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| Name | Dates | Age | Cause of Death |
 JAROSLAV JEŽEK = CZECHOSLOVAKIAN = = Composer, Pianist and Conductor = = author of jazz, classical, incidental and film music = |
Born: 25 September 1906 Žižkov is a cadastral district of Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC | Died: 1 January 1942 New York, USA |
35 | Kidney Disease |
 HARRY CHAMPION = ENGLISH = = Music Hall Composer, Singer and Cockney Comedian = |
Born: WILLIAM HENRY CRUMP 17 April 1865 London, ENGLAND | Died: 14 January 1942 London, ENGLAND |
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FRED FISHER = GERMAN-born AMERICAN = = Songwriter and Tin Pan Alley Music Publisher = |
Born: ALFRED BREITENBACH 3 September 1875 Cologne, GERMANY | Died: 14 January 1942 Manhattan, New York, USA |
66 | |
 STANISLAV BINIČKI = SERBIAN = = Composer, Conductor and Music Teacher = |
Born: 27 July 1872 Jasika, Kruševac, Principality of SERBIA | Died: 15 February 1942 Belgrade, Territory of the Military Commander in SERBIA |
69 | |
 VERA TIMANOVA = RUSSIAN = = Pianist = |
Born: VERA VIKTOROVNA TIMANOVA 18 February 1855 Ufa, Bashkortostan, RUSSIA | Died: 22 February 1942 Leningrad, RUSSIA |
87 | Died of hunger during the Siege of Leningrad |
 STEFAN ZWEIG = AUSTRIAN = = Novelist, Playwright, Journalist and Biographer = = Jewish librettist of Richard Strauss = |
Born: 28 November 1881 Vienna, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY | Died: 22 February 1942 Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL |
60 | Barbiturate Overdose |
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LEO ASCHER = AUSTRIAN = = Composer of Operettas, Popular Songs and Film Scores = |
Born: LEONEM ASCHER 17 August 1880 Vienna, AUSTRIA | Died: 25 February 1942 New York City, New York, USA |
61 | |
 CHARLIE CHRISTIAN = AMERICAN = = Swing and Jazz Guitarist = |
Born: CHARLES HENRY CHRISTIAN 29 July 1916 Bonham, Texas, USA | Died: 2 March 1942 Staten Island, New York, USA |
25 | Tuberculosis |
 ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY = AUSTRIAN = = Composer, Conductor, and Teacher = |
Born: 14 October 1871 Vienna, AUSTRIA | Died: 15 March 1942 Larchmont, New York, USA |
70 | Pneumonia |
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PAUL GILSON = BELGIAN = = Musician and Composer = |
Born: 15 June 1865 Brussels, BELGIUM | Died: 3 April 1942 Brussels, BELGIUM |
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 FREDERICK HOBBS = NEW ZEALAND-born ENGLISH = = Singer, Actor and Theatre Manager = |
Born: FREDERICK HENRY HOBBS 29 July 1874 Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND | Died: 11 April 1942 Norwich, ENGLAND |
67 | |
 EMIL VON SAUER = GERMAN = = Composer, Pianist, Score Editor, and Music (Piano) Teacher = |
Born: EMIL GEORG CONRAD SAUER 8 October 1862 Hamburg, GERMANY | Died: 27 April 1942 Vienna, AUSTRIA |
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FRANK CHURCHILL = AMERICAN = = Film Composer = |
Born: 20 October 1901 Rumford, Maine, USA | Died: 14 May 1942 Castaic, California, USA |
40 | Suicide |
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T-BONE SLIM = AMERICAN = = Humorist, Poet, Songwriter, Hobo, and Labor Activist = |
Born: MATTI VALENTINPOIKA HUHTA 1880 Ashtabula, Ohio, USA | Died: c. 15 May 1942 New York City, New York, USA |
62 ? | Death was ruled an accidental drowning although the exact circumstances were unclear |
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LIBERO BOVIO = NEAPOLITAN = = Lyricist and Dialect Poet = |
Born: 9 June 1883 Naples, ITALY | Died: 26 May 1942 |
68 | |
 BUNNY BERIGAN = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trumpeter and Bandleader = |
Born: ROLAND BERNARD BERIGAN 2 November 1908 Hilbert, Wisconsin, USA | Died: 2 June 1942 New York City, USA |
33 | Haemorrhage |
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WALTER LEIGH = ENGLISH = = Composer = |
Born: 22 June 1905 Wimbledon, London, ENGLAND | Died: 12 June 1942 Tobruk, LIBYA |
36 | Killed in Action |
 JESSIE BOND = ENGLISH = = Singer and Actress in Gilbert & Sullivan = |
Born: JESSIE CHARLOTTE BOND 10 January 1853 Camden Town, London, ENGLAND | Died: 17 June 1942 Worthing, ENGLAND |
89 | |
 ARTHUR PRYOR = AMERICAN = = Trombone Virtuoso, Bandleader = = and soloist with the THE SOUSA BAND = |
Born: ARTHUR WILLARD PRYOR 22 September 1869 on the second floor of the Lyceum Theater in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA | Died: 18 June 1942 West Long Branch, New Jersey, USA |
72 | Died after suffering a Stroke on 17 June 1942 |
 DANIEL ALOMÍA ROBLES = PERUVIAN = = Composer and Musicologist = |
Born: 3 January 1871 Huánuco, PERU | Died: 18 June 1942 Chosica, PERU |
71 | Septicemia |
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JIMMY BLANTON = AMERICAN = = Jazz Double-Bassist = |
Born: 5 October 1918 Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA | Died: 30 July 1942 California, USA |
23 | Tuberculosis |
 PASQUALE AMATO = ITALIAN = = Operatic Baritone = |
Born: 21 March 1878 Naples, ITALY | Died: 12 August 1942 Jackson Heights, Queens, USA |
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 ERWIN SCHULHOFF = CZECHOSLOVAKIAN = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: 8 June 1894 Prague, Bohemia, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (now CZECH REPUBLIC) | Died: 18 August 1942 Weißenburg, Bavaria, GREATER GERMAN REICH (now FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY) |
48 | Tuberculosis |
 MICHEL FOKINE = RUSSIAN Naturalised AMERICAN = = Dancer and Choreographer = |
Born: MIKHAÍL MIKHÁYLOVICH FOKÍN 23 April 1880 Saint Petersburg, RUSSIAN EMPIRE | Died: 22 August 1942 New York City, USA |
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RENÉ BLUM = FRENCH = = Founder of the Ballet de l'Opera at Monte Carlo = |
Born: 13 March 1878 Paris, FRANCE | Died: September 1942 in Auschwitz concentration camp |
64 | Killed by Nazis |
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CALEB SIMPER = ENGLISH = = Organist and Composer = |
Born: 12 September 1856 Barford St. Martin, Wiltshire, ENGLAND | Died: 28 August 1942 Barnstaple, ENGLAND |
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RALPH RAINGER = AMERICAN = = Composer and Pianist = |
Born: RALPH REICHENTHAL 7 October 1901 New York City, USA | Died: 23 October 1942 near Palm Springs, California, USA |
41 | Air Crash |
 HUGO DISTLER = GERMAN = = Organist, Choral Conductor, Teacher and Composer = |
Born: 24 June 1908 Nuremberg, GERMANY | Died: 1 November 1942 Berlin, GERMANY |
34 | Suicide |
 GEORGE M. COHAN = AMERICAN = = Entertainer, Playwright, Composer, Lyricist, Actor, Singer, Dancer and Producer = |
Born: GEORGE MICHAEL COHAN 3 July 1878 Providence, Rhode Island, USA | Died: 5 November 1942 New York, New York, USA |
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PEADAR KEARNEY = IRISH = = Composer of numerous rebel songs = = Lyricist of the Irish National Anthem = |
Born: 12 December 1883 Dublin, IRELAND | Died: 24 November 1942 Inchicore, Dublin, IRELAND |
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 JEAN GILBERT = GERMAN = = Operetta Composer and Conductor = |
Born: 11 February 1879 Hamburg, GERMANY | Died: 20 December 1942 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA |
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 GEORGE L. COBB = AMERICAN = = Ragtime Composer = |
Born: GEORGE LINUS COBB 31 August 1886 Mexico, New York, USA | Died: 25 December 1942 Brookline, Massachusetts, USA |
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