Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 22

1949  Hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80 on May - 22.   

1953  Vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70 on May - 22.   

1957  Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80   

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

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

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  Martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63 on May - 22.   

1987  On May - 22 mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65   

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

1989  Death of Steven DeGroote, South African classical pianist (b. 1953) on this day in history.   

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

1991  Lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51 on this day in history.   

1992  Death of Zellig Harris, American linguist (b. 1909) on May - 22.   

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 May - 22.   

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  Death of Alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1908) on May - 22.   

1998  On this day in history 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  Death of Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician, long-time General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (b. 1914) on May - 22.   

2005  Death of Death of Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor, voice of Tony the Tiger (b. 1914) on May - 22.   

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

2017  Death of Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer on May - 22.   

2017  On this day in history death of viktor Kupreichik, Belarusian chess Grandmaster   

2017  Death of Dina Merrill, American actress, heiress, socialite, businesswoman, and philanthropist on this day in history.   

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1622  On May - 22 birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698)   

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

1715  On May - 22 birth of françois-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794)   

1722  Johannes Schmidlin, composer was born on May - 22.   

1724  On May - 22 birth of marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772)   

1759  Gervais-Francois Couperin, composer was born on May - 22.   

1770  On May - 22 birth of princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)   

1772  Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d. 1833) was born on this day in history.