Famous Deaths In December - 22
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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