Famous Deaths In December - 22
Thursday, 09 May 2024
1918 On this day in history albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83
1923 Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67 on December - 22.
1937 On this day in history 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 Nathanael West, [Weinstein], US writer (Cool Million), dies at 37 on this day in history.
1941 On this day in history leopoldo Mugnone, composer, dies at 83
1942 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1950 Julius Weismann, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1951 On December - 22 powell Weaver, composer, dies at 61
1955 Len Braund, cricketer (23 Tests for England 987 runs 47 wkts), dies on this day in history.
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 Bonifacio Gil Garcia, composer, dies at 66 on December - 22.
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 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 On this day in history fosco Giachetti, entertainer, dies at 70
1977 Johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1979 On this day in history darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77
1980 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history 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 Cecil Effinger, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1991 Ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus & Eurydike), dies at 91 on December - 22.
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