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Dead at age 42
424 Notable deaths
Nguyen An Ninh
Vietnamese writer, activist and revolutionary (1900–1943).
Born September 5th, 1900 in Cholon. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1943 at 42 years old in Côn Sơn Island.
Ebru Timtik
Turkish attorney (1978–2020).
Born June 14th, 1978 in Elazığ. [ref]
Died August 27th, 2020 at 42 years old in Istanbul (starvation). [ref]
Silvia Seidel
German actress (1969-2012).
Born September 23rd, 1969 in Munich.
Died August 4th, 2012 at 42 years old in Munich.
Hermann Heller
German philosopher and legal scholar (1891-1933).
Born July 17th, 1891 in Cieszyn.
Died November 5th, 1933 at 42 years old in Madrid.
James Edward Keeler
American astronomer (1857–1900).
Born September 10th, 1857 in LaSalle.
Died August 12th, 1900 at 42 years old in San Francisco.
Péter Szondi
German literary scholar and philologist (1929–1971).
Born May 27th, 1929 in Budapest.
Died November 9th, 1971 at 42 years old in West 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 (gunshot wound).
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).
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