People who died at the age of 42

• Elvis Presley
• Ted Bundy
• Huey Long
• Andreas Hofer
• Charles Townshend
• Robbin Crosby
• Payne Stewart
• Lounes Matoub
• Dodi Al-Fayed
• Philip Taylor Kramer
• Randy Shilts
• Gilda Radner
• Jacqueline Du Pre
• Ian Marter
• Peter Tosh
• Stanislaw Grochowiak
• Jeff Chandler (actor)
• William Grover-Williams
• Roberto Arlt
• Agnes Ayres