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In the year 1942
472 Notable deaths
Alfred Baudrillart
French catholic cardinal (1859-1942).
Born January 6th, 1859 in Paris. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1942 at 83 years old in Paris. [ref]
Denis Daly
Polo player.
Born September 5th, 1862 in Athenry.
Died April 16th, 1942 at 79 years old in Chipping Norton.
Nevena Georgieva
Yugoslav partisan.
Born August 25th, 1925 in Skopje.
Died December 16th, 1942 at 17 years old in Nezhilovo (decapitation).
Yvonne Prévost
French tennis player.
Born June 8th, 1878 in Kingdom of France.
Died March 3rd, 1942 at 63 years old in Paris.
John Mulcahy
American rower.
Born July 20th, 1876 in New York City.
Died November 19th, 1942 at 66 years old in New York City.
Carl Christensen
Danish botanist (1872-1942).
Born January 16th, 1872 in Lolland.
Died November 24th, 1942 at 70 years old in Copenhagen.
Adolphe Grisel
French athlete (1872-1942).
Born December 9th, 1872 in 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died December 13th, 1942 at 70 years old in Saint-Quentin. [ref]
Alexandre Volkoff
Russian actor and film director (1885-1942).
Born December 27th, 1885 in Moscow. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1942 at 56 years old in Rome.
Margarethe Kahn
German mathematician and holocaust victim.
Born August 27th, 1880 in Eschwege. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1942 at 61 years old in Trawniki concentration camp.
Tom Coe
British water polo player.
Born November 3rd, 1873 in Manchester. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1942 at 68 years old in Manchester. [ref]
Deaths 461 to 470 of 472
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir