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Dead at age 42
331 Notable deaths
Sergey Kuryokhin
Russian musician (1954–1996).
Born June 16th, 1954 in Murmansk.
Died July 9th, 1996 at 42 years old in Saint Petersburg (heart cancer).
Vicente Saldivar
Mexican boxer.
Born May 3rd, 1943 in Mexico City.
Died July 18th, 1985 at 42 years old in Mexico City (cancer).
Gunnar Nordström
Finnish physicist (1881–1923).
Born March 12th, 1881 in Helsinki.
Died December 24th, 1923 at 42 years old in Helsinki (pernicious anemia).
Luisa Capeta
Puerto rican labor organizer (1879–1922).
Born October 28th, 1879 in Arecibo.
Died April 10th, 1922 at 42 years old in Río Piedras (tuberculosis).
Juliet Berto
Actress, film director (1947–1990).
Born January 16th, 1947 in Grenoble.
Died January 10th, 1990 at 42 years old in Breux-Jouy (breast cancer).
Albrecht Haushofer
German geographer and diplomat.
Born January 7th, 1903 in Munich.
Died April 23rd, 1945 at 42 years old in Invalidenstraße (gunshot wound).
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).
Jim Holton
Scottish footballer (1951-1993).
Born April 11th, 1951 in Lesmahagow.
Died October 4th, 1993 at 42 years old in Warwick.
Peter George
British novelist.
Born March 26th, 1924 in Treorchy.
Died June 1st, 1966 at 42 years old in Hastings.
Mia Ikumi
Japanese manga artist (1979–2022).
Born March 27th, 1979 in Osaka.
Died March 7th, 2022 at 42 years old in Osaka (subarachnoid hemorrhage). [ref]
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Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson