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Klavdiya Nazarova
1920–1942
resistance fighter, partisan
Official cause
hanging to death
Helen Westley
1875–1942
actor, stage actor, film actor
Official cause
disease
Jochen Klepper
1903–1942
poet, journalist, diarist
Official cause
asphyxia
Lev Ilyin
1879–1942
architect
Official cause
death in battle
Louis E. Kirstein
1867–1942
businessperson, philanthropist
Official cause
pneumonia
Dwarkanath Kotnis
1910–1942
military physician, physician
Official cause
seizure
Manuel Muñoz Martínez
1888–1942
politician, military personnel
Official cause
gunshot wound
Slim Love
1890–1942
baseball player
Official cause
struck by vehicle
Kimura Buzan
1876–1942
painter
Official cause
asthma
Bob Bescher
1884–1942
baseball player
Official cause
traffic collision
Toni Jo Henry
1916–1942
prostitute
Official cause
electrocution
Carmelo Borg Pisani
1915–1942
spy, artist, painter
Official cause
hanging to death
Ignacy Fik
1904–1942
poet, literary critic, writer
Official cause
gunshot wound
Frederick E. Hahn
1869–1942
violinist, music teacher
Official cause
pneumonia
Bohumil Kafka
1878–1942
sculptor, pedagogue, medalist
Official cause
peritonitis
Francesco Agello
1902–1942
aircraft pilot, military personnel
Official cause
aviation accident
Billy DeBeck
1890–1942
cartoonist, comics artist
Official cause
cancer
Merton Beckwith-Smith
1890–1942
military personnel
Official cause
diphtheria
Alexander Olbricht
1876–1942
painter, printmaker
Official cause
cerebrovascular disease
Edna May Oliver
1883–1942
character actor, stage actor, film actor
Official cause
colorectal cancer
Eddie Leonski
1917–1942
criminal, serial killer, soldier
Official cause
hanging to death
Harold Hales
1868–1942
politician
Official cause
drowning
George M. Cohan
1878–1942
singer, composer, songwriter
Official cause
cancer
Pranas Dovydaitis
1886–1942
politician, university teacher, journalist
Official cause
gunshot wound