Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: 22-May

Died on This Day (22-May)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Judith Kerr Judith Kerr Anna Judith Gertrud Helene Kerr OBE was a German-born British writer and illustrator whose books sold more than 10 million copies around the world. German-born British writer and illustrator 95 1
Salman Abedi Salman Abedi On 22 May 2017, an Islamist extremist suicide bomber detonated a shrapnel-laden homemade bomb as people were leaving the Manchester Arena following a concert by American pop singer Ariana Grande. British suicide bomber 22 3
Terry Sue-Patt Terry Sue-Patt Terence Anthony "Terry" Sue-Patt was a British actor, best known for playing Benny Green in the BBC series Grange Hill . British actor 50 5
Dave Mann Dave Mann David Carl Mann was an American professional gridiron football punter in the NFL and CFL. American football player 79 8
Martin Gardner Martin Gardner Martin Gardner was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer with interests also encompassing scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literature – especially the writings of Lewis Carroll, L. American mathematician 95 10
Davie Fulton Davie Fulton Edmund Davie Fulton, PC OC QC was a Canadian Rhodes Scholar, politician and judge. Canadian politician 84 20
Vincent Cavallaro Vincent Cavallaro Vincent Cavallaro was a painter, sculptor and abstract artist. American artist 72 35
Lefty Grove Lefty Grove Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove was an American professional baseball pitcher. Major League Baseball pitcher 75 45
Walter Krüger Walter Krüger Walter Krüger was a German SS official during the Nazi era. German general 55 75
William Cogswell William Cogswell William Cogswell was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was appointed to the grade of brevet brigadier general, U. Union Army general 56 125
Person Person Description Age Anniv
Philip Roth Philip Roth Philip Milton Roth was an American novelist and short story writer. American novelist 85 2
DeAndre Kpana-Quamoh DeAndre Tejan Kpana-Quamoh was a high school track & field star at East Nashville Magnet School. American high school athlete 18 4
Lee Rigby Lee Rigby On the afternoon of 22 May 2013, a British Army soldier, Fusilier Lee Rigby of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was attacked and killed by Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale near the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, southeast London. British terrorist murder victim 25 7
Joseph Brooks Joseph Brooks Joseph Brooks, born Joseph Kaplan , was an American composer, director, producer, and screenwriter. Song Writer 73 9
Thurl Ravenscroft Thurl Ravenscroft Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft was an American actor and bass singer. American actor 91 15
Rocky Graziano Rocky Graziano Thomas Rocco Barbella , better known as Rocky Graziano, was an American professional boxer and actor who held the World Middleweight title. American boxer 71 30
Louise Elisabeth de Meuron Louise Elisabeth de Meuron Louise Elisabeth de Meuron , known as Madame de Meuron, was a well-known eccentric Swiss aristocrat from Bern. Swiss aristocrat 97 40
Constantin Andreas von Regel Constantin Andreas von Regel Constantin Andreas von Regel was a Russian and Lithuanian horticulturalist and botanist. Russian botanist 79 50
Joseph J. Gill Joseph J. Gill Joseph John Gill was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U. American politician 73 100
James Dutton James Dutton James Naper Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne , was a British peer. British Baron 75 200