Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 22

1918  On this day in history albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83   

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

1937  Daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55 on this day in history.   

1939  On December - 22 ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues", US blues singer/composer, dies at 53   

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

1943  Death of Beatrix Potter, English writer (b. 1866) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1950  On December - 22 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  Fjodor W Gladkow, Russian author (Cement), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1964  On this day in history bonifacio Gil Garcia, composer, dies at 66   

1965  Al Ritz, actor (Gorilla, Hi Ya Chum), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1967  Lee Krieger, actor (Clambake, One Way Wahini), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history louise Granville, entertainer, dies of influenza at 73   

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

1971  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history death of d. Boon, American singer and guitarist (The Minutemen) (b. 1958)   

1986  Celius Dougherty, composer, dies at 84 on December - 22.   

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

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  Cecil Effinger, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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1095  On December - 22 birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

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  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on December - 22.   

1452  On this day in history birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

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  On December - 22 birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen