Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 22

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

1953  On May - 22 vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70   

1957  Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies on this day in history.   

1961  Joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53 on this day in history.   

1965  Bobby Watson, comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1972  On this day in history margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80   

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  On May - 22 bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83   

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

1986  On May - 22 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1991  On this day in history 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 May - 22 frederick Hemming McClintock, criminologist, dies at 68   

1995  Robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83 on May - 22.   

1996  Duncan Montgomery Stewart, academic, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

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

2003  On this day in history death of ousmane Zongo, Burkinabé shooting victim   

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

2005  On this day in history death of charilaos Florakis, Greek politician, long-time General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (b. 1914)   

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

2006  On this day in history death of lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (b. 1945)   

2017  On this day in history death of nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer   

2017  Death of Viktor Kupreichik, Belarusian chess Grandmaster on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history death of dina Merrill, American actress, heiress, socialite, businesswoman, and philanthropist   

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

1671  Abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37) was born on this day in history.   

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