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Dead at age 42
307 Notable deaths
Titsian Tabidze
Georgian poet.
Born April 2nd, 1895 in Chkvishi.
Died December 16th, 1937 at 42 years old in Tbilisi.
Franz von Vecsey
(1893-1935) violinist, child prodigy.
Born March 23rd, 1893 in Budapest.
Died April 6th, 1935 at 42 years old in Rome (pulmonary embolism).
Lu Yao
Chinese writer (1949-1992).
Born December 3rd, 1949 in Qingjian County.
Died November 17th, 1992 at 42 years old in Xi'an (cancer).
Nguyen An Ninh
Vietnamese writer, activist and revolutionary (1900–1943).
Born September 15th, 1900 in Cholon. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1943 at 42 years old in Côn Sơn Island.
Albert Samain
French poet (1858-1900).
Born April 3rd, 1858 in Lille. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1900 at 42 years old in Magny-les-Hameaux (tuberculosis). [ref]
Alexandros Nikolaidis
Greek taekwondo athlete (1979–2022).
Born October 17th, 1979 in Thessaloniki.
Died October 14th, 2022 at 42 years old in Thessaloniki (cancer). [ref]
Hermann Heller
German philosopher and legal scholar (1891-1933).
Born July 17th, 1891 in Cieszyn. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1933 at 42 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Jindřich Štyrský
Czech photographer, painter, writer and artist (1899-1942).
Born August 11th, 1899 in Dolní Čermná. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1942 at 42 years old in Smíchov. [ref]
Julie Ditty
Us female tennis player.
Born January 4th, 1979 in Atlanta.
Died August 31st, 2021 at 42 years old in Ashland (breast cancer). [ref]
James Edward Keeler
American astronomer (1857–1900).
Born September 10th, 1857 in LaSalle.
Died August 12th, 1900 at 42 years old in San Francisco.
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir