Famous Deaths In December - 22

1918  Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1923  Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67 on December - 22.   

1937  Daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55 on December - 22.   

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

1940  On December - 22 nathanael West, [Weinstein], US writer (Cool Million), dies at 37   

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

1942  On this day in history death of franz Boas, German anthropologist (b. 1858)   

1943  On this day in history death of beatrix Potter, English writer (b. 1866)   

1944  On this day in history antoine Mariotte, composer, dies on 69th birthday   

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

1947  Death of Therese Brandl, Nazi concentration camp guard (b. 1902) on December - 22.   

1950  On this day in history julius Weismann, composer, dies at 70   

1951  On December - 22 powell Weaver, composer, dies at 61   

1955  Len Braund, cricketer (23 Tests for England 987 runs 47 wkts), dies on December - 22.   

1958  On this day in history fjodor W Gladkow, Russian author (Cement), dies at 75   

1959  Gilda Gray, actress (Piccadilly), dies of heart attack at 60 on December - 22.   

1964  Bonifacio Gil Garcia, composer, dies at 66 on December - 22.   

1965  On December - 22 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  On this day in history louise Granville, entertainer, dies of influenza at 73   

1969  On this day in history donald Foster, actor (Herbert Johnson-Hazel), dies at 80   

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

1973  Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer, dies at 87 on December - 22.   

1974  On this day in history fosco Giachetti, entertainer, dies at 70   

1977  Johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82 on December - 22.   

1979  On December - 22 darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77   

1980  On December - 22 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 this day in history.   

1986  Celius Dougherty, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1987  Alice Terry, [Taaffe], actress (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse), dies on December - 22.   

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  On December - 22 cecil Effinger, composer, dies at 76   

1991  On December - 22 ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus & Eurydike), dies at 91   

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1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on December - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

1459  On December - 22 birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II   

1515  On this day in history birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland   

1523  On this day in history birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen