Famous Deaths In May - 22
Friday, 31 March 2023
1949 Hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1953 Vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1957 Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies on this day in history.
1961 On this day in history joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53
1965 On May - 22 bobby Watson, comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77
1966 Tom Goddard, cricketer (22 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1930-39), dies on May - 22.
1967 J Langston Hughes, US author (Tambourines to Glory), dies at 65 on May - 22.
1970 Joseph W Krutch, US writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1972 Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80 on May - 22.
1975 Torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90 on May - 22.
1977 On this day in history gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73
1978 Bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.
1984 John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery on this day in history.
1986 Martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63 on this day in history.
1987 Mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65 on May - 22.
1988 Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71 on May - 22.
1989 Death of Steven DeGroote, South African classical pianist (b. 1953) on this day in history.
1990 On May - 22 max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies
1991 On this day in history lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51
1992 Death of Zellig Harris, American linguist (b. 1909) on May - 22.
1993 On this day in history mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100
1994 On this day in history frederick Hemming McClintock, criminologist, dies at 68
1995 Robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83 on May - 22.
1996 On May - 22 duncan Montgomery Stewart, academic, dies at 66
1997 On this day in history death of alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1908)
1998 On this day in history death of josé Enrique Moyal, mathematical physicist (b. 1910)
2003 Death of Ousmane Zongo, Burkinabé shooting victim on May - 22.
2004 Death of Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945) on May - 22.
2005 Death of Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician, long-time General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (b. 1914) on this day in history.
2005 On this day in history death of death of Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor, voice of Tony the Tiger (b. 1914)
2006 Death of Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (b. 1945) on May - 22.
2017 Death of Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer on this day in history.
2017 Death of Viktor Kupreichik, Belarusian chess Grandmaster on May - 22.
2017 Death of Dina Merrill, American actress, heiress, socialite, businesswoman, and philanthropist on this day in history.
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