Famous Deaths on July 22

1794 Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, French composer, dies at 59

Marie Francois Xavier Bichat (1771-1802)

French anatomist and physiologist (tissue theory), dies at 30 after falling downstairs at the Hotel-Dieu and acquiring a fever

1813 George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist, dies at 61
1826 Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (found 1st asteroid-Ceres), dies at 80
1832 Napoleon II, son of Napoleon Bonaparte, French Prince Imperial and King of Rome (never ruled France) dies of tuberculosis at 21
1840 Józef Javurek, Polish-Russian composer, dies at 83
1848 Karl Guhr, German composer, dies at 60
1852 Auguste Marmont, French marshal, dies at 77
1861 Barnard Elliot Bee, US Confederate brigadier general, dies at 37
1863 Karl Schuberth, German cellist, and composer, dies at 52
1864 Ägid Karl Lickl, Austrian guitar virtuoso, pianist, and composer, dies at 60
1864 James Birdseye McPherson, US Union general-major, dies in The Battle of Atlanta at 35
1864 William H. T. Walker, American Major General (Confederate Army), killed in action at 47 during the Atlanta Campaign
1868 Zikmund Kolešovský, Czech composer, dies at 51
1869 John A. Roebling, German-American civil engineer (Brooklyn Bridge), (b. 1806)
1870 Josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamids), dies at 42
1880 Anna Caroline Oury (née De Belleville), German concert pianist and composer, dies at 74
1902 Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal, dies at 79
1903 Cassius Marcellus Clay, American emancipationist (b. 1810)
1904 Wilson Barrett, British manager, actor, and playwright (The Sign of the Cross), dies at 58
1908 William Randal Cremer, English politician and pacifist (International Arbitration League, 1903 Nobel Peace Prize), dies at 80
1909 D v Liliencron, writer, dies at 65
1915 Sir Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor (b. 1827)
1916 James Whitcomb Riley, American author and poet (The Raggedy Man), dies after a stroke at 66
1918 Indra Lal Roy, Indian World War I flying ace, dies at 19
1920 William Kissam Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1849)
1922 John Motley Morehead III, American chemist (commercial production of calcium carbide, important for welding), dies at 67
1922 Jokichi Takamine, Japanese-American biochemist who isolated adrenalin (epinephrine), which causes the body to respond to emergencies, the first pure hormone isolated from natural sources, dies at 67
1929 Bror Beckman, Swedish composer, dies at 63
1929 Édouard Empain, Belgian railway builder (Heliopolis), dies at 76
1932 Errico Malatesta, Italian anarchist, dies at 78
1932 Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., American theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 65
1932 Reginald Fessenden, Canadian-American inventor and radio pioneer - reputedly broadcast 1st program of voice & music, dies at 65
1932 Roosje Vos, Dutch seamstress, and trade union leader, dies at 71

John Dillinger (1903-1934)

Notorious American bank robber, shot dead at 31 by federal agents at the Biograph Theater in Chicago

1937 Ted McDonald, Australian cricket fast bowler (11 Tests, 43 wickets, BB 5/32; Tasmania, Victoria, Lancashire CCC), dies in car crash at 46

Mackenzie King (1874-1950)

10th Prime Minister of Canada (1921-30, and 1935-48), dies of pneumonia at 75

1952 Antonio Maria Valencia, Colombian composer, dies at 49
1952 August Balthazar, Belgian politician, dies at 58
1953 Cyrus "Cy" Kendall, American actor (Tarzan's New York Adventure, Mysteries of Chinatown), dies from heart problems at 55
1955 Joseph Foley, American actor (Mr Peepers), dies at 45
1958 Karl Nunes, cricketer (1st WI Test captain 1928), dies
1958 Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian author and satirist, dies at 62
1966 Edward Gourdin, American long jumper (Olympic silver 1924) and jurist, dies at 68
1967 Carl Sandburg, poet (Abraham Lincoln: Prairie Years), dies at 89
1968 Giovannino Guareschi, Italian author (Don Camillo, Peppone, dies at 60
1969 Hammy Love, cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper, played for Australia), dies
1970 George Johnston, Australian journalist and novelist (b. 1912)
1972 Hugo Kauder, Austrian composer, dies at 84
1972 Pavel Bořkovec, Czech composer (Suite for Piano), dies at 78
1974 Edna Lewis Thomas, American actress (A Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 88
1974 Lili Darvas, Hungarian actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron), dies at 68
1974 Wayne L Morse, (Sen-D-Oregon), dies at 73
1979 (Sarah) Hope Summers, American character actress (The Andy Griffith Show & Mayberry RFD - "Clara"), dies at 77
1979 Mikhail Soschtschenko, Soviet Russian writer (The Regained Youth; Before the Dawn), dies at 83
1979 Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (Budapest Honvéd), dies at 49
1979 Tony "Two-Ton" Galento, American heavyweight boxer and actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 69
1980 Fred Kaps [Abram PA Bongers], magician (world champ 1955), dies at 54
1982 Lloyd Waner, American Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder (MLB All Star 1938; batting average over .300 x 10; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies from emphysema at 76
1982 Sonny Stitt [Edward Hammond Boatner Jr], American jazz saxophonist (Blows the Blues), dies of cancer at 58
1985 Matti Järvinen, Finnish javelin thrower (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 76
1987 A G Kripal Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India), dies
1988 Duane Jones, American actor (Night of the Living Dead), and theater director, dies of cardiopulmonary arrest at 51
1988 Luigi Lucioni, Italian-American landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87
1989 Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (b. 1935)
1990 Otmar Nussio, Swiss conductor and composer (Boccaccio Suite), dies at 87
1990 Preben Neergaard, Danish actor (Mordskab), dies of cancer at 70
1992 David Wojuarowicz, American artist (U2 single "One" sleeve), dies of AIDs at 37
1992 Souleiman Franjieh, president Lebanon (1970-76), dies
1992 Wayne McLaren, American stuntman, rodeo performer, model and actor best known for playing the Marlboro Man, dies of lung cancer at 51
1995 Dave Clark, American blues music promoter, and songwriter ("Why I Sing The Blues"), dies at 86
1995 Harold Larwood, England cricket fast bowler (21 Tests, Bodyline Series v Australia 1932-33), dies at 90
1995 Percy Humphrey, American jazz trumpet player and bandleader in New Orleans, Louisiana, dies at 90
1995 Roley Jenkins, English cricket spin bowler (9 Tests, 32 wickets), dies at 76
1996 Courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, community leader, dies at 65
1996 Leon Shenandoah, Native American leader (Leader Of the Iroquois Confederacy), dies at 81
1996 Peter Ludwig, German businessman and art collector, dies at 71
1996 Robert Collins, keyboard player, dies at 33
1996 Tamara Danz, German singer (Silly), dies of cancer at 43
1998 Antonio Saura, Spanish painter, dies at 67
1998 Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone, dies at 69
2000 Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author, dies at 74
2000 Claude Sautet, French film director (b. 1924)
2000 Eric Christmas, British actor (b. 1916)
2000 Raymond Urgel Lemieux, Canadian scientist (first chemical synthesis of sucrose), dies at 80
2001 Bernice Neugarten, American physiologist (work on psychology of aging), dies at 85
2001 Frances Horwich, American educator and television personality (Ding Dong School), dies at 94
2001 Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (History of the Greeks), dies at 92
2002 Marion Montgomery [Marian Runnells], American-British jazz singer ("Maybe the Morning"), dies of lung cancer at 67
2003 Qusay Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1966)
2003 Uday Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1964)
2003 Wahome Muthahi, Kenyan humourist (b. 1954)
2004 (Jean-Baptiste) Illinois Jacquet, American jazz saxophonist ("Flying Home"), dies of a heart attack at 81
2004 George Kidd, Canadian diplomat (b. 1917)
2004 Sacha Distel, French singer ("Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" cover), dies at 71
2005 Eugene Record American songwriter and singer (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1940)
2005 Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian electrician killed by Scotland Yard (b. 1978)
2006 Dika Newlin, American composer, Schoenberg expert and punk rocker, dies at 82
2006 James E. West, mayor of Spokane, Washington (b. 1950)
2006 José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (b. 1965)
2006 Thomas J. Manton, American politician (Rep-D-NY, 1985-99), dies at 73
2007 Laszlo Kovacs, Hungarian-born cinematographer (b. 1933)
2007 Ulrich Mühe, German actor (b. 1953)

Estelle Getty (1923-2008)

American actress (The Golden Girls, The Golden Palace), dies of Lewy body disease at 84

2008 Joe Beck, American session and jazz guitarist (Don Sebesky; Gil Evans; Gato Barbieri; Esther Phillips), and bandleader, dies of lung cancer at 62
2009 Peter Krieg [Wilhelm Gladitz], German documentary filmmaker, and writer (September Wheat), dies at 60
2009 Richard M. Givan, American jurist (Indiana Supreme Court, 1969-94), dies at 88
2010 Phillip Walker, American electric blues guitarist, and singer ("Hello My Darling"), dies at 73
2011 Cees de Wolf, Dutch footballer (b. 1945)
2011 Linda Christian, Mexican actress (Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone), dies at 87
2011 Tom Aldredge, American actor (The Sopranos, What About Bob, Nurse, Mind Snatchers), dies at 83
2012 George A. Miller, American psychologist, dies at 92
2012 Nan Merriman, American-Dutch singer (Arturo Toscanini NBC Orchestra), dies at 92
2013 Dennis Farina, American actor, dies from a pulmonary embolism at 69
2013 Lawrie Reilly, Scottish soccer striker (38 caps; Hibernian 253 games, 185 goals), dies at 84
2016 Thomas Sutherland, American hostage (Lebanon) and academic, dies at 85
2017 Bobby Taylor, American singer and producer who discovered "The Jackson 5" (Motown Records), dies of cancer at 83
2018 Rene Portland, American college basketball coach (Penn State 1980-2007), dies of cancer at 65
2018 Tony Sparano, American football coach (Miami Dolphins 2008-11; Oakland Raiders 2014), dies of a heart attack at 56
2019 Art Neville, American funk and R&B singer, keyboard player, and songwriter (Neville Brothers; The Funky Meters), dies at 81
2019 Li Peng, Chinese leader, Premier of China (1987-98), dies at 90
2020 Carlton Haselrig, American football guard (Pro Bowl 1992; Pittsburgh Steelers) and wrestler (6 x NCAA titles; Pitt-Johnstown), dies from liver disease at 54
2020 Charles Evers, American civil rights leader (1st Black mayor in Mississippi since Reconstruction), dies at 97
2021 Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, French auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1978, 80), dies from a heart attack at 84
2022 David Moores, British football executive (Chairman Liverpool FC 1991-2007; Honorary Life President), dies at 76
2022 James Lovelock, British scientist and environmentalist (Gaia hypothesis), dies at 103 [1]