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Dead at age 42
307 Notable deaths
Martti Marttelin
Athletics competitor (1897-1940).
Born June 18th, 1897 in Nummi.
Died March 1st, 1940 at 42 years old in Burnaya.
Nikolay Smaga
Athletics competitor (1938-1981).
Born August 22nd, 1938 in Bobrove.
Died March 28th, 1981 at 42 years old in Kyiv.
Necmi Onarıcı
Turkish association football player (1925–1968).
Born November 2nd, 1925 in Kadıköy.
Died August 22nd, 1968 at 42 years old in Çatalca.
Marius Grout
French writer (1903-1946).
Born November 8th, 1903 in Fauville-en-Caux. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1946 at 42 years old in Le Havre. [ref]
Igor Tselovalnikov
Soviet cyclist.
Born January 2nd, 1944 in Yerevan.
Died March 1st, 1986 at 42 years old
Victor Dolidze
Georgian composer (1890-1933).
Born July 30th, 1890 in Ozurgeti.
Died May 24th, 1933 at 42 years old in Tbilisi.
Raymond Suvigny
French weightlifter.
Born January 21st, 1903 in 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 26th, 1945 at 42 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris.
Paweł Wypych
Polish politician (1968-2010).
Born February 20th, 1968 in Otwock.
Died April 10th, 2010 at 42 years old in Smolensk (2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash).
Gaston Mercier
French rower (1932-1974).
Born June 5th, 1932 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 4th, 1974 at 42 years old in Bussières (myocardial infarction).
Andreas Stadler
Austrian weightlifter.
Born July 31st, 1898 in Vienna.
Died February 14th, 1941 at 42 years old
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon