Famous Deaths In May - 22

1949  On this day in history hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80   

1953  Vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies   

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

1965  On May - 22 bobby Watson, comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77   

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 this day in history.   

1970  Joseph W Krutch, US writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1972  Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

1977  On May - 22 gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73   

1978  Bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83 on May - 22.   

1984  John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery on May - 22.   

1986  On this day in history martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63   

1987  Mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1988  Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71 on May - 22.   

1989  Death of Steven DeGroote, South African classical pianist (b. 1953) on May - 22.   

1990  On May - 22 max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies   

1991  On May - 22 lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51   

1992  On May - 22 death of zellig Harris, American linguist (b. 1909)   

1993  Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100 on May - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

1998  Death of José Enrique Moyal, mathematical physicist (b. 1910) on May - 22.   

2003  Death of Ousmane Zongo, Burkinabé shooting victim on this day in history.   

2004  On May - 22 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 this day in history.   

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

2006  Death of Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (b. 1945) on May - 22.   

2017  On this day in history death of nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer   

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

2017  On May - 22 death of dina Merrill, American actress, heiress, socialite, businesswoman, and philanthropist   

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1622  On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698)   

1671  Abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37) was born on this day in history.   

1715  François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794) was born on May - 22.   

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

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

1772  On this day in history birth of ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d. 1833)