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Death of Hedviga Golik - Croatian woman who died while watching TV and no one noticed for 42 years (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

she died at 42 and wasn't found for another 42

42

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Post currently has 42 upvotes.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It all lines up!

[–] EsteemedRectangle@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 month ago

In one week, it would be 42 days since the post was posted