Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 22

1949  On this day in history hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80   

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

1957  Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies on May - 22.   

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

1965  Bobby Watson, comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1967  J Langston Hughes, US author (Tambourines to Glory), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1970  Joseph W Krutch, US writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1972  Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1975  Torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90 on May - 22.   

1977  On this day in history gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73   

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

1984  John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery on May - 22.   

1986  On this day in history martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63   

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

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

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

1990  On this day in history max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies   

1991  On this day in history lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51   

1992  On May - 22 death of zellig Harris, American linguist (b. 1909)   

1993  On this day in history mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100   

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

1995  On May - 22 robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83   

1996  On May - 22 duncan Montgomery Stewart, academic, dies at 66   

1997  On this day in history death of alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1908)   

1998  On May - 22 death of josé Enrique Moyal, mathematical physicist (b. 1910)   

2003  Death of Ousmane Zongo, Burkinabé shooting victim on this day in history.   

2004  Death of Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945) on this day in history.   

2005  On May - 22 death of charilaos Florakis, Greek politician, long-time General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (b. 1914)   

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

2006  On May - 22 death of lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (b. 1945)   

2017  On this day in history death of nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer   

2017  Death of Viktor Kupreichik, Belarusian chess Grandmaster on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history death of dina Merrill, American actress, heiress, socialite, businesswoman, and philanthropist   

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1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

1671  On this day in history birth of abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37)   

1715  François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.   

1722  On May - 22 birth of johannes Schmidlin, composer   

1724  On this day in history birth of marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772)   

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

1770  On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)   

1772  Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d. 1833) was born on May - 22.