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Name Dates Age Cause of Death

ZAC FOLEY
= ENGLISH =
= Musician =


bassist of
"EMF"
Born: ZACHARY SEBASTIAN REX JAMES FOLEY
9 December 1970
Gloucester, ENGLAND
|
Died:
3 January 2002
Camden, New Jersey, USA
31 Drugs Overdose

JON LEE
= WELSH =
= Musician =


drummer of
"FEEDER"
Born: JONATHAN HENRY LEE
28 March 1968
Newport, Monmouthshire, UK
|
Died:
7 January 2002
Miami, Florida, USA
33 committed suicide by hanging himself
with a metal dog chain
IVAN KARABYTS
= UKRAINIAN =
= Conductor and Composer =
Born: IVAN FEDOROVYCH KARABYTS
17 January 1945
Yalta, Pershotravnevyi Raion, Donetsk Oblast, UKRAINE
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Died:
20 January 2002
Kiev, UKRAINE
57  

PEGGY LEE
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz Singer and Songwriter =
Born: NORMA DELORIS EGSTROM
26 May 1920
Jamestown, North Dakota, USA
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Died:
21 January 2002
Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA
81 Complications of Diabetes following a Heart Attack
PETER BARDENS
= ENGLISH =
= Keyboardist =


member of
Them {1965}
Shotgun Express {May 1966-Early 1967}
Camel {1971–1978}
Born:
19 June 1944
Westminster, Central London, ENGLAND
|
Died:
22 January 2002
Malibu, California, USA
57 Lung Cancer
SHELDON ALLMAN
= AMERICAN-CANADIAN =
= Actor, Singer and Songwriter =
Born:
8 June 1924
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Died:
22 January 2002
Culver City, California, USA
77  

HILDEGARD KNEF
= GERMAN =
= Actress, Singer and Writer =
Born: HILDEGARD FRIEDA ALBERTINE KNEF
28 December 1925
Ulm, GERMANY
|
Died:
1 February 2002
Berlin, GERMANY
76 Lung Infection
Dave Van Ronk
DAVE VAN RONK
= AMERICAN =
= Folk Singer-Songwriter =
Born: DAVID KENNETH RITZ VAN RONK
30 June 1936
Brooklyn, New York, USA
|
Died:
10 February 2002
New York City, USA
65  
Waylon Jennings
WAYLON JENNINGS
= AMERICAN =
= Singer, Songwriter, Musician, and Actor =
Born: WAYLON ARNOLD JENNINGS
15 June 1937
Littlefield, Texas, USA
|
Died:
13 February 2002
Chandler, Arizona, USA
64 Diabetic Complications
GÜNTER WAND
= GERMAN =
= Orchestra Conductor and Composer =
Born:
7 January 1912
Elberfeld, GERMANY
|
Died:
14 February 2002
Ulmiz near Bern, SWITZERLAND
90  
Leo Ornstein
LEO ORNSTEIN
= RUSSIAN-AMERICAN =
= Composer, Pianist, and Teacher =
Born:
c. 11 December 1895
Kremenchuk, Poltava, RUSSIAN EMPIRE
(now UKRAINE)
|
Died:
24 February 2002
Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
106  
DO'REEN
= ENGLISH =
= Singer =


worked with
Soul II Soul
THE KLF
Born: DOREEN TESS WADDELL
10 July 1965
Hove, East Sussex, UK
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Died:
1 March 2002
Shoreham, West Sussex, UK
36 After being challenged by staff in Tesco at
the Holmbush Shopping Centre on suspicion of
shoplifting goods, including children's items,
she ran through a rear fire exit and attempted
to cross the A27 nearby. She was hit by three vehicles
Eileen Farrell
EILEEN FARRELL
= AMERICAN =
= Operatic Soprano =
Born:
13 February 1920
Willimantic, Connecticut, USA
|
Died:
23 March 2002
Park Ridge, New Jersey, USA
82  
DOROTHY DeLAY
= AMERICAN =
= Violin Instructor =

= primarily at =
= The Juilliard School =
= Sarah Lawrence College =
= The University of Cincinnati =
Born:
31 March 1917
Medicine Lodge, Kansas, USA
|
Died:
24 March 2002
New York City, USA
84 Cancer
RANDY CASTILLO
= AMERICAN =
= Musician =


drummer for
Ozzy Osbourne {mid-1980s to the early 1990s}
Mötley Crüe {1999-2002}
Born: RANDOLPHO FRANCISCO CASTILLO
18 December 1950
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
|
Died:
26 March 2002
51 Cancer

DUDLEY MOORE
= ENGLISH =
= Composer, Pianist and Actor =
Born: DUDLEY STUART JOHN MOORE
19 April 1935
Hammersmith, London, UK
|
Died:
27 March 2002
Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
66 Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Pneumonia 
Layne Staley
LAYNE STALEY
= AMERICAN =
= Musician, Singer and Lyricist =


lead vocalist of
Alice in Chains
Mad Season
Born: LAYNE THOMAS STALEY
22 August 1967
Kirkland, Washington, USA
|
Died:
5 April 2002
Seattle, Washington, USA
34 Heroin Overdose
Alex Baroni
ALEX BARONI
= ITALIAN =
= Soul Singer =
Born: ALESSANDRO GUIDO MARIA BARONI
22 December 1966
Milan, ITALY
|
Died:
13 April 2002
35  
Lisa Lopes
"LEFT EYE"
= AMERICAN =
= Hip Hop Singer, Rapper, Actress, Songwriter and Producer =
Born: LISA NICOLE LOPES
27 May 1971
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
|
Died:
25 April 2002
La Ceiba, Atlántida, HONDURAS
30 Car Accident
HILLOUS BUTRUM
= AMERICAN =
= Country Music Guitar Player and a Record and Video Producer =
Born: HILLOUS BUEL "BEW" BUTRUM
21 April 1928
Lafayette, Tennessee, USA
|
Died:
27 April 2002
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
74  
Yevgeny Svetlanov
EVGENY SVETLANOV
= RUSSIAN =
= Composer, Conductor and Pianist =
Born: YEVGENY FYODOROVICH SVETLANOV
6 September 1928
Moscow, RUSSIA
|
Died:
3 May 2002
Moscow, RUSSIA
73  
XAVIER MONTSALVATGE
= SPANISH =
= Composer and Music Critic =
Born: XAVIER MONTSALVATGE I BASSOLS
11 March 1912
Girona, Catalonia, SPAIN
|
Died:
7 May 2002
Barcelona, Catalonia, SPAIN
90 Emphysema
LEON STEIN
= AMERICAN =
= Composer, Conductor and Musicologist =
Born:
18 September 1910
Chicago, USA
|
Died:
9 May 2002
Laguna Hills, California
91  
Dee Dee Ramone
DEE DEE RAMONE
= GERMAN-AMERICAN =
= Musician, Singer and Songwriter =


founding member of
"THE RAMONES"
Born: DOUGLAS GLENN COLVIN
18 September 1951
Fort Lee, Virginia, USA
|
Died:
5 June 2002
Hollywood, California, USA
50 Heroin Overdose
Robbin Crosby
ROBBIN CROSBY
= AMERICAN =
= Guitarist =


member of
"RATT"
Born: ROBBINSON LANTZ CROSBY
4 August 1959
La Jolla, California, USA
|
Died:
6 June 2002
Los Angeles, California, USA
42 Heroin Overdose and Pneumonia
with complications from AIDS
Ralph Shapey
RALPH SHAPEY
= AMERICAN =
= Composer and Conductor =
Born:
12 March 1921
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
|
Died:
13 June 2002
81  
Big Mello
BIG MELLO
= AMERICAN =
= Rapper =
Born: CURTIS DONNELL DAVIS
7 August 1968
Houston, Texas, USA
|
Died:
15 June 2002
33 Car Accident

JOHN ENTWISTLE
= ENGLISH =
= Musician, Songwriter, Singer, Film and Music Producer =


original bass guitarist for
"THE WHO"
Born: JOHN ALEC ENTWISTLE
9 October 1944
Chiswick, London, ENGLAND
|
Died:
27 June 2002
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
57 Heart attack induced by cocaine
Rosemary Clooney
ROSEMARY CLOONEY
= AMERICAN =
= Singer and Actress =
Born:
23 May 1928
Maysville, Kentucky, USA
|
Died:
29 June 2002
Beverly Hills, California, USA
74 Lung Cancer
Ray Brown
RAY BROWN
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz Double Bassist and Cellist =
Born: RAYMOND MATTHEWS BROWN
13 October 1926
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
|
Died:
2 July 2002
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
75  
Earle Brown
EARLE BROWN
= AMERICAN =
= Composer =
Born:
26 December 1926
Lunenburg, Massachusetts, USA
|
Died:
2 July 2002
Rye, New York, USA
75 Cancer
JOE ALLISON
= AMERICAN =
= Songwriter, Radio and Television Personality, =
= Record Producer, and Country Music Business Executive =
Born: JOE MARION ALLISON
3 October 1924
McKinney, Texas, USA
|
Died:
2 August 2002
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
77 Respiratory Failure from Lung Disease
Bertold Hummel
BERTOLD HUMMEL
= GERMAN =
= Composer =
Born:
27 November 1925
Hüfingen (Baden), GERMANY
|
Died:
9 August 2002
Würzburg, GERMANY
76  
Dave Williams
DAVE WILLIAMS
= AMERICAN =
= Vocalist =


lead singer of
Drowning Pool
Born: DAVID WAYNE WILLIAMS
29 February 1972
Princeton, Texas, USA
|
Died:
14 August 2002
Manassas, Virginia, USA
30 Heart Failure due to Cardiomyopathy
Lionel Hampton
LIONEL HAMPTON
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz Vibraphonist, Pianist, Percussionist, Bandleader and Actor =
Born: LIONEL LEO HAMPTON
20 April 1908
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
|
Died:
31 August 2002
New York City, New York, USA
94  

ERMA FRANKLIN
= AMERICAN =
= Gospel and R&B Singer =
Born: ERMA VERNICE FRANKLIN
13 March 1938
Shelby, Mississippi, USA
|
Died:
7 September 2002
Detroit, Michigan, USA
64  
Joan Littlewood
JOAN LITTLEWOOD
= ENGLISH =
= Theatre Director and Impresario =
Born: MAUDIE JOAN LITTLEWOOD
6 October 1914
Stockwell, London, ENGLAND
|
Died:
20 September 2002
London, ENGLAND
87  

TIM ROSE
= AMERICAN =
= Singer-Songwriter =
Born: TIMOTHY ALAN PATRICK ROSE
23 September 1940
Washington, D.C., USA
|
Died:
24 September 2002
London, UK
62 Heart attack during a second
operation for a lower bowel

MICKEY NEWBURY
= AMERICAN =
= Singer-Songwriter =
Born: MILTON SIM NEWBURY, Jr.
19 May 1940
Houston, Texas, USA
|
Died:
29 September 2002
Springfield, Oregon, USA
62 Following a battle with Emphysema
Darryl DeLoach
DARRYL DeLOACH
= AMERICAN =
= Vocalist and Guitarist =


member of
Iron Butterfly
Born:


|
Died:
3 October 2002
56 Liver Cancer
Adolph Green
ADOLPH GREEN
= AMERICAN =
= Lyricist and playwright =
Born:
2 December 1914
The Bronx, New York, USA
|
Died:
23 October 2002
New York City, New York, USA
87  

RICHARD HARRIS
= IRISH =
= Actor and Singer =
Born: RICHARD ST JOHN HARRIS
1 October 1930
Limerick, County Limerick, REP. OF IRELAND
|
Died:
25 October 2002
Fitzrovia, London, ENGLAND
72 Hodgkin's Lymphoma

JAM MASTER JAY
= AMERICAN =
= Musician and DJ =


member of =
Run-D.M.C.
Born: JASON WILLIAM MIZELL
21 January 1965
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
|
Died:
30 October 2002
Jamaica, New York City, New York, USA
37 Shot
Lonnie Donegan
LONNIE DONEGAN
= SCOTTISH =
= Skiffle Singer, Songwriter and Musician =
Born: ANTHONY JAMES DONEGAN
29 April 1931
Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
|
Died:
3 November 2002
Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, England, UK
71  

HADDA BROOKS
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz Singer, Pianist and Composer =
Born: HATTIE L. HAPGOOD
29 October 1916
Los Angeles, California, USA
|
Died:
21 November 2002
Los Angeles, California, USA
86 Following Open-Heart Surgery

MARY HANSEN
= AUSTRALIAN-born =
= Guitarist and Singer =


member of
Stereolab
Born: MARY THERESE HANSEN
1 November 1966
Maryborough, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
|
Died:
9 December 2002
London, ENGAND
36 A truck hit and killed Hansen while
she was riding her bicycle in London

JOE STRUMMER
= BRITISH =
= Musician, Singer, Actor and Songwriter =


co-founder of
"The Clash"
Born: JOHN GRAHAM MELLOR
21 August 1952
Ankara, TURKEY
|
Died:
22 December 2002
Broomfield, Somerset, ENGLAND
50 Undiagnosed Congenital Heart Defect
KEVIN MACMICHAEL
= CANADIAN =
= Guitarist, Songwriter and Record Producer =


member of
"CUTTING CREW"
Born: KEVIN SCOTT MACMICHAEL
7 November 1951
Saint John, New Brunswick, CANADA
|
Died:
31 December 2002
Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA
51 Lung Cancer
Coffin 1 Coffin 2

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