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  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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1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on this day in history.   

1178  On this day in history birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on this day in history.   

1428  On December - 22 birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

1452  On December - 22 birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

1459  On this day in history 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