Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 22

1949  Hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80 on May - 22.   

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 May - 22 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 this day in history.   

1967  On May - 22 j Langston Hughes, US author (Tambourines to Glory), dies at 65   

1970  Joseph W Krutch, US writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76 on May - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

1977  Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73 on May - 22.   

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 May - 22.   

1987  On this day in history mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65   

1988  On this day in history dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71   

1989  Death of Steven DeGroote, South African classical pianist (b. 1953) on May - 22.   

1990  On this day in history max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies   

1991  Lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51 on this day in history.   

1992  Death of Zellig Harris, American linguist (b. 1909) on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100   

1994  On May - 22 frederick Hemming McClintock, criminologist, dies at 68   

1995  Robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history duncan Montgomery Stewart, academic, dies at 66   

1997  Death of Alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1908) on this day in history.   

1998  On this day in history death of josé Enrique Moyal, mathematical physicist (b. 1910)   

2003  Death of Ousmane Zongo, Burkinabé shooting victim on this day in history.   

2004  On May - 22 death of mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945)   

2005  Death of Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician, long-time General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (b. 1914) on May - 22.   

2005  Death of Death of Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor, voice of Tony the Tiger (b. 1914) on this day in history.   

2006  On May - 22 death of lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (b. 1945)   

2017  On May - 22 death of nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer   

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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1622  On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698)   

1671  On May - 22 birth of abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37)   

1715  François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.   

1722  On May - 22 birth of johannes Schmidlin, composer   

1724  Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772) was born on this day in history.   

1759  Gervais-Francois Couperin, composer was born on May - 22.   

1770  On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)   

1772  On this day in history birth of ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d. 1833)