "Return to Sender").{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-09-me-otis9-story.html|last=Cromelin|first=Richard|title=Otis Blackwell, 70; Noted Songwriter|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-05-09|access-date=2019-03-16}}
  • James Lawton Collins Jr., 84, U.S. Army brigadier general and military historian.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-12-me-collins12-story.html|author=The Washington Post|author-link=The Washington Post|title=James Collins Jr., 84; General, Military Historian|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-05-12|access-date=2019-03-24}}
  • Harry George Drickamer, 83, American chemical engineer, a pioneer in high-pressure studies of condensed matter.{{cite journal|url=https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.1522182?journalCode=pto|last1=Jonas|first1=Jiri|last2=Slichter|first2=Charles|title=Harry George Drickamer|journal=Physics Today|date=2002-10-01|volume=55 |issue=10 |page=71 |doi=10.1063/1.1522182 |access-date=2019-04-07|doi-access=free}}
  • Pim Fortuyn, 54, Dutch politician, assassinated.{{cite web |title=The shooting of Pim Fortuyn |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/07/qanda.thefarright |website=The Guardian |access-date=18 February 2019}}
  • Shanta Gandhi, 84, Indian theatre director, dancer and playwright.
  • Bjørn Johansen, 61, Norwegian jazz musician.[http://www.jazzbasen.no/formatering.php?navn=BJ%D8RN+JOHANSEN Bjørn Johansen]
  • Bronisław Pawlik, 76, Polish actor, stomach cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bronisław Pawlik |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb161266538 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=29 October 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Saleh Selim, 71, Egyptian football player and actor, liver cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Saleh Selim |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/24802 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}

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  • Kevyn Aucoin, 40, American make-up artist and author (The Art of Makeup, Making Faces, Face Forward), multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-10-lv-aucoin10-story.html|last=Quintanilla|first=Michael|title=Kevyn Aucoin: Celebrating Faces|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-05-10|access-date=2019-03-12}}
  • Durga Bhagwat, 92, Indian scholar, socialist and writer.
  • Bernard Burrows, 91, British diplomat.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/may/17/guardianobituaries.Whitehall|last=Norton-Taylor|first=Richard|title=Sir Bernard Burrows|work=The Guardian|date=2002-05-16|access-date=2019-02-28}}
  • Ewart Jones, 91, Welsh chemist.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/may/18/guardianobituaries.obituaries|last=Wright|first=Pearce|title=Sir Ewart Jones|work=The Guardian|date=2002-05-18|access-date=2019-02-28}}
  • Robert Kanigher, 86, American comic book writer and editor (Wonder Woman, The Flash, Sgt. Rock).
  • Masakatsu Miyamoto, 63, Japanese football player and manager, pneumonia.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Masakatsu Miyamoto |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26192 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Xavier Montsalvatge, 90, Spanish composer and music critic.{{cite news |author1=Allan Kozinn |author-link1=Allan Kozinn |title=Xavier Montsalvatge, 90; Composer and Music Critic |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/17/arts/xavier-montsalvatge-90-composer-and-music-critic.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=17 May 2002 |page=C 13}}
  • Seattle Slew, 28, American thoroughbred racehorse champion.
  • Monica Sinclair, 77, British operatic contralto.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frauendatenbank fembio.org |url=https://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/frauendatenbank?fem_id=30099 |website=fembio.org |publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023 |language=de |date=}}

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  • Philip Edward Archer, 77, Ghanaian lawyer and Chief Justice (1991-1995).
  • Kaifi Azmi, 83, Indian Urdu poet.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Kaifi Azmi |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kaifi-Azmi |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Lynda Lyon Block, 54, American convicted murderer, executed by electric chair.
  • George Cates, 90, American music arranger, conductor, songwriter and record producer.{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/George-Cates-music-director-for-Welk-show-2834496.php|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|title=George Cates -- music director for Welk show|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=2002-05-18|access-date=2019-03-21}}
  • John Cunniff, 57, American hockey player and coach (Hartford Whalers, Boston Bruins, New Jersey Devils), esophageal cancer.[https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/cunnijo99c.html John Cunniff, Sports-Reference / Hockey-Reference.com]. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  • Austen Kark, 75, British television executive, managing director of the BBC World Service.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/may/13/guardianobituaries.media|last=Barker|first=Dennis|title=Austen Kark|work=The Guardian|date=2002-05-12|access-date=2019-02-28}}
  • David Riesman, 92, American sociologist, educator, and commentator on American society.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=David Riesman |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Riesman |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Yves Robert, 81, French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer, cerebral hemorrhage.{{cite news |author1=Alan Riding |author-link1=Alan Riding |title=Yves Robert, 81, French Director Of the 'Tall Blond Man' Films |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/11/movies/yves-robert-81-french-director-of-the-tall-blond-man-films.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=11 May 2002 |page=A 18}}

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  • Joseph Bonanno, 97, Italian-American mafia boss, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Selwyn Raab |author-link1=Selwyn Raab |title=Joe Bonanno Dies; Mafia Leader, 97, Who Built Empire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/12/nyregion/joe-bonanno-dies-mafia-leader-97-who-built-empire.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 February 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=12 May 2002 |page=1 1}}
  • Renaude Lapointe, 90, Canadian journalist and a politician.
  • Bill Peet, 87, American animator and screenwriter (Cinderella, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-14-me-peet14-story.html|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|title=Bill Peet, 87; Disney Artist, Storyteller Wrote '101 Dalmations,' Children's Books|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-05-14|access-date=2019-02-28}}
  • Steve Rachunok, 85, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rachust01.shtml|title=Steve Rachunok|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2019-02-20}}
  • Abida Sultan, 88, Pakistani princess and daughter of Nawab Hamidullah Khan.
  • Jerzy Tabeau, 83, Polish Holocaust survivor.
  • Nika Turbina, 27, Soviet and Russian poet, suicide by jumping.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Nika Turbina - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6tn9p83 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}

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  • Edward M. Carey, 85, American oil industry executive.{{cite news |author1=Paul Lewis |title=Edward Carey, 85, Oil Executive And Brother's Campaign Backer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/14/nyregion/edward-carey-85-oil-executive-and-brother-s-campaign-backer.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 November 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=14 May 2002 |page=C 19}}
  • Richard Chorley, 74, English geographer, heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-richard-chorley-36171.html|last=Haggett|first=Peter|title=Professor Richard Chorley|work=The Independent, London|date=2002-05-18|access-date=2019-02-28}}
  • Luciano Galesi, 75, Italian Olympic sports shooter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Luciano Galesi |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/42973 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Bruce Hansen, 74, New Zealand Olympic equestrian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Bruce Hansen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/12093 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}

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  • Clinton Adams, 83, American artist, art historian and head of the Tamarind Institute, liver cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-30-me-adams30-story.html|last=Thurber|first=Jon|title=Clinton Adams, 83; Led Renaissance of Lithography in U.S.|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-05-30|access-date=2019-03-09}}
  • Alan P. Bell, 70, American psychologist (Kinsey Institute).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-26-me-bell26-story.html|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=Alan Bell, 70; Studied Homosexuality|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-05-26|access-date=2019-03-14}}
  • Ruth Cracknell, 76, Australian actress (Mother and Son), pneumonia.{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/ruth-cracknell-dies-at-76-20020514-gdfa29.html|title=Ruth Cracknell dies at 76|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=2002-05-14|access-date=2019-04-03}}
  • George Gordienko, 74, Canadian professional wrestler and artist, melanoma.
  • Valeriy Lobanovskyi, 63, Ukrainian football coach, stroke.
  • Douglas Pike, 77, American historian and scholar on the Vietnam War.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Douglas Pike, Vietnam Expert, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/16/world/douglas-pike-vietnam-expert-dies-at-77.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=16 May 2002 |page=B 11}}
  • Morihiro Saito, 74, Japanese aikido teacher, cancer.

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  • Derek Birley, 75, British educationist, writer and sports historian.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jun/14/guardianobituaries.northernireland|last=McCloy|first=Don|title=Sir Derek Birley|work=The Guardian|date=2002-06-14|access-date=2019-02-28}}
  • Rawshan Jamil, 71, Bangladeshi actress and dancer.
  • José Lutzenberger, 75, Brazilian agronomist and environmentalist, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Larry Rohter |author-link1=Larry Rohter |title=José Lutzenberger, Brazilian Environmentalist, Dies at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/17/world/jose-lutzenberger-brazilian-environmentalist-dies-at-75.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=17 May 2002 |page=C 13}}
  • Gordon J. F. MacDonald, 72, American geophysicist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Gordon J. F. MacDonald - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6vq5sqn |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Dale Morey, 83, American basketball player.
  • Ray Stricklyn, 73, American actor and publicist, emphysema.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ray Stricklyn - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/79809 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}

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  • Kofoworola Ademola, 88, Nigerian educationist.
  • Bernard Benjamin, 92, British statistician, a leading figure in the field of demography.{{cite news|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-actuarial-journal/article/bernard-benjamin/7C938D8D5AD1C34C5B20A02024136449|last=Moore|first=Peter|title=Memoir Bernard Benjamin|work=Cambridge University Press|date=2002-12-01|access-date=2019-03-14}}
  • Darwood Kaye, 72, American child actor (Our Gang), hit and run accident.{{cite news |last1=Murillo |first1=Sandra |title=Hit-Run Kills 'Our Gang' Child Actor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59653068/the-los-angeles-times/ |accessdate=29 October 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 18, 2002}}
  • Tatiana Okunevskaya, 88, Soviet and Russian actress.
  • Bryan Pringle, 67, British actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bryan Pringle - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/80795 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}

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  • Shoichi Arai, 36, Japanese professional wrestling promoter, suicide by hanging.
  • Alec Campbell, 103, Australian World War I veteran, nation's last surviving ANZAC at the Gallipoli campaign.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-17-me-alec17-story.html|title=Alec Campbell, 103; in Battle at Gallipoli|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-05-17|access-date=2019-03-19}}
  • Jim Dewar, 59, Scottish musician, stroke.{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11960975.james-dewar/|title=James Dewar|work=The Herald, Glasgow, Scotland|date=2002-05-30|access-date=2019-04-05}}
  • Big Dick Dudley, 34, American professional wrestler (ECW), kidney failure.
  • Kenneth Fung, 90, Hong Kong politician and businessman.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/47589907cc3195b8c1f749903d6733ef|title=Sir Kenneth Fung Ping-Fan Dies at 92|work=AP News|date=2002-05-19|access-date=2019-04-19}}
  • Salcia Landmann, 90, Jewish Ukrainian writer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frauendatenbank fembio.org |url=https://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/frauendatenbank?fem_id=16856 |website=fembio.org |publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023 |language=de |date=}}
  • José Reis, 94, Brazilian scientist, journalist, and science writer.
  • José Riesgo, 82, Spanish actor.
  • Gavril Serfőző, 75, Romanian football player.

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  • Dave Berg, 81, American cartoonist (Mad, The Lighter Side of...), cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-24-me-berg24-story.html|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=Dave Berg, 81; Writer, Artist for Mad Magazine|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-05-24|access-date=2019-03-14}}
  • Joe Black, 78, American first Black baseball pitcher to win a World Series game (Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Redlegs, Washington Senators), prostate cancer.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Joe Black, Pitching Pioneer for the Dodgers, Dies at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/18/sports/joe-black-pitching-pioneer-for-the-dodgers-dies-at-78.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=18 May 2002 |page=A 13}}
  • Edwin Alonzo Boyd, 88, Canadian bank robber and prison escapee of the 1950s (Citizen Gangster).{{cite news|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/edwin-alonzo-boyd|last1=Pedersen|first1=Anne-marie|last2=Butts|first2=Edward|title=Edwin Alonzo Boyd|work=The Canadian Encyclopedia|date=2012-07-19|access-date=2019-03-17}}
  • James Chichester-Clark, 79, Northern Ireland politician, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1969 to 1971.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/james-chichester-clark-former-pm-of-ni-dies-1.1057764|title=James Chichester-Clark, former PM of NI, dies|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=2002-05-20|access-date=2019-03-22}}
  • John de Lancie, 80, American oboist, principal oboist of the Philadelphia Orchestra and director of the Curtis Institute of Music.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-29-me-passings29.2-story.html|title=John de Lancie, 80; Virtuoso Oboist, Head of Curtis Institute of Music|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-05-29|access-date=2019-04-05}}
  • László Kubala, 74, Hungarian and Slovak football player.
  • Sharon Sheeley, 62, American songwriter.
  • Little Johnny Taylor, 59, American singer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Little Johnny Taylor |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb15042353k |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=29 October 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, 61, Turkish folk musician, composer, poet, and author, heart failure.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Aşık Mahzuni Şerif |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb17791257z |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=29 October 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Norman Vaughan, 79, English comedian.

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  • Sergio Andreoli, 80, Italian football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Sergio Andreoli |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/sergio-andreoli/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Song Hye-rim, 65, North Korean actress, best, breast cancer.
  • Wolfgang Schneiderhan, 86, Austrian classical violinist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Wolfgang Schneiderhan - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6p56861 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Davey Boy Smith, 39, British professional wrestler, myocardial infarction, heart attack.
  • Zypora Spaisman, 86, Polish-American actress and Yiddish theatre empresaria.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Zypora Spaisman, Lifelong Champion of Yiddish Theater, Is Dead at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/26/nyregion/zypora-spaisman-lifelong-champion-of-yiddish-theater-is-dead-at-86.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=26 May 2002 |page=1 37}}
  • Gordon Wharmby, 68, British actor (Last of the Summer Wine), cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/may/24/guardianobituaries3|title=Gordon Wharmby|work=The Guardian|date=2002-05-24|access-date=2019-05-01}}

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  • René de Chambrun, 95, French-American aristocrat, lawyer, businessman and author.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=René de Chambrun - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w62b9tsj |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Raymond Durgnat, 69, British film critic (Films and Filming, Film Comment, Monthly Film Bulletin) and author.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/may/24/guardianobituaries1|title=Raymond Durgnat|work=The Guardian|date=2002-05-24|access-date=2019-04-08}}
  • Herbert Familton, 74, New Zealand alpine skier (men's downhill, men's giant slalom at the 1952 Winter Olympics).{{cite web |title=Olympedia - Herbie Familton |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/85612 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=29 October 2023}}
  • John Gorton, 90, 19th Prime Minister of Australia.{{cite news |author1=John Shaw |title=Sir John Gorton, 90, Australian Who Vetoed Himself as Premier |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/22/world/sir-john-gorton-90-australian-who-vetoed-himself-as-premier.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=22 May 2002 |page=B 7}}
  • Earl Hammond, 80, American voice actor (Thundercats).
  • Walter Lord, 84, American historian, Parkinson's disease.{{cite news |author1=Albin Krebs |title=Walter Lord, Author of Historical Books, Including 'A Night to Remember,' Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/21/books/walter-lord-author-of-historical-books-including-a-night-to-remember-dies-at-84.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=21 May 2002 |page=B 7}}
  • Otar Lordkipanidze, 72, Georgian archaeologist, heart attack.
  • Giuseppe Maria Scotese, 86, Italian screenwriter and film director.
  • Bryant Tuckerman, 86, American mathematician.

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  • David Abrahamsen, 98, Norwegian forensic psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and author.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-24-me-abrahamsen24-story.html|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=David Abrahamsen, 98; His Books Analyzed Nixon, 'Son of Sam'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-05-24|access-date=2019-03-09}}
  • Renzo Barbera, 82, Italian businessman and soccer executive.
  • Jerry Dunphy, 80, American Los Angeles television news anchor, heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-21-me-dunphy21-story.html|last1=Braxton|first1=Greg|last2=Lowry|first2=Brian|title=Longtime TV Anchor, Known From 'the Desert to the Sea,' Dies|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-05-21|access-date=2019-04-07}}
  • Stephen Jay Gould, 60, American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science author, cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-21-me-gould21-story.html|last1=Hotz|first1=Robert Lee|last2=Woo|first2=Elaine|title=Stephen Gould, 60; Leading Evolutionary Biologist Was Called 'Latter-Day Darwin'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-05-21|access-date=2019-02-21}}
  • Sándor Kónya, 78, Hungarian tenor.{{cite news |author1=Allan Kozinn |author-link1=Allan Kozinn |title=Sandor Konya, 78, Tenor at Met Known for Wagnerian Roles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/06/arts/sandor-konya-78-tenor-at-met-known-for-wagnerian-roles.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=6 June 2002 |page=C 12}}
  • Eberle Hynson Schultz, 84, American football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Eberle Schultz Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Eberle+Schultz |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}

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  • Rogers Albritton, 78, American philosopher, pulmonary emphysema.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-03-me-albritton3-story.html|last=Woo|first=Elaine|title=Rogers Albritton, 78; Philosopher Known for His Brilliance|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-06-03|access-date=2019-03-10}}
  • Joe Cobb, 86, American child actor, appeared as the original "fat boy" in the Our Gang comedies.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-23-me-cobb23-story.html|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=Joe Cobb, 85; Was in 'Our Gang'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-05-23|access-date=2019-03-23}}
  • Michel Grosclaude, 75, French linguist, and author of works on grammar and lexicography.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Michel Grosclaude |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11906004p |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=29 October 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Andrzej Herder, 64, Polish film and theatre actor.
  • Roy Paul, 82, Welsh footballer.
  • Niki de Saint Phalle, 71, French artist, pulmonary emphysema.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Niki de Saint Phalle |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Catherine-Marie-Agnes-Fal-de-Saint-Phalle |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Bob Poser, 92, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns).{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/poserbo01.shtml|title=Bob Poser|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2019-02-21}}

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  • Umberto Bindi, 70, Italian singer-songwriter, heart disease.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Umberto Bindi - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2017006455 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Wally Fromhart, 89, American football player and coach.
  • Timur Novikov, 43, Russian visual artist, designer, art theorist, philosopher, and musician, pneumonia.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Timur Novikov - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w61279tz |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Sam Snead, 89, American golfer, complications from a stroke.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-24-sp-golfcol24-story.html|last=Glick|first=Shav|title=He Was One for the Ages|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-05-24|access-date=2019-02-21}}
  • Dorothy Spencer, 93, American film editor (Stagecoach, Cleopatra, Earthquake).{{cite news|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/181838%7C41129/Dorothy-Spencer/|title=Dorothy Spencer|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=2019-03-01}}

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  • Joseph Bau, 81, Polish-Israeli artist, philosopher, animator, comedian, and poet, pneumonia.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-13-me-bau13-story.html|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=Joseph Bau, 81; Israeli Artist, Animator, Holocaust Survivor|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-06-13|access-date=2019-03-13}}
  • Susie Garrett, 72, American actress (Punky Brewster) and jazz vocalist, cancer.{{cite web |title=Garrett, Susie, 1929-2002 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010071581.html |website=Library of Congress |access-date=29 October 2023}}
  • Antonia Pantoja, 79, Puerto Rican educator, feminist, and civil rights leader, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Stuart Lavietes |title=Antonia Pantoja, Champion Of Bilingualism, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/28/nyregion/antonia-pantoja-champion-of-bilingualism-dies-at-80.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=28 May 2002 |page=B 6}}
  • Itō Toshihito, 40, Japanese actor, subarachnoid hemorrhage.
  • Xi Zhongxun, 88, Chinese communist revolutionary.

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  • Pat Coombs, 75, English actress (Till Death Us Do Part, EastEnders, Ooh... You Are Awful), pulmonary emphysema.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/may/28/guardianobituaries.arts|last=Barker|first=Dennis|title=Pat Coombs|work=The Guardian|date=2002-05-28|access-date=2019-03-01}}
  • Bart de Graaff, 35, Dutch television presenter/producer and founder of broadcasting network BNN, kidney failure.{{cite news |last1=van der Linde |first1=Robbert |title=Bart de Graaff: 9 jaar dood, maar nog lang niet vergeten |url=https://www.ad.nl/show/bart-de-graaff-9-jaar-dood-maar-nog-lang-niet-vergeten~a77232b4/ |access-date=29 October 2023 |work=Algemeen Dagblad |date=25 May 2011 |language=nl}}
  • Ștefan Augustin Doinaș, 80, Romanian neoclassical poet, heart failure.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ștefan Augustin Doinaș |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12088834j |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=29 October 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Zoran Janković, 62, Yugoslavian Olympic water polo player (1964 silver medal, 1968 gold medal, 1972), liver cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Zoran Janković |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/55013 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • You Jih-cheng, 53, Taiwanese politcian, member of the Legislative Yuan (1993-1996), plane crash.{{Cite web |date=26 May 2002 |title=罹难"立委"曾说有机件故障 亲友对"华航"提质疑 |url=https://www.chinanews.com.cn/2002-05-26/26/188901.html |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=China News Service |language=zh}}
  • Michel Jobert, 80, French politician, cerebral hemorrhage.
  • Pål-Nils Nilsson, 72, Swedish photographer and filmmaker.
  • Nathan Mantel, 83, American biostatistician, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Anahad O'Connor |author-link1=Anahad O'Connor |title=Nathan Mantel, 83, Developer Of Statistical Research Method |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/08/us/nathan-mantel-83-developer-of-statistical-research-method.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=8 June 2002 |page=B 8}}
  • Jack Pollard, 75, Australian sports journalist, stroke.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jack Pollard - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w68700g0 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023 |language= |date=}}

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  • Jon Bannenberg, English-Australian yacht designer, brain cancer.
  • Flora Lewis, 84, American journalist (The Washington Post, The New York Times), cancer.{{cite news |author1=Craig R. Whitney |title=Flora Lewis, Astute Observer of World Affairs for The Times and Others, Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/02/world/flora-lewis-astute-observer-of-world-affairs-for-the-times-and-others-dies-at-79.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 July 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=2 June 2002 |page=1 43}}
  • Ivo Maček, 88, Croatian pianist, composer and academian.
  • John Alexander Moore, 86, American biologist.{{cite news|url=http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/moore-john-a.pdf|last=Alberts|first=Bruce|title=John Alexander Moore 1915–2002|work=National Academy of Sciences|access-date=2019-03-01}}
  • Vicente Nebrada, 72, Venezuelan dancer and choreographer, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Jennifer Dunning |author-link1=Jennifer Dunning |title=Vicente Nebrada, 72, Leader Of Caracas National Ballet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/09/nyregion/vicente-nebrada-72-leader-of-caracas-national-ballet.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=9 June 2002 |page=1 48}}
  • Jean-Jacques Petter, 74, French primatologist.
  • Mamo Wolde, 69, Ethiopian Olympic long-distance runner (1968 gold medal, 1968 silver medal, 1972 bronze medal), liver cancer.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Mamo Wolde, Olympic Marathon Champion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/28/nyregion/mamo-wolde-olympic-marathon-champion.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=28 May 2002 |page=B 6}}

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  • Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, 93, Scottish historian and paleographer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6sr1d0w |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=30 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Barbara Hamilton, 14th Baroness Dudley, 95, British noblewoman, member of the House of Lords.{{Cite news |date=2002-05-29 |title=Baroness Dudley Obituary |pages=24 |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-baroness-dudley-obit/130772796/ |access-date=2023-08-28}}
  • Shabtai Konorti, 58, Israeli actor (Schindler's List), traffic collision.[https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-1912274,00.html נפטר השחקן שבתאי קונורטי] (in Hebrew)
  • Ray Mathew, 73, Australian author.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ray Mathew - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50044166 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=30 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Vitaly Solomin, 60, Soviet and Russian actor, director and screenwriter, stroke.{{cite web |title=Vitaly Solomin biography. People's Artist of Russia |url=https://thestrip.ru/en/forma-brovejj/vitalii-solomin-biografiya-lichnaya-zhizn-prichina-solomin-vitalii/ |website=The Strip |access-date=16 November 2019}}

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  • Ibrahim al-Urayyid, 94, Bahraini writer and poet.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb135676799 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=30 October 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Napoleon Beazley, 25, American juvenile offender, executed by lethal injection.
  • Mildred Benson, 96, American journalist and author of children's books (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories), lung cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-30-me-benson30-story.html|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|title=Mildred Benson, 96; Author Gave Life to Nancy Drew|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-05-30|access-date=2019-03-14}}
  • Jean Berger, 92, German-American composer and conductor.{{cite news|url=https://www.colorado.edu/amrc/sites/default/files/attached-files/AMRC-Berger-EAD.pdf#page=3|title=Biography of Jean Berger|work=University of Colorado Boulder|access-date=2019-03-14}}
  • Ruby Bradley, 94, US Army colonel and one of the most decorated women in its military history.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-02-me-bradley2-story.html|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=Ruby Bradley, 94; Army Nurse Was 'Angel in Fatigues' for POWs|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-06-02|access-date=2019-03-17}}
  • Norman King, 87, New Zealand politician and cabinet minister.
  • David Parker Ray, 62, American serial killer, heart attack.
  • Wes Westrum, 79, American baseball player (New York Giants) and manager (New York Mets, San Francisco Giants), cancer.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Wes Westrum, 79, Longtime Giants Catcher |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/30/sports/wes-westrum-79-longtime-giants-catcher.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=30 May 2002 |page=A 23}}
  • Rostislav Yurenev, 90, Soviet and Russian film critic and teacher.

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  • Stan Bentham, 87, English footballer, Alzheimer's disease.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Stan Bentham |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/stan-bentham/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=30 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Gunnar Jarring, 94, Swedish diplomat and Turkologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Gunnar Jarring - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w64m9vx4 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=30 October 2023 |language= |date=}}
  • Sándor Mátrai, 69, Hungarian football player.{{cite web |title=Sándor Mátrai |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/sandor-matrai/#wac_660x40_top |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Sher Ali Khan Pataudi, 89, Pakistani politician and diplomat.
  • Elémire Zolla, 75, Italian essayist, philosopher and historian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Elémire Zolla |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11929722p |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=30 October 2023 |language=fr |date=}}

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  • Kees Boertien, 74, Dutch politician (Christian Democratic Appeal) and jurist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Kees Boertien |url=http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/91000321 |website=biografischportaal.nl |publisher= |access-date=30 October 2023 |language=nl |date=}}
  • Kenny Craddock, 52, British instrumentalist (Ringo Starr, Ginger Baker, Gerry Rafferty), composer and producer, car crash.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jun/26/guardianobituaries|last=Gibson|first=Colin|title=Kenny Craddock|work=The Guardian|date=2002-06-25|access-date=2019-02-28}}
  • John B. Keane, 73, Irish playwright, novelist and essayist, prostate cancer.{{cite news |author1=Brian Lavery |title=John B. Keane, Irish Novelist And Playwright, Is Dead at 73 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/01/arts/john-b-keane-irish-novelist-and-playwright-is-dead-at-73.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=1 June 2002 |page=A 13}}
  • Mario Lago, 90, Brazilian lawyer, poet, composer and actor, pneumonia.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Mário Lago |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12776379n |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=30 October 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Walter Laird, 81, British ballroom dancer.

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References

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External links

  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=2002-05-01,2002-05-31&adult=include List of May 2002 deaths] at IMDb

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