List of Famous people who died at 42

Jill Janiszewski was the lead singer of American heavy metal bands Huntress, The Starbreakers and Chelsea Girls.

Ricky Ray Rector was executed for the 1981 murder of police officer Robert Martin in Conway, Arkansas.

Brian Sicknick, a United States Capitol Police (USCP) officer, died on January 7, 2021, after having two strokes the day after he responded to an attack on the U.S. Capitol. The District of Columbia chief medical examiner found that Sicknick had died from stroke, classifying his death as natural and additionally commented that "all that transpired played a role in his condition." His cremated remains were lain in honor in the Capitol Rotunda on February 2, 2021, before they were buried with full honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

Kenneth "Kenny" Easterday was an American man born with the rare disability, sacral agenesis. To improve his mobility, his legs were amputated at the hip when he was six months old.

Mark Warwick Fordham Speight was an English television presenter and host of children's art programme SMart. Speight was born in Seisdon, Staffordshire and left school at 16 to become a cartoonist. He took a degree in commercial and graphic art and, while working in television set construction, heard of auditions for a new children's art programme. Speight was successful in his audition and became one of the first presenters of SMart, working on it for 14 years.

Saiprasad Gundewar was an Indian actor, model, voice-over artist and an entrepreneur. He first came into the limelight while he was seen in the reality TV show MTV Splitsvilla . There after he was seen participating in another Reality show, Survivor on Star Plus India in 2011. He was perhaps best known for appearing in movies such as David (2013); I, Me Aur Main (2013); Baazaar (2018) and many other. He has also starred in many television commercials.

Yevgeniy Grigorievich Martynov was a Soviet pop singer and composer, the older brother of the composer Yuri Martynov.

David Steele was an American professional racing driver who won numerous sprint car racing championships and also competed in IndyCar and NASCAR races. Steele last drove a winged sprint car in the Southern Sprintcar Shootout Series, where he won the first 5 races in series history. Steele was killed in a crash at Desoto Speedway on March 25, 2017.

Moji Olaiya was a Nigerian actress.

Master Chief Petty Officer Ngangom Dingko Singh was an Indian boxer who won the gold medal at 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok. He was from the North-eastern Indian state of Manipur. He was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India in 2013.