Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 22

1949  On this day in history hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80   

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

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

1970  On this day in history joseph W Krutch, US writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76   

1972  Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1975  Torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90 on May - 22.   

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  John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1989  Death of Steven DeGroote, South African classical pianist (b. 1953) on May - 22.   

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

2005  Death of Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician, long-time General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (b. 1914) on May - 22.   

2005  On May - 22 death of death of Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor, voice of Tony the Tiger (b. 1914)   

2006  On May - 22 death of lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (b. 1945)   

2017  Death of Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer on May - 22.   

2017  On this day in history death of viktor Kupreichik, Belarusian chess Grandmaster   

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

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1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698) was born on May - 22.   

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  On May - 22 birth of johannes Schmidlin, composer   

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 this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)   

1772  On this day in history birth of ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d. 1833)