May 22nd famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on May 22nd

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on May 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

• Robert Asprin

  American soldier and author (d.2008)

• Charilaos Florakis

  Long-serving General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (Born in 1914), a Greek politician

• Julia Randall

  American family, daughter of Tony Randall (77) and Heather Harlan (27), their first child. Randall, who was widowed after 54 years and had no children, is delighted to have his daughter.

• Ousmane Zongo

  Burkinabe shooting victim

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on May 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

• John Derek

  After his 1944 debut film, "Since You Were Away," he was drafted into the military. He signed a Columbia postwar contract and was named the "most popular find of 1949". His films include "All the King's Men", and "Rogues of Sherwood Forest."

• Jose Enrique Moyal

  Mathematical physicist (Born in 1910)

• Renzo Montagnani

  Italian actor (Born 1930)

• Rex Collings

  Writer/Publisher dies at the age of 70

• Duncan Montgomery Stewart

  Academic, dies at the age of 66.

• Robert Flemyng

  Actor (Kafka Rebecca, Funny Face), is killed at 83

• Mitacq [Michel Tacq]

  Belgian comic strip artist (Beaver Patrol), dies.

• Frederick Hemming McClintock

  At 68, criminologist dies.

• Mieczyslaw Horszowski

  Polish/US pianist (Carnegie Hall), passes away at 100.

• Zellig Harris

  American methodologist and linguist (d. 1992).

• Lino Brocka

  Jaguar driver, director Macho Dancer, dies in a car accident at 51

• Stan Mortensen

  English professional footballer (Born in 1921)

• Rocky Graziano

  American actor and boxer (d. 1990).

• Max Wall

  Actor (Jabberwocky)

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on May 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

• Steven DeGroote

  South African classical pianist (Born 1953).

• Giorgio Almirante

  Italian politician and leader of Italy's Neo-Fascist party. He was Mussolini's chief of staff, and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies eleven times from 1948 to 1987 when his party became the fourth-largest in Parliament. Married and had four children. Heart disease was a chronic condition that lasted for many years.

• Mario Zafred

  Composer dies at 65

• Martin Gabel

  Actor (Thief Marnie), dies aged 63

• Wolfgang Reitherman

  German-American Disney animator, director, and producer (Born in 1909)

• John Marley

  Cat Ballou, an actor, dies at 77 after undergoing heart surgery

• Albert Claude

  Belgian biologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine by the Nobel Committee (Born 1899).

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on May 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

• Bjarne Brustad

  Composer dies at 83

• Gijsbert van Hall

  Banker/Mayor of Amsterdam (1957-1967), dies aged 73.

• Marius Monnikendam

  Dutch composer of choirs, dies at the age of 80.

• Torben Meyer

  Actor (Viking. Roberta. Sunny) dies at 90

• Lefty Grove

  American baseball player (Born in 1900).

• Margaret Rutherford

  English actress (Born in 1892)

• Cecil Day-Lewis

  England, United Kingdom -- Detective (Nicholas Blake), Poet laureate/Poet laureate (England)

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on May 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

• Langston Hughes

  American writer and a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He was a poet who wrote in dialect using blues rhythms and jazz rhythms to discuss black issues.

• J Langston Hughes

  US Author (Tambourines to Glory), Dies at 65

• Christopher Stone

  Manchester, New Hampshire -- Actor (Dave-Dallas, Interns)

• Bobby Watson

  At 77 years old, comedian (Hitler Gang Boys Town), passes away.

• Joan Davis

  Actress Joan (I Married Joan) dies at 53 from a heart attack

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on May 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

• Vaclav Klicka

  Composer dies at age 70

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on May 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

• Klaus H T Mann

  German/US writer, Turning Point, dies at the age of 42.

• Hans Erich Pfitzner

  Russian/German composer dies at the age of 80.

• Claude McKaye

  At 57 years old, a Jamaican/American poet/author (Banjo Home to Harlem) dies in Chicago.

• Carel A Lion Cachet

  Wood carver / Lithographer

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on May 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

• Ernst Toller

  German author (Born 1893)

• Jiri Mahen

  Czech author (Born 1882)

• Lady Augusta [Isabella Gregory]

  Playwright (Gold Apple) dies at age 80

• Lady Gregory

  Irish playwright (Born in 1852)

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on May 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

• William HT Gairdner

  Engl Missionary (Nile Mission Press), is killed at 54

• John [Denton Pinkstone] French

  British field marshall (WWI), is killed at 72.

• Marie E Wilton writer

  dies.

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on May 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

• Jules Renard French writer (Le plaisir the rompre)

  At age 46, he dies.

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on May 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

• Gaetano Bresci

  Italian-American assassin at Umberto I of Italy (d. 2001)