Deaths in October 2002

The following is a list of notable deaths in October 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.

October 2002

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Walter Annenberg, 94, American publisher (The Philadelphia Inquirer, TV Guide, Daily Racing Form, Seventeen) and philanthropist.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-02-me-annenberg2-story.html|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|title=Media Tycoon Gave Fortunes to Others|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-10-02|access-date=2019-03-11}}
Ilie Ceaușescu, 76, Romanian general and communist politician, pneumonia.{{cite news |title=Ilie Ceausescu Dead at 76 |url=https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Ilie-Ceausescu-Dead-at-76-10497823.php |access-date=1 December 2023 |work=Edwardsville Intelligencer |date=2 October 2002}}
Consuelo Salgar, 74, Colombian journalist, advertising executive, and politician, liver cancer.
Edeltraud Schramm, 78, Austrian Olympic gymnast.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Edeltraud Schramm |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/28093 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=1 December 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Norman O. Brown, 89, American philosopher and author (Life Against Death, Love's Body).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-05-me-brown5-story.html|last=Getlin|first=Josh|title=Norman Brown, 89; Philosopher, Author|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-10-05|access-date=2019-03-18}}
Al Lerner, 69, American businessman, football team owner, and philanthropist.{{cite web |title=Alfred Lerner '55: Businessman, Philanthropist, Student Center Benefactor |url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/jan03/obituaries2.html |website=Columbia College Today |access-date=1 December 2023}}
Tiberiu Olah, 74, Romanian-Hungarian composer, teacher and musicologist.
Alexander Sinclair, 91, Canadian ice hockey player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Alexander Sinclair |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97563 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=1 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Heinz von Foerster, 90, Austrian-American physicist and philosopher, one of the founders of constructivism.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/09/us/heinz-von-foerster-90-dies-was-information-theorist.html|last=Markoff|first=John|title=Heinz von Foerster, 90, Dies; Was Information Theorist|work=The New York Times|date=2002-11-09|access-date=2019-04-18}}

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Tad Horino, 81, American film and television actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Tad Horino - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/02a923154042459e9df32f8f1eafe6ae |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=1 December 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Felix Kracht, 90, German engineer.
Bruce Paltrow, 58, American television and film director and producer, pneumonia.{{cite news |author1=Rick Lyman |title=Bruce Paltrow, 58, a Producer And Director on 'St. Elsewhere' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/04/arts/bruce-paltrow-58-a-producer-and-director-on-st-elsewhere.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=4 October 2002 |page=C 21}}
Dalvanius Prime, 54, New Zealand entertainer and songwriter, cancer.
John Weitz, 79, American fashion designer, novelist and historian.{{cite news |author1=Tina Kelley |title=John Weitz, 79, Fashion Designer Turned Historian, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/04/nyregion/john-weitz-79-fashion-designer-turned-historian-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 April 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=4 October 2002 |page=C 21}}

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Per Bronken, 67, Norwegian poet, novelist, actor, film director and stage producer.
Alphonse Chapanis, 85, American pioneer in the field of industrial design.{{cite news |author1=Stuart Lavietes |title=Alphonse Chapanis Dies at 85; Was a Founder of Ergonomics |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/15/us/alphonse-chapanis-dies-at-85-was-a-founder-of-ergonomics.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 March 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=15 October 2002 |page=A 25}}
André Delvaux, 76, Belgian film director, considered the father of the Belgian film industry, heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/10/arts/andre-delvaux-belgian-film-director-76.html|author=The Associated Press|title=André Delvaux -- Belgian Film Director, 76|work=The New York Times|date=2002-10-10|access-date=2019-04-05|author-link=The Associated Press}}
Hans Holmér, 71, Swedish civil servant and author.
Buddy Lester, 87, American actor and comedian, cancer.
Ahmad Mahmoud, 70, Iranian novelist.
Marcel Reymond, 91, Swiss Olympic ski jumper.{{cite web |title=Olympedia - MarcelReymond |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/96746 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=1 December 2023}}
Roy Wilkins, 68, American professional football player (University of Georgia, Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins).{{cite news|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WilkRo20.htm|title=Roy Wilkins|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2019-05-02}}

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Magda B. Arnold, 98, Canadian psychologist.
Reginald Hibbert, 80, British diplomat.{{cite news |author1=Alan Campbell |author-link1= |title=Sir Reginald Hibbert |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/oct/15/guardianobituaries.obituaries |url-access= |access-date=1 December 2023 |work=The Guardian |language= |date=15 October 2002}}
Morag Hood, 59, British actress, cancer.
Ron Horn, 64, American basketball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ron Horn Stats - Basketball-Reference.com |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hornro01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=1 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Tony Mazzocchi, 76, American labor leader, pancreatic cancer.{{cite news |author1=Steven Greenhouse |author-link1=Steven Greenhouse |title=Anthony Mazzocchi, 76, Dies; Union Officer and Party Father |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/09/us/anthony-mazzocchi-76-dies-union-officer-and-party-father.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=9 October 2002 |page=A 25}}
Mia Čorak Slavenska, 86, Croatian-American ballerina.{{cite news |author1=Jack Anderson |title=Mia Slavenska, 86, Celebrated Ballerina |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/09/arts/mia-slavenska-86-celebrated-ballerina.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 December 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=9 October 2002 |page=A 25}}
Jay R. Smith, 87, American child actor and comedian, stabbed.

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Ben Eastman, 91, American runner (silver medal in men's 400 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics).{{cite news |author1=Frank Litsky |author-link1=Frank Litsky |title=Ben Eastman, 91, Runner and Former World Record-Holder |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/11/sports/ben-eastman-91-runner-and-former-world-record-holder.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=11 October 2002 |page=C 11}}
Wolfgang Mischnick, 81, German liberal politician (FDP).
Prince Claus of the Netherlands, 76, husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Dutch diplomat, pneumonia.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/10/07/prince-claus-of-netherlands-dies/f6f4271f-bd92-403d-b321-1bf28e91e023/?noredirect=on|title=Prince Claus of Netherlands Dies|work=The Washington Post|access-date=18 February 2019}}
Chuck Rayner, 82, Canadian professional hockey player (New York Americans, New York Rangers).{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Chuck Rayner, 82, Star Goalie for Rangers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/10/sports/chuck-rayner-82-star-goalie-for-rangers.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=10 October 2002 |page=B 12}}
Nick Whitehead, 69, British (Welsh) sprinter (bronze medal in men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Nick Whitehead |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69587 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=1 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Juan Yustrich, 93, Argentine football goalkeeper.

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Pierangelo Bertoli, 59, Italian singer-songwriter and poet, heart attack.
Ralph Harry, 85, Australian diplomat and intelligence specialist.
Cor Kint, 82, Dutch backstroke swimmer and 1938 European Champion.
Marcel Paille, 69, Canadian ice hockey goaltender, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Marcel Paille Stats - Hockey-Reference.com |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Marcel+Paille |website=hockey-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=1 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Domenico Paolella, 86, Italian director, screenwriter and journalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Domenico Paolella - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/0f441ce174ca4956a5a1ddffed7dc927 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=1 December 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Ed Rossbach, 88, American fiber artist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ed Rossbach - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6x39k6c |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Amanda Zhao, 21, Chinese student.

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Jodie Beeler, 80, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds).{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beelejo01.shtml|title=Jodie Beeler|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2019-02-22}}
Phyllis Calvert, 87, British actress (The Man in Grey, Fanny by Gaslight, The Magic Bow, My Own True Love), kidney failure.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/oct/09/guardianobituaries.filmnews|last=Shorter|first=Eric|title=Phyllis Calvert|work=The Guardian|date=2002-10-09|access-date=2019-03-19}}
Jacques Richard, 50, Canadian ice hockey player, car accident.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jacques Richard Stats - Hockey-Reference.com |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Jacques+Richard |website=hockey-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=1 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Joachim Zahn, 88, German business executive, chairman of Daimler-Benz (1971-1979).{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/17/business/joachim-zahn-88-ex-daimler-benz-leader.html|author=The Associated Press|title=Joachim Zahn, 88, Ex-Daimler-Benz Leader|work=The New York Times|date=2002-10-17|access-date=2019-04-21|author-link=The Associated Press}}

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Sopubek Begaliev, 71, Soviet-Kyrgyz economist and politician.
Charles Guggenheim, 78, American documentary film director, producer, and screenwriter, pancreatic cancer.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Charles Guggenheim, Filmmaker, Dies at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/11/arts/charles-guggenheim-filmmaker-dies-at-78.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=11 October 2002 |page=C 11}}
Anwar Hussain, 82, Pakistani cricketer.{{cite web |title=Anwar Hussain profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/anwar-hussain-39001 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=1 December 2023}}
Oleksandr Liashko, 86, Ukrainian politician.
Carlo Lievore, 64, Italian Olympic javelin thrower.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Carlo Lievore |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/72022 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=1 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Eric Martin, 33, American racing driver, racing accident.{{cite web |title=Eric Martin - Racing-Reference |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Eric_Martin/ |website=racing-reference.info |access-date=1 December 2023}}
Jim Martin, 78, American football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jim Martin Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MartJi20.htm |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=1 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Bruno O'Ya, 69, Estonian-Polish actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bruno O'Ya - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/b74de2af2e8f43aea076bff5b5a57437 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=1 December 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Aileen Wuornos, 46, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Aileen Wuornos |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aileen-Wuornos |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=1 December 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Strahinja Alagić, 78, Serbian basketball player and coach.
Mario de las Casas, 101, Peruvian football defender.
Tom Casey, 78, American professional football player (New York Yankees, Hamilton Wildcats, Winnipeg Blue Bombers).{{cite news|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CaseTo20.htm|title=Tom Casey|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2019-03-21}}
Fate Echols, 63, American professional football player (Northwestern University, St. Louis Cardinals).{{cite news|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/E/EchoFa20.htm|title=Fate Echols|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2019-04-08}}
Lawrence H. Fountain, 89, American politician (U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district).{{cite news|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000319|title=FOUNTAIN, Lawrence H., (1913 - 2002)|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=2019-04-18}}
Teresa Graves, 54, American actress and singer, house fire, accidental death.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Teresa Graves - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w66b121s |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=1 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Denison Kitchel, 94, American lawyer political advisor.{{cite news |author1= |title=Denison Kitchel, 94, Chief of Goldwater Campaign |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/22/us/denison-kitchel-94-chief-of-goldwater-campaign.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=22 October 2002 |page=A 29}}
Abe Most, 82, Swing clarinetist and alto saxophonist.
Zara Nelsova, 81, Canadian cellist.{{cite news |author1= |title=Zara Nelsova, 84, a Cellist Who Worked With Bloch |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/18/arts/zara-nelsova-84-a-cellist-who-worked-with-bloch.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=18 October 2002 |page=B 9}}
Tom Sullivan, 52, American gridiron football player, accidental death.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Tom Sullivan Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Tom+Sullivan |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=1 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Erling Sørensen, 81, Danish football player and manager.

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Betty Molesworth Allen, 89, New Zealand botanist.
Stewart Crawford, 89, British diplomat.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1410862/Sir-Stewart-Crawford.html|title=Sir Stewart Crawford|work=The Telegraph, London|date=2002-10-22|access-date=2019-04-03}}
Werner Eberlein, 82, German socialist politician and party functionary, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Werner Eberlein - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/03090a047efb4c1dbf72672342765f68 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Bill Field, 93, British politician."William James Field" (obituary), The Times, 15 October 2002, p. 35
Ron Gray, 82, English football player and manager.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ron Gray |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ron-gray/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Maxim Levy, 52, Israeli politician.
Dina Pathak, 80, Indian actor and director, heart attack.
Emilio García Riera, 70, Spanish-born Mexican actor, writer and cinema critic.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Emilio García Riera - DB~e |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/57720/emilio-garcia-riera |website=dbe.rah.es |publisher=Real Academia de la Historia |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=es |date=}}
Christine Stevens, 84, American animal welfare activist and conservationist.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Christine Stevens, 84, a Friend to the Animals |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/15/us/christine-stevens-84-a-friend-to-the-animals.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 July 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=15 October 2002 |page=A 25}}
Fred Troller, 71, Swiss-born graphic designer.Heller, Stephen, [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/24/arts/fred-troller-71-champion-of-bold-graphic-style.html Fred Troller, 71, Champion of bold graphic style], The New York Times, 24 October 2002. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
Stanley Wagner, 94, Canadian ice hockey player (gold medal in ice hockey at the 1932 Winter Olympics).{{cite news|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/stan-wagner-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417061919/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/stan-wagner-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|title=Stan Wagner|work=Sports-Reference / Olympic Sports|access-date=2019-04-28}}
Rusty Wailes, 66, American rower (two Olympic gold medals in rowing: 1956 men's eight, 1960 men's coxless four).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Rusty Wailes |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/40921 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Viktor Asmaev, 54, Russian Olympic equestrian (gold medal in equestrian team jumping at the 1980 Summer Olympics).[https://web.archive.org/web/20161202211617/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/viktor-asmayev-1.html Viktor Asmayev, Sports-Reference / Olympic Sports]. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
Ray Conniff, 85, American bandleader and arranger, fall.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/15/arts/ray-conniff-85-bandleader-with-a-signature-light-sound.html|author=The Associated Press|title=Ray Conniff, 85, Bandleader With a Signature Light Sound|work=The New York Times|date=2002-10-15|access-date=2019-03-24|author-link=The Associated Press}}
Carolina Fadic, 28, Chilean actress and television presenter, cerebral hemorrhage.
Desmond Fitzpatrick, 89, British Army general.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1410496/General-Sir-Desmond-Fitzpatrick.html|title=General Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick|work=The Telegraph|date=2002-10-18|access-date=2019-04-17}}
Audrey Mestre, 28, French world record-setting free diver, drowned.
Nozomi Momoi, 24, Japanese AV idol, murdered.
Sidney W. Pink, 86, American movie director and producer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Sidney W. Pink - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6zs4f7g |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
William R. Sears, 89, American aeronautical engineer and educator.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=William R. Sears - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w66g0jm6 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Stephen E. Ambrose, 66, American historian and author (Band of Brothers), lung cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-14-me-ambrose14-story.html|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|title=Stephen E. Ambrose, 66; Author's Work Brought WWII Vets Back to Americans' Homes, Hearts|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-10-14|access-date=2019-03-11}}
Keene Curtis, 79, American actor (The Rothschilds, Annie, Cheers), Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-17-me-curtis17-story.html|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=Keene Curtis, 79; Stage Actor Famed for Role in 'Cheers'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-10-17|access-date=2019-04-04}}
Mason Hammond, 99, American educator and scholar.{{cite news |author1= |title=Mason Hammond -- Scholar, 99 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/21/us/mason-hammond-scholar-99.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 December 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=21 October 2002 |page=A 17}}
Jim Higgins, 71, British politician.{{cite news |author1=Roger Protz |author-link1= |title=Jim Higgins |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/oct/21/guardianobituaries.obituaries |url-access= |access-date=2 December 2023 |work=The Guardian |language= |date=21 October 2002}}
Billy McAdams, 68, Northern Irish football player and manager.
Ila Mitra, 76, Indian communist politician and activist.
Dennis Patrick, 84, American actor, fire.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Dennis Patrick - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/55667 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Eileen Southern, 82, American musicologist, researcher and author.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Eileen Southern, Chronicler Of Black Music, Is Dead at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/19/us/eileen-southern-chronicler-of-black-music-is-dead-at-82.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=19 October 2002 |page=A 15}}
Garfield Todd, 94, Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Garfield Todd - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w62m26s6 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Herman Fredrik Zeiner-Gundersen, 87, Norwegian Army general.

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Bill Green, 72, American politician (U.S. Representative for New York's 18th and 15th congressional districts), liver cancer.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Bill Green, Former Congressman, Dies at 72 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/16/nyregion/bill-green-former-congressman-dies-at-72.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=16 October 2002 |page=C 15}}
Timothy Reuter, 55, German-British historian, brain cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Timothy Reuter |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12169554b |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Norbert Schultze, 91, German film score composer and Nazi Party member.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Norbert Schultze Dies at 91; His 'Lili Marleen' Was a Hit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/22/arts/norbert-schultze-dies-at-91-his-lili-marleen-was-a-hit.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=22 October 2002 |page=A 29}}
Arturo Silvestri, 81, Italian football player and manager.{{cite news |title="E' morto Silvestri il Sandokan rossonero |url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2002/ottobre/15/morto_Silvestri_Sandokan_rossonero_ga_0_0210153542.shtml |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=Italian}}

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Grace Hamblin, 94, British private secretary to Winston Churchill.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1410497/Grace-Hamblin.html|title=Grace Hamblin|date=October 17, 2002|access-date=17 November 2019|publisher=telegraph.co.uk}}
Jack Lee, 89, British film director.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jack Lee - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6kw7p74 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Paul Paillole, 96, French intelligence services officer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Paul Paillole |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11918438s |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Zeev, 79, Israeli caricaturist and illustrator.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-19-me-farkas19-story.html|author=The Associated Press|title=Yaacov 'Zeev' Farkas, 79; Israel's Most Influential Political Cartoonist|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-10-19|access-date=2019-04-21|author-link=The Associated Press}}

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Per Bak, 53, Danish theoretical physicist, known for "self-organized criticality", myelodysplastic syndrome.{{cite news |author1=George Johnson |title=Per Bak, 54, Physicist of Sudden Change, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/29/world/per-bak-54-physicist-of-sudden-change-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 March 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=29 October 2002 |page=B 9}}
Philip Brett, 64, British-American musicologist, musician and conductor, cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-27-me-brett27-story.html|last=Woo|first=Elaine|title=Philip Brett, 64; Stressed Role of Sexuality in Study of Music|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-10-27|access-date=2019-03-18}}
Harry Ferrier, 82, Scottish football player and manager.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Harry Ferrier |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/harry-ferrier/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Allen Walker Read, 96, American etymologist and lexicographer.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Allen Read, 96, the 'O.K.' Expert, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/18/nyregion/allen-read-96-the-ok-expert-is-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 December 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=18 October 2002 |page=B 9}}
Henri Renaud, 77, French jazz pianist, record producer, and record company executive.{{cite web |title=matchID - RENAUD Henri Raymond Fernand 77 ans, Villedieu Sur Indre 20/04/1925 - Saint-Cloud 16/10/2002 |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/uX7VRi8AuooC |website=deces.matchid.io |access-date=2 December 2023}}

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Derek Bell, 66, Northern Irish musician and composer (The Chieftains), heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/oct/19/guardianobituaries.arts1|last=Laing|first=Dave|title=Derek Bell|work=The Guardian|date=2002-10-18|access-date=2019-03-14}}
Pattie Coldwell, 50, British television broadcaster and journalist (Nationwide, Open Air, Loose Women, You and Yours), brain tumor.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/oct/31/broadcasting.guardianobituaries|last=Howard|first=John|title=Pattie Coldwell|work=The Guardian|date=2002-10-31|access-date=2019-03-24}}
Yara Cortes, 81, Brazilian actress.
Chuck Domanico, 58, American jazz bassist, lung cancer.
D. Elmo Hardy, 88, American entomologist.
Bashful Brother Oswald, 90, American country musician, a frequent Grand Ole Opry performer.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/people-news/beecher-ray-kirby-bashful-brother-oswald-1117875757/|agency=Reuters|title=Beecher Ray Kirby (Bashful Brother Oswald)|work=Variety|date=2002-11-08|access-date=2019-03-13}}
Yitzhak Peretz, 66, Israeli politician.
Alina Pienkowska, 50, Polish free trade union activist and politician, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Michael T. Kaufman |author-link1=Michael T. Kaufman |title=Alina Pienkowska, a Force Behind Solidarity, Dies at 50 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/28/world/alina-pienkowska-a-force-behind-solidarity-dies-at-50.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=28 October 2002 |page=B 9}}
Aileen Riggin, 96, American Olympic swimmer and diver.{{cite news |author1=Frank Litsky |author-link1=Frank Litsky |title=Aileen Riggin Soule, Olympic Diver and Swimmer, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/21/sports/aileen-riggin-soule-olympic-diver-and-swimmer-dies-at-96.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=21 October 2002 |page=A 17}}
Fred Scolari, 80, American basketball player and coach.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Fred Scolari Stats - Basketball-Reference.com |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/scolafr01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Richard Bernstein, 62, American artist, member of the circle of Andy Warhol, complications of AIDS.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/02/arts/richard-bernstein-62-created-covers-for-interview-magazine.html|last=Lavietes|first=Stuart|title=Richard Bernstein, 62; Created Covers for Interview Magazine|work=The New York Times|date=2002-11-02|access-date=2019-03-15}}
Cecil Blacker, 86, British Army general, Adjutant-General to the Forces.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/nov/01/guardianobituaries|last=Condell|first=Diana|title=Sir Cecil Blacker|work=The Guardian|date=2002-10-31|access-date=2019-03-16}}
Kam Fong Chun, 84, American police officer and actor (Hawaii Five-O), lung cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-01-me-passings1-story.html|title=Kam Fong Chun, 84; Played Role of Detective in 'Hawaii Five-O'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-11-01|access-date=2019-03-23}}
John D. Ferry, 90, Canadian-American biochemist, made important contributions to polymer science.{{cite news|url=http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/ferry-john.pdf|last1=Landel|first1=Robert F.|last2=Mosesson|first2=Michael W.|last3=Schrag|first3=John L.|title=John Douglass Ferry 1912–2002|work=National Academy of Sciences|access-date=2019-04-17}}
Roman Tam, 57, Hong Kong cantopop singer, liver cancer.

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Peter Bergmann, 87, German-American physicist, known for his work with Albert Einstein.{{cite news |author1=Dennis Overbye |author-link1=Dennis Overbye |title=Peter G. Bergmann, 87; Worked With Einstein |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/23/nyregion/peter-g-bergmann-87-worked-with-einstein.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 March 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=23 October 2002 |page=A 21}}
Manuel Álvarez Bravo, 100, Mexican photographer.{{cite news |author1=Jonathan Kandell |title=Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Photographer, Dies at 100 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/21/arts/manuel-alvarez-bravo-photographer-dies-at-100.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=21 October 2002 |page=A 16}}
John Meredyth Lucas, 83, American writer, director and producer, leukemia.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=John Meredyth Lucas |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb141170672 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Mehli Mehta, 94, Indian conductor and violinist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Mehli Mehta - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w62n725q |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Hans Jürgen Press, 76, German children's writer and illustrator.
Nikolay Rukavishnikov, 70, Soviet cosmonaut, heart attack.
Hank Smith, 68, Canadian country music singer.
Héctor Trujillo, 94, Dominican general and political figure.

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Barbara Berjer, 82, American actress (As the World Turns, Another World), pneumonia.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-06-me-berjer6-story.html|title=Barbara Berjer, 82; Popular Soap Opera Star Had TV Career Spanning 4 Decades|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-11-06|access-date=2019-03-15}}
Hans Eisele, 62, German football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Hans Eisele |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/hans-eisele/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Bernard Fresson, 71, French actor (French Connection II, The Tenant, Street of No Return), cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/dec/05/guardianobituaries|last=Bergan|first=Ronald|title=Bernard Fresson|work=The Guardian|date=2002-12-04|access-date=2019-04-19}}
Mel Harder, 93, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians), coach and manager (Cleveland Indians).{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Mel Harder, 93, Indians Pitcher And Longtime Coach in Majors |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/21/sports/mel-harder-93-indians-pitcher-and-longtime-coach-in-majors.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=21 October 2002 |page=A 17}}

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Aldo Canazza, 94, Italian racing cyclist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Aldo Canazza |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/aldo-canazza |website=procyclingstats.com |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Bernardino Pérez Elizarán, 77, Spanish football player and manager.
Manfred Ewald, 76, East German Olympic committee president, pneumonia.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/oct/29/guardianobituaries.sport|last=Carlson|first=Michael|title=Manfred Ewald|work=The Guardian|date=2002-10-28|access-date=2019-04-15}}
Jesse L. Greenstein, 93, American astronomer.{{cite news |author1=Kenneth Chang |title=Jesse L. Greenstein, Astronomer, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/24/us/jesse-l-greenstein-astronomer-dies-at-93.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 December 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=24 October 2002 |page=B 8}}
George Hall, 85, Canadian theatre, television, and film actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=George Hall - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/72176 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Kemal Kurt, 54, Turkish-German author, translator and photographer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Kemal Kurt |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14408755j |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Bernhard Neumann, 93, British-Australian mathematician.
Kaisa Parviainen, 87, Finnish athlete.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Kaisa Parviainen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/67511 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Marquita Rivera, 80, Puerto Rican actress, singer and dancer, stroke.
Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota, 83, British politician.{{cite news |author1=Julia Langdon |author-link1= |title=Baroness Serota |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/oct/22/guardianobituaries.obituaries |url-access= |access-date=2 December 2023 |work=The Guardian |language= |date=22 October 2002}}
Harbhajan Singh, 82, Indian poet, critic, and cultural commentator.
Y. R. Swamy, Indian film director and screenwriter.

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Queen Geraldine of Albania, 87, Queen consort of King Zog I of Albania.
George Bellak, 83, American television writer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=George Bellak |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14078303z |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Marian Bergeron, 84, American beauty pageant winner (Miss America 1933) and big band singer, leukemia.{{cite news|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/bergeron-marian-1918-2002|title=Bergeron, Marian (1918–2002)|work=Encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-03-14}}
Igor Irodov, 78, Soviet Russian physicist and World War II veteran.
Robert Nixon, 63, British cartoonist.{{cite news |last1=Gravett |first1=Paul |title=Robert Nixon |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/nov/07/guardianobituaries.arts |access-date=2 December 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=7 November 2002}}

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Lucille Carroll, 96, American Broadway actress and MGM studio executive.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-02-me-lucille2-story.html|last=Rourke|first=Mary|title=Lucille Ryman Carroll, 96; MGM Talent Manager Mentored Actors|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-11-02|access-date=2019-03-21}}
Adolph Green, 87, American lyricist and playwright.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Adolph Green - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/3911 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Nathan Görling, 97, Swedish composer of film scores.
Richard Helms, 89, American diplomat and CIA director, multiple myeloma.{{cite news |author1=Christopher Marquis |title=Richard Helms, Ex-C.I.A. Chief, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/24/us/richard-helms-ex-cia-chief-dies-at-89.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=24 October 2002 |page=B 9}}
Marianne Hoppe, 93, German theatre and film actress.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Marianne Hoppe |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14655717n |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Nathan H. Juran, 95, Austrian-American film and television director.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Nathan H. Juran - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w64c707n |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
David Lewis, 85, New Zealand sailor and adventurer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=David Lewis - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6nd8r1f |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford, 96, British historian.{{cite news |author1=Warren Hoge |author-link1=Warren Hoge |title=Lady Longford, 96, a Biographer, Political Activist and Mother of Writers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/25/arts/lady-longford-96-a-biographer-political-activist-and-mother-of-writers.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=25 October 2002 |page=A 32}}
Janos Nyiri, 69, Hungarian-British theatre director, journalist and writer, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Janos Nyiri |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16249723x |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Danijel Popović, 20, Croatian football player, traffic collision.
Beulah Quo, 79, Chinese-American actress and activist.

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Winton M. Blount, 81, American public servant, business executive and philanthropist.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-28-me-blount28-story.html|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|title=Winton Blount, 81; U.S. Postal System Chief, Philanthropist|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-10-28|access-date=2019-03-16}}
Hernando Casanova, 57, Colombian actor, director, singer, and presenter, heart attack.
Hernán Gaviria, 32, Colombian football player, lightning strike.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Hernán Gaviria |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/24493 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Harry Hay, 90, American gay rights activist and Mattachine Society founder, lung cancer.{{cite news |author1=Dudley Clendinen |title=Harry Hay, Early Proponent of Gay Rights, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/25/us/harry-hay-early-proponent-of-gay-rights-dies-at-90.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=25 October 2002 |page=A 33}}
Jose Sebastian Laboa, 79, Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church.
Charmian May, 65, English actress (You're Only Young Twice, Weirdsister College, Bridget Jones's Diary), cancer.
Peggy Moran, 84, American film actress, complications from a car accident.
Scott Plank, 43, American actor, traffic collision.
Lotte Tarp, 57, Danish actress, lung cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Lotte Tarp - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/ce4bd38a5a9043b4b306378b2716a56b |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=de |date=}}

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Ian Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford, 85, British peer and writer.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/oct/29/guardianobituaries|last=Barker|first=Dennis|title=The Duke of Bedford|work=The Guardian|date=2002-10-28|access-date=2019-03-13}}
Micheline Cheirel, 85, French actress.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Micheline Cheirel |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/SnDJ7ue_w0RJ |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Herbert Duffus, 94, Jamaican politician and judge.{{cite news |title=The year that was 2002 |url=https://old.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20030103/news/news1.html |access-date=2 December 2023 |work=The Gleaner |date=January 3, 2003}}
Richard Harris, 72, Irish actor (Camelot, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, This Sporting Life), Hodgkin lymphoma.{{cite news |author1=Richard Severo |title=Richard Harris, Versatile And Volatile Star, 72, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/26/movies/richard-harris-versatile-and-volatile-star-72-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=26 October 2002 |page=B 8}}
Kōki Ishii, 61, Japanese politician, stab wound.
Ernest Mancoba, 98, South African avant-garde artist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ernest Mancoba - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6mx0cwx |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Doug McGibbon, 83, English football player.
Rainbeaux Smith, 47, American actress and musician, hepatitis.
René Thom, 79, French mathematician.{{cite news |author1=George Johnson |title=René Thom, 79, Inventor of Catastrophe Theory, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/10/world/rene-thom-79-inventor-of-catastrophe-theory-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=10 November 2002 |page=1 46}}
Paul Wellstone, 58, American professor, author and politician (U.S. Senator from Minnesota), aviation accident.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/25/politics/minnesota-senator-is-among-8-dead-in-crash.html|last=Stout|first=David|title=Minnesota Senator Is Among 8 Dead in Crash|work=The New York Times|date=2002-10-25|access-date=2019-04-30}}

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Movsar Barayev, 23, Chechen Islamist militia leader, killed during the Moscow theater hostage crisis.{{cite news |last1=HOLLEY |first1=David |title=Chechen Rebel’s Rise and Fall |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-26-fg-barayev26-story.html |access-date=2 December 2023 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=26 October 2002}}
Zura Barayeva, Chechen Islamist, killed during the Moscow theater hostage crisis.
Jacques Massu, 94, French general.{{cite news |author1=Michael T. Kaufman |author-link1=Michael T. Kaufman |title=Jacques Massu, 94, General Who Led Battle of Algiers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/31/world/jacques-massu-94-general-who-led-battle-of-algiers.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=31 October 2002 |page=A 25}}
Stuart Townend, 93, British military officer, athlete, and politician.

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André de Toth, 89, Hungarian-American film director (The Gunfighter, House of Wax, The Indian Fighter), aneurysm.{{cite news |author1=Rick Lyman |author-link1= |title=Andre De Toth, the Director Of Noted 3-D Film, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/01/arts/andre-de-toth-the-director-of-noted-3-d-film-is-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=1 November 2002 |page=C 13}}
Tom Dowd, 77, American recording engineer and producer, a pioneer in stereo and multitrack tape recording, emphysema.{{cite news |author1=Jon Pareles |author-link1=Jon Pareles |title=Tom Dowd, 77, an Innovator In the Art of Recording Music |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/30/arts/tom-dowd-77-an-innovator-in-the-art-of-recording-music.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 April 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=30 October 2002 |page=B 12}}
Mohammad Isnaeni, 83, Indonesian politician.
Michel Macquet, 70, French Olympic javelin thrower and handball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Michel Macquet |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/KP3UzGAixEGy |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Maurice J. Murphy Jr., 75, American politician and lawyer.
Valve Pormeister, 80, Estonian landscape architect.
Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy, 62, Indian trade unionist and politician.
Baby Lloyd Stallworth, 61, American entertainer, musician, and recording artist, complications of diabetes.
Walter Volle, 89, German rower, coach and Olympic champion.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Walter Volle |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/38027 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Charles Orville Whitley, 75, American politician (U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 3rd congressional district).{{cite news|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000419|title=WHITLEY, Charles Orville, (1927 - 2002)|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=2019-05-01}}

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Margaret Booth, 104, American film editor (Mutiny on the Bounty, The Way We Were, Annie), stroke.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-31-me-booth31-story.html|last=Luther|first=Claudia|title=Margaret Booth, 104; Film Editor Had 70-Year Career|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-10-31|access-date=2019-03-17}}
Morris Curotta, 73, Australian Olympic sprinter (1948 Summer Olympics, 1952 Summer Olympics).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Morris Curotta |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/64655 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Sugathapala de Silva, 74, Sri Lankan dramatist and novelist.
Lawrence Dobkin, 83, American television director and character actor (The Ten Commandments, The Defiant Ones, North by Northwest, Patton).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-03-me-dobkin3-story.html|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=Larry Dobkin, 83; Director, Lifelong Character Actor|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-11-03|access-date=2019-04-06}}
Laurence Foley, 60, American diplomat and employee of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), homicide.{{cite news|url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2002/113.htm|title=In memoriam: Diplomat and public servant Laurence Foley|work=San Francisco State University|date=2002-10-31|access-date=2019-04-18}}
Erling Persson, 85, Swedish businessman, founder of H&M.
Annada Shankar Ray, 97, Indian Bengali poet and essayist.

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Marina Berti, 78, Italian film actress, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Marina Berti |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb146692283 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Marion Carpenter, 82, American press photographer, covered President Harry Truman, pulmonary emphysema.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-29-me-marion29-story.html|title=Marion Carpenter, 82; '40s News Photographer Died in Obscurity|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-11-29|access-date=2019-03-20}}
Glenn McQueen, 41, Canadian animator (Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., A Bug's Life), melanoma.
Raymond Savignac, 94, French graphic artist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Raymond Savignac |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/WrLJDmU-MQ6E |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Dragan Malešević Tapi, 53, Serbian painter.
Chang-Lin Tien, 67, Chinese-American educator, 7th Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley.{{cite news |author1=Karen W. Arenson |author-link1=Karen Arenson |title=Chang-Lin Tien, 67, Affirmative-Action Steward at Berkeley |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/31/us/chang-lin-tien-67-affirmative-action-steward-at-berkeley.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=31 October 2002 |page=A 25}}

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Pierre Aigrain, 78, French physicist.{{cite news|last1=Nozières|first1=Philippe|last2=Baruch|first2=Pierre|title=Pierre Aigrain|work=Physics Today|doi=10.1063/1.1620842}}
Alfred Atherton, 80, American Foreign Service Officer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Egypt (1979-1983).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-02-me-atherton2-story.html|author=The Washington Post|title=Alfred L. Atherton, 80; Career Foreign Service Officer, Mideast Expert|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2002-11-02|access-date=2019-03-12|author-link=The Washington Post}}
Juan Antonio Bardem, 80, Spanish film director and screenwriter, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Juan Antonio Bardem - DB~e |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/7868/juan-antonio-bardem-munoz |website=dbe.rah.es |publisher=Real Academia de la Historia |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=es |date=}}
Rudolf Brucci, 85, Croatian composer.
Jam Master Jay, 37, American musician (Run DMC), shot.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458435/20021030/run_dmc.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030216065232/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458435/20021030/run_dmc.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2003|title=Jam Master Jay, Run-DMC DJ, Killed In Shooting|website=mtv.com|access-date=February 18, 2019}}
Lee H. Katzin, 67, American film director, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Lee H. Katzin - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/99e5ca7e38434115ab9de91e1ded4180 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=de |date=}}

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Yuri Ahronovitch, 70, Russian conductor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Yuri Ahronovitch - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w67h2hgd |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Edward "Moose" Cholak, 72, American professional wrestler, pneumonia.{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-11-03-0211030062-story.html|last=Bush|first=Rudolph|title=EDWARD "MOOSE" CHOLAK, 72|work=Chicago Tribune|date=2002-11-03|access-date=2019-03-22}}
Napier Crookenden, 87, British Army general.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/nov/08/guardianobituaries|last=Condell|first=Diana|title=Sir Napier Crookenden|work=The Guardian|date=2002-11-07|access-date=2019-04-03}}
Jean-Marie Fortier, 82, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cccb.ca/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1231&Itemid=1062&lang=eng |title=Death of Most Rev. Jean-Marie Fortier, Archbishop Emeritus of Sherbrooke |access-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722054831/http://www.cccb.ca/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1231&Itemid=1062&lang=eng |url-status=dead }}
Audrey Hylton-Foster, Baroness Hylton-Foster, 94, British peer.
Lionel Poilâne, 57, French baker and entrepreneur, helicopter crash.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Lionel Poilâne |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11920107z |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Gene Rock, 80, American basketball player, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Gene Rock Stats - Basketball-Reference.com |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rockge01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=2 December 2023 |language= |date=}}
Michael Stasinopoulos, 99, Greek jurist and politician.
Raf Vallone, 86, Italian actor (A View from the Bridge, Bitter Rice, The Godfather Part III) and journalist.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Raf Vallone, Rugged Star Of Italian Films, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/02/movies/raf-vallone-rugged-star-of-italian-films-dies-at-86.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=2 November 2002 |page=B 7}}

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=2002-10-01,2002-10-31&adult=include List of October 2002 deaths] at IMDb

*2002-10