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In the year 1942
528 Notable deaths
Léon Daudet
French journalist and writer (1867-1942).
Born November 16th, 1867 in 4th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 30th, 1942 at 74 years old in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
Jack Greenwell
English footballer and manager (1884-1942).
Born January 2nd, 1884 in Crook.
Died November 20th, 1942 at 58 years old in Bogotá (myocardial infarction).
Konstantin Balmont
Russian poet.
Died December 24th, 1942 at 75 years old in Noisy-le-Grand (pneumonia). [ref]
Lev Nussimbaum
German-language writer of the jewish origion (1905–1942).
Born November 2nd, 1905 in Kyiv, Baku.
Died August 27th, 1942 at 36 years old in Positano (Raynaud syndrome).
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke
American portrait and genre painter (1856-1942).
Born October 28th, 1856 in San Francisco.
Died February 9th, 1942 at 85 years old in San Francisco.
Prince Ludwig of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary
German prince (1870–1942).
Born September 15th, 1870 in Ebenthal.
Died January 23rd, 1942 at 71 years old in Innsbruck.
Nikola Vaptsarov
Bulgarian communist writer (1909-1942).
Born December 7th, 1909 in Bansko.
Died July 23rd, 1942 at 32 years old in Sofia (gunshot wound).
Saint Paulina
Austro-hungarian immigrant to brazil, foundress and saint.
Born December 16th, 1865 in Vigolo Vattaro.
Died July 9th, 1942 at 76 years old in Ipiranga District (diabetes).
Herbert Selpin
German film director.
Born May 29th, 1904 in Berlin.
Died August 1st, 1942 at 38 years old in Berlin (hanging). [ref]
Lauri Kristian Relander
Finnish politician (1883-1942).
Born May 31st, 1883 in Kurkijoki.
Died February 9th, 1942 at 58 years old in Helsinki (myocardial infarction).
Clinton Hart Merriam
American zoologist and ornithologist (1855-1942).
Born December 5th, 1855 in New York City.
Died March 19th, 1942 at 86 years old in Berkeley.
Emma Calvé
French operatic soprano (1858-1942).
Born August 15th, 1858 in Decazeville. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1942 at 83 years old in Montpellier, Millau (disease).
Charles Courtney Curran
American painter (1861-1942).
Born February 13th, 1861 in Hartford.
Died November 9th, 1942 at 81 years old in New York City.
Wojciech Kossak
Polish painter (1856–1942).
Born December 31st, 1856 in Paris.
Died July 29th, 1942 at 85 years old in Kraków.
Augustinas Voldemaras
Prime minister of lithuania (1883-1942).
Born April 16th, 1883 in Dysna.
Died December 16th, 1942 at 59 years old in Butyrka prison. [ref]
Hong Yi
Buddhist monk, painter, musician (1880-1942).
Born October 23rd, 1880 in Tianjin.
Died October 13th, 1942 at 61 years old in Quanzhou.
James Cruze
American actor (1884-1942).
Born March 27th, 1884 in Ogden.
Died August 3rd, 1942 at 58 years old in Hollywood.
Ralph Rainger
American songwriter and composer (1901-1942).
Born October 7th, 1901 in New York City.
Died October 23rd, 1942 at 41 years old in Beverly Hills.
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
American boxer (1878–1942).
Born January 17th, 1878 in Philadelphia.
Died November 12th, 1942 at 64 years old
Jerzy Różycki
Polish cryptographer (1909-1942).
Born July 24th, 1909 in Vilshana.
Died January 9th, 1942 at 32 years old in Mediterranean Sea.
Adolf Hühnlein
Corps leader of the national socialist motor corps (1881-1942).
Born September 12th, 1881 in Eckersdorf.
Died June 18th, 1942 at 60 years old in Munich.
Wlodimir Ledóchowski
26th superior-general of the society of jesus.
Born October 7th, 1866 in Loosdorf.
Died December 13th, 1942 at 76 years old in Rome.
Alice Duer Miller
American poet (1874-1942).
Born July 28th, 1874 in New York City. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 1942 at 68 years old in New York City. [ref]
Heinrich Vogeler
German painter (1872–1942).
Born December 12th, 1872 in Bremen.
Died June 14th, 1942 at 69 years old in Bukhar-Zhyrau District.
Yakov Perelman
Russian science writer (1882–1942).
Born December 4th, 1882 in Białystok.
Died March 16th, 1942 at 59 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 528
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks