Famous Deaths In May - 22

1949  Hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 May - 22.  

1967  J Langston Hughes, US author (Tambourines to Glory), dies at 65 on May - 22.  

1970  Joseph W Krutch, US writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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 May - 22.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1987  Mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65 on May - 22.  

1988  Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71 on May - 22.  

1989  Death of Steven DeGroote, South African classical pianist (b. 1953) on this day in history.  

1990  On May - 22 max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies  

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 May - 22.  

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

1996  On May - 22 duncan Montgomery Stewart, academic, dies at 66  

1997  On this day in history death of alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1908)  

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

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  On this day in history death of death of Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor, voice of Tony the Tiger (b. 1914)  

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

2017  Death of Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer on this day in history.  

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

1722  Johannes Schmidlin, composer was born on this day in history.  

1724  Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772) was born on May - 22.  

1759  On this day in history birth of gervais-Francois Couperin, composer  

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

1772  Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d. 1833) was born on May - 22.