Famous Deaths In May - 22

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

1953  On this day in history vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70   

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

1961  On May - 22 joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53   

1965  On this day in history bobby Watson, comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77   

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 May - 22.   

1970  On this day in history joseph W Krutch, US writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76   

1972  On this day in history margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80   

1975  Torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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

1978  Bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

1986  On May - 22 martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63   

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

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

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

1990  Max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies on this day in history.   

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

1992  On this day in history death of zellig Harris, American linguist (b. 1909)   

1993  On this day in history mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100   

1994  On May - 22 frederick Hemming McClintock, criminologist, dies at 68   

1995  On this day in history robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83   

1996  On May - 22 duncan Montgomery Stewart, academic, dies at 66   

1997  On this day in history death of alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1908)   

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  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 May - 22.   

2006  On May - 22 death of lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (b. 1945)   

2017  Death of Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer on this day in history.   

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

2017  Death of Dina Merrill, American actress, heiress, socialite, businesswoman, and philanthropist on this day in history.   

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

1671  Abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37) was born on May - 22.   

1715  On May - 22 birth of françois-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794)   

1722  On May - 22 birth of johannes Schmidlin, composer   

1724  Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772) was born on May - 22.   

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

1770  On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)   

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