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Dead at age 42
306 Notable deaths
Otto Gross
Austrian psychoanalyst.
Born March 17th, 1877 in Gniebing-Weißenbach. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1920 at 42 years old in Berlin (hunger). [ref]
Tony Lazzeri
American baseball player and coach (1903-1946).
Born December 6th, 1903 in San Francisco.
Died August 6th, 1946 at 42 years old in San Francisco (fall).
Harry Jerome
Canadian track and field runner (1940-1982).
Born September 30th, 1940 in Prince Albert.
Died December 7th, 1982 at 42 years old in Vancouver (intracranial aneurysm).
Helene Mayer
German fencer.
Born December 20th, 1910 in Offenbach am Main. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1953 at 42 years old in Heidelberg (breast cancer). [ref]
William Foulke
English footballer (1874-1916).
Born April 12th, 1874 in Dawley.
Died May 1st, 1916 at 42 years old in Sheffield (liver cirrhosis).
Bella Darvi
Actress (1928-1971).
Born October 23rd, 1928 in Sosnowiec.
Died September 11th, 1971 at 42 years old in Monte Carlo (asphyxia).
Avijit Roy
Bangladeshi-american engineer, blogger and activist (1972-2015).
Born September 12th, 1972 in Bangladesh. [ref]
Died February 26th, 2015 at 42 years old in Dhaka. [ref]
Shahbaz Bhatti
Minister for minorities affairs, pakistan (1968-2011).
Born September 9th, 1968 in Lahore.
Died March 2nd, 2011 at 42 years old in Islamabad (assassination). [ref]
Lesya Ukrainka
Ukrainian poet and writer (1871-1913).
Born February 25th, 1871 in Novohrad-Volynskyi.
Died August 1st, 1913 at 42 years old in Surami (Pott disease). [ref]
Fritz Suhren
Ss officer and politician (1908-1950).
Born June 10th, 1908 in Varel.
Died July 12th, 1950 at 42 years old in Sandweier.
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