Search | The Tombstone Tourist

List, The Family of John

Crime and their Victims

Age

- November 9, 1971

Fairview Cemetery / Westfield / New Jersey / USA / North America

John List was a narcissistic mass murderer who suffered from obsessive-compulsive personality disorder who systematically murdered his mother, his wif...

Schoenberg, Arnold

Music

Age 76

September 13, 1874 - July 13, 1951

Der Wiener Zentralfriedhof / Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234 / Vienna / Austria / Europe

Arnold Schoenberg was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential...

Aaliyah

Music

Age 22

January 16, 1979 - August 25, 2001

Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America

In her heyday, it seemed like the Grammy-nominated singer was destined for a long career, having made the leap from music to modeling and acting. But ...

Accardo, Tony

Crime and their Victims

Age 86

April 28, 1906 - May 22, 1992

Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America

Tony Accardo was the longest-serving boss of the Chicago Outfit. He worked for Al Capone, then ran the crime group for many decades before his death i...

Ace, Johnny

Music

Age 25

June 9, 1929 - December 25, 1954

New Park Cemetery / Memphis / Tennessee / USA / North America

A popular R&B singer with a string of eight hits in a row including "Cross My Heart" and "Please Forgive Me", he blew his brains out on Christmas Day ...

Adams, Bud

Business and Finance

Age 90

January 3, 1923 - October 21, 2013

Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery / Houston / Texas / USA / North America

Adams was chairman and CEO of Adams Resources & Energy Inc. and made his fortune in the petroleum business. He was also an owner of multiple professio...

Adams, Don

Show Business

Age 82

April 13, 1923 - September 25, 2005

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Hollywood actor and director whose standup comedy led to his role as secret agent Maxwell Smart in the television series Get Smart. Adams won three E...

Adrian

Show Business

Age 56

March 3, 1903 - September 13, 1959

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Adrian was a costume designer whose most famous costumes were for The Wizard of Oz and 250 films often with the screen credit: "Gowns by Adrian"

Agar, John

Show Business

Age 81

January 31, 1921 - April 7, 2002

Riverside National Cemetery / Riverside / California / USA / North America

John Agar was an American film and television actor best known for starring alongside John Wayne in the films Sands of Iwo Jima, Fort Apache, and She ...

Akeman, Stringbean

Crime and their Victims

Age 58

June 17, 1915 - November 10, 1973

Forest Lawn Memorial Garden / Goodlettsville / Tennessee / USA / North America

David "Stringbean" Akeman was an American singer-songwriter, musician, comedian, actor and semiprofessional baseball player best known for his role as...

Alamo, Frank

Music

Age 70

October 12, 1941 - October 11, 2012

Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe

Frank Alamo was a French singer who achieved his greatest success in the 1960s. With his boy-next-door image and plaintive voice, the yéyé singer...

Albert, Eddie

Show Business

Age 99

April 22, 1906 - May 26, 2005

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

American actor best known for his role on the 1960s television comedy series "Green Acres" as Oliver Wendell Douglas. Eddie Albert was nominated twice...

Allen, Gracie

Show Business

Age 69

July 26, 1895 - December 31, 1969

Forest Lawn Memorial Park / Glendale / California / USA / North America

Gracie Allen was an accomplished comedian and actress. She was best known for her contribution to weekly radio program ‘Burns and Allen’, which ...

Alves, Louis

Disasters

Age 33

October 1, 1969 - February 20, 2003

Mount Saint Mary's Cemetery / Pawtucket / Rhode Island / USA / North America

On February 20, 2003 music fan Louis Alves attended a concert at the Station Nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island. After opening bands Trip and Fat...

Aragon, Louis

Writers and Poets

Age 85

October 3, 1897 - December 24, 1982

Maison Elsa Triolet-Aragon / Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines / France / Europe

Louis Aragon was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe S...

Arbuckle, Roscoe

Show Business

Age 46

March 24, 1987 - June 29, 1933

Cremated / North America

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was one of the most popular silent stars of the 1910s and one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood. As a silent film actor,...

Arden, Eve

Show Business

Age 82

April 30, 1908 - November 12, 1990

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / United States / North America

For nearly six decades Eve Arden was a Hollywood legend and star of film, radio, stage, and television. She performed in leading and supporting roles ...

Ardolino, Emile

Show Business

Age 50

May 9, 1943 - November 20, 1993

St. John Cemetery / Middle Village / New York / USA / North America

Emile Ardolino was an American film director, choreographer, and producer, best known for his films Dirty Dancing (1987) and Sister Act (1992).

Arlen, Harold

Music

Age 81

February 15, 1905 - April 23, 1986

Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America

Harold Arlen was an American composer writing over 500 songs, several known worldwide. Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American So...

Armour, Herman

Business and Finance

Age 64

March 7, 1837 - September 8, 1901

Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America

At the young age of 18 Herman Armour left home and made his way to Milwaukee where he opened a butcher shop, eventually becoming Armour, Plankington &...

Arridy, Joe

Crime and their Victims

Age 23

April 29, 1915 - January 6, 1939

Greenwood Cemetery / Cañon City / Colorado / USA / North America

In August of 1936 Joe Arridy was arrested for vagrancy and shortly after confessed to the rape and brutal murder of Dorothy Drain, a 15-year-old girl ...

Atlas, Charles

The Odd and the Interesting

Age 80

October 30, 1892 - December 24, 1972

St. John Cemetery / Middle Village / New York / USA / North America

Charles Atlas was an Italian-born American bodybuilder best remembered as the developer of a bodybuilding method and its associated exercise program w...

Auer, Leopold

Music

Age 85

June 7, 1845 - July 15, 1930

Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America

Leopold Auer was a renown Hungarian violinist, academic, conductor and composer, best known as an outstanding violin teacher. Many notable virtuoso vi...

Auger, Arleen

Music

Age 53

August 13, 1939 - June 10, 1993

Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America

Arleen Auger was an American soprano opera singer known for her melodic voice and interpretations of works by Bach, Handel, Haydn, Monteverdi, Mozart,...

Austen, Jane

Writers and Poets

Age 41

December 16, 1775 - July 18, 1817

Westminster Abbey / Westminster, London / United Kingdom / Europe

Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels which include Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), M...

Autry, Gene

Music

Age 91

September 29, 1907 - October 2, 1998

Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Gene Autry, nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician, rodeo performer, and baseball owner who gained fame lar...

Ayler, Albert

Music

Age 34

July 13, 1936 - November 25, 1970

Highland Park Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America

Ayler was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist, singer and composer and the older brother of jazz trumpeter Donald Ayler. Ayler began recording m...

Ayres, Lew

Show Business

Age 88

December 28, 1908 - December 30, 1996

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Lew Ayres was an American actor best known for as role as German soldier Paul Bäumer in the film All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and for playin...

Baldwin, James

Writers and Poets

Age 63

August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987

Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America

James Baldwin was an American author, playwright, poet and activist. His work explored the intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in th...

Barrow, Clyde

Crime and their Victims

Age 25

March 24, 1909 - May 23, 1934

Western Heights Cemetery / Dallas / Texas / USA / North America

Clyde Barrow was part of the infamous criminal couple 'Bonnie and Clyde'. Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were known for their bank robberies that capt...

Bartók, Béla

Music

Age 64

March 25, 1881 - September 26, 1945

Farkasréti Cemetery / Budapest / New York / Hungary / Europe

Béla Bartók was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and one founders of comparative musicology (ethnomusicologist). He is considered one of the most impo...

Bashung, Alain

Music

Age 61

December 1, 1947 - March 14, 2009

Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe

Alain Bashung was a French singer, songwriter and actor credited with reviving the French chanson in "a time of French musical turmoil" and was one of...

Battaglia, Sam

Crime and their Victims

Age 64

November 5, 1908 - September 7, 1973

Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America

Sam "Teets" Battaglia joined the Torrio-Capone gang at the age of 16, right at the beginning of the Beer Wars of the 1920s. As a high-level member of ...

Beach, Sylvia

Writers and Poets

Age 75

March 14, 1887 - October 5, 1962

Princeton Cemetery / Princeton / New Jersey / USA / North America

In the 1920s and 1930s, Sylvia Beach owned and ran Shakespeare and Company, a Paris bookshop. The shop became the community center for "lost generatio...

Bécaud , Gilbert

Music

Age 74

October 24, 1927 - December 18, 2001

Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe

Gilbert Bécaud was a French singer, composer, pianist and actor known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volts" for his energetic performances. His best-known hits...

Beckett, Samuel

Writers and Poets

Age 83

April 13, 1906 - December 22, 1989

Cimetière du Montparnasse / Paris / France / Europe

Samuel Beckett was an enigmatic and reclusive Irish playwright, poet and novelist who won a Nobel Prize for literature and who was best known for his ...

Bedard, Henry Jr.

Crime and their Victims

Age 15

June 25, 1959 - December 16, 1974

Swampscott Cemetery / Swampscott / Massachusetts / USA / North America

Henry was a young teenager who was found in the woods overlooking his hometown of Swampscott, Massachusetts. He was beaten to death with a baseball ba...

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Music

Age 56

December 17, 1770 - March 26, 1827

Der Wiener Zentralfriedhof / Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234 / Vienna / Austria / Europe

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist who remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music. His works rank a...

Beiderbecke, Bix

Music

Age 28

March 10, 1903 - August 6, 1931

Oakdale Memorial Gardens / Davenport / Iowa / USA / North America

Bix Beiderbecke was an American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer who was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s. As a cornet playe...

Belmont, Alva Vanderbilt

Business and Finance

Age 80

January 17, 1853 - January 26, 1933

Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America

Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was a prominent multi-millionaire American socialite and a major figure in the American women's suffrage movement. She was not...

Belmont, Oliver

Business and Finance

Age 49

November 12, 1858 - June 10, 1908

Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America

Oliver Belmont was an American socialite and United States Representative from New York. Belmont was a member of the banking firm of August Belmont an...

Belushi, John

Show Business

Age 33

January 24, 1949 - March 5, 1982

Abel Hill Cemetery / Chilmark / Massachusetts / United States / North America

John Belushi was an was an actor, comedian and blues singer who initially found fame as and one of the seven original cast members of the comedy show ...

Belvin, Jesse

Music

Age 27

December 15, 1932 - February 6, 1960

Evergreen Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

As author of the best known do-wop hit “Earth Angel” and “Good Night My Love,” Jesse Belvin was one of the premier voices of the West Coast bl...

Bennett, Eddie

Sports

Age 31

1904 - 01/16/1935

St. John Cemetery / Middle Village / New York / USA / North America

Eddie Bennett was an American batboy and mascot for several teams, most notably the New York Yankees during the 1920s and 1930s. At the time of his de...

Benny, Jack

Show Business

Age 80

February 14, 1894 - December 26, 1974

Hillside Memorial Park / Culver City / California / USA / North America

Comedian Jack Benny was one of the top stars of radio, television, and stage in a career which spanned over 50 years. A master of comic timing, Benny ...

Bentsen, Lloyd

World Leaders

Age 85

February 11, 1921 - May 23, 2006

Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery / Houston / Texas / USA / North America

Lloyd Bentson was a four-term United States Senator (1971–1993) from Texas, the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael D...

Berger, Michel

Music

Age 44

November 28, 1947 - August 2, 1992

Cimetière de Montmartre / Paris / France / Europe

Michel Berger was a popular French singer and songwriter and a leading figure of France's pop music scene for two decades as a singer. As a songwriter...

Berigan, Bunny

Music

Age 33

November 2, 1908 - June 2, 1942

Annunciation Cemetery / Fox Lake / Wisconson / USA / North America

Bunny Berigan was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader who rose to fame during the swing era of the 1930s and early 40s. Although he composed so...

Berkeley, Busby

Show Business

Age 80

November 29, 1895 - March 14, 1976

Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America

Busby Berkeley was an American film director and musical choreographer best known for his elaborate musical production numbers that often involved com...

Berle, Milton

Show Business

Age 93

July 12, 1908 - March 27, 2002

Hillside Memorial Park / Culver City / California / USA / North America

Comedian Milton Berle, one of the pioneering legends of television known to a generation of devoted fans as "Uncle Miltie," Berle's career began when ...

Bernhardt, Sarah

Show Business

Age 78

October 23, 1844 - March 26, 1923

Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe

Sarah Bernhardt was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including L...

Beveridge, Daeida W.

Business and Finance

Age 53

1861 - August 7, 1914

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Once described as “just a housewife,” Daeida Hartle Wilcox Beveridge renamed a former fig farm and secured her place history as the founder, devel...

Big Mama Thornton

Music

Age 57

December 11, 1926 - July 25, 1985

Inglewood Park Cemetery / Inglewood / California / USA / North America

Janis Joplin called her one of her inspirations and Living Blues magazine described her as "two hundred pounds of boogaloo." Of course, fans and music...

Big Maybelle

Music

Age 47

May 1, 1924 - January 23, 1972

Evergreen Memorial Park / Bedford Heights / Ohio / USA / North America

Her impressive stature matching the sheer soulful power of her massive vocal talent, Big Maybelle was one of the premier R&B chanteuses of the 1950s...

Biggs, E. Power

Music

Age 70

March 29, 1906 - March 10, 1977

Mount Auburn Cemetery / Cambridge / Massachusetts / USA / North America

From the late 1930's on, Mr. Biggs was a dominant figure in the U.S. in arousing interest in serious organ music and in changing the style of its perf...

Billingsley, Sherman

Business and Finance

Age 70

March 10, 1896 - October 4, 1966

Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America

Sherman Billingsley was an American nightclub owner and former bootlegger who was the founder and owner of New York's Stork Club in Manhattan, New Yor...

Birns, Shondor

Crime and their Victims

Age 68

February 21, 1907 - March 29, 1975

Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery / Bedford Heights / Ohio / USA / North America

Shondor Birns was a notorious criminal in Cleveland, Ohio who was involved in loan sharking, rackets, prostitution, theft, assault, and murder from th...

Bishop, Joey

Show Business

Age 89

February 3, 1918 - October 17, 2007

Cremated / North America

Honest to God if Frank Sinatra didn't like Joey Bishop, Joey Bishop would be relegated to the mediocre talent trash heap that is Hollywood. The star o...

Black, Karen

Show Business

Age 74

July 1, 1939 - August 8, 2013

Eternal Hills Memorial Park / Oceanside / California / USA / North America

Karen Black was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in various studio and independent films...

Blackwell, Richard

Show Business

Age 86

August 29, 1922 - October 19, 2008

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Mr. Blackwell, whose first name was Richard, was a little-known dress designer when he issued his first tongue-in-cheek criticism of Hollywood fashion...

Blackwell, Scrapper

Music

Age 59

February 21, 1903 - October 7, 1962

New Crown Cemetery / Indianapolis / Indiana / USA / North America

Scrapper Blackwell, together with Leroy Carr are arguably the two most underrated blues musicians of the 1920s and 1930s. What is undeniable is the tw...

Blanc, Mel

Show Business

Age 81

May 30, 1908 - July 10, 1989

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Known as "The Man of Thousand Voices" Mel Blanc developed and performed nearly 400 distinct character voices including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elme...

Blanchard, F. W.

Business and Finance

Age 64

August 25, 1864 - September 21, 1928

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Blanchard was influential in the art and music world of his adopted city of Los Angeles he founded the Brahms Quartet, served as President of the Los ...

Blind Lemon Jefferson

Music

Age 36

September 24, 1893 - December 19, 1929

Blind Lemon Jefferson Memorial Cemetery (the former Wortham Black Cemetery) / Wortham / Texas / USA / North America

Neglected and ignored until recently by his own home state, Blind Lemon Jefferson is nonetheless revered internationally as a seminal figure in the hi...

Blondin, Charles

The Odd and the Interesting

Age 72

February 28, 1824 - February 22, 1897

Kensal Green Cemetery / North Kensington / London / United Kingdom / Europe

Charles Blondin was a French tightrope walker and acrobat. During the winter of 1858, a 34-year-old French acrobat traveled to Niagara Falls hoping to...

Bloomfield, Michael

Music

Age 37

July 28, 1943 - February 15, 1981

Hillside Memorial Park / Culver City / California / USA / North America

Michael Bloomfield was an American guitarist and composer who became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation alm...

Blyden, Larry

Show Business

Age 49

June 23, 1925 - June 6, 1975

Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery / Houston / Texas / USA / North America

Larry Blyden was a Tony Award winning actor, director and producer known for his work in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Harold as wel...

Bocuse, Paul

Historical Figure

Age 91

February 11, 1926 - January 20, 2018

Cimetière de Collonges-au-Mont-d-Or / Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or / France / Europe

Paul Bocuse was a French chef based in Lyon who was known for the high quality of his restaurants and his innovative approaches to cuisine. A student ...

Bolan, Marc

Music

Age 29

September 30, 1947 - September 16, 1977

Golders Green Crematorium / London / United Kingdom / Europe

As the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for T Rex, Marc Bolan captivated generations with his strutting music and hyper-sexual charisma. Sporting...

Boltzmann, Ludwig

Science

Age 62

February 20, 1844 - September 5, 1906

Der Wiener Zentralfriedhof / Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234 / Vienna / Austria / Europe

Ludwig Boltzmann was one of the greatest theoretical physicists of all time. His fame is due to his pioneering research work on thermodynamics and sta...

Bonaparte, Napoleon

World Leaders

Age 51

August 15, 1769 - May 5, 1821

Les Invalides / Paris / 7th arrondissement / France / Europe

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military general, the first emperor of France and one of the world's greatest military leaders. Napoleon revolutionize...

Bonham, John

Music

Age 32

May 31, 1948 - September 25, 1980

St. Michael and All Angels Church Rushock / Droitwich / United Kingdom / Europe

John Bonham was and remains the greatest, most influential Rock Drummer of all-time and best known as the drummer for Led Zeppelin. Describing the sty...

Bono, Sonny

Music

Age 62

February 16, 1935 - January 5, 1998

Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America

Singer, songwriter, actor and entertainer Sonny Bono began his career struggling to write songs while working as a waiter, a construction worker, a tr...

Booker, James

Music

Age 43

December 17, 1939 - November 8, 1983

Providence Memorial Park / Metairie / Louisiana / USA / North America

Booker was a New Orleans rhythm and blues keyboardist whose unique style combined rhythm and blues with jazz standards. Musician Dr. John described Bo...

Boon, D.

Music

Age 27

April 1, 1958 - December 22, 1985

Green Hills Memorial Park / Rancho Palos Verdes / California / USA / North America

D. Boon was a pioneer of the punk scene in the early 1980s in Los Angeles, California. As singer, songwriter, guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock...

Boone, Daniel

Historical Figure

Age 85

November 2, 1734 - September 26, 1820

Frankfort Cemetery / Frankfort / Kentucky / USA / North America

Daniel Boone, a bonafide legend during his own lifetime, was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes...

Booth, Edwin

Show Business

Age 59

November 13, 1833 - June 7, 1893

Mount Auburn Cemetery / Cambridge / Massachusetts / USA / North America

Considered the most accomplished Shakespearean actor of his time, Edwin Booth even eclipsed his father’s fame. Born in 1833 Edwin made his professio...

Booth, John Wilkes

Crime and their Victims

Age 26

May 10, 1838 - April 26, 1865

Green Mount Cemetery / Baltimore / Maryland / USA / North America

John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.

Borden, Lizzie

Crime and their Victims

Age 66

July 19, 1860 - June 1, 1927

Oak Grove Cemetery / Fall River / Massachusetts / USA / North America

Lizzie Borden is infamous for being the prime suspect in the double murder of their father and step-mother. She was tried and acquitted and no one els...

Borge, Victor

Music

Age 91

January 3, 1909 - December 23, 2000

Putnam Cemetery / Greenwich / Connecticut / USA / North America

Victor Borge was a Danish-American comedian, conductor, and pianist who achieved great popularity in radio and television in both North America and Eu...

Boswell, Connee

Music

Age 68

December 3, 1907 - October 11, 1976

Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America

Connee Boswell was an American jazz female vocalists, and first starting performing with her sisters as the trio The Boswell Sisters in the 1920s and ...

Bradham, Caleb

Business and Finance

Age

May 27, 1867 - February 19, 1934

Cedar Grove Cemetery / New Bern / North Carolina / USA / North America

Caleb Bradham was an American pharmacist who is best known as the inventor of soft drink Pepsi. Around 1890, he dropped out of the University of Maryl...

Bradley, Milton

Business and Finance

Age 74

November 8, 1836 - May 30, 1911

Springfield Cemetery / Springfield / Massachusetts / USA / North America

Milton Bradley was an American business magnate, game pioneer and publisher, credited by many with launching the board game industry. Bradley spent mu...

Brahms, Johannes

Music

Age 63

May 7, 1833 - April 3, 1897

Der Wiener Zentralfriedhof / Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234 / Vienna / Austria / Europe

Johannes Brahms was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his...

Braille, Louis

Historical Figure

Age 43

January 4, 1809 - January 6, 1852

Le Panthéon / Paris / France / Europe

Louis Braille was a French educator and inventor of a system of reading and writing for use by the blind or visually impaired. His system remains virt...

Bridgwood, Charlotte

The Odd and the Interesting

Age 68

August 18, 1861 - August 20, 1929

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Charlotte Bridgwood patented the first electrically powered windshield wiper in 1917, improving previous manually-operated wipers such as the one pate...

Broonzy, Big Bill

Music

Age 55

June 26, 1903 - August 15, 1958

Lincoln Cemetery / Blue Island / Illinois / USA / North America

Big Bill Broonzy was an American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist and was one of the few country blues musicians of the '20s and '30s to find su...

Brossolette, Pierre

Historical Figure

Age 40

June 25, 1903 - March 22, 1944

Le Panthéon / Paris / France / Europe

Pierre Brossolette was a French journalist, a leading left-wing politician, and a major hero of the French Resistance.

Brown, Clifford

Music

Age 25

October 30, 1930 - June 26, 1956

Mt. Zion Cemetery / Wilmington / Delaware / USA / North America

Clifford Brown was only 25 when he died in a car accident in 1956, yet the rich body of work he left behind sealed his reputation as one of the greate...

Brown, Les

Music

Age 88

March 14, 1912 - January 4, 2001

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Les Brown was an American musician, big band leader and composer best known for his nearly seven decades of work with the big band Les Brown and His B...

Bulger, Whitey

Crime and their Victims

Age 89

September 3, 1929 - October 30, 2018

St. Joseph Cemetery / West Roxbury / Massachusetts / USA / North America

James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger Jr. was an American organized crime boss and FBI informant who led the Winter Hill Gang in the Winter Hill neighborhood o...

Bunker, Chang and Eng

The Odd and the Interesting

Age 62

May 11, 1811 - January 17, 1874

White Plains Baptist Church Cemetery / White Plains / North Carolina / USA / North America

Chang Bunker and Eng Bunker were Siamese-American conjoined twin brothers whose fame led to the term "Siamese twins" to become synonymous for conjoine...

Burlison, Paul

Music

Age 74

February 4, 1929 - September 27, 2003

Hinds Chapel Cemetery / Nesbit / Mississippi / USA / North America

The Burnette brothers with lead guitarist Paul Burlison, are best remembered for their seminal rockabilly recordings for Coral in the mid-1950s. Paul,...

Burnette, Dorsey

Music

Age 46

December 28, 1932 - August 19, 1979

Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) / Glendale / California / USA / North America

The Burnette brothers, Dorsey and Johnny, are best remembered for their seminal rockabilly recordings for Coral in the mid-1950s. With lead guitarist ...

Burnette, Johnny

Music

Age 30

March 25, 1934 - August 14, 1964

Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) / Glendale / California / USA / North America

The Burnette brothers, Dorsey and Johnny, are best remembered for their seminal rockabilly recordings for Coral in the mid-1950s. With lead guitarist ...

Burns, George

Show Business

Age 100

January 20, 1896 - March 9, 1996

Forest Lawn Memorial Park / Glendale / California / USA / North America

George Burns was a beloved American comedian, actor, singer, and writer and one of a few who made the successful transition from vaudeville to radio t...

Burnside, R. L.

Music

Age 78

November 23, 1926 - September 1, 2005

Free Springs C.M.E. Church / Como / Mississippi / USA / North America

R. L. Burnside was a Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He played music for much of his life but received little recognition before the ear...

Burr, Aaron

Historical Figure

Age 41

January 4, 1716 - September 24, 1757

Princeton Cemetery / Princeton / New Jersey / USA / North America

Aaron Burr Sr. was a notable Presbyterian minister and college educator in colonial America. He was a founder of the College of New Jersey (now Prince...

Burr, Aaron Jr.

Historical Figure

Age 80

February 6, 1756 - September 14, 1836

Princeton Cemetery / Princeton / New Jersey / USA / North America

Aaron Burr, Jr. was an important political figure in the early history of the United States of America. After serving as a Continental Army officer in...

Butera, Sam

Music

Age 81

August 17, 1927 - June 3, 2009

Greenwood Cemetery / New Orleans / Louisiana / USA / North America

Sam Butera was a tenor saxophonist best noted for his collaborations with Louis Prima and Keely Smith. Butera is frequently regarded as a crossover ar...

Butler, Roy

Show Business

Age 80

May 4, 1893 - July 28, 1973

Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America

Roy Butler was an American supporting actor known for mostly B-Western movies such Return of the Lash, Sky Liner (1949), Deputy Marshal (1949) and Hou...

Caesar, Adolph

Show Business

Age 52

December 5, 1933 - March 6, 1986

Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America

Adolph Caesar was an American actor, theatre director, dancer, and choreographer. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his supporting...

Cahn, Sammy

Music

Age 79

June 18, 1913 - January 15, 1993

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Sammy Cahn, the prolific lyricist whose Oscar-winning songs included Call Me Irresponsible, Three Coins in the Fountain and hundreds of films, pop hit...

Caillebotte, Gustave

Artists

Age 45

August 19, 1848 - February 21, 1894

Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe

Gustave Caillebotte was a French painter who was a member and patron of the Impressionists, although he painted in a more realistic manner than many ...

Caldwell, Tommy

Music

Age 30

November 9, 1949 - April 28, 1980

Greenlawn Cemetery / Spartanburg / South Carolina / USA / North America

Tommy Caldwell was a founding member and the bassist for The Marshall Tucker Band between 1973 and 1980. Caldwell composed several of their songs and ...

Caldwell, Toy

Music

Age 45

November 13, 1947 - February 25, 1993

Greenlawn Cemetery / Spartanburg / South Carolina / USA / North America

Toy Caldwell was a musician, songwriter and occasional vocalist of the 1970s Southern Rock group The Marshall Tucker Band. A founding member of the ba...

Calloway, Cab

Music

Age 86

December 25, 1907 - November 18, 1994

Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America

Cab Calloway was an American jazz singer, dancer, bandleader and actor. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York. He was a po...

Campanis, Al

Sports

Age 81

November 2, 1916 - June 21, 1998

Loma Linda Memorial Park / Fullerton / California / USA / North America

Al Campanis was a baseball player, farm team scout and finally an executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). He’d been a Montreal Royal shortstop in...

Campbell, Krystle

Crime and their Victims

Age 29

May 3, 1983 - April 15, 2013

Oak Grove Cemetery / Medford / Massachusetts / USA / North America

Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old Medford, Massachusetts native, was one of three people killed in the April 15, 2013 bombings at the Boston Marathon fi...

Candy, John

Show Business

Age 43

October 31, 1950 - March 4, 1994

Holy Cross Cemetery / Culver City / California / USA / North America

John Candy was one of the most fantastic comedic actors of his generation and perhaps Canada's greatest export to the U.S. His well-known roles as the...

Cannon, Gus

Music

Age 96

September 12, 1883 - October 15, 1979

Greenview Cemetery / Nesbit / Mississippi / USA / North America

Gus Cannon was an obscure but influential blues musician who helped to popularize jug bands (such as his own Cannon's Jug Stompers) in the 1920s a...

Capone, Al

Crime and their Victims

Age 48

January 17, 1899 - January 25, 1947

Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America

Al "Scarface" Capone was a notorious mobster who was head of the powerful Chicago Outfit during the 1920s and 30s. Making a vast fortune from alcohol...

Capote, Truman

Writers and Poets

Age 59

November 30, 1924 - August 25, 1984

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Truman was a unique, one-of-a-kind American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Some of Truman Capote's best known work...

Carpenter, Karen

Music

Age 32

March 2, 1950 - February 4, 1983

Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park / Westgate Village / California / USA / North America

Karen Carpenter was an American singer and drummer, who formed half of the sibling duo the Carpenters alongside her older brother Richard. With a dist...

Carr, Eric

Music

Age 41

July 12, 1950 - November 24, 1991

Cedar Hill Cemetery / Newburgh / New York / USA / North America

Despite being a replacement of an original member, Eric Carr was immediately accepted by die hard KISS fans based on his personality and superior perc...

Carr, Leroy

Music

Age 30

March 27, 1905 - April 29, 1935

Floral Park Cemetery / Indianapolis / Indiana / USA / North America

Leroy Carr, together with Scrapper Blackwell are arguably the two most underrated blues musicians of the 1920s and 1930s. What is undeniable is the tw...

Carrier, Willis

Business and Finance

Age 83

November 26, 1876 - October 7, 1950

Forest Lawn Cemetery / Buffalo / New York / USA / North America

As the father of modern refrigeration and air conditioning, Willis Carrier was the founder and chief executive officer of the giant Carrier Corporatio...

Carvel, Tom

Business and Finance

Age 84

July 14, 1906 - October 21, 1990

Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America

Tom Carvel was the creator of soft serve ice cream and one of the founding fathers of the franchise system in America. When his ice cream truck suffe...

Cassavetes, John

Show Business

Age 59

December 9, 1929 - February 3, 1989

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Primarily known as an actor early in his career, John Cassavetes would later be regarded by some as one of the most daring and influential filmmakers ...

Cassidy, Eva

Music

Age 33

February 2, 1963 - November 2, 1996

Cremated / North America

Eva Cassidy was a powerful, soulful singer and guitarist known for her interpretations of jazz, folk, and blues music whose meteoric rise to fame happ...

Castle, Irene

Other Entertainers

Age 75

04/17/1893 - 01/25/1969

Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America

Irene Castle and her husband Vernon Castle were the best known ballroom dancers of the early 20th Century. Beginning about 1914 they operated several ...

Castle, Vernon

Other Entertainers

Age 30

05/02/1887 - 02/15/1918

Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America

Vernon Castle and his wife Irene Castle were the best known ballroom dancers of the early 20th Century. Beginning about 1914 they operated several clu...

Cazale, John

Show Business

Age 42

August 12, 1935 - March 13, 1978

Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum / Malden / Massachusetts / USA / North America

John Cazale was an incredible actor who, in the course of 6 short years starred in 5 of the most iconic movies ever made - all of which were nominated...

Cermak, Anton

Historical Figure

Age 59

May 9, 1873 - March 6, 1933

Bohemian National Cemetery / Chicago / Illinois / USA / North America

Anton Cermak was the 44th mayor of Chicago who was shot while shaking hands with President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami, Florida after a day o...

Chaplin, Charlie

Show Business

Age 88

04/16/1889 - 12/25/1977

Cimetière de Corsier-sur-Vevey / Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud / Switzerland / Europe

Charlie Chaplin was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his...

Cheval, Ferdinand

Artists

Age 88

April 19, 1836 - August 19, 1924

Cemeterie de hauterive / Hauterive / France / Europe

Factuer Cheval was a French postman who spent thirty-three years of his life building Le Palais idéal (the "Ideal Palace") in Hauterives, France. Th...

Chirac, Jacques

World Leaders

Age 86

November 29, 1932 - September 26, 2019

Cimetière du Montparnasse / Paris / France / Europe

Jacques Chirac was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. Chirac was previously the Prime Minister of France from 19...

Chisholm, Shirley

Historical Figure

Age 80

November 30, 1924 - January 1, 2005

Forest Lawn Cemetery / Buffalo / New York / USA / North America

Chisholm was the first black woman elected to the United States Congress, the first black candidate for a major party's nomination for President of th...

Chopin, Frédéric

Music

Age 39

March 1, 1810 - October 17, 1849

Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe

Frederic Chopin was a Polish-born pianist and composer of matchless genius in the realm of keyboard music. As a pianist, his talents were beyond emula...

Christie, Agatha

Writers and Poets

Age 85

September 15, 1890 - January 12, 1976

St. Mary's Church / Cholsey, Wallingford / United Kingdom / Europe

Agatha Christie, the world’s best selling author, was born on 15th September 1890 in Torquay. She is know as the Queen of Crime for her detective fi...

Clark, William Andrews Jr.

Business and Finance

Age 57

March 29, 1877 - June 14, 1934

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

William Andrews Clark Jr. was a philanthropist, lawyer, book collector, founder of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the youngest surviving son of co...

Clarkson, Lana

Show Business

Age 40

April 5, 1962 - February 3, 2003

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

For nearly 20 years Lana Clarkson was the typical struggling actress and model in Hollywood appearing in a multitude of forgettable films such as Deat...

Clavel, Bernard

Writers and Poets

Age 87

May 29, 1923 - October 5, 2010

Frontenay Communal Cemetery / Frontenay / France / Europe

The popular French novelist Bernard Clavel, who started his career as a baker, published his first novel "Night Worker" in 1956 and went on to write m...

Cleveland, Frances

Historical Figure

Age 83

July 21, 1864 - October 29, 1947

Princeton Cemetery / Princeton / New Jersey / USA / North America

Frances Cleveland was First Lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897 as the wife of President Grover Cleveland. Becomin...

Cleveland, Grover

World Leaders

Age 71

March 18, 1837 - June 24, 1908

Princeton Cemetery / Princeton / New Jersey / USA / North America

Grover Cleveland was the first Democrat elected after the Civil War in 1885, as the 22nd and 24th President Grover Cleveland was the only President to...

Clicquot, Madame

Business and Finance

Age 88

December 16, 1777 - July 29, 1866

Cimetiere du Nord / Reims / France / Europe

Barbe-Nicole grew up as the eldest daughter of one of wealthy textile industry tycoon and personal friend of Napoleon Bonaparte: Ponce Jean Nicolas Ph...

Cline, Patsy

Music

Age 30

September 8, 1932 - March 5, 1963

Shenandoah Memorial Park / Winchester / Virginia / USA / North America

Patsy Cline was an American singer and performer and is considered by many to be one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century and was one...

Cochran, Eddie

Music

Age 21

October 3, 1938 - April 17, 1960

Forest Lawn Memorial Park / Cypress / California / USA / North America

Eddie Cochran was an American rock and roll musician and songwriter with such hits as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody" and ...

Cocteau, Jean

Writers and Poets

Age 74

July 5, 1889 - October 11, 1963

Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples / Milly-la-Forêt / France / Europe

Jean Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic whose best known works include the novel Les Enfan...

Cohan, George M.

Show Business

Age 64

July 3, 1878 - November 5, 1942

Woodlawn Cemetery / The Bronx / New York / USA / North America

George M. Cohan began his career as a child, performing with family as "The Four Cohans". Over the span of six decades that simple beginning developed...

Cole, Nat King

Music

Age 45

March 17, 1919 - February 15, 1965

Forest Lawn Memorial Park / Glendale / California / USA / North America

Nat King Cole, was a phenomanel jazz pianist, singer and national treasure. He first rose to fame as the leader of the Nat King Cole Trio which became...

Colgate, Samuel

Business and Finance

Age 75

March 22, 1822 - April 23, 1897

Rosedale Cemetery / Montclair / New Jersey / USA / North America

Samuel Colgate, son of the found of Colgate William Colgate, was an American manufacturer and philanthropist, born in New York City. He became widely ...

Collier, Lois

Show Business

Age 80

March 21, 1919 - October 27, 1999

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Lois Collier was a Hollywood actress whose acting career started as a model in the 1935 romance-comedy "Women Must Dress". From 1940 through 1949, her...

Collier, Sean

Crime and their Victims

Age 26

January 3, 1986 - April 18, 2013

Puritan Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery / Peabody / Massachusetts / USA / North America

Three days after the horrific Boston Marathon Bombings in April 2013 and with the two perpetrators still at large, Officer Sean Collier was on patrol ...

Collins, Jackie

Writers and Poets

Age 77

October 4, 1937 - September, 19 2015

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Jackie Collins was an English romance novelist and actress. who wrote 32 novels - all of which appeared on The New York Times bestsellers list. Succes...

Colombo, Joseph

Crime and their Victims

Age 54

June 16, 1923 - May 22, 1978

St. John Cemetery / Middle Village / New York / USA / North America

Joseph Colombo Sr. became the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of five families associated with the American Mafia in New York City. Joseph Colom...

Colosimo, Big Jim

Crime and their Victims

Age 42

February 16, 1878 - May 11, 1920

Oak Woods Cemetery / Chicago / Illinois / USA / North America

James "Big Jim" Colosimo was the first organized crime leader in Chicago who ran a popular restaurant, Colosimo's Cafe, that was a hot spot for vice ...

Concannon, Jack

Sports

Age 62

February 25, 1943 - November 28, 2005

New Calvary Cemetery / Mattapan / Massachusetts / USA / North America

With only one winning season to his name, Jack Concannon was an as an American football player who played professionally as a quarterback in the Natio...

Conigliaro, Tony

Sports

Age 45

January 7, 1945 - February 24, 1990

Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum / Malden / Massachusetts / USA / North America

Tony C was a phenomenal baseball player who, in his first at bat for the Boston Red Sox hit a towering home run on the first pitch. During his 1964 ro...

Conner, Keven

Music

Age 28

November 18, 1974 - January 28, 2003

Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery / Houston / Texas / USA / North America

Known as the Kings of the Slow Jamz, R&B masters H-Town was founded in 1990 by twin brothers Keven "Dino" Conner, Solomon “Shazam" Conner and their ...

Connolly, Brian

Music

Age 51

October 5, 1945 - February 9, 1997

Breakspear Crematorium / Ruislip, Middlesex / Europe

As lead singer for the glam band Sweet, Brian Connolly and Sweet enjoyed a string of hits “Block Buster” topping the chart, followed by three cons...

Cooke, Sam

Music

Age 33

January 22, 1931 - December 11, 1964

Forest Lawn Memorial Park / Glendale / California / USA / North America

Sam Cooke's intonation was exquisitely exact. His command of pitch and texture were flawless. His skills as a vocalist were - and remain over sixty ye...

Copas, Cowboy

Music

Age 49

July 15, 1913 - March 5, 1963

Forest Lawn Memorial Garden / Goodlettsville / Tennessee / USA / North America

Cowboy Copas was an American country music singer who was popular from the 1940s until his death in the 1963 plane crash that also killed country star...

Coppola, Michael

Crime and their Victims

Age 66

July 2, 1900 - October 1, 1966

Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America

Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola was a New York City mobster who became a caporegime of the 116th Street Crew, with the Genovese crime family. He entere...

Cornell, Chris

Music

Age 52

July 20, 1964 - May 18, 2017

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Possessing a nearly four-octave range and one of the key figures in the 1990s Seattle grunge music movement, Chris Cornell was know as the lead singer...

Courson, Pamela

Music

Age 27

December 22, 1946 - April 25, 1974

Fairhaven Memorial Park / Santa Ana / California / USA / North America

Pamela Courson was a long-term companion of Jim Morrison, singer of the Doors. Courson stated she discovered Morrison's body in the bathtub of a Paris...

Coward, Noël

Show Business

Age 73

December 16, 1899 - March 26, 1973

Firefly Estate, Galina, Jamaica / Galina, St. Mary / Jamaica / North America

A prolific performer, playwright and raconteur, Noël Coward was also a talented songwriter whose acerbic wit (both on and off stage) and sophisticate...

Crandall, Del

Sports

Age 91

March 5, 1930 - May 5, 2021

Loma Linda Memorial Park / Fullerton / California / USA / North America

Delmar Crandall was an American professional baseball player and manager. Crandall played as a catcher in Major League Baseball and spent most of his ...

Crane, Bob

Show Business

Age 49

July 13, 1928 - June 29, 1978

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Robert Edward Crane was an actor, drummer, radio personality, and disc jockey known for starring in the CBS television comedy Hogan's Heroes about the...

Crash, Darby

Music

Age 22

September 26, 1958 - December 7, 1980

Holy Cross Cemetery / Culver City / California / USA / North America

Darby Crash was an American punk rock vocalist and songwriter who co-founded the seminal Los Angeles punk band the Germs. As the lead "singer" a typic...

Crawford, Joan

Show Business

Age 73

March 23, 1904 - May 10, 1977

Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America

Ranked in the Top Ten list of greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema by the American Film Institute, Joan Crawford's brilliant career inclu...

Crosby, Bing

Show Business

Age 74

May 3, 1903 - October 14, 1977

Holy Cross Cemetery / Culver City / California / USA / North America

With over 70 feature films and 1,600 recorded songs and countless television appearances, Bing Crosby was the first multimedia star in America. From 1...

Crudup, Arthur

Music

Age 68

August 24, 1905 - March 28, 1974

Bethel Memorial Gardens / Franktown / Virginia / USA / North America

Arthur William "Big Boy" Crudup was an American Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his songs "That's All Right" (1946)...

Cruz, Celia

Music

Age 77

October 21, 1925 - July 16, 2003

Woodlawn Cemetery / The Bronx / New York / USA / North America

Originally Celia Cruz studied to be a teacher in her native Havana, but was lured into show business when a relative entered her in a radio talent con...

Cunningham, Carl Lee

Music

Age 19

December 31, 1969 - December 10, 1967

New Park Cemetery / Memphis / Tennessee / USA / North America

As a member of the Bar-Kays, Carl played drums for Otis Redding and died in the plane crash that took the life of Otis Redding, Phalon Jones, Carl C...

Curie, Marie

Science

Age 66

November 7, 1867 - July 4, 1934

Le Panthéon / Paris / France / Europe

Marie Curie was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to w...

Curie, Pierre

Science

Age 46

May 15, 1859 - April 19, 1906

Le Panthéon / Paris / France / Europe

Pierre Curie was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity, and radioactivity. In 1903, he received the Nobel Priz...

da Vinci, Leonardo

Historical Figure

Age 67

April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1452

Chapel of Saint-Hubert at Château Royal d'Amboise / Amboise / France / Europe

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian for “Leonardo from Vinci”) was an Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose skill and intelli...

Daffan, Ted

Music

Age 84

September 21, 1912 - October 6, 1996

Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery / Houston / Texas / USA / North America

Ted Daffan was a country music performer (with his band the Texans) and songwriter noted for composing the seminal "Truck Driver's Blues" and two much...

Dale, Dick

Music

Age 81

May 4, 1937 - March 16, 2019

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Dick Dale was an American rock guitarist. He was the pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scales and experimenting with reverb. Dal...

Dalida

Music

Age 54

January 17, 1933 - May 3, 1987

Cimetière de Montmartre / Paris / France / Europe

Dalida (aka Yolande Christina Gigliotti) was born in Shoudra, a district of Cairo the child of Italian immigrants from Calabria. Her father played the...

Dalla, Lucio

Music

Age 68

March 4, 1943 - March 1, 2012

Cimitero Monumentale della Certosa di Bologna / Bologna BO / Italy / Europe

Lucio Dalla was a popular Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor who belonged to a genre of Italian songwriters known as “cantautori,” whos...

Dangerfield, Rodney

Show Business

Age 82

November 22, 1921 - October 5, 2004

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Rodney Dangerfield was an hilarious American stand-up comedian and actor known for his "I don't get no respect" routine. He starred in the hit movie c...

Darc, Mireille

Show Business

Age 79

May 15, 1938 - August 28, 2017

Cimetière du Montparnasse / Paris / France / Europe

Mireille Darc was a French model and actress. She appeared as a lead character in Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 film Weekend and was a Knight of the Legion o...

Darrell, Dimebag

Music

Age 38

August 20, 1966 - December 8, 2004

Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery / Arlington / Texas / USA / North America

As the cofounder with his brother Vinnie of Pantera and Damageplan, Dimebag Darrell was not only one of the most influential heavy metal guitarist but...

Daumier, Sophie

Show Business

Age 69

November 24, 1934 - December 31, 2003

Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe

Sophie Daumier was a French film actress who appeared in 28 films between 1956 and 1979 including On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels (1957), Amelie or T...

Davies, Marion

Show Business

Age 64

January 3, 1897 - September 22, 1961

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

In the Roaring Twenties, Marion Davies was a superstar. By 1923, Davies was the #1 female box office star in Hollywood due to the popularity of "When ...

Davis, Jefferson

Historical Figure

Age 81

June 3, 1808 - December 6, 1889

Hollywood Cemetery / Richmond / Virginia / United States / North America

Jefferson Davis was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. As a member of the Democratic Part...

Davis, Madelyn

Show Business

Age 90

March 15, 1921 - April 20, 2011

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Madelyn Pugh Davis was a television writer who became known in the 1950s for her work on the famous 'I Love Lucy' television series. Madelyn and her w...

Davis, Miles

Music

Age 65

May 26, 1926 - September 28, 1991

Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America

There are few musical geniuses in this world, but as jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader Miles Davis is one of the most influential and acclaimed ...

Davis, Ossie

Historical Figure

Age 87

December 18, 1917 - February 4, 2005

Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America

Ossie Davis was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. He and his wife, Ruby Dee were named to the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame; were a...

Davis, Sammy Jr.

Show Business

Age 64

December 8, 1925 - May 16, 1990

Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery / Glendale / California / USA / North America

Sammy Davis Jr. overcame prevailing racism to establish himself as an entertainment legend, becoming a successful comedian, actor, dancer and singer. ...

Davis, Varina

Historical Figure

Age 80

May 7, 1826 - October 16, 1906

Hollywood Cemetery / Richmond / Virginia / United States / North America

Varina Davis was the only First Lady of the Confederate States of America, and the longtime second wife of President Jefferson Davis. Born and raised ...

Dawson, Richard

Show Business

Age 79

November 20, 1932 - June 2, 2012

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Richard Dawson, the original and longtime host of “Family Feud” known for planting kisses on female contestants was also a regular on television a...

de Beauvoir, Simone

Writers and Poets

Age 78

January 9, 1908 - April 14, 1986

Cimetière du Montparnasse / Paris / France / Europe

Simone de Beauvoir was a French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist, and social theorist. Though she did no...

de Demidoff, Baroness Elizaveta Alexandrovna

Historical Figure

Age 41

December 1, 1776 - March 27, 1818

Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe

Baroness Elizaveta Alexandrovna Stroganova was a Russian aristocrat of the Stroganov family. Married to Count Nikolai Nikitich Demidov, they had two c...

Dean, James

Show Business

Age 24

February 8, 1931 - September 30, 1955

Park Cemetery / Fairmount / Indiana / USA / North America

With only three movies to his name - Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, Giant - James Dean cemented his legacy as a cultural icon of teenage disillu...

Dee, Ruby

Historical Figure

Age 91

October 27, 1922 - June 11, 2014

Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America

Ruby Dee was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. She originated the role of "Ruth Younger" in ...

Delahanty, Ed

Sports

Age 35

October 30, 1867 - July 2, 1903

Calvary Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America

Ed Delahanty was an American professional baseball player who spent his Major League Baseball (MLB) playing career with the Philadelphia Quakers, Clev...

DeMeo, Roy

Crime and their Victims

Age 42

September 7, 1940 - January 10, 1983

St. John Cemetery / Middle Village / New York / USA / North America

Roy DeMeo's rise from teen-age loan shark in Brooklyn to capo in the Gambino crime family, leading a crew known as the DeMeo gang that did contract mu...

DeMille, Cecil B.

Show Business

Age 77

August 12, 1881 - January 21, 1959

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Considered the founding father of the American cinema and the most commercially successful producer-director in film history he was also one of the fo...

Denny, Sandy

Music

Age 31

January 6, 1947 - April 21, 1978

Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium / Putney, London / England / Europe

Sandy Denny has been described as the pre-eminent British folk rock singer who was successful as a solo artist and as the lead singer of the British f...

DeSalvo, Albert

Crime and their Victims

Age 42

September 3, 1931 - November 25, 1973

Puritan Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery / Peabody / Massachusetts / USA / North America

Albert DeSalvo was an alleged American rapist and serial killer in Boston, Massachusetts, who purportedly confessed to being the "Boston Strangler", t...

DeStefano, Sam

Crime and their Victims

Age 63

September 13, 1909 - April 14, 1973

Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America

Notorious Italian-American gangster with the Chicago Outfit, Sam "Mad Sam" DeStefano was known to be one of its most vicious loan sharks, serial rapis...

Dexter, Brad

Show Business

Age 85

April 9, 1917 - December 12, 2002

Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America

Brad Dexter was an American actor and film producer whose very first film was the classic The Asphalt Jungle. From there he was known for tough-guy an...

Dexter, Edmund

Business and Finance

Age 61

1801 - July 24, 1862

Spring Grove Cemetery / Cincinnati / Ohio / USA / North America

Edmund Dexter was a famous (well ... famous in the 1800s) whiskey maker and liquor distributor located in Cincinnati, Ohio. An immigrant from England,...

Dickinson, Emily

Writers and Poets

Age 55

December 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886

West Cemetery / Amherst / Massachusetts / USA / North America

Emily Dickinson is one of America’s greatest and most original poets of all time. She took definition as her province and challenged the existing de...

Dillinger, John

Crime and their Victims

Age 31

June 22, 1903 - July 22, 1934

Crown Hill Cemetery / Indianapolis / Indiana / USA / North America

John Dillinger was an infamous American gangster of the Great Depression. He led a group known as the "Dillinger Gang", which was accused of robbing 2...

Dio, Ronnie James

Music

Age 67

July 10, 1942 - May 16, 2010

Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Ronnie James Dio was an American heavy metal singer, songwriter and composer who is considered by many to be one of the great heavy metal vocalist. He...

Disney, Walt

Business and Finance

Age 65

December 5, 1901 - December 15, 1966

Forest Lawn Memorial Park / Glendale / California / USA / North America

Walt Disney was American entrepreneur, animator, writer, voice actor, and film producer. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced s...

Dixon, Willie

Music

Age 76

July 1, 1915 - January 29, 1992

Burr Oak Cemetery / Alsip / Illinois / USA / North America

Willie Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer proficient in playing both the upright bass and the gu...

Doe, Butchie

Crime and their Victims

Age 59

April 26, 1959 - June 7, 2018

Pine Haven Cemetery / Burlington / Massachusetts / USA / North America

Arthur "Butchie" Doe was one of the most hated mobsters in all of Boston Mob history. Suspected in 3 murders he also survived 4 attempts on his life. ...

Dolezal, Frank

Crime and their Victims

Age 51

May 4, 1887 - August 24, 1939

West Park Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America

A Cleveland, Ohio resident who was suspected and awaiting trial as the Cleveland Torso Serial Killer when he was murdered in prison. His name was clea...

Dorsey, Tommy

Music

Age 51

November 19, 1905 - November 26, 1956

Kensico Cemetery / Valhalla / New York / USA / North America

A highly respected and influential trombonist, Tommy Dorsey—both independently and with his brother Jimmy—led several of the most popular big band...

Doyle, Arthur Conan

Writers and Poets

Age 71

May 22, 1859 - July 7, 1930

All Saints Church - Minstead Village / Minstead, Lyndhurst / United Kingdom / Europe

Over 125 years after his creation, Sherlock Holmes remains the most popular fictional detective in history. Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for the 6...

Drake, Nick

Music

Age 26

June 19, 1948 - November 25, 1974

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Tanworth-in-Arden / Tanworth-in-Arden, Solihull / United Kingdom / Europe

Nick Drake was an English singer-songwriter and musician best known for his acoustic, mournful, melancholy songs. With only three albums released to m...

Drake, Pete

Music

Age 55

October 8, 1932 - July 29, 1988

Spring Hill Cemetery / Nashville / Tennessee / USA / North America

Pete Drake was one of the greatest pedal-steel musicians who played on 118 Gold and Platinum albums with artists ranging from Bob Dylan, George Harris...

Drucci, Vincent

Crime and their Victims

Age 29

January 1, 1989 - April 4, 1927

Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America

Sicilian-American mobster who succeeded friend Dean O'Banion by becoming co-leader of the North Side Gang, Al Capone's best known rival. Vincent "The ...

Duffy, Hugh

Sports

Age 87

November 26, 1866 - October 19, 1954

Mount Calvary Cemetery / Roslindale / Massachusetts / USA / North America

Hugh Duffy was an American outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball. He was a player or player-manager for the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago...

Dugan, Joe

Sports

Age 85

May 12, 1897 - July 7, 1982

Mount Calvary Cemetery / Roslindale / Massachusetts / USA / North America

After a slow start with Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics baseball team, Jumping Joe Dugan eventually made his way to the fabled New York Yankees w...

Dumas, Alexandre

Writers and Poets

Age 68

July 24, 1802 - December 5, 1870

Le Panthéon / Paris / France / Europe

Alexandre Dumas was a French writer, best know for his works "The Count of Monte Cristo", "The Three Musketeers", "Twenty Years After", and "The Vicom...

Duncan, Isadora

Show Business

Age 50

May 26, 1877 - September 14, 1927

Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe

Known as the Mother of Dance, Isadora Duncan was an American dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance, who performed t...

Duncan, Michael Clarke

Show Business

Age 54

December 10, 1957 - September 3, 2012

Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Remembered for his huge size and deep, resonant voice, American actor Michael Clarke Duncan's breakout role came as John Coffey in The Green Mile (199...

Dunne, Dominick

Writers and Poets

Age 83

October 29, 1925 - August 26, 2009

Hadlyme Cove Cemetery / Lyme / Connecticut / USA / North America

Dominick Dunne was an American writer, investigative journalist, and producer. He started as a producer in film and television, and is noted for invol...

Dunne, Dominique

Show Business

Age 22

November 23, 1959 - November 4, 1982

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Dominique Dunne was an American actress who first appeared in the 1979 television film Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker which she parlayed into supportin...

Durosnel, Antoine Jean Auguste

Historical Figure

Age 77

November 9, 1771 - February 5, 1849

Cimetière du Père-Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe

General Antoine Jean Auguste Durosnel served as aide-de-camp to Napoleon who spent much of his career with the 16th Chasseurs à Cheval. Cavalry Gener...

Dyer, Ken

Sports

Age 63

March 16, 1946 - March 7, 2010

Mesa Cemetery / Mesa / Arizona / USA / North America

Ken Dyer was an American football player who played two seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San...

Earp, Wyatt

Historical Figure

Age 80

March 19, 1848 - January 13, 1929

Hills of Eternity Memorial Park / Colma / California / USA / North America

Wyatt Earp made a living as a professional gambler, teamster, buffalo hunter, saloon owner, brothel manager and a miner. However he is best remembered...

Eazy-E

Music

Age 30

September 7, 1964 - March 26, 1995

Rose Hills Memorial Park / Whittier / California / USA / North America

Co-founder of the influential Compton, California gangsta rap group N.W.A., Easy-E with Dr. Dre and Ice Cube won acclaim for portraying life on the st...

Eddy, Nelson

Show Business

Age 66

June 29, 1901 - March 6, 1967

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Singer and actor who appeared in nightclubs, the concert stage, film and television including 19 musicals and 8 films with Jeanette McDonald

Ederle, Gertrude

Sports

Age 98

October 23, 1905 - November 30, 2003

Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America

Gertrude Caroline Ederle was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in five events. On August 6, 1926, she ...

Edison, Thomas

Historical Figure

Age 84

February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931

Thomas Edison National Historical Park / West Orange / New Jersey / USA / North America

Thomas Edison was an American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such...

Einstein, Albert

Science

Age 76

March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955

Cremated / North America

Albert Einstein was a renown German-born theoretical physicist, and regarded as one of the greatest physicists of all time. Einstein is known widely f...

Ellington, Duke

Music

Age 75

April 29, 1899 - May 24, 1974

Woodlawn Cemetery / The Bronx, New York / New York / USA / North America

Considered by many as the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time, Duke Ellington led his band for more than half a century, composed thousa...

Elliot, Cass

Music

Age 32

September 19, 1941 - July 29, 1974

Mount Sinai Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Her unmistakable voice as a founding member of The Mamas and The Papas in songs like California Dreamin’, Monday Monday and Dream a Little Dream o...

Éluard, Nusch

Artists

Age 40

June 21, 1906 - November 28, 1946

Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe

Nicknamed “Nusch” by artist Max Bill, she was a French performer, model and surrealist artist. In 1930 she met the poet Paul Éluard working as a ...

Éluard, Paul

Writers and Poets

Age 56

December 14, 1895 - November 18, 1952

Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe

Paul Éluard was a French poet and one of the founders of the Surrealist movement. He is widely considered the best of the surrealist poets, and his s...

Emerson, Keith

Music

Age 71

November 2, 1944 - March 11, 2016

Lancing and Sompting Cemetery / Lancing / West Sussex / England / Europe

Keith Emerson was an English keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer who was perhaps best known as one-third of Emerson, Lake and Palmer. He play...

Emmons, Louise

Show Business

Age 77

January 7, 1858 - March 6, 1935

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Louise Emmons was an American character actress who specialized in portraying old hags, such as the evil headmistress from the Our Gang film Mush and ...

Engel, Georgia

Show Business

Age 70

July 28, 1948 - April 12, 2019

Cape Charles Cemetery / Cape Charles / Virginia / USA / North America

Georgia Engel was an American actress best known for having played Georgette Franklin Baxter (Ted Baxter's wife) in the sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Sh...

Escalante, Jaime

Science

Age 79

December 31, 1930 - March 30, 2010

Rose Hills Memorial Park / Whittier / California / USA / North America

Jaime Escalante became famous for his work with troubled, "unteachable" high school math students. Escalante was an educator who was born in Bolivia ...

Factor, Max

Business and Finance

Age 60

September 15, 1877 - August 30, 1938

Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery / Culver City / California / USA / North America

Polish businessman, beautician, entrepreneur and inventor. Max Factor Sr. founded the the cosmetics giant Max Factor & Company, and modernized the cos...

Fairbanks, Douglas

Show Business

Age 56

May 23, 1883 - December 12, 1939

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

One of cinema's first icons, Douglas Fairbanks was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling ro...

Fairbanks, Douglas Jr.

Show Business

Age 90

December 9, 1909 - May 7, 2000

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Son of actor Douglas Fairbanks and once married to Joan Crawford, Fairbanks Jr. was a decorated navel officer in WW II and a well respected actor who ...

Falco

Music

Age 40

February 19, 1957 - February 6, 1998

Der Wiener Zentralfriedhof / Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234 / Vienna / Austria / Europe

His name was Falco, and the image of sharp suit and slick-back hair already set him apart from the glam rockers and post-punks of the late 80s. He was...

Falk, Peter

Show Business

Age 83

September 16, 1927 - June 23, 2011

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

American actor and comedian, known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the long-running television series Columbo, for which he won four Primetime E...

Farina, Dennis

Show Business

Age 69

February 29, 1944 - July 22, 2013

Mt. Carmel Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America

Farina began his career in law enforcement as a Chicago police officer and, later in life, was a talented character actor often typecast as a mobster ...

Farley, Chris

Show Business

Age 33

February 15, 1964 - December 18, 1997

Resurrection Cemetery / Madison / Wisconsin / USA / North America

Chris Farley was an actor and a physical comedy genius known for his over-the-top loud, energetic comedic style. He started out as a member of Chicago...

Farmer, Fannie

Writers and Poets

Age 57

March 23, 1857 - January 15, 1915

Mount Auburn Cemetery / Cambridge / Massachusetts / USA / North America

American cooking expert, author, and educator Fannie Farmer was an authority in the art of cooking, author of six books about food preparation (includ...

Farrell, Charles

Show Business

Age 89

August 9, 1900 - May 6, 1990

Welwood Murray Cemetery / Palm Springs / California / USA / North America

Charles Farrell was an American film actor of the 1920s silent era and into the 1930s, and later a television actor. Farrell is probably best recalled...

Fawcett, Farrah

Show Business

Age 62

February 2, 1947 - June 25, 2008

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Farrah Leni Fawcett was an American actress, fashion model, and artist. A four-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nomin...

Fender, Leo

Music

Age 81

August 10, 1909 - March 21, 1991

Fairhaven Memorial Park / Santa Ana / California / USA / North America

Keith Richard's once said "thank God for Leo Fender". For it was Leo Fender, with $600 in his pocket, started the Fender Radio Service company during ...

Ferrell, Conchata

Show Business

Age 77

March 1, 1943 - October 12, 2020

Forest Cemetery / Circleville / Ohio / USA / North America

Conchata Ferrell was an American actress and most recognizable for playing Berta the housekeeper for all 12 seasons of Two and a Half Men. For her per...

Field, Cyrus West

Business and Finance

Age 72

November 30, 1819 - July 12, 1892

Stockbridge Cemetery / Stockbridge / Massachusetts / USA / North America

Cyrus Field (1819-1892) spearheaded the mission to lay the first telegraphic cable across the Atlantic Ocean. As the head of a paper company, he amass...

Fields, Totie

Show Business

Age 48

May 7, 1930 - August 2, 1978

Mount Sinai Memorial Parks / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Totie Fields was an American comedian who got her start on the east coast in nightclubs when Ed Sullivan saw her show at the Copacabana in New York Ci...

Fillmore, Millard

World Leaders

Age 74

December 31, 1969 - March 8, 1874

Forest Lawn Cemetery / Buffalo / New York / USA / North America

Millard Fillmore was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853, the last to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White ...

Finch, Peter

Show Business

Age 60

September 28, 1916 - January 14, 1977

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Peter Finch was a hard-drinking, hell-raising womanizer and one of his generations finest actors best remembered for his performance as Howard Beale i...

Fine, Irving

Music

Age 47

December 3, 1914 - August 23, 1962

Sharon Memorial Park / Sharon / Massachusetts / USA / North America

Irving Fine was an American composer with a remarkable gift for lyricism, whose masterfully crafted scores inevitably "sing." Aaron Copland wrote that...

Flammarion, Camille

Science

Age 83

February 26, 1842 - June 3, 1925

Observatoire Camille Flammarion à Juvisy-sur-Orge / Juvisy-sur-Orge, Seine-et-Oise / France / Europe

Camille Flammarion was a famous French astronomer, author, magazine publisher and notable psychical researcher. He was a prolific author of more than ...

Fleischmann, Charles Louis

Business and Finance

Age 62

November 3, 1835 - December 10, 1897

Spring Grove Cemetery / Cincinnati / Ohio / USA / North America

Charles Louis Fleischmann was a Hungarian-American who, along with his brother Maximilian and another partner, created America’s first commercially ...

Fleming, Ian

Writers and Poets

Age 56

May 28, 1908 - August 12, 1964

St. James' Churchyard / Swindon / Wiltshire / England / Europe

Ian Fleming was a British writer and naval intelligence officer who is best known for his iconic James Bond series of spy novels. The Bond stories ran...

Fleming, Victor

Show Business

Age 59

February 23, 1889 - January 6, 1949

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Were film director Victor Fleming’s legacy limited to his two best-known films – "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) and "Gone with the Wind" (1939) – he ...

Flemmi, Vincent

Crime and their Victims

Age 44

September 5, 1935 - October 16, 1979

Milton Cemetery / Milton / Massachusetts / USA / North America

There's only one Boston mob hitman and psychopath more vicious that Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi (long time associate of Whitey Bulger) and that was ...

Ford, Tennessee

Music

Age 72

February 13, 1919 - October 17, 1991

Alta Mesa Memorial Park / Palo Alto / California / USA / North America

American singer known for his rich bass-baritone voice in singing country, pop, and gospel, Tennessee Ernie Ford's hit recordings include "The Shotgun...

Forester, C. S.

Writers and Poets

Age 66

August 27, 1899 - April 2, 1966

Loma Linda Memorial Park / Fullerton / California / USA / North America

C.S. Forester is best known for his Horatio Hornblower series, 12 novels set during the Napoleonic Wars that track the adventures and the growth of a ...

Foster, Willie

Music

Age 79

September 21, 1921 - May 20, 2001

Holly Ridge Cemetery / Holly Ridge / Mississippi / USA / North America

Not to be confused with Little Willy Foster from Chicago, Willie Foster was a talented delta blues harmonica player who was born into poverty who ende...

Fowley, Kim

Music

Age 75

July 21, 1939 - January 15, 2015

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Hunter S. Thompson once said "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and goo...

François, Claude

Music

Age 39

February 1, 1939 - March 11, 1978

Cimetière de Dannemois / Dannemois / France / Europe

Claude François was a popular French pop singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, drummer and dancer. François co-wrote the lyrics of "Comme d...

Frank, Richard

Show Business

Age 42

January 4, 1953 - August 27, 1995

Sharon Memorial Park / Sharon / Massachusetts / USA / North America

Richard Frank was an American actor and a graduate of The Julliard School in New York City. He was perhaps best known as Father Vogler in the 1984 aca...

Franklin, Melvin

Music

Age 52

October 12, 1942 - February 23, 1995

Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

It has been over five decades since The Temptations were first founded and in that time there have been 22 different members of the group, but it is t...

Franks, Bobby

Crime and their Victims

Age 14

September 19, 1909 - May 21, 1924

Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum / Chicago / Illinois / USA / North America

Bobby Franks was the son of the very wealthy Chicago real estate speculator and developer Jacob Franks. On May 22, 1924, the body of 14-year-old Rober...

Freed, Alan

Music

Age 43

December 15, 1921 - January 20, 1965

Lake View Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America

Alan Freed was an American disc jockey and Rock and Roll’s first great evangelist and martyr. Freed became associated with the genre on July 11, 195...

Frey, Albert

Artists

Age 95

October 18, 1903 - November 14, 1998

Welwood Murray Cemetery / Palm Springs / California / USA / North America

Albert Frey was a Swiss-born architect who established a style of modernist architecture centered on Palm Springs, California, United States, that cam...

Frizzell, Lefty

Music

Age 47

March 31, 1928 - July 19, 1975

Forest Lawn Memorial Garden / Goodlettsville / Tennessee / USA / North America

Widely considered one of the greatest country singers who ever lived, Lefty Frizzell's body of work gives little indication of the enormous stylistic ...

Frost, Frank

Music

Age 63

April 15, 1936 - October 12, 1999

Magnolia Cemetery / Helena / Arkansas / USA / North America

One of the foremost Delta blues harmonica players of his generation. Frank Frost only picked up the harmonica after an accident damaged his hand that ...

Fuller, Bobby

Music

Age 23

October 22, 1942 - July 18, 1966

Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

"I fought the law and the law won". These words became an anthem for a generation of disaffected youth during the turbulent 60s. Written and sung by B...

Gabor, Eva

Show Business

Age 76

February 11, 2019 - July 4, 1995

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Eva Gabor, the youngest of the glamorous sisters from Hungary, who was best known for her role in the television series as Lisa Douglas opposite Eddie...

Gabor, Magda

Show Business

Age 81

June 11, 1915 - June 6, 1997

Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America

Magda Gabor was a Hungarian-American actress and socialite, and the elder sister of Zsa Zsa and Eva Gabor. Magda is most remembered as the beautiful, ...

Gainsbourg, Serge

Music

Age 62

April 2, 1928 - March 2, 1991

Cimetière du Montparnasse / Paris / France / Europe

Serge Gainsbourg was a French musician, singer-songwriter, author, filmmaker and actor. Regarded as the most important figure in French pop whilst ali...

Galabru, Michel

Show Business

Age 93

October 22, 1922 - January 4, 2016

Cimetière de Montmartre / Paris / France / Europe

Michel Galabru was a talented French stage and screen character actor and theatre director who appeared in more than 250 films and worked with directo...

Gall, France

Music

Age 70

October 9, 1947 - January 7, 2018

Cimetière de Montmartre / Paris / France / Europe

France Gall was a French yé-yé singer who first rose to fame in 1965 when, at the age of 17, she won the Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg. Wha...

Gamble, James

Business and Finance

Age 88

April 3, 1803 - April 29, 1891

Spring Grove Cemetery / Cincinnati / Ohio / USA / North America

In 1819, the George Gamble family set sail for American to seek their fortune in an area of Illinois that was being promoted. Because of illness of a ...

Garfield, James A.

World Leaders

Age 49

November 19, 1931 - September 19, 1881

Lake View Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America

James A. Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March to September 1881. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau (a disapp...

Gaulle-Anthonioz, Geneviève

Historical Figure

Age 81

October 25, 1920 - February 14, 2002

Le Panthéon / Paris / France / Europe

Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz was a member of the French Resistance and served as president of ATD Quart Monde. The International Movement ATD Fourth...

Gaynor, Janet

Show Business

Age 77

October 6, 1906 - September 14, 1984

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Gaynor was the first actress to win the Academy Award as best actress. She won for Sunrise (1927), 7th Heaven (1927) and Street Angel (1928) and conti...

Gehrig, Lou

Sports

Age 37

June 19, 1903 - June 2, 1941

Kensico Cemetery / Valhalla / New York / USA / North America

Voted the greatest first baseman of all time, Lou Gehrig was a member of the NY Yankees baseball team and nicked named the Iron Horse for 2,170 consec...

Genna, Angelo

Crime and their Victims

Age 27

February 3, 1898 - May 26, 1925

Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America

Angelo Genna ran the Genna Brothers crime family which was involved primarily in bootlegging during the Prohibition era of the 1920s. Angelo Genna, wi...

Genna, Mike

Crime and their Victims

Age 30

January 18, 1895 - June 13, 1925

Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America

Mike "The Devil" Genna was an enforcer in the Genna Crime Family. The Gennas were Sicilian brothers who ran the Taylor Street section of Chicago (bett...

Genna, Peter

Crime and their Victims

Age 67

January 1, 1880 - May 13, 1948

Mt. Carmel Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America

Peter and Sam Genna arrived to Chicago in April of 1906, having been sponsored by a brother in law and both being described as farmhand/laborers. Thei...

Genna, Tony

Crime and their Victims

Age 34

July 12, 1890 - July 8, 1925

Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America

Before becoming a gangster, Tony Genna was an excellent building contractor and architect. But the lure of working with his family, The Terrible Genna...

Geraci, Sonny

Music

Age 70

November 22, 1946 - February 5, 2017

Knollwood Cemetery / Mayfield Heights / Ohio / USA / North America

Geraci made his mark in the Cleveland music scene as the lead singer for the Outsiders. Signed to Capital Records they released four Top-40 hits inclu...

Getty, Estelle

Show Business

Age 84

July 25, 1923 - July 22, 2008

Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Even though she did achieve success as an actress at age 60, Estelle Getty was an actress and comedian best known for her portrayal of Sophia Petrill...

Giancana, Sam

Crime and their Victims

Age 67

May 24, 1908 - June 19, 1975

Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America

Sam Giancana started out as a wheelman for Al Capone and worked his way to the top of Chicago's illegal gambling operations. He had many ties with pol...

Gibb, Andy

Music

Age 30

March 5, 1958 - March 10, 1988

Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America

Andy Gibb was an English singer and teen idol, and the youngest brother of Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, aka the Bee Gees. He came to international f...

Gibson, Althea

Sports

Age 76

August 25, 1927 - September 28, 2003

Rosedale Cemetery / Montclair / New Jersey / USA / North America

Althea Gibson was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tenn...

Giono, Jean

Writers and Poets

Age 75

March 30, 1895 - October 8, 1970

Cimetière ancien de Manosque / Manosque / Alpes-de-Haute-Provence / France / Europe

Jean Giono was a French writer who spent his entire life living and writing in Manosque, France. It was here that the author created his monumental oe...

Giunta, Joseph

Crime and their Victims

Age 42

February 10, 2021 - May 7, 1929

Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America

Joseph Giunta was an Italian-American mobster, President of Unione Siciliana and confidant of Al Capone's rival Joe Aiello. He was a lead conspirator ...

Glaser, Elizabeth

The Odd and the Interesting

Age 47

November 11, 1947 - December 3, 1994

Sharon Memorial Park / Sharon / Massachusetts / USA / North America

Elizabeth Glaser was an actress, educator, activist, author, and founder of the Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Elizabeth Glaser. In fact, it was Elizabeth...

Glasgow, Ellen

Writers and Poets

Age 72

April 22, 1873 - November 21, 1945

Hollywood Cemetery / Richmond / Virginia / United States / North America

Ellen Glasgow was an American novelist whose realistic depictions of life in her native Virginia helped direct Southern literature away from sentiment...

Gödel, Kurt

Science

Age 71

April 28, 1906 - January 14, 1978

Princeton Cemetery / Princeton / New Jersey / USA / North America

Kurt Gödel was a prominent Austrian/American logician, mathematician and philosopher who is mentioned as most likely autistic (Asperger's Syndrome) i...

Gogh, Vincent van

Artists

Age 37

March 30, 1853 - July 29, 1890

Auvers-Sur-Oise Communal Cemetery / Auvers-sur-Oise / Val-d'Oise / France / Europe

Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history....

Goodman, Benny

Music

Age 77

May 30, 1909 - June 13, 1986

Long Ridge Union Cemetery / Stamford / Connecticut / USA / North America

American jazz clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing". Benny Goodman led one of the first integrated jazz groups and help start the ca...

Goodwin, Bill

Show Business

Age 47

July 28, 1910 - May 9, 1958

Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America

Bill Goodwin was for many years the announcer and a recurring character of the Burns and Allen radio program, and subsequently The George Burns and Gr...

Gould, Jay

Business and Finance

Age 56

May 27, 1836 - December 2, 1892

Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America

Jay Gould was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who is generally identified as one of the original Robber Barons of the Gilded Age...

Gowdy, Curt

Sports

Age 86

July 31, 1919 - February 20, 2006

Mount Auburn Cemetery / Cambridge / Massachusetts / USA / North America

In the history of sports broadcasting, few figures have had the power to legitimize an event simply by attending it. For 40 years, Curt Gowdy was that...

Graham, Bill

Business and Finance

Age 60

January 8, 1931 - October 25, 1991

Eternal Home Jewish Cemetery / Colma / California / USA / North America

Even though Bill Graham didn't play an instrument or sing in a band, he's one of the most famous names in rock history. Bill Graham was a legendary im...

Gray, Judd

Crime and their Victims

Age 35

July 8, 1892 - January 12, 1928

Rosedale Cemetery / Montclair / New Jersey / USA / North America

Judd Gray was a corset salesman and Ruth Brown Snyder's lover and accomplice in the badly planned murder of her husband, Albert Snyder. The bored hou...

Greenberg, Hank

Sports

Age 75

January 1, 1911 - September 4, 1986

Hillside Memorial Park / Culver City / California / USA / North America

Standing at six-foot-four, 215-pound Hank Greenberg was a baseball legend who played first base and outfield for the Detroit Tigers from 1930 to 1946....

Greene, Danny

Crime and their Victims

Age 43

November 14, 1933 - October 6, 1977

Calvary Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America

Danny Green was head of the Irish mob and associate of the Cleveland mobster John Nardi's during the 1970s gang war for the city's criminal operatio...

Greene, Lorne

Show Business

Age 72

February 12, 1915 - September 11, 1987

Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery / Culver City / California / USA / North America

Lorne Greene was the imposing Canadian-born actor who served as a surrogate father to a vast television audience for years as the patriarch of the on-...

Default Args

Args

Sort By

Query

Additional Query Info

# of posts found	771
paged	1