The following is a list of notable deaths in July 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.
Jean-Pierre Côté, 76, Canadian politician (Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, Senator for Kennebec, Quebec, member of Parliament representing Longueuil, Quebec).[33]
Laurence Janifer, 69, American science fiction writer.
Alan Shulman, 85, American composer and cellist.[34]
Mariya Smirnova, 82, Soviet Air Forces officer during the Second World War.
John Wallach, 59, American journalist and author, founder of Seeds of Peace.[35]
11
Rosco Gordon, 74, American blues singer and songwriter, heart attack.[36]
Garry Kelly, 54, Australian politician, suicide.
Sun Li, 89, Chinese writer from Hebei Province.
Finnis D. McCleery, 74, US Army soldier and a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Roy Orrock, 81, British World War II pilot.
Tissa Wijeyeratne, 79, Sri Lankan politician, diplomat and barrister.
12
Imad Abu Zahra, 35, Palestinian freelance photo journalist, shot and killed during the Second Intifada.[37]
Mary Carew, 88, American Olympic sprinter (women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics).[38]
Edward Lee Howard, 51, American CIA agent who defected to the Soviet Union, broken neck after a fall.
Mani Krishnaswami, 72, Indian vocalist, cardiac arrest.
Ghanshyam Oza, 90, Indian Chief Minister.
Jorge Zaffino, 43, Argentine comic book artist (Punisher, Batman Black and White, Hellraiser), heart attack.
Arnold Weinstock, 77, British industrialist and businessman, managing director of the General Electric Company.[76]
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Edward James Boyle Sr., 88, American judge (United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana).[77]