Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 22

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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1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 22.   

1722  Johannes Schmidlin, composer was born on May - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

1770  On May - 22 birth of princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)   

1772  Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d. 1833) was born on this day in history.