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In the year 1942
453 Notable deaths
Mladen Stojanović
Serbian partisan.
Born April 7th, 1896 in Prijedor.
Died April 2nd, 1942 at 45 years old in Jošavka Gornja.
Jean Dunand
French artist.
Born May 20th, 1877 in Lancy. [ref]
Died June 7th, 1942 at 65 years old in Paris. [ref]
Nada Dimić
Yugoslav partisan (1923-1942).
Born September 6th, 1923 in Divoselo.
Died March 17th, 1942 at 18 years old in Stara Gradiška concentration camp.
Count Leopold Berchtold
Austro-hungarian politician (1863-1942).
Born April 18th, 1863 in Vienna.
Died November 21st, 1942 at 79 years old in Peresznye.
Norbert Jokl
Austrian albanologist (1877-1942).
Born February 25th, 1877 in Bzenec.
Died May 6th, 1942 at 65 years old in Maly Trostenets.
Alberto Franchetti
Italian opera composer.
Born September 18th, 1860 in Turin. [ref]
Died August 4th, 1942 at 81 years old in Viareggio. [ref]
Pasquale Amato
Italian opera singer.
Born March 21st, 1878 in Naples. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1942 at 64 years old in New York City, Jackson Heights. [ref]
Hakushū Kitahara
Japanese tanka poet.
Born January 25th, 1885 in Nankan.
Died November 2nd, 1942 at 57 years old in Asagaya (kidney disease, diabetes). [ref]
Alfred Flatow
German gymnast.
Born October 3rd, 1869 in Gdańsk.
Died December 28th, 1942 at 73 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Else Ernestine Neuländer-Simon
German photographer (1900-1942).
Born January 26th, 1900 in Berlin. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1942 at 42 years old in Sobibór Extermination Camp.
Deaths 221 to 230 of 453
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. Unknown