Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 1942
453 Notable deaths
Leon Jessel
German composer (1871-1942).
Born January 22nd, 1871 in Szczecin. [ref]
Died January 4th, 1942 at 70 years old in Berlin (torture). [ref]
Guglielmo Ferrero
Italian historian and writer (1871-1942).
Born June 21st, 1871 in Portici.
Died August 3rd, 1942 at 71 years old in Geneva.
Mel Sheppard
American athlete.
Born September 5th, 1883 in Deptford Township.
Died January 4th, 1942 at 58 years old in Queens.
Frederick Stock
German composer.
Born November 11th, 1872 in Jülich. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1942 at 69 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Heber Doust Curtis
American astronomer (1872-1942).
Born June 27th, 1872 in Muskegon.
Died January 9th, 1942 at 69 years old in Ann Arbor.
Stanislav Binički
Composer.
Born July 27th, 1872 in Kruševac.
Died February 15th, 1942 at 69 years old in Belgrade.
Yevgeny Petrov
Soviet writer.
Born December 13th, 1903 in Odesa. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1942 at 38 years old in Rostov Oblast. [ref]
Kaneko Kentarō
日本政治家、《明治憲法》起草者之一.
Born March 13th, 1853 in Fukuoka.
Died May 16th, 1942 at 89 years old in Tokyo.
Jessie Tarbox Beals
American photographer (1870–1942).
Born December 23rd, 1870 in Hamilton.
Died May 30th, 1942 at 71 years old in New York City.
Olena Teliha
Ukrainian poet.
Born July 21st, 1906 in Moscow Oblast. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1942 at 35 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
Deaths 231 to 240 of 453
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)