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Dead at age 42
331 Notable deaths
Péter Szondi
German academic.
Born May 27th, 1929 in Budapest.
Died November 9th, 1971 at 42 years old in Berlin (drowning).
Titsian Tabidze
Georgian poet.
Born April 2nd, 1895 in Chkvishi.
Died December 16th, 1937 at 42 years old in Tbilisi.
Yan Gamarnik
Soviet general (1894-1937).
Born June 14th, 1894 in Zhytomyr.
Died May 31st, 1937 at 42 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Frank Nicholas Meyer
Dutch american botanist (1875-1918).
Born November 30th, 1875 in Amsterdam.
Died June 2nd, 1918 at 42 years old in Shanghai (drowning).
Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin
Russian artist (1861-1904).
Born October 29th, 1861 in Borisoglebsk Uyezd.
Died May 10th, 1904 at 42 years old in Novgorod Governorate (tuberculosis).
Yakov Yakovlev
Soviet politician (1896-1938).
Born June 21st, 1896 in Hrodna.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 42 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Mischa Levitzki
Russian-born american concert pianist (1898–1941).
Born January 12th, 1898 in Kremenchuk.
Died January 2nd, 1941 at 42 years old in New Jersey.
Helene Chadwick
Actress (1897-1940).
Born November 25th, 1897 in Oneida County.
Died September 5th, 1940 at 42 years old in Los Angeles.
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).
Albert Samain
French poet (1858-1900).
Born April 3rd, 1858 in Lille.
Died August 18th, 1900 at 42 years old in Magny-les-Hameaux (tuberculosis).
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde