List of Famous people who died in 2002

John Wieners

First Name John
Last Name Wieners
Born on January 6, 1934
Died on March 1, 2002 (aged 68)

John Joseph Wieners was an American poet.

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Rolf Friedemann Pauls

First Name Rolf
Last Name Pauls
Born on August 26, 1915
Died on May 4, 2002 (aged 86)

Rolf Friedemann Pauls was a German diplomat. He was the first ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Israel, from 1965 to 1968, and was German Ambassador to the United States from 1968 to 1973.

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Patience Anne Culme-Seymour

First Name Patience
Born on March 1, 1912
Died on September 10, 2002 (aged 90)
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Peter Matz

First Name Peter
Last Name Matz
Born on November 6, 1928
Died on August 9, 2002 (aged 73)

Peter Matz was an American musician, composer, arranger and conductor. His musical career in film, theater, television and studio recording spanned fifty years, and he worked with a number of prominent artists, including Marlene Dietrich, Noël Coward and Barbra Streisand. Matz won three Emmys and a Grammy Award, and is best known for his work on Streisand's early albums.

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Jean-Marie Fortier

First Name Jean-Marie
Born on July 1, 1920
Died on October 31, 2002 (aged 82)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Jean-Marie Fortier was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, Bishop of Gaspé, and Archbishop of Sherbrooke.

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Veronica Saumarez

First Name Veronica
Last Name Saumarez
Born on June 21, 1915
Died on December 6, 2002 (aged 87)
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Clare Frances Fortescue Thomson

First Name Clare
Last Name Thomson
Died on October 16, 2002 (aged 32)
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Cliff Gorman

First Name Cliff
Last Name Gorman
Born on October 13, 1936
Died on September 5, 2002 (aged 65)

Cliff Gorman was an American stage and screen actor. He won an Obie award in 1968 for the stage presentation of The Boys in the Band, and went on to reprise his role in the 1970 film version.

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William Wallace Barron

First Name William
Last Name Barron
Born on December 8, 1911
Died on November 12, 2002 (aged 90)

William Wallace "Wally" Barron was an American Democratic politician in West Virginia. He was the state's 26th Governor from 1961 to 1965.

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Carlos Zara

First Name Carlos
Last Name Zara
Born on February 14, 1930
Died on December 11, 2002 (aged 72)
Born in Brazil, São Paulo
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