December 22 Deaths

Famous people who died on December 22nd

Big Scarr (Alexander Woods)

Big Scarr (Alexander Woods) (2000 - 2022)

American rapper

Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett (1906 - 1989)

Irish novelist, playwright and poet

Joe Cocker

Joe Cocker (1944 - 2014)

English musician

Joe Strummer

Joe Strummer (1952 - 2002)

English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

George Eliot

George Eliot (1819 - 1880)

English author

Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter (1866 - 1943)

English author

Michelle Thomas

Michelle Thomas (1968 - 1998)

American actress

Christine Cavanaugh

Christine Cavanaugh (1963 - 2014)

American voice actress

Dwight L. Moody

Dwight L. Moody (1837 - 1899)

American evangelist

Leslie West

Leslie West (1945 - 2020)

American musician

Darryl F. Zanuck

Darryl F. Zanuck (1902 - 1979)

Film producer

Butterfly McQueen

Butterfly McQueen (1911 - 1995)

American actress

Vitellius

Vitellius (15 BC - 69 AD)

Roman emperor

Chico Mendes

Chico Mendes (1944 - 1988)

Brazilian activist

Rachel Jackson

Rachel Jackson (1767 - 1828)

American wife of Andrew Jackson, 7th First Lady of the United States

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870)

Spanish poet

José María Morelos

José María Morelos (1765 - 1815)

Mexican rebel leader

Lucy Burns

Lucy Burns (1879 - 1966)

Suffragette

Diomedes Díaz

Diomedes Díaz (1957 - 2013)

Colombian singer and composer

Dave Dudley

Dave Dudley (1928 - 2003)

American singer

Stephan Bonnar

Stephan Bonnar (1977 - 2022)

American mixed martial artist

Florynce Kennedy

Florynce Kennedy (1916 - 2000)

American Lawyer, Civil Rights Advocate

Claude Brasseur

Claude Brasseur (1936 - 2020)

French actor

Harry Beaumont

Harry Beaumont (1888 - 1966)

Director, actor, screenwriter

Beaver Harris

Beaver Harris (1936 - 1991)

American jazz drummer