Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 22

1918  Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83 on December - 22.   

1923  Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1937  On December - 22 daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55   

1939  Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues", US blues singer/composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1940  Nathanael West, [Weinstein], US writer (Cool Million), dies at 37 on December - 22.   

1941  On December - 22 leopoldo Mugnone, composer, dies at 83   

1942  Death of Franz Boas, German anthropologist (b. 1858) on this day in history.   

1943  Death of Beatrix Potter, English writer (b. 1866) on December - 22.   

1944  On December - 22 antoine Mariotte, composer, dies on 69th birthday   

1945  Otto Neurath, Austrian/British philosopher, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history death of therese Brandl, Nazi concentration camp guard (b. 1902)   

1950  Julius Weismann, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1951  Powell Weaver, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1955  Len Braund, cricketer (23 Tests for England 987 runs 47 wkts), dies on this day in history.   

1958  Fjodor W Gladkow, Russian author (Cement), dies at 75 on December - 22.   

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 this day in history lee Krieger, actor (Clambake, One Way Wahini), dies at 48   

1968  Louise Granville, entertainer, dies of influenza at 73 on December - 22.   

1969  Donald Foster, actor (Herbert Johnson-Hazel), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1971  On December - 22 godfried Jan Arnold Bomans, Dutch writer (Eric), dies at 58   

1973  On this day in history domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer, dies at 87   

1974  On December - 22 fosco Giachetti, entertainer, dies at 70   

1977  Johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1979  On December - 22 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  Celius Dougherty, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1987  On December - 22 alice Terry, [Taaffe], actress (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse), dies   

1988  On December - 22 tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies   

1989  Samuel Beckett, Irish/French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history cecil Effinger, composer, dies at 76   

1991  On this day in history ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus & Eurydike), dies at 91   

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1095  On this day in history birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

1178  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on this day in history.   

1400  On this day in history birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on this day in history.   

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on December - 22.   

1459  On this day in history birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II   

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland was born on this day in history.   

1523  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on December - 22.