In the year 1942
453 Notable deaths
Louis Gauchat
Swiss linguist (1866-1942).
Born January 12th, 1866 in Les Brenets. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 1942 at 76 years old in Lenzerheide. [ref]
Gertrud Adelborg
Women's rights activist.
Born September 10th, 1853 in Karlskrona city community. [ref]
Died January 25th, 1942 at 88 years old in Gagnef parish.
Oskari Mantere
Finnish politician (1874-1942).
Born September 18th, 1874 in Hausjärvi.
Died December 9th, 1942 at 68 years old in Helsinki.
Ernest Pérochon
French writer (1885-1942).
Born February 24th, 1885 in Deux-Sèvres. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1942 at 56 years old in Niort. [ref]
Cyril Gardner
American actor and director (1898-1942).
Died December 30th, 1942 at 44 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Lorenzo Aguirre
Spanish painter (1884-1942).
Born November 14th, 1884 in Pamplona.
Died October 6th, 1942 at 57 years old in Madrid (garrote vil).
Nikolai Rynin
Russian civil engineer.
Born December 23rd, 1877 in Moscow.
Died July 28th, 1942 at 64 years old in Kazan.
William Carr
American rower (1876-1942).
Born June 17th, 1876 in County Donegal.
Died March 25th, 1942 at 65 years old in Philadelphia.
Emanuel Rádl
Czech biologist, philosopher and politic writer.
Born December 21st, 1873 in Pyšely. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1942 at 68 years old in Prague. [ref]
Joseph Francis Dempsey
American rower.
Born October 12th, 1875 in Philadelphia.
Died August 7th, 1942 at 66 years old in Philadelphia.
Deaths 381 to 390 of 453
Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. Langston Hughes