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In the year 1942
472 Notable deaths
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 (1860–1942).
Born September 18th, 1860 in Turin.
Died August 4th, 1942 at 81 years old in Viareggio.
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 (1869–1942).
Born October 3rd, 1869 in Gdańsk. [ref]
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.
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.
Deaths 231 to 240 of 472
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