In the year 1942
453 Notable deaths
Bruno Schulz
Polish novelist and painter (1892-1942).
Born July 12th, 1892 in Drohobych. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1942 at 50 years old in Drohobych, Drohobych Ghetto. [ref]
Fritz Todt
German engineer and senior nazi figure (1891-1942).
Born September 4th, 1891 in Pforzheim. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1942 at 50 years old in Kętrzyn (aircraft crash). [ref]
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist (1916-1942).
Born July 29th, 1916 in Dallas.
Died March 2nd, 1942 at 25 years old in Staten Island (tuberculosis). [ref]
Chen Duxiu
Chinese politician and co-founder of the chinese communist party (1879–1942).
Born October 8th, 1879 in Huaining County. [ref]
Died May 27th, 1942 at 62 years old in Jiangjin District. [ref]
Edna May Oliver
American actress (1883-1942).
Born November 9th, 1883 in Malden. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1942 at 59 years old in Los Angeles (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Joseph Franklin Rutherford
American religious figure (1869-1942).
Born November 8th, 1869 in Morgan County.
Died January 8th, 1942 at 72 years old in San Diego (colorectal cancer).
Robert Musil
Austrian writer.
Born November 6th, 1880 in Klagenfurt. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1942 at 61 years old in Geneva (stroke). [ref]
A. E. Waite
British occultist mystic, poet and writer.
Born October 2nd, 1857 in Brooklyn.
Died May 19th, 1942 at 84 years old in London.
Irène Némirovsky
French novelist.
Born February 11th, 1903 in Kyiv.
Died August 17th, 1942 at 39 years old in Auschwitz, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp (influenza, typhus). [ref]
Flinders Petrie
British egyptologist (1853–1942).
Born June 3rd, 1853 in Charlton. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1942 at 89 years old in Jerusalem (malaria). [ref]
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Everyone dies. But not everyone really lives. Unknown