In the year 1942
453 Notable deaths
Arnold Genthe
American photographer.
Born January 8th, 1869 in Berlin. [ref]
Died September 9th, 1942 at 73 years old in New York City. [ref]
Daniel Alomía Robles
Peruvian composer and ethnomusicologist.
Born January 3rd, 1871 in Huánuco.
Died July 17th, 1942 at 71 years old in Lima (sepsis).
Walther von Lüttwitz
German general (1859-1942).
Born February 2nd, 1859 in Kluczbork.
Died September 20th, 1942 at 83 years old in Wrocław.
Gorazd
Czechoslovak evangelic priest and theologist.
Born May 26th, 1879 in Hrubá Vrbka.
Died September 4th, 1942 at 63 years old in Prague (execution by shooting). [ref]
Richard Willstätter
German chemist (1872–1942).
Born August 13th, 1872 in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1942 at 69 years old in Muralto (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Joseph Schmidt
Romanian opera singer (1904-1942).
Born March 4th, 1904 in Dolní Moravice, Davydivka. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1942 at 38 years old in Internment Camp Girenbad (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Teófilo Yldefonso
Filipino swimmer (1902-1942).
Born November 5th, 1903 in Piddig. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1942 at 38 years old in Capas.
Sidney Fox
American actress.
Born December 10th, 1911 in New York City. [ref]
Died November 15th, 1942 at 30 years old in Beverly Hills (drug overdose). [ref]
Jimmy Blanton
American musician.
Born October 5th, 1918 in Chattanooga. [ref]
Died July 30th, 1942 at 23 years old in Los Angeles (tuberculosis).
Libertas Schulze-Boysen
German opponent of the nazis who belonged to the red orchestra (1913-1942).
Born November 20th, 1913 in Paris. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1942 at 29 years old in Plötzensee Prison (guillotine). [ref]
Deaths 121 to 130 of 453
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz