In the year 1942
501 Notable deaths
Charles Willy Kayser
German actor (1881–1942).
Born January 28th, 1881 in Metz.
Died July 10th, 1942 at 61 years old in Berlin.
Cyril Gardner
American actor and director (1898-1942).
Died December 30th, 1942 at 44 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
William Carr
American rower (1876-1942).
Born June 17th, 1876 in County Donegal.
Died March 25th, 1942 at 65 years old in Philadelphia.
Tatyana Marinenko
Soviet partisan, heroine of the soviet union (1920–1942).
Born January 25th, 1920 in Suchi Bor.
Died August 2nd, 1942 at 22 years old in Žarcy (gunshot wound).
James Juvenal
American rower (1874–1942).
Born January 12th, 1874 in Philadelphia.
Died September 1st, 1942 at 68 years old in Philadelphia.
Hasan Kikić
Bosnian author, poet lawyer and writer (1905-1942).
Born August 20th, 1905 in Gradačac.
Died May 6th, 1942 at 36 years old
Emanuel Rádl
Czech biologist, philosopher and politic writer (1873–1942).
Born December 21st, 1873 in Pyšely. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1942 at 68 years old in Hradčany. [ref]
Nicolaas van Wijk
Dutch linguist.
Born October 4th, 1880 in Delden.
Died March 25th, 1942 at 61 years old in Leiden.
Joseph Francis Dempsey
American rower (1875–1942).
Born October 12th, 1875 in Philadelphia.
Died August 7th, 1942 at 66 years old in Philadelphia.
Clara Arnheim
German painter (1865–1942).
Born April 24th, 1865 in Berlin.
Died August 28th, 1942 at 77 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
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He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan