Famous Deaths In December - 22

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

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  On December - 22 nathanael West, [Weinstein], US writer (Cool Million), dies at 37   

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

1945  Otto Neurath, Austrian/British philosopher, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1947  Death of Therese Brandl, Nazi concentration camp guard (b. 1902) on December - 22.   

1950  On this day in history julius Weismann, composer, dies at 70   

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

1955  On December - 22 len Braund, cricketer (23 Tests for England 987 runs 47 wkts), dies   

1958  On this day in history fjodor W Gladkow, Russian author (Cement), dies at 75   

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

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

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

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

1968  Louise Granville, entertainer, dies of influenza at 73 on December - 22.   

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

1971  On December - 22 godfried Jan Arnold Bomans, Dutch writer (Eric), dies at 58   

1973  On December - 22 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  On December - 22 darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77   

1980  Death of Dick Kallman, actor (Hank Dearborn-Hank), murdered at 47 on this day in history.   

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

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

1987  Alice Terry, [Taaffe], actress (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse), dies on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies   

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

1990  On December - 22 cecil Effinger, composer, dies at 76   

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

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

1178  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on December - 22.   

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

1428  On this day in history birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

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

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

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland was born on this day in history.   

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