In the year 1942
453 Notable deaths
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Swedish composer (1867-1942).
Born February 27th, 1867 in Kramfors Municipality. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1942 at 75 years old in Östersund. [ref]
Georges Politzer
French philosopher, marxist theoretician and resistance member (1903-1942).
Born May 3rd, 1903 in Oradea. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1942 at 39 years old in Fort Mont-Valérien (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Refik Saydam
Prime minister of turkey (1881-1942).
Born September 8th, 1881 in Constantinople.
Died July 8th, 1942 at 60 years old in Istanbul.
Richard Tucker
Actor (1884-1942).
Born June 4th, 1884 in Brooklyn.
Died December 5th, 1942 at 58 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).
Zsigmond Móricz
Hungarian writer.
Born July 2nd, 1879 in Tiszacsécse. [ref]
Died September 5th, 1942 at 63 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Leonid Kulik
Russian mineralogist (1883-1942).
Born August 31st, 1883 in Tartu. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1942 at 58 years old in Spas-Demensk (typhus).
Arthur Housman
American actor in films during both the silent film era and the golden age of hollywood (1889-1942).
Born October 10th, 1889 in New York City.
Died April 8th, 1942 at 52 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Vladislav Vančura
Czech writer, film director, playwright and screenwriter.
Born June 23rd, 1891 in Háj ve Slezsku. [ref]
Died June 1st, 1942 at 50 years old in Kobylisy (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Herbert Baum
German resistance fighter (1912-1942).
Born February 10th, 1912 in Mosina.
Died June 11th, 1942 at 30 years old in Berlin (torture).
Georg Alexander Pick
Austrian mathematician, holocaust victim.
Born August 10th, 1859 in Vienna.
Died July 26th, 1942 at 82 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
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Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. Amelia Burr