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Dead at age 42
307 Notable deaths
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).
Roberto Arlt Zavalaga
Argentine writer.
Born April 2nd, 1900 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1942 at 42 years old in Buenos Aires (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Mia Ikumi
Japanese manga artist.
Born March 27th, 1979 in Osaka.
Died March 7th, 2022 at 42 years old in Osaka (subarachnoid hemorrhage). [ref]
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).
Albrecht Haushofer
German geographer and diplomat.
Born January 7th, 1903 in Munich. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1945 at 42 years old in Berlin (ballistic trauma).
Juliet Berto
Actress, film director.
Born January 16th, 1947 in Grenoble. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1990 at 42 years old in Breux-Jouy (breast cancer). [ref]
Joachim Mrugowsky
German physician, ss officer, chief of hygiene institute of the waffen-ss and convicted war criminal (1905-1948).
Born August 15th, 1905 in Rathenow.
Died June 2nd, 1948 at 42 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging).
Jim Holton
Scottish footballer (1951-1993).
Born April 11th, 1951 in Lesmahagow.
Died October 4th, 1993 at 42 years old in Warwick.
Peter Strasser
German aviation leader.
Born April 1st, 1876 in Hanover.
Died August 5th, 1918 at 42 years old in Wells (killed in action).
Mike Muuss
American computer programmer (1958–2000).
Born October 16th, 1958 in Iowa City.
Died November 20th, 2000 at 42 years old in Havre de Grace (traffic collision).
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