Deaths in History on March 22

Jonathan Edwards

1758 Jonathan Edwards, American Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (Original Sin), dies at 54

1772 John Canton, English physicist, dies at 53
1820 Stephen Decatur, killed in a duel with Com James Barron at 41
1838 Hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73
1840 Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician, dies at 41

1890 Désiré de Haerne, Belgian Catholic priest and Congressional leader, dies at 85
1896 Thomas Hughes, English politician and author (Tom Brown's School days), dies at 73
1912 Henry Harrison Walker, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 79
1913 Sung Chiao-jen, Chinese Nationalist (b. 1882)
1922 Louis-Antoine Ranvier, French anatomist and historian, dies at 86
1923 Theophile Delcasse, French statesman, dies at 71
1924 Robert Nivelle, French military officer, dies at 67
1934 Theophilos Hatzimihail, Greek painter (b. 1870)
1937 Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, English aviator and ornithologist, dies at 71
1944 ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed
1945 J Postuma, Dutch resistance fighter, dies
1946 Clemens A von Galen, bishop of Munster/anti fascist, dies at 68
1953 James Anderson II, (Jo-Northern Exposure), dies
1955 Ivan Šubašić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister and last ban of Croatia (b. 1892)
1956 George Al Sarton, Belgian-American chemist and historian, dies at 71
1958 Michael "Mike" Todd [Avrom Goldbogen], American producer (Around the World in 80 Days) and 3rd husband of Elizabeth Taylor, dies in a plane crash at 48
1960 José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (b. 1904)
1971 Martin Bodmer, writer, dies
1977 A.K. Gopalan, Indian Communist leader (b. 1904)
1978 Karl Wallenda, falls to death walking high-wire in PR at 73
1979 Richard Sykes, British ambassador, assassinated by the IRA in The Hague, Holland
1981 James "Jumbo" Elliott, American track coach (b. 1915)
1990 Gerald Bull, Canadian long range artillery designer and engineer, dies at 62
1991 Léon Balcer, French Canadian politician (b. 1917)
1991 Paul Engle, American poet and writer (Worm Earth, American Song), dies at 82

1993 Phia Berghout, Dutch harpist, dies at 83
1994 Igor Aleinikov, Russian director (tractors, air crash), dies at 32
1994 Luther Diamond, radio Personality, dies at 89
1994 Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (Woody Woodpecker's creator), dies at 93
1995 Peter Woods, newsreader, dies at 64
1996 Claude Mauriac, French writer (Le Temps immobile), dies at 81
1996 Robert Franklin Overmyer, astronaut (STS 5, STS 51-B), dies at 59
1996 Robert Mellors, gay activist, dies at 47
1996 Ron Hayward, English politician, General Secretary of the Labour Party, dies at 78
2003 Terry Lloyd, English reporter (b. 1952)
2004 Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas (b. ca. 1937)
2005 Kenzo Tange, Japanese architect (b. 1913)
2006 Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (b. 1921)
2006 Kurt von Trojan, Australian sci-fi author (b. 1937)
2007 Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1918)
2010 James W. Black, Scottish Nobel Prize-winning doctor and medical research scientist (b. 1924)
2013 Aya Zikken, Dutch author (Atlasvlinder, Rameh), dies at 93
2014 Patrice Wymore, American actress (The Big Tree), dies from natural causes at 87
2016 Rob Ford, Canadian politician (Toronto mayor caught with cocaine), dies at 46
2017 Francine Hughes Wilson, American domestic abuse victim "The Burning Bed" who changed pubic perceptions, dies at 69
2018 Johan van Hulst, Dutch teacher who helped save 600 children from the Nazis, dies at 107