In the year 1942
499 Notable deaths
Faik Konitza
Albanian writer (1875-1942).
Born March 15th, 1875 in Konitsa.
Died December 15th, 1942 at 67 years old in Washington, D.C..
Vera Figner
Russian political activist (1852-1942).
Died June 15th, 1942 at 89 years old in Moscow (pneumonia). [ref]
Jimmy Blanton
American musician (1918–1942).
Born October 5th, 1918 in Chattanooga.
Died July 30th, 1942 at 23 years old in Los Angeles (tuberculosis).
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]
Henri de Baillet-Latour
Belgian sports executive (1876-1942).
Born March 1st, 1876 in City of Brussels. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1942 at 65 years old in Ixelles - Elsene (myocardial infarction).
Noah Adamia
Soviet sniper (1917-1942).
Born December 21st, 1917 in Tiflis Governorate.
Died July 24th, 1942 at 24 years old in Sevastopol.
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]
Daniel Alomía Robles
Peruvian composer and ethnomusicologist (1871–1942).
Born January 3rd, 1871 in Huánuco.
Died July 17th, 1942 at 71 years old in Lima (sepsis).
Germaine Dulac
French film director (1882-1942).
Born November 17th, 1882 in Amiens.
Died July 20th, 1942 at 59 years old in Paris.
Felix Weingartner
Austrian conductor, composer and pianist (1863-1942).
Born June 2nd, 1863 in Zadar. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1942 at 78 years old in Winterthur. [ref]
Deaths 131 to 140 of 499
As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci