Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 22
Friday, 02 January 2026
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 Daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55 on December - 22. 

1939 On December - 22 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 On this day in history leopoldo Mugnone, composer, dies at 83 

1942 Death of Franz Boas, German anthropologist (b. 1858) on December - 22. 

1943 On December - 22 death of beatrix Potter, English writer (b. 1866) 

1944 Antoine Mariotte, composer, dies on 69th birthday on this day in history. 

1945 On December - 22 otto Neurath, Austrian/British philosopher, dies at 63 

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

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

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 December - 22. 

1958 On December - 22 fjodor W Gladkow, Russian author (Cement), dies at 75 

1959 On this day in history gilda Gray, actress (Piccadilly), dies of heart attack at 60 

1964 Bonifacio Gil Garcia, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history. 

1965 Al Ritz, actor (Gorilla, Hi Ya Chum), dies at 62 on December - 22. 

1967 On this day in history lee Krieger, actor (Clambake, One Way Wahini), dies at 48 

1968 On December - 22 louise Granville, entertainer, dies of influenza at 73 

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 this day in history. 

1973 On December - 22 domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer, dies at 87 

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

1977 On this day in history johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82 

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 On this day in history death of d. Boon, American singer and guitarist (The Minutemen) (b. 1958) 

1986 On December - 22 celius Dougherty, composer, dies at 84 

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

1988 Tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies on December - 22. 

1989 On this day in history samuel Beckett, Irish/French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83 

1990 On December - 22 cecil Effinger, composer, dies at 76 

1991 Ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus & Eurydike), dies at 91 on this day in history. 

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