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May 22, 2004 Richard Biggs, actor, Babylon 5, dies at 44 May 22, 2001 Whitman Mayo, actor, Sanford and Son, dies at 70 May 22, 2000 Randolph Walker, theater actor, dies at 72 May 22, 1998 John Derek, actor/director, dies at 71 May 22, 1997 Alfred Day Hershey, American Scientist May 22, 1996 Duncan Montgomery Stewart, academic, dies at 66 May 22, 1996 Rex Collings, writer/publisher, dies at 70 May 22, 1995 Robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83 May 22, 1994 Frederick Hemming McClintock, criminologist, dies at 68 May 22, 1994 Mitacq, [Michel Tacq], Belg comic strip artist (Beaver Patrol), dies May 22, 1993 Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/U.S. pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100 May 22, 1991 Lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51 May 22, 1990 Max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies May 22, 1990 Rocky Graziano, boxer, dies at 71, of heart failure May 22, 1988 Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71 May 22, 1988 Giorgio Almirante, Italy, fascist (member of parliament), dies at 73 May 22, 1987 Mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65 May 22, 1986 Martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63 May 22, 1985 Alister Hardy, British Scientist May 22, 1984 John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery May 22, 1978 Bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83 May 22, 1977 Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73 May 22, 1977 Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer, dies at 80 May 22, 1975 Torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90 May 22, 1972 Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80 May 22, 1972 C. Day Lewis, English Poet May 22, 1970 Joseph W. Krutch, U.S. writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76 May 22, 1970 Joseph Wood Krutch, American Environmentalist May 22, 1967 Henry C Rumke, psychiatrist (Light of Man), dies at 74 May 22, 1967 J Langston Hughes, U.S. author (Tambourines to Glory), dies at 65 May 22, 1967 Langston Hughes, American Poet May 22, 1965 Bobby Watson, comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77 May 22, 1965 Heinrich Barth, Swiss philosopher (Das Sein in der Zeit), dies May 22, 1961 Joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53 May 22, 1958 Magdalene Szekely-Lulofs, author (Our Italian Employees), dies at 58 May 22, 1957 Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies May 22, 1953 Vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70 May 22, 1949 Hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80 May 22, 1949 Klaus H T Mann, German/US writer (Turning Point), dies May 22, 1948 Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57 May 22, 1948 Claude McKay, Jamaican Writer May 22, 1945 Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver, dies May 22, 1939 Ernst Toller, writer, dies at 45 May 22, 1939 Willem de Merode, poet (Precious Blood), dies at 51 May 22, 1932 Lady Augusta, [Isabella Gregory], playwright (Gold Apple), dies at 80 May 22, 1932 Lady Gregory, Irish Dramatist May 22, 1928 William HT Gairdner, Engl missionary (Nile Mission Press), dies at 54 May 22, 1925 John [Denton Pinkstone] French, British field marshall (WWI), dies at 72 May 22, 1921 Marie E Wilton, writer, dies May 22, 1910 Jules Renard, French writer (Le plaisir the rompre), dies at 46 May 22, 1898 Edward Bellamy, writer, dies at 48 May 22, 1885 Victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Miserables), dies at 83 May 22, 1885 Victor Hugo, French Author May 22, 1880 Heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician, dies at 80 May 22, 1878 Franz von Holstein, composer, dies at 52 May 22, 1868 Julius Plucker, German mathematician/physicist (formula of P), dies May 22, 1859 Ferdinand II, [Re Bomba], Dutch King of Sicily, dies at 49 May 22, 1849 Maria Edgeworth, Irish Novelist May 22, 1825 Domenico Corri, composer, dies at 80 May 22, 1819 John H van Kinsbergen, lt-admiral/founder (Corps Marines), dies at 84 May 22, 1819 Hugh Williamson, American Politician May 22, 1801 Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, composer, dies at 58 May 22, 1781 Garret Wesley Mornington, composer, dies at 45 May 22, 1688 Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist, dies at 70 May 22, 1667 Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Italian Pope (1655-67), dies at 68 May 22, 1540 Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/president of Romagna, dies at 57 May 22, 1501 Robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66 May 22, 987 Louis V le Faineant, the Lazy, king of France (986-87), poisoned at 20 May 22, 337 Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies |