Foley, Red
Music
Age 58
June 17, 1910 - September 19, 1968
Woodlawn Memorial Park / Nashville / Tennessee / USA / North America
Red Foley was a hugely influential figure in early country music, whose career spanned from the 1930s through the 1960s. Rising to fame through radio programs like the National Barn Dance and the Grand Ole Opry, he became known fo...
Kath, Terry
Music
Age 31
January 31, 1946 - January 23, 1978
Forest Lawn Memorial Park / Glendale / California / USA / North America
Terry Kath was an American guitarist and singer who is best known as a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He played lead guitar and sang lead vocals on many of the band's early hit singles alongside Robert Lamm and Peter Ce...
Sovine, Red
Music
Age 62
July 7, 1917 - April 4, 1980
Woodlawn Memorial Park / Nashville / Tennessee / USA / North America
Red Sovine was an American country music singer and songwriter associated with country western truck-and-trailer tradegy ballads, particularly those recited as narratives but set to music. A minor star in country western circles, ...
Acuff, Roy
Music
Age 89
September 15, 1903 - November 23, 1992
Spring Hill Cemetery / Nashville / Tennessee / USA / North America
Roy Acuff was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter known as the "King of Country Music". Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown" format to the singer-based format t...
Rhoads, Randy
Music
Age 25
December 6, 1956 - March 19, 1982
Mountain View Cemetery / San Bernardino / California / USA / North America
Randy Rhoads was an American guitarist and co-founder and original guitarist of the heavy metal band Quiet Riot. When Quiet Riot continued to struggle with marginal success, the young musician tried out for Ozzy and became the gui...
Hodges, Johnny
Music
Age 62
July 25, 1907 - May 11, 1970
Flushing Cemetery / Flushing, Queens / New York / USA / North America
Johnny Hodges was one of the most influential alto saxophonists in jazz history and is best known for his long association with Duke Ellington. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1907 and raised in nearby Boston, Hodges began as ...
Balzac, Honoré de
Writers and Poets
Age 51
May 20, 1799 - August 18, 1850
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) was one of the most influential writers of 19th-century French literature and a central figure in the development of literary realism. After initially studying law and briefly working in publishing ...
Hawkins, Coleman
Music
Age 64
November 21, 1904 - May 19, 1969
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Coleman Hawkins was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and considered by many to be the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument. Hawkins was one of the most influential tenor saxophonists in the history of jazz and a majo...
Django, Reinhardt
Music
Age 43
January 23, 1910 - May 16, 1953
Cimetière de Samois-sur-Seine / Samois-sur-Seine / Seine-et-Marne / France / Europe
Django Reinhardt was a pioneering Belgian-born Romani guitarist and composer who became one of the most influential figures in European jazz. After a caravan fire in 1928 severely injured his left hand—leaving two fingers partia...
Lewis, C. S.
Writers and Poets
Age 64
November 29, 1898 - November, 22 1963
Holy Trinity Church / Headington Quarry / Oxford, OX3 8NU, England / United Kingdom / Europe
C. S. Lewis was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (1954–1963). He is...
Olivier, Laurence
Show Business
Age 82
May 22, 1907 - July 11, 1989
Westminster Abbey / London SW1P 3PA / England / UK / Europe
Laurence Olivier was one of the most influential actors, directors and producer of the 20th century, renowned for his commanding Shakespearean performances on stage and screen. Born in 1907, he rose to prominence in British theatr...
Churchill, Winston
World Leaders
Age 90
November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965
St Martin's Church / Bladon, Woodstock OX20 1RS / England / United Kingdom / Europe
Winston Churchill was a British statesman, soldier, writer, and orator who played a central role in 20th-century world history. Born in 1874, he began his career as an army officer and war correspondent before entering Parliament ...
Marx, Groucho
Show Business
Age 86
October 2, 1890 - August 19, 1977
Eden Park Memorial Cemetery / Mission Hills / California / USA / North America
Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx was best known as a master of quick wit and widely considered one of the best comedians of the modern era. His rapid-fire, often impromptu delivery of innuendo-laden patter earned him many admirers and ...
Higelin, Jacques
Music
Age 77
October 18, 1940 - April 6, 2018
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Jacques Higelin (1940–2018) was a pioneering French singer-songwriter and performer who helped reshape French popular music by blending chanson, rock, jazz, and theatrical performance. He began his career in the 1960s as an acto...
Petrucciani, Michel
Music
Age 36
December 28, 1962 - January 6, 1999
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Michel Petrucciani's ambition to become a pianist was fired when he saw a televised Duke Ellington concert when he was four. However, from birth he had osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disease that causes brittle bones and, in h...