Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 22

1918  On December - 22 albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83   

1923  Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67 on December - 22.   

1937  On this day in history daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55   

1939  On December - 22 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  Leopoldo Mugnone, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history death of franz Boas, German anthropologist (b. 1858)   

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

1944  Antoine Mariotte, composer, dies on 69th birthday on December - 22.   

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  On this day in history julius Weismann, composer, dies at 70   

1951  Powell Weaver, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1964  On December - 22 bonifacio Gil Garcia, composer, dies at 66   

1965  On December - 22 al Ritz, actor (Gorilla, Hi Ya Chum), dies at 62   

1967  Lee Krieger, actor (Clambake, One Way Wahini), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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

1969  Donald Foster, actor (Herbert Johnson-Hazel), dies at 80 on December - 22.   

1971  Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans, Dutch writer (Eric), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1973  Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer, dies at 87 on December - 22.   

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

1977  Johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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  On December - 22 death of d. Boon, American singer and guitarist (The Minutemen) (b. 1958)   

1986  On this day in history celius Dougherty, composer, dies at 84   

1987  On December - 22 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  Samuel Beckett, Irish/French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

1991  On December - 22 ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus & Eurydike), dies at 91   

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1095  On December - 22 birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

1178  On December - 22 birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

1400  On December - 22 birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on this day in history.   

1452  On December - 22 birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

1459  On December - 22 birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II   

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

1523  On this day in history birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen