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Deaths on May 22

1501 : Robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66
1540 : Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57
1667 : Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Italian Pope (1655-67), dies at 68
1688 : Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist, dies at 70
1781 : Garret Wesley Mornington, composer, dies at 45
1801 : Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, composer, dies at 58
1819 : John H van Kinsbergen, lt-admiral/founder (Corps Marines), dies at 84
1825 : Domenico Corri, composer, dies at 80
1859 : Ferdinand II, [Re Bomba], Dutch King of Sicily, dies at 49
1868 : Julius Plcker, German mathematician/physicist (formula of P), dies
1878 : Franz von Holstein, composer, dies at 52
1880 : Heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician, dies at 80
1885 : Victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Mis‚rables), dies at 83
1898 : Edward Bellamy, writer, dies at 48
1910 : Jules Renard, French writer (Le plaisir the rompre), dies at 46
1921 : Marie E Wilton, writer, dies
1925 : John [Denton Pinkstone] French, Brit field marshall (WWI), dies at 72
1928 : William HT Gairdner, Engl missionary (Nile Mission Press), dies at 54
1932 : Lady Augusta, [Isabella Gregory], playwright (Gold Apple), dies at 80
1939 : Ernst Toller, writer, dies at 45
1939 : Willem de M‚rode, poet (Precious Blood), dies at 51
1945 : Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver, dies
1948 : Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57
1949 : Hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80
1949 : Klaus H T Mann, German/US writer (Turning Point), dies
1953 : Vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70
1957 : Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies
1958 : Magdalene Sz‚kely-Lulofs, author (Our Italian Employees), dies at 58
1961 : Joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53
1965 : Bobby Watson, comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77
1965 : Heinrich Barth, Swiss philosopher (Das Sein in der Zeit), dies
1966 : Tom Goddard, cricketer (22 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1930-39), dies
1967 : Henry C Rmke, psychiatrist (Light of Man), dies at 74
1967 : J Langston Hughes, US author (Tambourines to Glory), dies at 65
1970 : Joseph W Krutch, US writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76
1972 : Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80
1975 : Torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90
1977 : Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73
1977 : Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer, dies at 80
1978 : Bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83
1984 : John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery
1986 : Martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63
1987 : Mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65
1988 : Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71
1988 : Giorgio Almirante, Italy, fascist (member of parliament), dies at 73
1990 : Max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies
1990 : Rocky Graziano, boxer, dies at 71, of heart failure
1991 : Lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51
1993 : Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100
1994 : Frederick Hemming McClintock, criminologist, dies at 68
1994 : Mitacq, [Michel Tacq], Belg comic strip artist (Beaver Patrol), dies
1995 : Robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83
1996 : Duncan Montgomery Stewart, academic, dies at 66
1996 : Rex Collings, writer/publisher, dies at 70

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