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In the year 1942

1,413 Notable birthdays

Susan Sullivan

American actress (b. 1942).

Born November 18th, 1942 (age 83 years) in New York City.

Garrison Keillor

American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality.

Born August 7th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Anoka.

Ehud Barak

10th prime minister of israel.

Born February 12th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Mishmar HaSharon. [ref]

Vicente Fox Quesada

Former president of mexico.

Born July 2nd, 1942 (age 83 years) in Mexico City.

Barry Diller

American businessman.

Born February 2nd, 1942 (age 84 years) in San Francisco.

Bob Gaudio

American musician.

Born November 17th, 1942 (age 83 years) in The Bronx.

Béla Károlyi

Romanian-american gymnastics coach (1942–2024).

Born September 13th, 1942 in Cluj-Napoca.

Died November 15th, 2024 at 82 years old in Indianapolis. [ref]

Clarence Clemons

American saxophonist (1942–2011).

Born January 11th, 1942. [ref]

Died June 18th, 2011 at 69 years old in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach (stroke). [ref]

Carol Wayne

American actress (1942-1985).

Born September 6th, 1942 in Chicago.

Died January 13th, 1985 at 42 years old in Manzanillo (drowning).

Earl Hindman

American actor (1942–2003).

Born October 20th, 1942 in Bisbee.

Died December 29th, 2003 at 61 years old in Stamford (lung cancer).

Anatoli Bugorski

Russian scientist involved in an accident with a particle accelerator.

Born June 25th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Oryol Oblast.

Robert Graysmith

American writer.

Born September 17th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Pensacola.

Lee Kun-hee

4th and 6th chairman of the samsung group (1942–2020).

Born January 9th, 1942 in Uiryeong County.

Died October 25th, 2020 at 78 years old in Samsung Seoul Hospital. [ref]

Teodoro Obiang

Equatoguinean politician, president of equatorial guinea since 1979.

Born June 5th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Acoacán.

Andy Summers

British guitarist.

Born December 31st, 1942 (age 83 years) in Poulton-le-Fylde.

Carol Lynley

American actress (1942–2019).

Born February 13th, 1942 in Manhattan.

Died September 3rd, 2019 at 77 years old in Pacific Palisades (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Marcia Wallace

American actress and comedian (1942-2013).

Born November 1st, 1942 in Creston.

Died October 25th, 2013 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia, breast cancer, sepsis). [ref]

Andrew Robinson

American actor and professor.

Born February 14th, 1942 (age 84 years) in New York City.

Gene Okerlund

American professional wrestling interviewer and announcer (1942–2019).

Born December 19th, 1942 in Brookings.

Died January 2nd, 2019 at 76 years old in Sarasota (respiratory failure). [ref]

Brandon deWilde

American stage and film actor (1942-1972).

Born April 9th, 1942 in Brooklyn.

Died July 6th, 1972 at 30 years old in Lakewood (traffic collision).

Frank Zane

American bodybuilder.

Born June 28th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Kingston.

Lola Falana

American singer, dancer, and actress.

Born September 11th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Camden.

Lee Greenwood

American country music artist.

Born October 27th, 1942 (age 83 years) in South Gate.

Jerry Sloan

American basketball player and coach (1942–2020).

Born March 28th, 1942 in McLeansboro.

Died May 22nd, 2020 at 78 years old in Salt Lake City (Lewy body dementia, Parkinson's disease). [ref]

Dan Haggerty

American actor (1942–2016).

Born November 19th, 1942 in Wisconsin, Pound. [ref]

Died January 15th, 2016 at 73 years old in Burbank (Spinal cord cancer).

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