Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 22

1918  On this day in history albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83   

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

1937  Daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55 on this day in history.   

1939  Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues", US blues singer/composer, dies at 53 on December - 22.   

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

1941  Leopoldo Mugnone, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1942  Death of Franz Boas, German anthropologist (b. 1858) on December - 22.   

1943  On December - 22 death of beatrix Potter, English writer (b. 1866)   

1944  On this day in history antoine Mariotte, composer, dies on 69th birthday   

1945  Otto Neurath, Austrian/British philosopher, dies at 63 on December - 22.   

1947  On December - 22 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 December - 22.   

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  On December - 22 gilda Gray, actress (Piccadilly), dies of heart attack at 60   

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

1965  On this day in history 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 December - 22.   

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 December - 22.   

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

1974  Fosco Giachetti, entertainer, dies at 70 on December - 22.   

1977  On December - 22 johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82   

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 this day in history.   

1985  Death of D. Boon, American singer and guitarist (The Minutemen) (b. 1958) on December - 22.   

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  Tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies on December - 22.   

1989  On this day in history samuel Beckett, Irish/French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83   

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 this day in history birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

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

1400  On this day in history birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

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

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on December - 22.   

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on December - 22.   

1515  On this day in history birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland   

1523  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on this day in history.