In the year 1942
453 Notable deaths
Heinz Hitler
Nephew of adolf hitler.
Born March 14th, 1920 in Magdeburg.
Died February 21st, 1942 at 21 years old in Butyrka prison.
Jamnalal Bajaj
Indian activist (1884-1942).
Born November 4th, 1884 in Sikar.
Died February 11th, 1942 at 57 years old in Wardha.
Hans-Joachim Marseille
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii.
Born December 13th, 1919 in Charlottenburg.
Died September 30th, 1942 at 22 years old in Sidi Abdel Rahman (killed in action).
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
American sculptor (1875-1942).
Born January 9th, 1875 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1942 at 67 years old in Manhattan (endocarditis). [ref]
Walter Sickert
British artist (1860-1942).
Born May 31st, 1860 in Munich. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1942 at 81 years old in Bath. [ref]
François Darlan
French admiral (1881-1942).
Born August 7th, 1881 in Nérac. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1942 at 61 years old in Algiers. [ref]
Robert Bosch
German industrialist, inventor, engineer (1861-1942).
Born September 23rd, 1861 in Albeck. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1942 at 80 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]
John R. Brinkley
American fraudulent physician (1885-1942).
Died May 26th, 1942 at 56 years old in San Antonio (heart failure).
Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia
Russian imperial highness (1891-1942).
Born September 18th, 1891 in Moscow.
Died March 5th, 1942 at 50 years old in Davos (tuberculosis).
Tamon Yamaguchi
Admiral in the imperial japanese navy.
Born August 17th, 1892 in Tokyo.
Died June 6th, 1942 at 49 years old in Pacific Ocean.
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As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci