Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 22

1949  On May - 22 hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80   

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

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

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

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

1966  Tom Goddard, cricketer (22 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1930-39), dies on this day in history.   

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 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  Bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1984  On May - 22 john Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery   

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

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  On May - 22 death of steven DeGroote, South African classical pianist (b. 1953)   

1990  On this day in history max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies   

1991  Lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51 on May - 22.   

1992  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1995  Robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83 on May - 22.   

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  Death of José Enrique Moyal, mathematical physicist (b. 1910) on this day in history.   

2003  On this day in history death of ousmane Zongo, Burkinabé shooting victim   

2004  Death of Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

2017  On May - 22 death of nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer   

2017  Death of Viktor Kupreichik, Belarusian chess Grandmaster on May - 22.   

2017  Death of Dina Merrill, American actress, heiress, socialite, businesswoman, and philanthropist on May - 22.   

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1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698) was born on May - 22.   

1671  On this day in history birth of abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37)   

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 this day in history birth of marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772)   

1759  Gervais-Francois Couperin, composer was born on this day in history.   

1770  Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840) was born on May - 22.   

1772  On May - 22 birth of ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d. 1833)