Famous Deaths In December - 22

1918  Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1923  Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1937  Daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55 on December - 22.   

1939  On this day in history ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues", US blues singer/composer, dies at 53   

1940  Nathanael West, [Weinstein], US writer (Cool Million), dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history leopoldo Mugnone, composer, dies at 83   

1942  Death of Franz Boas, German anthropologist (b. 1858) on December - 22.   

1943  Death of Beatrix Potter, English writer (b. 1866) on December - 22.   

1944  Antoine Mariotte, composer, dies on 69th birthday on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history otto Neurath, Austrian/British philosopher, dies at 63   

1947  On this day in history death of therese Brandl, Nazi concentration camp guard (b. 1902)   

1950  Julius Weismann, composer, dies at 70 on December - 22.   

1951  On December - 22 powell Weaver, composer, dies at 61   

1955  Len Braund, cricketer (23 Tests for England 987 runs 47 wkts), dies on December - 22.   

1958  Fjodor W Gladkow, Russian author (Cement), dies at 75 on December - 22.   

1959  Gilda Gray, actress (Piccadilly), dies of heart attack at 60 on this day in history.   

1964  Bonifacio Gil Garcia, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history al Ritz, actor (Gorilla, Hi Ya Chum), dies at 62   

1967  On December - 22 lee Krieger, actor (Clambake, One Way Wahini), dies at 48   

1968  Louise Granville, entertainer, dies of influenza at 73 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history donald Foster, actor (Herbert Johnson-Hazel), dies at 80   

1971  On this day in history godfried Jan Arnold Bomans, Dutch writer (Eric), dies at 58   

1973  Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1974  Fosco Giachetti, entertainer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1977  Johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82 on December - 22.   

1979  On this day in history darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77   

1980  On December - 22 death of dick Kallman, actor (Hank Dearborn-Hank), murdered at 47   

1985  Death of D. Boon, American singer and guitarist (The Minutemen) (b. 1958) on December - 22.   

1986  On December - 22 celius Dougherty, composer, dies at 84   

1987  On this day in history alice Terry, [Taaffe], actress (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse), dies   

1988  Tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies on this day in history.   

1989  On December - 22 samuel Beckett, Irish/French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83   

1990  On this day in history cecil Effinger, composer, dies at 76   

1991  On this day in history ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus & Eurydike), dies at 91   

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1095  On this day in history birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

1178  On this day in history birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on December - 22.   

1428  On December - 22 birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on this day in history.   

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on this day in history.   

1515  On December - 22 birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland   

1523  On December - 22 birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen