May 22 Deaths

1

Martha Washington (1731-1802)

First Lady

2

Langston Hughes (1902-1967)

Poet

3

Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

Novelist

4

Marsh McCall (1964-2017)

TV Producer

5

Hampton Hawes (1928-1977)

Pianist

6

Nicky Hayden (1981-2017)

Motorcycle Racer

7

Jerry Sloan (1942-2020)

Basketball Coach

8

Thurl Ravenscroft (1914-2005)

Voice Actor

9

Philip Roth (1933-2018)

Novelist

10

Lily Parr (1905-1978)

Soccer Player

11

Dina Merrill (1923-2017)

Movie Actress

12

Claude McKay (1889-1948)

Poet

13

Mory Kante (1950-2020)

World Music Singer

14

Zara Abid (1992-2020)

Model

15

Lefty Grove (1900-1975)

Baseball Player

16

Elizabeth Sung (1954-2018)

TV Actress

17

Robert Asprin (1946-2008)

Novelist

18

John Derek (1926-1998)

Director

19

Helen Herron Taft (1861-1943)

Political Wife

20

John Marley (1907-1984)

Movie Actor

21

Richard Biggs (1960-2004)

TV Actor

22

Matthew Cowles (1944-2014)

TV Actor

23

Aubrey Fitch (1883-1978)

War Hero

24

Martin Gardner (1914-2010)

Mathematician

25

Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873)

Poet

26

Wolfgang Reitherman (1909-1985)

Cartoonist

27

Rocky Graziano (1919-1990)

Boxer

28

Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972)

Movie Actress

29

Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972)

Poet

30

Myrtle Bachelder (1908-1997)

Chemist

31

Joan Davis (1907-1961)

Movie Actress

32

Chi Modu (1966-2021)

Photographer

33

Alfred Hershey (1908-1997)

Physiologist

34

Yuan Longping (1930-2021)

35

Velimir Bata Zivojinovic (1933-2016)

Movie Actor

36

Hugh Williamson (1735-1819)

Politician

37

Joseph Wood Krutch (1893-1970)

Novelist

38

Richard Thorp (1932-2013)

Soap Opera Actor

39

Thomas Edward McConnell (1868-1938)

Politician

40

Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849)

Children's Author

41

Mieczyslaw Horszowski (1892-1993)

Pianist

42

Chief Bender (1884-1954)

Baseball Player

43

Wayne Miller (1918-2013)

Photographer

44

Augusta Ladygregory (1852-1932)

Playwright

45

Edward Bellamy (1850-1898)

Novelist

46

Mickey Roker (1932-2017)

Drummer

47

Julius Plucker (1801-1868)

Mathematician

48

Mick McManus (1920-2013)

Wrestler