Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 22

1918  Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83 on December - 22.   

1923  Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67 on December - 22.   

1937  On December - 22 daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55   

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

1940  On this day in history nathanael West, [Weinstein], US writer (Cool Million), dies at 37   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1950  Julius Weismann, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1964  On December - 22 bonifacio Gil Garcia, composer, dies at 66   

1965  On this day in history al Ritz, actor (Gorilla, Hi Ya Chum), dies at 62   

1967  On December - 22 lee Krieger, actor (Clambake, One Way Wahini), dies at 48   

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

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

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  On this day in history death of d. Boon, American singer and guitarist (The Minutemen) (b. 1958)   

1986  On this day in history celius Dougherty, composer, dies at 84   

1987  On this day in history alice Terry, [Taaffe], actress (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse), dies   

1988  On December - 22 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 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  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on this day in history.   

1178  On this day in history birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on December - 22.   

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

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

1523  On this day in history birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen