In the year 1942
528 Notable deaths
Sidney Fox
American actress (1907/1911–1942).
Born December 10th, 1907 in New York City, Galicia. [ref]
Died November 15th, 1942 at 34 years old in Beverly Hills (drug overdose). [ref]
Natalya Kovshova
Soviet sniper (1920–1942).
Born November 26th, 1920 in Ufa.
Died August 14th, 1942 at 21 years old in Veliky Novgorod.
Julio González
Spanish artist (1876–1942).
Born September 21st, 1876 in Barcelona.
Died March 27th, 1942 at 65 years old in Arcueil.
Rachel Field
American novelist, poet, and children's author (1894–1942).
Born September 19th, 1894 in New York City.
Died March 15th, 1942 at 47 years old in Los Angeles.
Alois Eliáš
Czechoslovak general and politician (1890-1942).
Born September 29th, 1890 in Vinohrady. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1942 at 51 years old in Kobylisy Shooting Range (gunshot wound). [ref]
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, Hereditary Grand Duke of Tuscany
Austrian archduke and tuscan heir (1872-1942).
Born May 24th, 1872 in Salzburg.
Died August 28th, 1942 at 70 years old in Vienna.
Faik Konitza
Albanian writer (1875-1942).
Born March 15th, 1875 in Konitsa.
Died December 15th, 1942 at 67 years old in Washington, D.C..
Vera Figner
Russian political activist (1852-1942).
Died June 15th, 1942 at 89 years old in Moscow (pneumonia). [ref]
Jimmy Blanton
American musician (1918–1942).
Born October 5th, 1918 in Chattanooga.
Died July 30th, 1942 at 23 years old in Los Angeles (tuberculosis).
Gorazd
Czechoslovak evangelic priest and theologist.
Born May 26th, 1879 in Hrubá Vrbka.
Died September 4th, 1942 at 63 years old in Prague (execution by shooting). [ref]
Henri de Baillet-Latour
Belgian sports executive (1876-1942).
Born March 1st, 1876 in City of Brussels. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1942 at 65 years old in Ixelles (myocardial infarction).
Noah Adamia
Soviet sniper (1917-1942).
Born December 21st, 1917 in Tiflis Governorate.
Died July 24th, 1942 at 24 years old in Sevastopol.
Richard Willstätter
German chemist (1872–1942).
Born August 13th, 1872 in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1942 at 69 years old in Muralto (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Daniel Alomía Robles
Peruvian composer and ethnomusicologist (1871–1942).
Born January 3rd, 1871 in Huánuco.
Died July 17th, 1942 at 71 years old in Lima (sepsis).
Germaine Dulac
French film director (1882-1942).
Born November 17th, 1882 in Amiens.
Died July 20th, 1942 at 59 years old in Paris.
Felix Weingartner
Austrian conductor, composer and pianist (1863-1942).
Born June 2nd, 1863 in Zadar. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1942 at 78 years old in Winterthur. [ref]
Xiao Hong
Female chinese writer.
Born June 1st, 1911 in Hulan District.
Died January 22nd, 1942 at 30 years old in Hong Kong.
Sébastien Faure
French anarchist (1858–1942).
Born January 6th, 1858 in Saint-Étienne.
Died July 14th, 1942 at 84 years old in Royan.
Joseph Schmidt
Jewish romanian opera singer (1904-1942).
Born March 4th, 1904 in Davydivka. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1942 at 38 years old in Internment Camp Girenbad (myocardial infarction).
Henio Zytomirski
Polish jew (1933–1942).
Born March 25th, 1933 in Lublin.
Died November 9th, 1942 at 9 years old in Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp.
Peadar Kearney
Irish song writer (1883–1942).
Born December 12th, 1883 in Dublin.
Died November 24th, 1942 at 58 years old in Dublin.
Alexander Belyayev
Soviet writer (1884–1942).
Born March 16th, 1884 in Smolensk.
Died January 6th, 1942 at 57 years old in Pushkin.
Christian Frederik von Schalburg
Danish ss officer (1906–1942).
Born April 15th, 1906 in Zmeinogorsk.
Died June 2nd, 1942 at 36 years old in Demyansk.
John Goodall
English footballer and manager (1863-1942).
Born June 19th, 1863 in Westminster.
Died May 20th, 1942 at 78 years old in Watford.
Roberto Arlt
Argentine writer.
Born April 2nd, 1900 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1942 at 42 years old in Buenos Aires (cardiac arrest).
Deaths 126 to 150 of 528
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs