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 this day in history bobby Watson, comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77   

1966  On this day in history tom Goddard, cricketer (22 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1930-39), dies   

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

1970  On May - 22 joseph W Krutch, US writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76   

1972  On May - 22 margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80   

1975  On May - 22 torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90   

1977  Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1978  Bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83 on May - 22.   

1984  John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery on May - 22.   

1986  On this day in history martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63   

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

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

1989  On May - 22 death of steven DeGroote, South African classical pianist (b. 1953)   

1990  Max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies on May - 22.   

1991  On May - 22 lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51   

1992  On May - 22 death of zellig Harris, American linguist (b. 1909)   

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  On this day in history robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83   

1996  Duncan Montgomery Stewart, academic, dies at 66 on May - 22.   

1997  On May - 22 death of alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1908)   

1998  Death of José Enrique Moyal, mathematical physicist (b. 1910) on May - 22.   

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  Death of Death of Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor, voice of Tony the Tiger (b. 1914) on May - 22.   

2006  Death of Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (b. 1945) on May - 22.   

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

2017  On May - 22 death of viktor Kupreichik, Belarusian chess Grandmaster   

2017  Death of Dina Merrill, American actress, heiress, socialite, businesswoman, and philanthropist on May - 22.   

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1622  On May - 22 birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698)   

1671  On this day in history birth of abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37)   

1715  On May - 22 birth of françois-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794)   

1722  On this day in history birth of johannes Schmidlin, composer   

1724  On May - 22 birth of marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772)   

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

1770  Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840) was born on May - 22.   

1772  On May - 22 birth of ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d. 1833)