Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 22

1949  Hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

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

1961  On this day in history joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53   

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

1966  On this day in history 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 May - 22.   

1970  Joseph W Krutch, US writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76 on May - 22.   

1972  Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80 on May - 22.   

1975  On May - 22 torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90   

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

1978  On this day in history bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83   

1984  On this day in history john Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery   

1986  Martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63 on May - 22.   

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

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

1989  On this day in history death of steven DeGroote, South African classical pianist (b. 1953)   

1990  Max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies on May - 22.   

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

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

1993  On May - 22 mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100   

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

1995  Robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1996  Duncan Montgomery Stewart, academic, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1997  Death of Alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1908) on May - 22.   

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  On this day in history death of mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945)   

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

1671  On May - 22 birth of abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37)   

1715  On this day in history birth of françois-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794)   

1722  Johannes Schmidlin, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840) was born on May - 22.   

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