Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 22

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

1923  On December - 22 arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67   

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

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

1940  Nathanael West, [Weinstein], US writer (Cool Million), dies at 37 on December - 22.   

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

1942  On December - 22 death of franz Boas, German anthropologist (b. 1858)   

1943  On this day in history death of beatrix Potter, English writer (b. 1866)   

1944  On December - 22 antoine Mariotte, composer, dies on 69th birthday   

1945  On December - 22 otto Neurath, Austrian/British philosopher, dies at 63   

1947  Death of Therese Brandl, Nazi concentration camp guard (b. 1902) on this day in history.   

1950  On December - 22 julius Weismann, composer, dies at 70   

1951  Powell Weaver, composer, dies at 61 on December - 22.   

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

1958  On December - 22 fjodor W Gladkow, Russian author (Cement), dies at 75   

1959  Gilda Gray, actress (Piccadilly), dies of heart attack at 60 on December - 22.   

1964  On this day in history bonifacio Gil Garcia, composer, dies at 66   

1965  Al Ritz, actor (Gorilla, Hi Ya Chum), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history lee Krieger, actor (Clambake, One Way Wahini), dies at 48   

1968  On December - 22 louise Granville, entertainer, dies of influenza at 73   

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

1971  Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans, Dutch writer (Eric), dies at 58 on December - 22.   

1973  On this day in history domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer, dies at 87   

1974  On December - 22 fosco Giachetti, entertainer, dies at 70   

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

1979  Darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1980  Death of Dick Kallman, actor (Hank Dearborn-Hank), murdered at 47 on December - 22.   

1985  Death of D. Boon, American singer and guitarist (The Minutemen) (b. 1958) on this day in history.   

1986  Celius Dougherty, composer, dies at 84 on December - 22.   

1987  Alice Terry, [Taaffe], actress (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse), dies on December - 22.   

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  Cecil Effinger, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1991  Ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus & Eurydike), dies at 91 on December - 22.   

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1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on this day in history.   

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

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on this day in history.   

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on December - 22.   

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

1459  On this day in history 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 December - 22 birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen