Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2002

Rino Benedetti. Fue un ciclista italiano, profesional entre 1951 y 1963, cuyos mayores éxitos deportivos los obtuvo en el Giro de Italia donde lograría 4 victorias de etapa, en la Vuelta a España donde conseguiría 1 victoria de etapa, y en el Tour de Francia con otro triunfo de etapa.

Otis Blackwell fue un compositor, cantante y pianista afroamericano pionero del Rock and roll. Creador de más de mil canciones, entre sus composiciones más relevantes se encuentran “Fever” para Little Willie John, “Great Balls of Fire” y “Breathless” para Jerry Lee Lewis, “Don’t Be Cruel”, “All Shook Up”, “Return to Sender” para Elvis Presley o "Handy Man" para Jimmy Jones.

Gerald Allan "Jerry" Sohl Sr. was an American television scriptwriter and science fiction author who wrote for The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Outer Limits, Star Trek: The Original Series, and other shows. He wrote more than twenty novels as well as feature film scripts. He also wrote the nonfiction works Underhanded Chess and Underhanded Bridge in 1973.

Robert William "Bob" Straub was an American politician and businessman from the state of Oregon. A native of San Francisco, California, he settled in Eugene, Oregon, where he entered politics. A Democratic politician, he served in the Oregon State Senate, as the Oregon State Treasurer, and one term as the 31st Governor of Oregon from 1975 to 1979. Like his perennial opponent for governor, Tom McCall, he was a noted environmentalist.