December 22 - Deaths

Deaths

• 69 – Vitellius (b. 15)
• 1100 – Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia
• 1550 – Richard Plantagenet, British bricklayer and claimant to the House of Plantagenet
• 1603 – Mehmed III of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1566)
• 1646 – Peter Mogila, Moldavian religious figure (b. 1596)
• 1660 – André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)
• 1681 – Richard Alleine, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1611)
• 1708 – Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (b. 1681)
• 1738 – Constantia Jones, British prostitute (b. c. 1708)
• 1767 – John Newbery, English publisher (b. 1713)
• 1788 – Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714)
• 1806 – William Vernon, American merchant (b. 1719)
• 1828 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist (b. 1766)
• 1867 – Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (b. 1788)
• 1870 – Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet and writer (b. 1836)
• 1880 – George Eliot, English writer (b. 1819)
• 1899 – Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist (b. 1837)
• 1902 – Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German psychiatrist (b. 1840)
• 1917 – Mother Cabrini, American Catholic saint (b. 1850)
• 1939 – Ma Rainey, American singer (b. 1886)
• 1940 – Nathanael West, American writer (b. 1903)
• 1942 – Franz Boas, German anthropologist (b. 1858)
• 1943 – Beatrix Potter, English writer (b. 1866)
• 1944 – Harry Langdon, American film actor (b. 1884)
• 1959 – Gilda Gray, Polish-born American dancer and actress (b. 1901)
• 1960 – Ninian Comper, Scottish architect (b. 1864)
• 1965 – Richard Dimbleby, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1913)
• 1971 – Godfried Bomans, Dutch author and television personality (b. 1913)
• 1974 – Sterling North, American author (b. 1906)
• 1979 – Darryl F. Zanuck, American producer (b. 1902)
• 1985 – D. Boon, American singer and guitarist (The Minutemen) (b. 1958)
• 1986 – Ida Cook, British novelist (b. 1904)
• 1987 – Luca Prodan, Italian-Scottish singer (Sumo) (b. 1953)
• 1988 – Chico Mendes, Brazilian rubber tapper and environmental activist (b. 1944)
• 1989 – Samuel Beckett, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1992 – Frederick Franz, Watchtower president (b. 1893)
• 1995 – Butterfly McQueen, American actress (b. 1911)
• 1995 – James Meade, English economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (b. 1907)
• 2001 – Ovidiu Iacov, Romanian footballer (b. 1981)
• 2002 – Desmond Hoyte, Guyanan politician (b. 1929)
• 2002 – Joe Strummer, English musician (The Clash) (b. 1952)
• 2003 – Dave Dudley, American singer (b. 1928)
• 2004 – Doug Ault, American baseball player (b. 1950)
• 2006 – Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (b. 1960)
• 2006 – Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer (b. 1919)
• 2006 – Dennis Linde, American songwriter (b. 1943)
• 2007 – Adrian Cristobal, Filipino writer (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Albert Scanlon, English footballer (b. 1935)
• 2009 – Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian politician (b. 1940)
• 2010 – Fred Foy, American radio and television announcer (b. 1921)