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In Memoriam 2002

Written by Patrick

First Posted: January 5th, 2003

In honor of all those celebrities who passed away in 2002, The Three Movie Buffs present this list in their memory...

Celebrity	Occupation	Date of Death	Age
Dave Thomas	Restaurateur	January 8th	69
Ted Demme	Director	January 13th	38
Carrie Hamilton	Writer	January 20th	38
Peggy Lee	Singer	January 20th	81
Harold Russell	Actor	January 29th	88
Princess Margaret	Royalty	February 9th	71
Waylon Jennings	Singer	February 13th	64
Chuck Jones	Animation Director	February 22	89
Dudley Moore	Actor	March 27	66
Billy Wilder	Director	March 27	95
Milton Berle	Actor	March 27	93
Queen Elizabeth	Queen Mother	March 30	101
Jack Kruschen	Actor	April 2	80
Robert Urich	Actor	April 16	55
Linda Lovelace	Porn Star	April 22	53
Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes	Singer	April 25	30
Sam Snead	Golfer	May 23	89
Bill Blass	Designer	June 12	79
Dee Dee Ramone	Musician	June 5	49
Ann Landers	Advice Columnist	June 22	83
John Entwistle	Musician	June 27	57
Rosemary Clooney	Singer/Actress	June 29	74
Ted Williams	Baseball Player	July 5	83
John Frankenheimer	Director	July 6	72
Rod Steiger	Actor	July 9	77
Chaim Potok	Writer	July 23	73
Chick Hearn	Musician	August 5	85
Peter Matz	Composer	August 9	73
Lionel Hampton	Jazz Musician	August 31	94
Ted Ross	Actor	September 3	68
Kim Hunter	Actress	September 11	79
LaWanda Page	Actress	September 14	81
Bruce Paltrow	Actor	October 3	58
Buddy Lester	Actor	October 4	85
Ray Conniff	Musician	October 12	85
Dennis Patrick	Actor	October 13	84
Adolph Green	Composer	October 23	87
Richard Harris	Actor	October 25th	72
Peggy Moran	Actress	October 25th	84
Margaret Booth	Actress/Producer	October 28th	104
Jam Master Jay	Musician	October 30th	37
Merlin Santana	Actor	November 9th	26
Eddie Bracken	Actor	November 14th	87
James Coburn	Actor	November 18th	74
Billie Bird	Actress	November 27th	94
Roone Arledge	Television Producer	December 5th	71
Joe Strummer	Musician	December 22nd	50
Herb Ritts	Photographer	December 26th	50
George Roy Hill	Director	December 27th	80