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In the year 1942
528 Notable deaths
Reinhard Heydrich
German nazi ss and gestapo police official and main architect of the holocaust genocide (1904-1942).
Born March 7th, 1904 in Halle (Saale).
Died June 4th, 1942 at 38 years old in Prague (sepsis, gunshot wound).
Prince George, Duke of Kent
Royal navy admiral (1902–1942), member of the house of windsor.
Born December 20th, 1902 in York Cottage.
Died August 25th, 1942 at 39 years old in Caithness (August 1942 Dunbeath Air Crash).
Carole Lombard
American actress (1908-1942).
Born October 6th, 1908 in Fort Wayne.
Died January 16th, 1942 at 33 years old in Nevada (aviation accident).
John Barrymore
American actor (1882–1942).
Born February 15th, 1882 in Philadelphia.
Died May 29th, 1942 at 60 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia, liver cirrhosis, kidney failure).
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Canadian writer (1874–1942).
Born November 30th, 1874 in Prince Edward Island.
Died April 24th, 1942 at 67 years old in Toronto.
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
British prince, son of queen victoria (1850–1942).
Born May 1st, 1850 in Buckingham Palace.
Died January 16th, 1942 at 91 years old in Bagshot Park.
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942).
Born November 28th, 1881 in Vienna. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1942 at 60 years old in Petrópolis (barbiturate overdose). [ref]
George M. Cohan
American entertainer, composer and playwright.
Born July 3rd, 1878 in Providence. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1942 at 64 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
Anton Drexler
German politician (1884-1942).
Born June 13th, 1884 in Munich.
Died February 24th, 1942 at 57 years old in Munich.
Edith Stein
Jewish-german catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942).
Born October 12th, 1891 in Wrocław.
Died August 9th, 1942 at 50 years old in Auschwitz, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp (hydrogen cyanide, asphyxia).
Franz Boas
German-american anthropologist.
Born July 9th, 1858 in Minden. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1942 at 84 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
José Raúl Capablanca
Cuban chess player (1888-1942).
Born November 19th, 1888 in Havana.
Died March 8th, 1942 at 53 years old in New York City (brain ischemia).
Grant Wood
American painter (1891–1942).
Born February 13th, 1891 in Anamosa. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1942 at 51 years old in Chicago (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Deenanath Mangeshkar
Goan actor and singer (1900-1942).
Born December 29th, 1900 in Mangeshi.
Died April 24th, 1942 at 41 years old in Pune.
Heinz Hitler
Nephew of adolf hitler (1920–1942).
Born March 14th, 1920 in Magdeburg.
Died February 21st, 1942 at 21 years old in Butyrka prison.
Bronisław Malinowski
Polish anthropologist and ethnographer based in england and the usa (1884–1942).
Born April 7th, 1884 in Kraków.
Died May 16th, 1942 at 58 years old in New Haven (myocardial infarction).
Janusz Korczak
Polish educator (1878-1942).
Born July 22nd, 1878 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1942 at 64 years old in Treblinka extermination camp.
Jozef Gabčík
Czechoslovak soldier (1912–1942).
Born April 8th, 1912 in Poluvsie. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1942 at 30 years old in Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral (gunshot wound). [ref]
Sabina Spielrein
Russian physician and one of the first female psychoanalysts (1885–1942).
Born November 6th, 1885 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died August 11th, 1942 at 56 years old in Zmievskaya Balka.
Hans-Joachim Marseille
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii (1919–1942).
Born December 13th, 1919 in Charlottenburg.
Died September 30th, 1942 at 22 years old in Sidi Abdel Rahman.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
American sculptor (1875-1942).
Born January 9th, 1875 in Manhattan.
Died April 18th, 1942 at 67 years old in Manhattan (endocarditis).
Jamnalal Bajaj
Indian activist (1884-1942).
Born November 4th, 1884 in Sikar.
Died February 11th, 1942 at 57 years old in Wardha.
Wilbur Scoville
American pharmacist (1865–1942).
Born January 22nd, 1865 in Bridgeport.
Died March 10th, 1942 at 77 years old in Gainesville.
Walter Sickert
British artist (1860-1942).
Born May 31st, 1860 in Munich. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1942 at 81 years old in Bath. [ref]
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht