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Dead at age 42
315 Notable deaths
Wolfram Sievers
German managing director of the ns association german ancestral heritage (ahnenerbe) (1905-1948).
Born July 10th, 1905 in Hildesheim.
Died June 2nd, 1948 at 42 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging).
Stefano Bontade
Member of sicilian mafia (1939-1981).
Born April 23rd, 1939 in Palermo.
Died April 23rd, 1981 at 42 years old in Palermo.
Nikolai Vatutin
Soviet general.
Born December 16th, 1901 in Vatunino.
Died April 15th, 1944 at 42 years old in Kyiv (sepsis).
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 (falling from height).
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 (1910–1953).
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]
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