Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: May-22

Died on This Day (May-22)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
David Wilkie David Wilkie David Andrew Wilkie MBE is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who was Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion in the 1970s. Scottish swimmer 70 1
Aditya Singh Rajput Aditya Singh Rajput Aditya Singh Rajput is an Indian television actor, who has done various TV commercials and roles in Hindi television shows and Bollywood films. Indian actor 32 2
Dervla Murphy Dervla Murphy Dervla Murphy was an Irish touring cyclist and author of adventure travel books, writing for more than 50 years. Irish touring cyclist and author 90 3
Marek Trončinský Marek Trončinský Marek Troncinský was a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman who played his last games with CS Progym Gheorgheni in the Erste Liga. Czech ice hockey player 32 4
Ashley Cooper Ashley Cooper Ashley John Cooper AO was an Australian tennis player who played between 1953 and 1968. Australian tennis player 83 5
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 6
Philip Roth Philip Roth Philip Milton Roth was an American novelist and short story writer. American novelist 85 7
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 8
  DeAndre Kpana-Quamoh DeAndre Tejan Kpana-Quamoh was a high school track & field star at East Nashville Magnet School. American high school athlete 18 9
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 10
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 15
Thurl Ravenscroft Thurl Ravenscroft Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft was an American actor and bass singer. American actor 91 20
Davie Fulton Davie Fulton Edmund Davie Fulton, PC OC QC was a Canadian Rhodes Scholar, politician and judge. Canadian politician 84 25
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 35
Lefty Grove Lefty Grove Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove was an American professional baseball pitcher. Major League Baseball pitcher 75 50
Alfonso Quiñónez Molina Alfonso Quiñónez Molina Alfonso Quiñónez Molina was President of El Salvador 21 December 1918 - 28 February 1919 and 1 March 1923 - 28 February 1927. President of El Salvador 76 75
John French John French Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, ADC, PC , known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer. Army officer 72 100
Andrew J. Rogers Andrew J. Rogers Andrew Jackson Rogers was an American lawyer, teacher, clerk, police commissioner and Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms from 1863 to 1867. American politician 71 125
Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto Dom. Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 2nd Marquis of Loulé, 9th Count of Vale de Reis, , was an important Portuguese politician during the period of Constitutional Monarchy. Prime Minister of Portugal 70 150
Laskarina Bouboulina Laskarina Bouboulina Laskarina Bouboulina was a Greek naval commander, heroine of the Greek War of Independence in 1821, and considered the first woman to attain the rank of admiral. Greek admiral 54 200