22 March Deaths

Published : 22 Mar 2019, 09:45

Sahos Desk

March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

880 – Carloman of Bavaria, Frankish king
1144 – William of Norwich, child murder victim
1322 – Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician, Lord High Steward of England (b. 1278)
1418 – Dietrich of Nieheim, German bishop and historian (b. 1345)
1421 – Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, English soldier and politician, Lord High Steward of England (b. 1388)
1454 – John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury
1471 – George of Poděbrady (b. 1420)
1544 – Johannes Magnus, Swedish archbishop and theologian (b. 1488)
1602 – Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and educator (b. 1557)
1685 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
1687 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and conductor (b. 1632)
1758 – Jonathan Edwards, English minister, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1703)
1772 – John Canton, English physicist and academic (b. 1718)
1820 – Stephen Decatur, American commander (b. 1779)
1832 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (b. 1749)
1840 – Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (b. 1798)
1864 – Konstanty Kalinowski, writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary (b. 1838)
1881 – Samuel Courtauld, English businessman (b. 1793)
1896 – Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and politician (b. 1822)
1913 – Song Jiaoren, Chinese educator and politician (b. 1882)
1913 – Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist (b.1864)
1924 – William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (b. 1848)
1931 – James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1851)
1942 – Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
1942 – William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
1945 – John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)
1952 – D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)
1955 – Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
1958 – Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
1960 – José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)
1966 – John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)
1971 – Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (b. 1893)
1971 – Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian (b. 1886)
1974 – Peter Revson, American race car driver (b. 1939)
1974 – Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (b. 1910)
1976 – John Dwyer McLaughlin, American painter (b. 1898)
1977 – A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (b. 1904)
1978 – Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (b. 1905)
1979 – Ben Lyon, American actor and studio executive (b. 1901)
1981 – James Elliott, American runner and coach (b. 1915)
1981 – Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician, 13th President of the Senate of the Philippines (b. 1907)
1986 – Olive Deering, American actress (b. 1918)
1986 – Mark Dinning, American singer (b. 1933)
1987 – Odysseas Angelis, Greek general and politician (b. 1912)
1989 – Peta Taylor, English cricketer (b. 1912)
1990 – Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer and academic (b. 1928)
1991 – Léon Balcer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1917)
1991 – Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1908)
1991 – Dave Guard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
1991 – Gloria Holden, English-American actress (b. 1908)
1993 – Steve Olin, American baseball player (b. 1965)
1994 – Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter, and producer (b. 1950)
1994 – Walter Lantz, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1900)
1996 – Don Murray, American drummer (b. 1945)
1996 – Robert F. Overmyer, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1936)
1996 – Billy Williamson, American guitarist (b. 1925)
1999 – Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic (b. 1913)
1999 – David Strickland, American actor (b. 1969)
2000 – Carlo Parola, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
2001 – Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
2001 – Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish soldier and pilot (b. 1913)
2001 – William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1910)
2001 – Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant (b. 1910)
2002 – Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1917)
2003 – Terry Lloyd, English journalist (b. 1952)
2004 – Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1943)
2004 – Ahmed Yassin, Co-founded Hamas (b. 1937)
2004 – V. M. Tarkunde, Indian lawyer and civil rights activist (b. 1909)
2005 – Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947)
2005 – Gemini Ganesan, Indian film actor (b. 1920)
2005 – Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (b. 1913)
2006 – Pierre Clostermann, French soldier, pilot, and politician (b. 1921)
2006 – Pío Leyva, Cuban singer and author (b. 1917)
2006 – Kurt von Trojan, Austrian-Australian journalist and author (b. 1937)
2007 – U. G. Krishnamurti, Indian-Italian philosopher and educator (b. 1918)
2008 – Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (b. 1918)
2010 – James Black, Scottish biologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)
2010 – Özhan Canaydın, Turkish basketball player and businessman (b. 1943)
2011 – Artur Agostinho, Portuguese journalist (b. 1920)
2011 – Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1926)
2012 – Joe Blanchard, American football player and wrestler (b. 1928)
2012 – John Payton, American lawyer and activist (b. 1946)
2012 – Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland (b. 1925)
2012 – Mickey Sullivan, American baseball player and coach (b. 1932)
2012 – David Waltz, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
2012 – Neil L. Whitehead, English anthropologist and author (b. 1956)
2013 – Vladimír Čech, Czech actor and politician (b. 1951)
2013 – James Nabrit, American lawyer and academic (b. 1932)
2013 – Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist and composer (b. 1918)
2013 – Derek Watkins, English trumpet player and composer (b. 1945)
2013 – Ray Williams, American basketball player and coach (b. 1954)
2014 – Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, Indian author (b. 1928)
2014 – Mickey Duff, Polish-English boxer and manager (b. 1929)
2014 – Thor Listau, Norwegian soldier and politician (b. 1938)
2014 – Tasos Mitsopoulos, Cypriot politician, Cypriot Minister of Defence (b. 1965)
2015 – Arkady Arkanov, Ukrainian-Russian actor and playwright (b. 1933)
2015 – Horst Buhtz, German footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2015 – George Neel, Jr., American businessman (b. 1930)
2015 – Norman Scribner, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1936)
2016 – Phife Dawg, American rapper (b. 1970)
2016 – Rob Ford, Canadian businessman and politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (b. 1969)
2016 – Rita Gam, American actress (b. 1927)
2018 – Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (b. 1911)

Source: wikipedia

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