Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 22

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

1923  On this day in history arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67   

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

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

1940  On this day in history nathanael West, [Weinstein], US writer (Cool Million), dies at 37   

1941  Leopoldo Mugnone, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1942  On December - 22 death of franz Boas, German anthropologist (b. 1858)   

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

1944  Antoine Mariotte, composer, dies on 69th birthday on December - 22.   

1945  Otto Neurath, Austrian/British philosopher, dies at 63 on December - 22.   

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 December - 22.   

1955  On December - 22 len Braund, cricketer (23 Tests for England 987 runs 47 wkts), dies   

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  On December - 22 bonifacio Gil Garcia, composer, dies at 66   

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  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  Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans, Dutch writer (Eric), dies at 58 on December - 22.   

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 this day in history darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77   

1980  Death of Dick Kallman, actor (Hank Dearborn-Hank), murdered at 47 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on December - 22.   

1178  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on December - 22.   

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

1428  On this day in history birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

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

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on this day in history.   

1515  On December - 22 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