Famous Deaths In May - 22

1949  On May - 22 hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80   

1953  On this day in history vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70   

1957  On May - 22 langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies   

1961  On May - 22 joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53   

1965  Bobby Watson, comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77 on May - 22.   

1966  On May - 22 tom Goddard, cricketer (22 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1930-39), dies   

1967  On this day in history j Langston Hughes, US author (Tambourines to Glory), dies at 65   

1970  On May - 22 joseph W Krutch, US writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76   

1972  Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80 on May - 22.   

1975  On May - 22 torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90   

1977  Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73 on May - 22.   

1978  Bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83 on May - 22.   

1984  John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery on this day in history.   

1986  On May - 22 martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63   

1987  Mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65 on May - 22.   

1988  Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1989  On May - 22 death of steven DeGroote, South African classical pianist (b. 1953)   

1990  Max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies on this day in history.   

1991  On May - 22 lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51   

1992  On this day in history death of zellig Harris, American linguist (b. 1909)   

1993  Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100 on this day in history.   

1994  Frederick Hemming McClintock, criminologist, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1995  Robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1996  Duncan Montgomery Stewart, academic, dies at 66 on May - 22.   

1997  Death of Alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1908) on this day in history.   

1998  Death of José Enrique Moyal, mathematical physicist (b. 1910) on May - 22.   

2003  Death of Ousmane Zongo, Burkinabé shooting victim on May - 22.   

2004  Death of Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945) on May - 22.   

2005  On this day in history death of charilaos Florakis, Greek politician, long-time General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (b. 1914)   

2005  On this day in history death of death of Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor, voice of Tony the Tiger (b. 1914)   

2006  Death of Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (b. 1945) on this day in history.   

2017  On May - 22 death of nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer   

2017  Death of Viktor Kupreichik, Belarusian chess Grandmaster on May - 22.   

2017  On May - 22 death of dina Merrill, American actress, heiress, socialite, businesswoman, and philanthropist   

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1622  On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698)   

1671  Abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37) was born on May - 22.   

1715  On this day in history birth of françois-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794)   

1722  On May - 22 birth of johannes Schmidlin, composer   

1724  Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772) was born on May - 22.   

1759  On this day in history birth of gervais-Francois Couperin, composer   

1770  Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.   

1772  On this day in history birth of ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d. 1833)