Athletes Who Died in April 2002

  • Apr 9 Pat Flaherty, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1956), dies from cancer at 76
  • Apr 13 Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racecar driver, dies at 73
  • Apr 14 Buck Baker, American auto racer (Grand National Series Champion 1956. 57; NASCAR Speedway Div Champion 1952), dies at 83
  • Apr 15 Byron "Whizzer" White, American football player and U.S. Supreme Court Justice, dies at 84
  • Apr 29 Bob Akin, American industrialist and race car driver (b. 1936)