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

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  Antoine Mariotte, composer, dies on 69th birthday on December - 22.   

1945  On December - 22 otto Neurath, Austrian/British philosopher, dies at 63   

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  Len Braund, cricketer (23 Tests for England 987 runs 47 wkts), dies on December - 22.   

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

1965  Al Ritz, actor (Gorilla, Hi Ya Chum), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1967  Lee Krieger, actor (Clambake, One Way Wahini), dies at 48 on December - 22.   

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

1969  On December - 22 donald Foster, actor (Herbert Johnson-Hazel), dies at 80   

1971  On this day in history godfried Jan Arnold Bomans, Dutch writer (Eric), dies at 58   

1973  Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

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  On December - 22 death of dick Kallman, actor (Hank Dearborn-Hank), murdered at 47   

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  On December - 22 alice Terry, [Taaffe], actress (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse), dies   

1988  Tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1991  On this day in history ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus & Eurydike), dies at 91   

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

1178  On December - 22 birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

1400  On December - 22 birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on this day in history.   

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

1459  On December - 22 birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II   

1515  On December - 22 birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland   

1523  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on December - 22.