Deaths in November 2002

The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2002.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

November 2002

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Ekrem Akurgal, 91, Turkish archaeologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ekrem Akurgal |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12032733f |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Yisrael Amir, 99, Israeli Air Force commander.
Edward Brooke, 85, Canadian Olympic fencer (1952 Summer Olympics: men's foil, men's épée).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Edward Brooke |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/21390 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=3 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Amadou Cissé Dia, 87, Senegalese politician and playwright.
Käte Jaenicke, 79, German theater and film actress.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Käte Jaenicke - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/2e963edf9992411da0b5d92711c7af5d |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=3 December 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Benjamin Keen, 89, American historian specialising in the history of colonial Latin America.
Lester Morgan, 26, Costa Rican professional football goalkeeper, suicide.
Keith A. Wester, 62, American sound engineer (The Rock, Air Force One, Armageddon).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-06-me-wester6-story.html|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|title=Keith Wester, 62; Sound Engineer Won Emmy, Nominated for Oscars|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-11-06|access-date=2019-04-30}}

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Brian Behan, 75, Irish writer and playwright, younger brother of Brendan Behan.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/nov/05/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|last=Green|first=Martin|title=Brian Behan|work=The Guardian|date=2002-11-05|access-date=2019-03-14}}
Robert Haslam, Baron Haslam, 79, British industrialist and life peer.{{cite news |title=Lord Haslam Pit worker who became chairman of British Coal |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11911785.lord-haslam-pit-worker-who-became-chairman-of-british-coal/ |access-date=3 December 2023 |work=The Herald |date=6 November 2002}}
Annelisa Kilbourn, 35, British conservationist and veterinarian, plane crash.{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Paul |date=2002-11-05 |title=Annelisa M. Kilbourn, 35, Dies; Tied Ebola to Death of Gorillas |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/05/nyregion/annelisa-m-kilbourn-35-dies-tied-ebola-to-death-of-gorillas.html |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}
Lo Lieh, 63, Hong Kong actor, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Lo Lieh |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb141993284 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Felicity Peake, 89, British Director of the Women's Royal Air Force.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frauendatenbank fembio.org |url=https://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/frauendatenbank?fem_id=30127 |website=fembio.org |publisher= |access-date=3 December 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Tonio Selwart, 106, Bavarian actor and Broadway performer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Tonio Selwart - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/59555 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=3 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Charles Sheffield, 67, English-born American science fiction author and physicist.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=Charles Sheffield, 67, Physicist And Author of Science Fiction |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/09/arts/charles-sheffield-67-physicist-and-author-of-science-fiction.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=9 November 2002 |page=A 20}}

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Ulrika Babiaková, 26, Slovak astronomer and discoverer of minor planets, accident.
Lonnie Donegan, 71, British skiffle musician ("Rock Island Line", "John Henry"), heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/nov/05/guardianobituaries.arts|last=Denselow|first=Robin|title=Lonnie Donegan|work=The Guardian|date=2002-11-04|access-date=2019-04-06}}
John Habakkuk, 87, British economic historian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=John Habakkuk - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6tz99df |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Jonathan Harris, 87, American actor (Lost in Space, A Bug's Life, The Third Man), heart failure.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=Jonathan Harris, 87, Dr. Smith In 60's TV Series 'Lost in Space' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/05/arts/jonathan-harris-87-dr-smith-in-60-s-tv-series-lost-in-space.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=5 November 2002 |page=B 8}}
William M. Packard, 69, American poet and author.{{cite news |author1= |title=William Packard, 69, Author and Editor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/16/arts/william-packard-69-author-and-editor.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=16 November 2002 |page=A 18}}

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Raoul Diagne, 91, French football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Raoul Diagne |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/kUQQf2oU123T |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=3 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Antonio Margheriti, 72, Italian filmmaker, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Antonio Margheriti - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6xx8kjr |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Juan Araújo Pino, 81, Spanish football player.
Malcolm Ross, 91, Canadian literary critic, pneumonia.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Malcolm Ross - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6q95dvh |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Jerry Sohl, 88, American television scriptwriter and science fiction author.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jerry Sohl |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb141381132 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Ross Wilson, 83, Canadian ice hockey trainer (Detroit Red Wings).{{cite news|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/w/wilsole01.html|title=Lefty Wilson|work=Sports Reference / Hockey-Reference.com|access-date=2019-05-02}}

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Vinnette Justine Carroll, 80, American Broadway director (Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, Your Arms Too Short to Box with God).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-07-me-carroll7-story.html|last=Shirley|first=Don|title=Vinnette Carroll, 80; Pioneering Theater Director|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-11-07|access-date=2019-03-21}}
Ansley J. Coale, 84, American demographer.{{cite news|url=http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/coale-ansley-j.pdf|last1=Espenshade|first1=Thomas J.|last2=Trussell|first2=James|last3=Westoff|first3=Charles F.|title=ANSLEY J. COALE 1917–2002|work=National Academy of Sciences|access-date=2019-03-23}}
Billy Guy, 66, American singer.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Billy Guy, Baritone in the Coasters, Dies at 66 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/14/arts/billy-guy-baritone-in-the-coasters-dies-at-66.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=14 November 2002 |page=B 13}}
Bunjaku Han, 54, Taiwanese actress, complications of cancer.
Joaquín Navarro Perona, 81, Spanish football player.[http://elpais.com/diario/2002/11/07/agenda/1036623606_850215.html Joaquín Navarro, el primer español en lucir la camiseta de la FIFA (Joaquín Navarro, first Spaniard to don FIFA shirt)]; El País, 7 November 2002 {{in lang|es}}, Retrieved 3 December 2023
Arthur Winfree, 60, American theoretical biologist, known for his studies of biological oscillations.{{cite news |author1=George Johnson |title=Dr. Art Winfree, 60, Dies; Plumbed the Rhythms of Life |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/22/us/dr-art-winfree-60-dies-plumbed-the-rhythms-of-life.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=22 November 2002 |page=B 10}}

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Alfonso Martínez Domínguez, 80, Mexican governor.
Folke Frölén, 94, Swedish Olympic equestrian (equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Folke Frölén |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/11990 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=3 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Michel Majerus, 35, Luxembourgish artist, killed aboard Luxair Flight 9642.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Michel Majerus - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6p88w3x |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Sid Sackson, 82, American board game designer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Sid Sackson - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6rc1r4q |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Gianluca Signorini, 42, Italian footballer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Gianluca Signorini |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/gianluca-signorini/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=3 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Joginder Singh, 62, Indian hockey player and Olympic champion.{{cite web |title=Olympedia - GindiSingh |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/19281 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=3 December 2023}}
Stefan Wagner, 89, Austrian football player.

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Rudolf Augstein, 79, German journalist and publisher, founder of Der Spiegel, pneumonia.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/nov/08/guardianobituaries.johnhooper|last=Hooper|first=John|title=Rudolf Augstein|work=The Guardian|date=2002-11-07|access-date=2019-03-12}}
Charles Hambro, Baron Hambro, 72, British merchant banker and political fundraiser.
Dilys Hamlett, 74, British actress.{{cite news |last1=Murray |first1=Braham |title=Dilys Hamlett |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/nov/13/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=13 November 2002}}
James Grier Miller, 86, American biologist, a pioneer of systems science.
Peg Phillips, 84, American actress (Northern Exposure), pulmonary disease.{{cite news |last1=OLIVER |first1=MYRNA |title=Margaret 'Peg' Phillips, 84; TV Actress |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-13-me-phillips13-story.html |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=13 November 2002}}
Tino Sabbadini, 74, French road bicycle racer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Tino Sabbadini |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/cpBiTkf1ntTN |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=3 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Pedro Juan Soto, 74, Puerto Rican writer, killed by police officers.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Pedro Juan Soto - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6b13vkc |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 December 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Tom Barrington, 58, American gridiron football player (Ohio State, Washington Redskins, New Orleans Saints).{{cite news|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BarrTo00.htm|title=Tom Barrington|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2019-03-13}}
Jon Elia, 70, Pakistani Marxist.
Querube Makalintal, 91, Filipino Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Rudolf Noelte, 81, German film director, theater director and opera director.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Rudolf Noelte - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6fr7spk |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Zoé Oldenbourg, 86, Russian-born French historian and novelist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frauendatenbank fembio.org |url=https://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/frauendatenbank?fem_id=21085 |website=fembio.org |publisher= |access-date=3 December 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Christopher Parsons, 70, English wildlife film-maker and producer.{{cite news |last1=Paine |first1=Barry |title=Christopher Parsons |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/nov/14/bbc.guardianobituaries |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=14 November 2002}}
Ke Zhao, 92, Chinese mathematician.

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Adrian Aeschbacher, 90, Swiss classical pianist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Adrian Aeschbacher |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13926739z |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Bill Baxter, 78, Scottish footballer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bill Baxter |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/bill-baxter/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=3 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Jan Hulsker, 95, Dutch art historian.
Richard Jeffrey, 76, American philosopher, logician, and probability theorist, lung cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Richard Jeffrey - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6n638gh |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Cliff Patton, 79, American professional football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Cardinals).{{cite news|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PattCl21.htm|title=Cliff Patton|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2019-02-01}}
Merlin Santana, 26, American actor (The Steve Harvey Show, Getting By, The Cosby Show), shot.{{cite news |title='Steve Harvey Show' actor shot to death |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-11-11-0211110231-story.html |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=11 November 2002}}
William Schutz, 76, American psychologist.
Eusebio Tejera, 80, Uruguayan footballer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Eusebio Tejera |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/eusebio-tejera/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=3 December 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Michel Boisrond, 81, French film director and screenwriter, known for directing Brigitte Bardot in Naughty Girl.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/people-news/michel-boisrond-1117876825/|title=Michel Boisrond|work=Variety|date=2002-12-02|access-date=2019-03-16}}
Anne-Marie Brunius, 86, Swedish film actress.
Franco Fantasia, 78, Italian actor.
Johnny Griffith, 66, American musician, heart attack.
Émile Ollivier, 62, Haitian-Canadian writer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Émile Ollivier |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12004517h |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Ken Raffensberger, 85, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs).{{cite news |author1= |title=Ken Raffensberger -- Baseball Player, 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/14/sports/ken-raffensberger-baseball-player-85.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=14 November 2002 |page=B 13}}
Yevgeni Skomorokhov, 57, Russian football coach and player.
Gert Westphal, 82, German-Swiss actor, recitator and director, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Gert Westphal - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/7b050f45a8f541b2bf7d87b4a65a36ab |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=3 December 2023 |language=de |date=}}

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Frances Ames, 82, South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist, leukemia.
Sir Michael Clapham, 90, British industrialist.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/nov/23/guardianobituaries.rogercowe|last=Cowe|first=Roger|title=Sir Michael Clapham|work=The Guardian|date=2002-11-22|access-date=2019-03-23}}
Zoe Ducós, 74, Argentine actress.
Pietro Giudici, 81, Italian racing cyclist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Pietro Giudici |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/pietro-giudici |website=procyclingstats.com |publisher= |access-date=9 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Esther Raziel-Naor, 90, Israeli Zionist, Irgun leader and politician.
Marcia Van Dyke, 80, American violinist and actress.
Yoo Youngkuk, 86, Korean abstract artist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Yoo Youngkuk - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82129462 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=9 December 2023 |language= |date=}}

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William Wallace Barron, 90, American politician (26th governor of West Virginia), indicted and pleaded guilty to jury tampering.{{cite news|url=https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/366|last=Canfield|first=Jack|title=William Wallace Barron|work=The West Virginia Encyclopedia|date=2016-05-16|access-date=2019-03-13}}
Glenn Dobbs, 82, American gridiron football player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dons) and college football coach (University of Tulsa).{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Glenn Dobbs, 82, Star Player And Coach of Tulsa Football |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/15/sports/glenn-dobbs-82-star-player-and-coach-of-tulsa-football.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=15 November 2002 |page=A 29}}
Lester Holtzman, 89, American jurist and politician.
Johannes Kerkorrel, 42, South African singer-songwriter, journalist and playwright, suicide by hanging.{{cite news |last1=Redelinghuys |first1=Pieter |title=Kerkorrel commits suicide |url=https://www.news24.com/News24/Kerkorrel-commits-suicide-20021112 |access-date=9 December 2023 |work=News24 |date=12 November 2002}}
Nicholas Mukomberanwa, 62, Zimbabwean sculptor.

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Frederick Valentine Atkinson, 86, British mathematician (Atkinson's theorem, Atkinson–Wilcox theorem).{{cite news|url=http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Atkinson.html|last1=O'Connor|first1=J J|last2=Robertson|first2=E F|title=Frederick Valentine Atkinson|work=MacTutor History of Mathematics archive|access-date=2019-03-12}}
Bill Berry, 72, American jazz trumpeter (Duke Ellington Orchestra, Bill Berry and the L.A. Band).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-20-me-berry20-story.html|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=Bill Berry, 72; Band Leader, Duke Ellington's Trumpeter|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-11-20|access-date=2019-03-15}}
Alexandru Dragomir, 86, Romanian philosopher.
Roland Hanna, 70, American jazz pianist, composer, and teacher, viral infection.{{cite news |author1=Peter Keepnews |title=Roland Hanna, a Jazz Pianist and Composer, Dies at 70 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/15/arts/roland-hanna-a-jazz-pianist-and-composer-dies-at-70.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=15 November 2002 |page=A 29}}
Kaloji Narayana Rao, 88, Indian poet, freedom fighter, and political activist.
Siri Rom, 84, Norwegian actress.
Irv Rubin, 57, Canadian chairman of the Jewish Defence League, fall.
Juan Alberto Schiaffino, 77, Italian-Uruguayan football player.
Rishikesh Shah, 77, Nepalese writer, politician and human rights activist.
Michael Stewart, 57, American musician, songwriter, and producer, suicide.{{cite web |title=Michael Stewart |url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/people-news/michael-stewart-2-1117876193/ |website=variety.com |access-date=3 November 2024}}

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Eddie Bracken, 87, American actor (Hail the Conquering Hero, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, National Lampoon's Vacation), surgical complications.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-16-me-bracken16-story.html|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=Eddie Bracken, 87; Comedy Star in Film and on Broadway|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-11-16|access-date=2019-03-17}}
René Meléndez Brito, 73, Chilean football player, cancer.
Walter Crocker, 100, Australian diplomat, writer and war veteran.{{cite news|url=http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/crocker-sir-walter-russell-261|last=Farquharson|first=John|title=Crocker, Sir Walter Russell (1902–2002)|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|date=2002-11-27|access-date=2019-04-03}}
James R. Hendrix, 77, US Army sergeant and a recipient of the Medal of Honor, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=James R. Hendrix, War Hero, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/21/us/james-r-hendrix-war-hero-dies-at-77.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=21 November 2002 |page=A 35}}
Gourish Kaikini, 90, Indian litterateur, teacher and columnist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Gourish Kaikini - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81141143 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=9 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Elena Nikolaidi, 93, Greek-American opera singer and teacher.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Elena Nikolaidi - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6xf3t7w |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=9 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Gedong Bagus Oka, 81, Indonesian Hindu reformer and philosopher.[http://www.balidiscovery.com/messages/message.asp?Id=1001 Ibu Gedong Bagoes Oka: 1921 – 2002 Bali Loses its Philosopher-Stateswoman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806012541/http://balidiscovery.com/messages/message.asp?Id=1001 |date=August 6, 2016 }}. balidiscovery.com. November 18, 2002
Mir Qazi, 38, Pakistani convicted criminal, executed by lethal injection.
Dale Emerson Saffels, 81, American lawyer, legislator, and District Judge.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Dale E. Saffels - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6sj4bc2 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=9 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Manohar Singh, 64, Indian film and theatre actor and director, lung cancer.

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W. J. Burley, 88, British crime writer.
André Clot, 93, French historian and essayist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=André Clot - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w61z74rz |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Bert Granet, 92, American writer and television producer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bert Granet - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6w69hmn |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Myra Hindley, 60, British serial killer, cardiovascular disease.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3304454/Myra-Hindley-the-Moors-monster-dies-after-36-years-in-jail.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3304454/Myra-Hindley-the-Moors-monster-dies-after-36-years-in-jail.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Myra Hindley, the Moors monster, dies after 36 years in jail|last1=Sapsted|first1=David|date=16 November 2002|work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=20 September 2018|last2=Bunyan|first2=Nigel|mode=cs2}}{{cbignore}}
Sohn Kee-chung, 90, Korean Olympic athlete and long-distance runner, pneumonia.
Terry Kendall, 55, New Zealand golfer, car fire.
Mary Meigs, 85, American painter and writer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Mary Meigs - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6zd09zx |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
John Joseph Stewart, 79, New Zealand rugby coach, cancer.

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Ramli Ahmad, 46, Malaysian Olympic sprinter (1976 Summer Olympics: men's 100 metres, men's 200 metres), stroke.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Ramli Ahmad |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/73357 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=10 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
George Barrie, 90, American businessman (owner and CEO of Fabergé Inc.) and songwriter (two-time nominee for Academy Award for Best Original Song).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-20-me-passings20.2-story.html|title=George Barrie, 90; Faberge Owner Used Celebrities in Ads|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-11-20|access-date=2019-03-13}}
Steve Durbano, 50, Canadian ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues), lung cancer.[https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/d/durbast01.html Steve Durbano, Sports-Reference / Hockey-Reference.com]. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
Tom Farris, 82, American professional football player (University of Wisconsin, Chicago Bears, Chicago Rockets).{{cite news|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FarrTo20.htm|title=Tom Farris|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2019-04-16}}
George Gardiner, 67, British politician.
Alfred Lewis Levitt, 86, American film and television screenwriter, heart failure.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Alfred Lewis Levitt - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6gn17wn |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Sima Milovanov, 79, Serbian football player and manager.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Sima Milovanov |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/sima-milovanov/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Frank Smithies, 90, British mathematician.

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Abba Eban, 88, Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister, ambassador to the U.S., ambassador to the U.N.{{cite news |author1=Marc D. Charney |title=Abba Eban, Eloquent Defender And Voice of Israel, Is Dead at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/18/world/abba-eban-eloquent-defender-and-voice-of-israel-is-dead-at-87.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=18 November 2002 |page=A 1}}
Frank McCarthy, 78, American artist and painter, lung cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frank McCarthy - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6905cwq |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Marvin Mirisch, 84, American film producer, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Marvin Mirisch, 84, Hollywood Producer of 60's |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/20/arts/marvin-mirisch-84-hollywood-producer-of-60-s.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=20 November 2002 |page=B 8}}
Akshaya Mohanty, 65, Indian singer, musician and writer.
Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, 72, Tibetan teacher of Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhism.

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Bolot Beishenaliev, 65, Soviet cinematographer, film and theater actor.
Angus Cameron, 93, American book editor and publisher, known for being blacklisted during McCarthy era.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-29-me-passings29.2-story.html|title=Angus Cameron, 93; Book Editor Targeted in McCarthy Era|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-11-29|access-date=2019-03-19}}
James Coburn, 74, American actor (The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Affliction), Oscar winner (1999), heart attack.{{cite news|author=Published: 12:03AM GMT 20 Nov 2002 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1413677/James-Coburn.html |title=Obituary in "The Telegraph" |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=2002-11-20 |access-date=2019-02-18 |location=London}}
Francesco De Martino, 95, Italian jurist and politician, considered to be the conscience of the Italian Socialist Party.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/nov/22/guardianobituaries.italy|last=Lane|first=John Francis|title=Francesco De Martino|work=The Guardian|date=2002-11-21|access-date=2019-04-05}}
Kim Gallagher, 38, American middle-distance runner, stroke.{{cite news |author1=Frank Litsky |author-link1=Frank Litsky |title=Kim Gallagher, 38, Olympic Track Medalist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/21/sports/kim-gallagher-38-olympic-track-medalist.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=21 November 2002 |page=A 35}}
Edith Hirsch Luchins, 80, Polish-American mathematician.
Pasquale Vivolo, 74, Italian footballer.
Juliusz Wyrzykowski, 56, Polish movie and stage actor.
Zaldy Zshornack, 64, Filipino actor.

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Vito Ciancimino, 78, Italian politician (mayor of Palermo, Sicily) and Mafia member, heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/nov/26/guardianobituaries.philipwillan|last=Willan|first=Philip|title=Vito Ciancimino|work=The Guardian|date=2002-11-25|access-date=2019-03-23}}
George Fullerton, 79, South African cricketer.{{cite web |title=George Fullerton profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/george-fullerton-45078 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=10 December 2023}}
K. M. George, 88, Indian writer and educator.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=K. M. George |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12035467n |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=10 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Max Reinhardt, 86, British publisher.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Max Reinhardt - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6md93vd |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Jean-Claude Renard, 80, French poet.
André Roch, 96, Swiss mountaineer, avalanche researcher, and author.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=André Roch |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb102258815 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=10 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Harry Watson, 79, Canadian professional hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks).{{cite news|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/w/watsoha02.html|title=Harry Watson|work=Sports Reference / Hockey-Reference.com|access-date=2019-04-30}}

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Kakhi Asatiani, 55, Georgian football player and manager, shot.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Kakhi Asatiani |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kakhi-asatiani/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Billy Goelz, 84, American professional wrestler, booker and trainer.
George Guest, 78, British organist and choirmaster.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=George Guest - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w68k7gjs |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Niddy Impekoven, 98, German dancer and actress.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frauendatenbank fembio.org |url=https://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/frauendatenbank?fem_id=14264 |website=fembio.org |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Webster Lewis, 59, American jazz and disco composer, arranger and keyboardist, pneumonia and diabetes.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Webster Lewis - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6k14rkp |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Margita White, 65, American White House press official under Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/11/21/margita-white/a30d777f-a4bd-44ba-9332-91033ac78dc5/|last=Bernstein|first=Adam|title=Margita White|work=The Washington Post|date=2002-11-21|access-date=2019-05-01}}

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Robert Brentano, 76, American historian specializing in medieval England and Italy.{{cite news|url=https://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2002/11/25_brent.html|last=Gilmore|first=Janet|title=Robert Brentano, esteemed UC Berkeley history professor, dies at age 76|work=University of California, Berkeley|date=2002-11-25|access-date=2019-03-18}}
Hadda Brooks, 86, American jazz singer, pianist and composer, known as the "Queen of the Boogie".{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-23-me-brooks23-story.html|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=Hadda Brooks, 86; Pianist Known as 'Queen of the Boogie' and a Popular Torch Singer|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-11-23|access-date=2019-03-18}}
Amílcar de Castro, 82, Brazilian sculptor, known for works in iron.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/02/arts/amilcar-de-castro-82-brazilian-sculptor-known-for-works-in-iron.html|last=Romero|first=Simon|title=Amilcar de Castro, 82, Brazilian Sculptor Known for Works in Iron|work=The New York Times|date=2002-12-02|access-date=2019-03-21}}
Arturo Guzmán Decena, 26, Mexican drug trafficker and founder of criminal syndicate Los Zetas, shot.
George Emslie, Baron Emslie, 82, Scottish judge and life peer.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/dec/04/guardianobituaries|last=Roth|first=Andrew|title=Lord Emslie|work=The Guardian|date=2002-12-03|access-date=2019-04-09}}
Buddy Kaye, 84, American songwriter, producer, and author.{{cite news |author1= |title=Buddy Kaye, 84, Songwriter Of Hits for Como and Sinatra |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/23/arts/buddy-kaye-84-songwriter-of-hits-for-como-and-sinatra.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=23 November 2002 |page=A 17}}
Norihito, Prince Takamado, 47, Japanese prince, heart attack.

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Parley Baer, 88, American radio, television and film actor (The Andy Griffith Show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Addams Family), stroke.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-24-me-baer24-story.html|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|title=Parley Baer, 88; 64-Year Career Spanned Radio, TV, Movies|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-11-24|access-date=2019-03-12}}
Joan Barclay, 88, American actress.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Joan Barclay |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14667967f |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=10 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Rafał Gan-Ganowicz, 70, Polish mercenary, journalist, and social activist, lung cancer.
Adele Jergens, 84, American actress, pneumonia.{{cite news |last1=McLellan |first1=Dennis |title=Adele Jergens, 84; Blond Bombshell in Many Films |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-09-me-jergens9-story.html |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=9 December 2002}}
Arne Mellnäs, 69, Swedish composer.
C. S. Nayudu, 88, Indian cricket player.{{cite web |title=C S Nayudu profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/c-s-nayudu-31813 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=10 December 2023}}
Azra Quraishi, 57, Pakistani botanist.{{cite journal |last=Zafar |first=Yusuf |last2=Ghaffar |first2=Abdul |title=Obituary - DR. AZRA QURAISHI (1945-2002) |journal=Pakistan Journal of Botany |volume=35 |issue=1 |surname35=(1) |pages=1–2 |year=2003 |url=http://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/abstracts/35(1)/01.html|accessdate=20 March 2020}}
Noël Regney, 80, French World War II veteran and songwriter, pick disease.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Noel Regney, Songwriter Known for 'Do You Hear What I Hear?' Is Dead at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/01/nyregion/noel-regney-songwriter-known-for-do-you-hear-what-i-hear-is-dead-at-80.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 July 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=1 December 2002 |page=1 58}}
Infanta Beatriz of Spain, 93, Spanish noblewoman and daughter of King Alfonso XIII.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Infanta Beatriz of Spain - DB~e |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/26596/beatriz-de-borbon-y-battenberg |website=dbe.rah.es |publisher=Real Academia de la Historia |access-date=10 December 2023 |language=es |date=}}
Tsuneharu Sugiyama, 62, Japanese Olympic wrestler, heart failure.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Tsuneharu Sugiyama |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/59110 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=10 December 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Erna Bogen-Bogáti, 95, Hungarian Olympic fencer (1928 women's foil, 1932 bronze medal women's foil, 1936 women's foil).[https://web.archive.org/web/20161202231525/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/erna-bogen-bogati-1.html Erna Bogen-Bogáti, Sports-Reference / Olympic Sports]. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
Boudewijn Büch, 53, Dutch writer, poet and television presenter, cardiac arrest.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/boudewijn-buumlch-5359812.html|last=Blom|first=Philipp|title=Boudewijn Büch|work=The Independent, London|date=2002-12-23|access-date=2019-03-18}}
Maritie Carpentier, 79, French television show producer.
Jackie Gayle, 76, American standup comedian and actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jackie Gayle - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w67v0kgx |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Roberto Matta, 91, Chilean artist.{{cite news |author1=Michael Kimmelman |author-link1=Michael Kimmelman |title=Matta, Chilean Artist Who Was Prominent in the Surrealist Movement, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/25/arts/matta-chilean-artist-who-was-prominent-in-the-surrealist-movement-is-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=25 November 2002 |page=B 9}}
Richard Mohr, 83, American producer of classical and operatic music recordings.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Richard Mohr, 83, Impresario Of Radio Opera Intermissions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/09/arts/richard-mohr-83-impresario-of-radio-opera-intermissions.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=9 January 2003 |page=B 8}}
Billy Travis, 41, American professional wrestler, heart attack.

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Branko Dangubić, 80, Yugoslavian and Serbian Olympic javelin thrower (men's javelin throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Branko Dangubić |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79392 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=10 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Noel Davis, 75, English film and television actor and casting director (Merlin, Reds), pulmonary emphysema.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1415579/Noel-Davis.html|title=Noel Davis|work=The Telegraph, London|date=2002-12-09|access-date=2019-04-04}}
Mikhail Devyatayev, 85, Soviet fighter pilot who escaped from a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.{{Cite news|url=https://persona.rin.ru/eng/view/f/0/30466/devyatayev-mikhail-petrovich|title=Devyatayev Mikhail Petrovich|work=persona.rin.ru|access-date=2019-04-05}}
Harriet Doerr, 92, American author.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Harriet Doerr Is Dead at 92; Writer of Searing, Sparse Prose |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/27/arts/harriet-doerr-is-dead-at-92-writer-of-searing-sparse-prose.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 July 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=27 November 2002 |page=B 9}}
Lewis Samuel Feuer, 89, American sociologist, philosopher, professor and author.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Lewis Feuer, 89, Scholar in Sociology and Government |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/30/us/lewis-feuer-89-scholar-in-sociology-and-government.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 July 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=30 November 2002 |page=A 18}}
Richard Lazarus, 80, American psychologist.{{cite news |author1=Eric Nagourney |title=Dr. Richard S. Lazarus, 80; Charted Terrain of Emotion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/16/us/dr-richard-s-lazarus-80-charted-terrain-of-emotion.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=16 December 2002 |page=B 10}}
Philip B. Meggs, 60, American graphic designer, leukemia.{{cite news |author1=Steven Heller |title=Philip B. Meggs, 60, Educator And Historian of Graphic Design |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/01/nyregion/philip-b-meggs-60-educator-and-historian-of-graphic-design.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=1 December 2002 |page=1 58}}
John Rawls, 81, American moral and political philosopher.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=John Rawls, Theorist on Justice, Is Dead at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/26/us/john-rawls-theorist-on-justice-is-dead-at-82.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=26 November 2002 |page=C 19}}
John Tosi, 88, American football player.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81046666/the-news-journal/|newspaper=The News Journal|via=Newspapers.com|date=November 26, 2002|title=John Joseph Tosi, Sr. (obituary)}} {{Open Access}}

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Ed Bliss, 90, American broadcast journalist and news editor.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-29-me-bliss29-story.html|author=The Associated Press|title=Ed Bliss, 90; CBS Writer, Editor for 25 Years|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-11-29|access-date=2019-03-16}}
Charles E. Chamberlain, 85, American politician (U.S. Representative for Michigan's 6th congressional district), heart failure.{{cite news|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000275|title=CHAMBERLAIN, Charles Ernest, (1917 - 2002)|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=2019-03-21}}
Gordon Davidson, 87, Australian politician (member of Australian Senate representing South Australia).{{cite news|url=http://biography.senate.gov.au/davidson-gordon-sinclair/|last=Kwan|first=Elizabeth|title=DAVIDSON, Gordon Sinclair (1915–2002)|work=The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate|access-date=2019-04-04}}
Woodrow W. Jones, 88, American politician and judge.
John Drummond, 8th Earl of Perth, 95, British politician and aristocrat.{{cite news |author1= |author-link1= |title=The Earl of Perth |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/the-earl-of-perth-138424.html |url-access= |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=The Independent |language= |date=30 November 2002}}
Karel Reisz, 76, British film director (The French Lieutenant's Woman, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, The Gambler).{{cite news |author1=Rick Lyman |title=Karel Reisz, Director of Films Including 'The French Lieutenant's Woman,' Dies at 76 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/28/arts/karel-reisz-director-of-films-including-the-french-lieutenant-s-woman-dies-at-76.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=28 November 2002 |page=C 11}}
Eugene V. Rostow, 89, American legal scholar and public servant.{{cite news |author1=Todd S. Purdum |author-link1=Todd S. Purdum |title=Eugene Rostow, 89, Official At State Dept. and Law Dean |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/26/us/eugene-rostow-89-official-at-state-dept-and-law-dean.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=26 November 2002 |page=C 19}}
Meta Vannas, 78, Estonian Soviet politician.

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Frank Allaun, 89, British politician (member of Parliament for Salford East from 1955 to 1983).{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/nov/27/guardianobituaries.obituaries1|last=Pearce|first=Edward|title=Frank Allaun|work=The Guardian|date=2002-11-26|access-date=2019-03-11}}
Ruzha Delcheva, 87, Bulgarian actress.
Ralph Engelstad, 72, American casino executive (Imperial Palace).{{cite news|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2002/nov/27/imperial-palace-owner-engelstad-dies/|last=Benston|first=Liz|title=Imperial Palace owner Engelstad dies|work=Las Vegas Sun|date=2002-11-27|access-date=2019-04-09}}
Erika Helmke, 96, German stage and film actress.
Isabel McLaughlin, 99, Canadian painter and philanthropist.
Polo Montañez, 47, Cuban singer and songwriter, traffic collision.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Polo Montañez |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14208119p |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=10 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Verne Winchell, 87, American business executive, president and CEO of Denny's, heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-28-me-winchell28-story.html|last1=Luther|first1=Claudia|last2=Christine|first2=Bill|title=Verne H. Winchell, 87; Doughnut Chain Founder and Owner of Racehorses|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-11-28|access-date=2019-05-02}}

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Billie Bird, 94, American actress (Sixteen Candles, Ernest Saves Christmas, Home Alone, Dennis the Menace), Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-06-me-passings6.2-story.html|title=Billie Bird, 94; Actress Had Character Roles in Movies, on TV|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-12-06|access-date=2019-03-16}}
Stanley Black, 89, English bandleader, composer, conductor and pianist.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/dec/03/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|last=McDonald|first=Tim|title=Stanley Black|work=The Guardian|date=2002-12-02|access-date=2019-03-16}}
Laurence J. Burton, 76, American politician (U.S. Representative for Utah's 1st congressional district).{{cite news|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001155|title=BURTON, Laurence Junior, (1926 - 2002)|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=2019-03-19}}
George Christian, 75, American journalist, White House press secretary for President Lyndon B. Johnson.{{cite news |author1=David Stout |author-link1=David Stout |title=George Christian, 75, Aide to President, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/29/us/george-christian-75-aide-to-president-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=23 March 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=29 November 2002 |page=C 6}}
Bob deLauer, 82, American gridiron football player (USC, Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams).{{cite news|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/deLaBo20.htm|title=Bob deLauer|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2019-04-05}}
Larry Duran, 77, American actor and stuntman.
Edwin L. Mechem, 90, American politician.
Yeruham Meshel, 90, Israeli union leader and politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Yeruham Meshel - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w69w2t7d |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Wolfgang Preiss, 92, German theatre, film and television actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Wolfgang Preiss - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/2e9ede69d63b4e4ca58c5feb19f56f58 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Robert W. Straub, 82, American politician, Alzheimer's disease.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Robert W. Straub - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6s476ss |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Shivmangal Singh Suman, 87, Indian poet, heart attack.

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Melih Cevdet Anday, 87, Turkish author.
Lennaert Nijgh, 57, Dutch lyricist, gastrointestinal bleeding.{{cite news |title=Liedjesschrijver Lennaert Nijgh overleden |url=https://www.tijd.be/cultuur/algemeen-muziek/liedjesschrijver-lennaert-nijgh-overleden/560132.html |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=De Tijd |date=29 November 2002 |language=Dutch}}
Billy Pearson, American jockey, film actor, and an art dealer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Pearson, Billy, 1920- 2002 - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w61r9vz1 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Juan Carlos Díaz Quincoces, 69, Spanish football player.{{cite web |title=Quincoces |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/quincoces_2/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=10 December 2023}}

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Damien Covington, 29, American gridiron football player (Buffalo Bills), killed in an attempted robbery.{{cite news|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CoviDa20.htm|title=Damien Covington|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2019-04-03}}
Daniel Gélin, 81, French film and television actor, kidney failure.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Daniel Gélin - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/c54dad5d3a694ab883174588f11488cc |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Saburo Ienaga, 89, Japanese historian.
John Justin, 85, British stage and film actor.{{cite news |last1=Shorter |first1=Eric |title=John Justin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/dec/06/guardianobituaries.filmnews |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=6 December 2002}}
David Weiss, 93, American novelist (Naked Came I).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-12-me-passings12.1-story.html|title=David Weiss, 93; Wrote Historical Novels Based on Lives of Artists|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-12-12|access-date=2019-04-30}}

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Alan Ashman, 74, English football player.
Charles E. Dibble, 93, American academic, anthropologist, linguist, and scholar of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Charles E. Dibble - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6431sdc |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Kozaburo Hirai, 92, Japanese composer and professor of music.
Oddrunn Pettersen, 65, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.{{cite web |title=Biografi: Pettersen, Oddrunn |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=ODPE&tab=Biography |language=no |website=stortinget.no |access-date=10 December 2023}}
Bill Sparks, 80, British Royal Marine commando during World War II.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Bill Sparks, Last of the Cockleshell Heroes, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/07/world/bill-sparks-last-of-the-cockleshell-heroes-dies-at-80.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=7 December 2002 |page=A 19}}
Mr. Wrestling, 68, professional wrestler, heart attack.

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=2002-11-01,2002-11-30&adult=include List of November 2002 deaths] at IMDb

*2002-11