Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 22
Sunday, 13 July 2025
1949 On May - 22 hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80
1953 On this day in history vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70
1957 Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies on May - 22.
1961 Joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53 on May - 22.
1965 Bobby Watson, comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77 on May - 22.
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 this day in history.
1970 On May - 22 joseph W Krutch, US writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76
1972 Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80 on May - 22.
1975 On this day in history torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90
1977 On May - 22 gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73
1978 On May - 22 bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83
1984 On May - 22 john Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery
1986 On this day in history martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63
1987 Mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1988 Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71 on May - 22.
1989 On May - 22 death of steven DeGroote, South African classical pianist (b. 1953)
1990 Max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1993 Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100 on May - 22.
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 this day in history.
1997 On May - 22 death of alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1908)
1998 On May - 22 death of josé Enrique Moyal, mathematical physicist (b. 1910)
2003 On this day in history death of ousmane Zongo, Burkinabé shooting victim
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 this day in history 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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