Hagen, Earle
Music
Age 88
July 9, 1919 - May 26, 2008
Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
Earle Hagen was a talented Hollywood composer and musician who wrote some of the most famous theme songs in television history. Hagen's memorably melo...
Halstead, Bianca
Music
Age 36
May 5, 1965 - December 15, 2001
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Halstead performed as a singer and bassist in Los Angeles punk band Butt Trumpet before departing with two other members — guitarists Blare N. Bitch...
Hamlisch, Marvin
Music
Age 68
June 2, 1944 - August 6, 2012
Mount Zion Cemetery / Maspeth (Queens) / New York / United States / North America
Legendary musician, composer and conductor Marvin Hamlisch was one of only sixteen people to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards ("EGOT") and i...
Hammer, Armand
Business and Finance
Age 92
May 21, 1898 - December 10, 1990
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
After earning his medical degree from Columbia University Armand Hammer went on to become a successful entrepreneur before retiring in his 50s. Shortl...
Hampton, Lionel
Music
Age 94
April 20, 1908 - August 31, 2002
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Considered one of the greatest musicians on the vibraphone, Lionel Hampton is one of the most extraordinary musicians of the 20th century and his arti...
Hanna, Bill
Show Business
Age 90
July 14, 1910 - March 22, 2001
Ascension Cemetery / Lake Forest / California / USA / North America
Bill Hanna was an American animator, voice actor, cartoonist, and musician who, in collaboration with Joseph Barbera, created one of the most successf...
Hansford, Danny
Crime and their Victims
Age 21
March 1, 1960 - May 2, 1981
Greenwich Cemetery / Savannah / Georgia / USA / North America
The shooting of Danny Hansford by wealthy preservationist Jim Williams at Williams' home in Savannah, Georgia was the subject of the best-selling 1994...
Harmon, Claude
Sports
Age 73
July 14, 1916 - July 23, 1989
Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
Claude Harmon was an American professional golfer and golf instructor. He is a member of the World Golf Teachers' Hall of Fame and the PGA of America ...
Harper, Valarie
Show Business
Age 80
August 22, 1939 - August 30, 2019
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Beginning her career as a dancer on Broadway, Harper is best remembered for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977) a...
Hartford, George Huntington
Business and Finance
Age 83
September 5, 1833 - August 29, 1917
Rosedale Cemetery / Montclair / New Jersey / USA / North America
George Huntington Hartford headed The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P Super Market from 1878 to 1917. During this period, ...
Hauffe, Friederike
The Odd and the Interesting
Age 27
September 23, 1801 - August 25, 1829
Waldfriedhof Löwenstein / Löwenstein / Baden-Württemberg / Germany / Europe
Friederike Hauffe was a German mystic and somnambulist. She suffered from convulsions, and fell into spontaneous trances. Frederike claimed to have co...
Hawkins, Hawkshaw
Music
Age 41
December 22, 1921 - March 5, 1963
Forest Lawn Memorial Garden / Goodlettsville / Tennessee / USA / North America
Hawkshaw Hawkins was an American country music singer popular from the 1950s into the early 1960s. He was known for his rich, smooth vocals and music ...
Hayes, Woody
Sports
Age 74
February 14, 1913 - March 12, 1987
Union Cemetery / Columbus / Ohio / USA / North America
Head Coach of The Ohio State Buckeyes with five national championships during his twenty eight years of coaching. His stellar career came to an abrupt...
Haynes, Lloyd
Show Business
Age 52
September 19, 1934 - December 31, 1986
Eternal Hills Memorial Park / Oceanside / California / USA / North America
Actor Lloyd Haynes was probably best known for his portrayal of the popular and understanding history teacher in television’s ″Room 222″. Fans o...
Heard, John
Show Business
Age 71
March 7, 1946 - July 21, 2017
Old South Cemetery / Ipswich / Massachusetts / USA / North America
John Heard engaging, intelligent character actor in American film, television and theatre from the mid-1970s onwards. With well over 200 films and TV ...
Hearst, William Randolph
Business and Finance
Age 88
April 29, 1863 - August 14, 1951
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park / Colma / California / USA / North America
William Randolph Hearst was the heir to a mining fortune, publisher and politician known for developing the nation's largest newspaper chain and media...
Heavy D
Music
Age 44
May 24, 1967 - November 8, 2011
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Heavy D was a Jamaican-born American rapper, record producer, singer and actor who was among a handful of hip-hop stars from the 1980s who successfull...
Hefner, Hugh
Business and Finance
Age 91
April 9, 1926 - September 27, 2017
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Hugh Hefner transformed the adult entertainment industry with his groundbreaking publication Playboy. From the first issue featuring Marilyn Monroe in...
Heidt, Horace
Music
Age 85
May 21, 1901 - December 1, 1986
Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Horace Heidt was an American pianist, big band leader, and radio and television personality. His band, Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights, toured va...
Henderson, Florence
Show Business
Age 82
February 14, 1934 - November 24, 2016
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
A 50-year veteran actress of Broadway stage, film and TV, Florence Henderson is best remembered as America's favorite mom Carol Brady on The Brady Bu...
Henry, O.
Writers and Poets
Age 47
September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910
Riverside Cemetery / Ashville / North Carolina / USA / North America
William Sydney Porter, better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. Porter was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. He mo...
Herbert, Victor
Music
Age 65
February 1, 1859 - May 26, 1924
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / North America
Victor Herbert was one of the great composers and musicians of his era who enjoyed a prolific career that embraced a variety of musical genres. In add...
Herrmann, Adelaide
Other Entertainers
Age 79
1853 - February 19, 1932
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Adelaide Herrmann was a well-known American magician and vaudeville performer billed as "the Queen of Magic." She was married to Alexander Herrmann, a...
Herrmann, Alexander
Other Entertainers
Age 52
February 10, 1844 - December 17, 1896
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Alexander Herrmann was a French magician, better known as Herrmann the Great. He was married to magician Adelaide Herrmann, known as the Queen of Magi...
Hill, Barney
The Odd and the Interesting
Age 46
July 20, 1922 - February 25, 1969
Greenwood Cemetery / Kingston / New Hampshire / USA / North America
Betty and Barney Hill lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire where Betty was a social worker and Barney was a postal worker. The couple were catapulted in...
Hill, Betty
The Odd and the Interesting
Age 85
June 28, 1919 - October 23, 2004
Greenwood Cemetery / Kingston / New Hampshire / USA / North America
Betty and Barney Hill lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire where Betty was a social worker and Barney was a postal worker. The couple were catapulted in...
Holiday, Billie
Music
Age 44
April 7, 1915 - July 17, 1959
St. Raymond's Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Billie Holiday is considered one of the greatest jazz vocalists of all time. Her singing expressed an incredible depth of emotion that spoke of hard t...
Holliday, Doc
Historical Figure
Age 36
August 14, 1851 - November 8, 1887
Linwood Cemetery / Glenwood Springs / Colorado / USA / North America
As a gunslinger, gambler, and occasional dentist he is perhaps best known for his involvement in the notorious Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombston...
Holly, Buddy
Music
Age 22
September 7, 1936 - February 3, 1959
City of Lubbock Cemetery / Lubbock / Texas / USA / North America
Buddy Holly was an American singer-songwriter who was a key figure and pioneer of mid-1950s rock and roll music. Some of his best hits include "That'l...
Homer, Winslow
Artists
Age 74
February 24, 1836 - September 29, 1910
Mount Auburn Cemetery / Cambridge / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Winslow Homer was an American landscape painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 1...
Hood, Darla
Show Business
Age 47
November 8, 1931 - June 13, 1979
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Beloved child actress best remembered as the leading lady in the Our Gang series from 1935 to 1941. After 6 years in the Our Gang series, Darla move...
Houdini, Harry
Other Entertainers
Age 52
March 24, 1974 - October 31, 1926
Machpelah Cemetery / Flushing / New York / USA / North America
Harry Houdini is most often remembered as an escape artist and a magician. He was also an actor, a pioneering aviator, an amateur historian, businessm...
House, Son
Music
Age 86
March 21, 1902 - October 19, 1988
Mt. Hazel Cemetery / Detroit / Michigan / USAS / North America
The main source of inspiration for Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson, Son House was a major innovator of the Delta blues style, along with his playing p...
Houston, Whitney
Music
Age 48
August 9, 1963 - February 11, 2012
Fairview Cemetery / Westfield / New Jersey / USA / North America
Whitney Houston was arguably one of the greatest American singers of modern history. Nicknamed "The Voice", she generated sales of over 200 million re...
Howard, Eddy
Music
Age 48
May 23, 1963 - September 12, 1914
Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
Eddy Howard was an American vocalist and bandleader who was popular during the 1940s and 1950s who scored his first No. 1 single for Eddy Howard and h...
Hughes, Howard
Business and Finance
Age 70
December 24, 1905 - April 5, 1976
Glenwood Cemetery / Houston / Texas / USA / North America
Howard Hughes inherited a small fortune in the tool and die manufacturer business and pursued his passions for aviation and motion-picture production ...
Hugo, Victor
Writers and Poets
Age 83
February 26, 1802 - May 22, 1885
Le Panthéon / Paris / France / Europe
Victor Hugo is considered to be one of the greatest and best-known French writers. Outside France, his most famous works are the novels Les Misérable...
Hunter, Catfish
Sports
Age 53
April 8, 1946 - September 9, 1999
Cedarwood Cemetery / Hertford / North Carolina / USA / North America
Jim "Catfish" Hunter, whose pitching prowess earned him five World Series rings, 224 victories, a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame and made him the g...
Huston, John
Show Business
Age 81
August 5, 1906 - August 28, 1987
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
The ten-time Oscar-nominated director was an eccentric rebel of epic proportions; a Hollywood titan who reigned supreme as director, screenwriter and ...
Hutton, Barbara
Business and Finance
Age 66
November 14, 1912 - May 11, 1979
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Barbara Woolworth Hutton was born in New York City on 14 November 1912, the daughter of Edna and Franklyn Hutton and the granddaughter of Frank Winfie...
Hutton, Betty
Show Business
Age 86
February 26, 1921 - March 12, 2007
Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
Betty Hutton was an American stage, screen, and television actress, comedian, dancer, and singer. Unlike other actresses who have been called "blonde...
Infantino, Carmine
Artists
Age 87
May 24, 1925 - April 4, 2013
St. John Cemetery / Middle Village / New York / USA / North America
Carmine Michael Infantino was an American comics artist and editor, primarily for DC Comics, during the late 1950s and early 1960s period known as the...
Inness Jr., George
Artists
Age
January 5, 1854 - July 27, 1926
Rosedale Cemetery / Montclair / New Jersey / USA / North America
George Inness Jr. was one of America's foremost figure and landscape artists and the son of George Inness, an important American landscape painter. He...
Inness, George
Artists
Age 69
May 1, 1825 - August 3, 1894
Rosedale Cemetery / Montclair / New Jersey / USA / North America
Often called "the father of American landscape painting", George Inness was a prominent American landscape painter during the late 1800s. Although Inn...
Jackson, Al Jr.
Music
Age 39
November 27, 1935 - October 1, 1975
New Park Cemetery / Memphis / Tennessee / USA / North America
Dubbed “The Human Timekeeper” for his impeccable rhythm and timing, Al Jackson, Jr. was a member of the seminal Stax Records house band Booker T. ...
Jackson, Mahalia
Music
Age 60
October 26, 1911 - January 27, 1972
Providence Memorial Park / Metairie / Louisiana / USA / North America
Known as the Queen of Gospel Music, Mahalia Jackson was an American gospel singer, widely considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th...
Jacopucci, Angelo
Sports
Age 29
December 22, 1948 - July 22, 1978
Cimitero di Tarquinia / Tarquinia, Lazio / Province of Viterbo / Italy / Europe
Angelo Jacopucci was an middleweight Italian boxing champion who was affectionately called by his fellow citizens "brigetto" to underline his slender ...
Jacquet, Illinois
Music
Age 81
October 30, 1922 - July 22, 2004
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Although Illinois Jacquet may be best remembered as the tenor saxophonist who defined the screeching style of playing the instrument, his warm and sen...
Jam Master Jay
Music
Age 37
January 21, 1965 - October 30, 2002
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Jam Master Jay was a musician and the DJ of the influential hip hop group Run-D.M.C. During the 1980s, Run-D.M.C. became one of the biggest hip hop gr...
James, Rick
Music
Age 56
February 1, 1948 - August 6, 2004
Forest Lawn Cemetery / Buffalo / New York / USA / North America
Rick James was a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and funk master who let everyone know "I'M RICK JAMES BITCH!"
Janssen, David
Show Business
Age 48
March 27, 1931 - February 13, 1980
Hillside Memorial Park / Culver City / California / USA / North America
In addition to his great success as Richard Kimbel on the TV series The Fugitive, David Janssen was a talented and prolific actor starring in 4 televi...
Jayne, Silas
Crime and their Victims
Age 80
July 3, 1907 - July 13, 1987
Cremated / North America
Notorious Chicago-based stable owner implicated in multiple disappearances and murders including the famous 1955 Peterson-Schuessler murder, involveme...
Jennings, Waylon
Music
Age 64
June 15, 1937 - February 13, 2002
Mesa Cemetery / Mesa / Arizona / USA / North America
Waylon Jennings was the "outlaw" singer, songwriter and musician who was one of the founding pioneers of the Outlaw Movement in country music in the 1...
Johnson, Bunk
Music
Age 63
December 27, 1885 - July 7, 1949
St. Edward Cemetery / New Iberia / Louisiana / USA / North America
Willie "Bunk" Johnson was an prominent jazz trumpeter in New Orleans who lied and/or exaggerated his role in the development of jazz that historians h...
Johnson, Judy
Sports
Age 89
October 26, 1899 - June 15, 1989
Silverbrook Cemetery / Wilmington / Delaware / USA / North America
William "Judy" Johnson was an American professional third baseman and manager whose career in Negro league baseball spanned 17 seasons, from 1921 to 1...
Jolson, Al
Show Business
Age 64
June 9, 1886 - October 23, 1950
Hillside Memorial Park / Culver City / California / United States / North America
Jolson rose through the ranks of vaudeville as a comedian and a blackface “Mammy” singer. By 1920, he had become the biggest star on Broadway, but...
Jones, Brian
Music
Age 27
February 28, 1942 - July 3, 1969
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire / Cheltenham Cemetery and Crematorium / Europe
Long-time Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman said of Brian Jones, "He formed the band. He chose the members. He named the band. He chose the music we p...
Jones, Sevilla
Crime and their Victims
Age 17
April 13, 1836 - January 13, 1854
New Boston Cemetery / New Boston / New Hampshire / United States / North America
In the 1800s Sevilla Jones was a 17-year-old girl who was shot dead by Henry Sargent one morning as she was walking to school with her younger brother...
Jones, Spike
Music
Age 53
December 14, 1911 - May 1, 1965
Holy Cross Cemetery / Culver City / California / USA / North America
Considered by many as the Father of Novelty Music, Spike Jones was the “Weird Al” Yankovic of the 1940s through the early 60s. A talented and seri...
Joplin, Janis
Music
Age 27
January 19, 1943 - October 4, 1970
Cremated / USA / North America
A permanent member of the "27 Club" (rock stars who died at age 27) Janis Joplin was premier white female blues vocalist of the 1960s, who performed w...
Keith, Brian
Show Business
Age 75
November 14, 1921 - June 24, 1997
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Brian Keith was an American film, television and stage actor who in his six-decade-long career gained recognition for his work in movies such as the D...
Kelly, Margaret
Show Business
Age 94
June 24, 1910 - September 11, 2004
Cimetière de Montmartre / Paris / France / Europe
Margaret Kelly, known as Miss Bluebell, was an Irish dancer who was the founder of the Bluebell Girls dance troupe. At the age of 14, Kelly left schoo...
Kendricks, Eddie
Music
Age 52
December 17, 1939 - October 5, 1992
Elwood Cemetery / Birmingham / Alabama / USa / North America
Eddie Kendricks was an American R&B singer and songwriter noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style. Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing gr...
Kennedy, John F.
World Leaders
Age 46
May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963
Arlington National Cemetery / Arlington / Virginia / USA / North America
John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States of America, negotiated the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, and initiated the Alliance for Progres...
Kennedy, Joseph Patrick
Business and Finance
Age 81
September 6, 1888 – - November 18, 1969
Holyhood Cemetery / Chestnut Hill / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Joseph P. Kennedy is best known for being the father of three political leaders: President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy and Robert Kenned...
Kennedy, Patrick Joseph
Historical Figure
Age 71
January 14, 1858 - May 18, 1929
Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum / Malden / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Patrick Joseph Kennedy (P.J. to his friends and grandfather to President John F. Kennedy) was the son of Irish immigrants. His father, Patrick Kennedy...
Kenton, Stan
Music
Age 67
December 15, 1911 - August 25, 1979
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, Stan Kenton led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades performing such...
Kern, Jerome
Music
Age 60
January 27, 1885 - November 11, 1945
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
If he had only written the score for Showboat, Jerome Kern's position as a musical genius would be secure. Instead he also wrote Smoke Gets In Your Ey...
Kerouac, Jack
Writers and Poets
Age 47
March 12, 1922 - October 21, 1969
Edson Cemetery / Lowell / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist who, alongside Jack Cassidey, William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation in ...
Kilbane, John
Sports
Age 68
April 9, 1889 - May 31, 1957
Calvary Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
Johnny Kilbane was a successful featherweight boxer in the early part of the 20th century. He held the World Featherweight title from 1912 to 1923, th...
Kilmister, Lemmy
Music
Age 70
December 24, 1945 - December 28, 2015
Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Inspired by the Beatles and worked as a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience in the 1960s, Lemmy Kilmister was the pure embodiment of the rock 'n' r...
King, Albert
Music
Age 69
April 25, 1923 - December 21, 1992
Paradise Gardens Cemetery / Edmondson / Arkansas / USA / North America
Standing at six-foot-four, 300-pounds King was able to bend notes farther and more powerfully than almost any other guitarist, and his records influen...
King, Freddie
Music
Age 42
September 3, 1934 - December 28, 1976
Sparkman Hillcrest Cemetery / Dallas / Texas / USA / North America
Known as one of the Three Kings of Blues (along with Albert King and B.B. King) Freddie King was the stylistic heir to T-Bone Walker and B.B. King. He...
King, Jimmie
Music
Age 18
June 8, 1949 - December 10, 1967
New Park Cemetery / Memphis / Tennessee / USA / North America
As a member of the Bar-Kays, Jimmy King played guitar for Otis Redding and died in the plane crash that took the life of Otis Redding, Phalon Jones, ...
Kinison, Sam
Show Business
Age 38
December 8, 1953 - April 10, 1992
Memorial Park Cemetery / Tulsa / Oklahoma / USA / North America
American stand-up comedian and actor best known for his Pentecostal preacher scream, and roles in the popular films 'Caddyshack' and 'Back to School'....
Knott, Walter
Business and Finance
Age 91
December 11, 1889 - December 3, 1981
Loma Linda Memorial Park / Fullerton / California / USA / North America
Walter Knott was an American farmer who created the Knott's Berry Farm amusement park in California. In the 1920s, Walter Knott was a somewhat unsucc...
Knotts, Don
Show Business
Age 81
July 21, 1924 - February 24, 2006
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Don Knott's half-century career included seven TV series and more than 25 films, but it was The Andy Griffith Show that brought him TV immortality and...
Knox, Seymour H.
Business and Finance
Age 54
April 11, 1861 - May 17, 1915
Forest Lawn Cemetery / Buffalo / New York / USA / North America
Seymour Knox was a Buffalo, New York businessman who made his fortune in five-and-dime stores. He merged his more than 100 stores with those of his fi...
Knust, Michael
Music
Age 54
March 11, 1949 - September 15, 2003
Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery / Houston / Texas / USA / North America
Michael was the lead guitarist for the psychedelic rock band Fever Tree who, in 1968, released their best known song, "San Francisco Girls (Return of ...
Kovacs, Ernie
Show Business
Age 42
January 23, 1919 - January 13, 1962
Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Ernest Kovacs was a American comedian, actor and writer whose visually experimental and often spontaneous comedic style influenced numerous television...
Kreisler, Fritz
Music
Age 86
February 2, 1875 - January 29, 1962
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Making his professional debut at the age of 13, Fritz Kreisler is considered the one of the greatest, if not the greatest, violinist ever to play the ...
Kroger, Bernard
Business and Finance
Age 76
January 24, 1860 - July 21, 1938
Spring Grove Cemetery / Cincinnati / Ohio / USA / North America
Bernard Kroger was a successful American businessman who created the Kroger chain of supermarkets. Kroger was a pioneering grocery innovator who intro...
Krupa, Gene
Music
Age 64
January 15, 1909 - October 16, 1973
Holy Cross Cemetery / Calumet City / Illinois / USA / North America
Before Keith Moon, before John Bonham there was the one and only Gene Krupa - one of the greatest drummers and drum kit innovators in the 20th century...
La Marr, Barbara
Show Business
Age 29
July 28, 1896 - January 30, 1926
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
The woman dubbed "The Girl Who Is Too Beautiful" was silent-film actress and screenwriter Barbara La Marr who once said, "I take lovers like roses . ....
Ladd, Alan
Show Business
Age 50
September 3, 1913 - January 29, 1964
Forest Lawn Memorial Park / Glendale / California / USA / North America
Alan Ladd was an American actor became an overnight star by playing Raven, a sensitive hit man, in "This Gun for Hire" (1942). Ladd continued his succ...
Lafayette, The Great
Other Entertainers
Age 40
February 25, 1891 - May 9, 1911
Piershill Cemetery / Edinburgh / Scotland / Europe
Sigmund Neuberger (aka The Great Lafayette) was a master illusionist and one of the most highly paid entertainers in the world in his era. Sadly, on M...
Lake, Arthur
Show Business
Age 81
April 17, 1905 - January 9, 1987
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Arthur Lake portrayed the comic strip character Dagwood Bumstead and called for help with a high-pitched ''Blonnndie!'' in more than two dozen films t...
Lake, Patricia
Historical Figure
Age 74
June 8, 1919 - October 3, 1993
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
American socialite, actress, and radio comedian, and suspected of being the illegitimate child of William Randolph Hearst Sr. and Marion Davies. Patri...
Lancaster, Burt
Show Business
Age 80
November 2, 1913 - October 20, 1994
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Burt Lancaster was a failed circus performer when in 1945 (according to the sort of Hollywood legend of which one should probably believe only half) h...
Land, Edwin H.
Science
Age 81
May 7, 1909 - March 1, 1991
Mount Auburn Cemetery / Cambridge / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Edwin H. Land was an American scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation and the inventor of instant photography...
Lawford, Peter
Show Business
Age 61
September 7, 1923 - December 24, 1984
Cremated / North America
At age 25, Lawford was one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood and a symbol of glamour and romance. By the end of his life, he was heavily addicte...
Lawnchair Larry
The Odd and the Interesting
Age 44
April 19, 1949 - October 6, 1993
Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Lawnchair Larry was an American truck driver who made a 45-minute flight in a homemade airship made of an ordinary patio chair and 45 helium-filled we...
Lawrence, Florence
Show Business
Age 52
January 2, 1886 - December 28, 1938
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Florence Lawrence was a Canadian-American stage performer and film actress. She is often referred to as the "first movie star", and was thought to be ...
Lazar, Irving
Show Business
Age 86
March 28, 1907 - December 30, 1993
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Irving "Swifty" Lazar was the legendary Hollywood talent agent whose image as a dapper, elfin deal-maker with Coke-bottle glasses and bald dome made ...
Leclerc, Georges-Louis
Science
Age 80
September 7, 1707 - April 16, 1788
Sainte-Urse de Montbard Church / Montbard / France / Europe
Comte de Buffon was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopédiste whose collective works influenced generations of naturalists ...
Lehman, Ernest
Show Business
Age 89
December 8, 1915 - July 2, 2005
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Ernest Lehman was an American screenwriter, producer, and director who was nominated six times for Academy Awards for Best Screenplay during his caree...
Lemmon, Jack
Show Business
Age 76
February 8, 1925 - June 27, 2001
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Born the only child of a wealthy Boston family (his father was president of a baking company) Jack Lemmon was an American actor and musician who, afte...
Lenoir, J.B.
Music
Age 38
March 5, 1929 - April 29, 1967
Salem Missionary Baptist Church / Monticello / Mississippi / USA / North America
Monticello area native J. B. Lenoir was a distinctive blues artist, in both his high-pitched singing style and the candid political critiques in many ...
Leonard, Andy
Sports
Age 57
June 1, 1846 - August 21, 1903
New Calvary Cemetery / Mattapan / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Andy Leonard was one of the first professional baseball players of the 19th century (and firs of Irish descent), who played primarily left field. He p...
Letts, Arthur
Business and Finance
Age 60
June 17, 1862 - May 18, 1923
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Arthur Letts Sr. was an immigrant from England who made his fortune in Los Angeles, California, in the early year 1900s when he built a department sto...
Levant, Oscar
Artists
Age 65
December 27, 1906 - August 14, 1972
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Oscar Levant was a brilliant composer and pianist who originally studied seriously with Zygmunt Stojowski and later with Arnold Schoenberg. After New...
Lewis, C.S.
Writers and Poets
Age 64
November 29, 1898 - November 22, 1963
Holy Trinity Church, Headington Quarry / Headington, Oxford / United Kingdom / Europe
C.S. Lewis is best known for his beloved fiction novels, notably The Chronicles of Narnia, The Screwtape Letters, and The Space Trilogy. He is also kn...
Lewis, Furry
Music
Age 88
March 8, 1893 - September 14, 1981
Hollywood Cemetery / Memphis / Tennessee / USA / North America
A notable guitarist in both the bottleneck and finger-picking styles, Furry was a country blues guitarist and songwriter from Memphis, Tennessee wh...
Liberace
Show Business
Age 67
05/16/1919 - 02/04/1987
Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Liberace was an American pianist, singer, and actor. He had a successful career spanning four decades of concerts, recordings, television, motion pict...
Lightnin' Hopkins
Music
Age 69
March 15, 1912 - January 30, 1982
Forest Park Cemetery (Lawndale) / Houston / Texas / USA / North America
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins began his blues trail as Blind Lemon Jefferson's guide before spending 30 years on the weekend juke joint circuit. As a soloist ...
Limone, Peter
Crime and their Victims
Age 82
July 5, 1934 - June 19, 2017
Oak Grove Cemetery / Medford / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Peter Limone was an active member in the Patriarca crime family as a bookie and was an up-and-coming mobster in the Boston crime family who, prior to ...
Lincoln, Abraham
Historical Figure
Age 56
February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865
Oak Ridge Cemetery / Springfield / Illinois / USA / North America
As one of the greatest American presidents in all of American history, Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America from 186...
Lincoln, Mary Todd
Historical Figure
Age 63
December 13, 1818 - July 16, 1882
Oak Ridge Cemetery / Springfield / Illinois / USA / North America
Mary Todd Lincoln was the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and as such the First Lady of the United States from 1861 ...
Littieri, Al
Show Business
Age 47
February 24, 1928 - October 18, 1975
St. John Cemetery / Middle Village / New York / USA / North America
If you liked watching films in the 1970s, you'll know who Al Lettieri was, even if you can't put a face to the name. He played Solozzo in The Godfathe...
Little, Booker Jr.
Music
Age 23
April 2, 1938 - October 5, 1961
New Park Cemetery / Memphis / Tennessee / USA / North America
When he died suddenly at the age of 23 he was one of the most promising jazz trumpeters working with Max Roach, Eric Dolpy and John Coltrane
Lockwood Jr., Robert
Music
Age 91
March 27, 1915 - November 21, 2006
Riverside Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
Robert Lockwood Jr. was a Delta blues guitarist who recorded for Chess Records and other Chicago labels in the 1950s and 1960s. He was the only guitar...
Lodge, Henry Cabot Jr.
Historical Figure
Age 82
July 5, 1902 - February 27, 1985
Mount Auburn Cemetery / Cambridge / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and served as U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam 1963-64, 1965-67, to West Germany ...
Lodge, Henry Cabot Sr.
Historical Figure
Age 74
May 12, 1850 - November 9, 1924
Mount Auburn Cemetery / Cambridge / Massachusetts / USA / North America
With four degrees from Harvard and a highly published historian, Henry Cabot Lodge was an American Republican politician, historian, and statesman fro...
Loewe, Frederick
Music
Age 86
June 10, 1901 - February 1, 1988
Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
Frederick Loewe was was an Austrian-American composer who collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on a series of Broadway musicals, including class...
Lonardo, Angelo
Crime and their Victims
Age 95
December 31, 1969 - March 31, 2006
Calvary Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
Big Ange, the son of Prohibition mob boss Joseph Lonardo, took control of the Cleveland crime family in 1962. He led the family until 1984 when he was...
Lonardo, Frank
Crime and their Victims
Age 42
April 1, 1887 - October 19, 1929
Calvary Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
One of four brothers that made up the Lonardo crime family, Frank was gunned down during a card game in the back of a downtown Cleveland barbershop ye...
Lonardo, John
Crime and their Victims
Age 29
January 1, 1970 - October 13, 1927
Calvary Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
Part of the Lonardo crime family, John was gunned down with his brother "Big Joe" Lonardo (who at the time was the first ever crime boss of the Cle...
Lonardo, Joseph
Crime and their Victims
Age 42
October 20, 1884 - October 13, 1927
Calvary Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
"Big Joe" Lonardo (also known as "The Corn Sugar Baron") was the first ever crime boss of the Cleveland crime family. He and his brother John were m...
London, Julie
Music
Age 74
September 26, 1926 - October 18, 2000
Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
American singer and actress whose career spanned more than 40 years. Julie London was known for her sultry vocals, and her recording of "Cry Me a Rive...
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Writers and Poets
Age 75
February 27, 1807 - March 24, 1882
Mount Auburn Cemeter / Cambridge / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was one of the most widely known and best-loved American poets of the 19th century. He achieved a level of national and int...
Longhair, Professor
Music
Age 61
December 19, 1918 - January 30, 1980
Mount Olivet Cemetery / New Orleans / Louisiana / USA / North America
Professor Longhair (or "Fess" for short) was a Louisiana born singer and pianist who performed New Orleans blues. He was active in two distinct period...
Lopes, Lisa "Lefteye"
Music
Age 30
May 27, 1971 - April 25, 2002
Hillandale Memorial Gardens / Lithonia / Georgia / USA / North America
For many, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes simply was TLC who jacked the pop charts with a blend of soul and rap that preached safe sex and self-reliance. Tw...
Lord, Bradley
Sports
Age 21
August 22, 1939 - February 15, 1961
Swampscott Cemetery / Swampscott / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Bradley Lord athlete and American figure skater who competed in men's singles. He won the gold medal at the 1961 United States Figure Skating Champion...
Lorre, Peter
Show Business
Age 60
June 26, 1904 - March 23, 1964
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
A Hungary born actor, Lorre's success is best remember with his pairing with Sydney Greenstreet as Joel Cairo in The Maltese Falcon (1941), continued ...
Luciano, Charlie "Lucky"
Crime and their Victims
Age 65
November 24, 1897 - January 26, 1962
St. John Cemetery / Middle Village / New York / USA / North America
Charles “Lucky” Luciano (born Salvatore Lucania) did more to create the modern American Mafia and the national criminal Syndicate than any other s...
Lugosi, Bela
Show Business
Age 73
October 20, 1882 - August 16, 1956
Holy Cross Cemetery / Culver City / California / United States / North America
Bela Lugosi was a Hungarian-born actor who was most famous for his sinister portrayal of the elegantly mannered vampire Count Dracula. During his prim...
Lunceford, Jimmie
Music
Age 45
June 6, 1902 - July 12, 1947
Elmwood Cemetery / Memphis / Tennessee / USA / North America
Jimmie Lunceford was one of the most underrated American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleaders in the golden years of the Swing Era. Any list of the g...
Lymon, Frankie
Music
Age 25
September 30, 1942 - February 27, 1968
Saint Raymond's Cemetery / The Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers were five kids from Washington Heights, just north of Harlem where they sang doo-wop under the streetlight on the corn...
Lynde, Paul
Show Business
Age 55
June 13, 1926 - January 10, 1982
Amity Cemetery / Mt. Vernon / Ohio / USA / North America
“I'll take Paul Lynde.”
Not so long ago (actually a lifetime ago) if that sentence was uttered by a contestant on Hollywood Squares, lights would...
MacAnnan, George
Show Business
Age 82
November 30, 1887 - November 12, 1970
Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
George MacAnnan was an American actor best known for his supporting roles in Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943), Supernatural (1933) and Whi...
Maggia, Amelia
The Odd and the Interesting
Age 25
December 21, 1896 - September 12, 1922
Rosedale Cemetery / Montclair / New Jersey / USA / North America
Amelia ‘Mollie’ Maggia was the middle child of seven Maggia sisters; listed in order of age: Louise, Clara, Albina, Mollie, Quinta, Irma and Josep...
Mailer, Norman
Writers and Poets
Age 84
January 31, 1923 - November 10, 2007
Provincetown Cemetery / Provincetown / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Norman Mailer was a writer and serial philanderer and homophobe who enjoyed violence against women - both in his writings and in real life. He wasn't ...
Malcolm X
Historical Figure
Age 39
May 19, 1925 - February 21, 1965
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Malcolm X was a Muslim minister and controversial human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement. He is best known fo...
Mansfield, Jayne
Show Business
Age 34
April 19, 1933 - June 29, 1967
Fairview Cemetery / Pen Argyl / Pennsylvania / USA / North America
Jayne Mansfield was an American actress, singer, model, nightclub entertainer, and Playboy Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s while u...
Manuel, Dean
Music
Age 30
January 1, 1934 - July 31, 1964
Spring Hill Cemetery / Nashville / Tennessee / USA / North America
"Dockie" Dean Manuel played piano for several noteworthy bands of the mid-twentieth century both on the West Coast and in Nashville, Tennessee. While ...
Manzarek, Ray
Music
Age 74
February 12, 1939 - May 20, 2013
Cremated / North America
Ray Manzarek was an American singer, producer, film director, and author. He was best known as the co-founder of the rock band The Doors with singer a...
Mapplethorpe, Robert
Artists
Age 42
November 4, 1946 - March 9, 1989
St. John Cemetery / Middle Village / New York / USA / North America
Robert Mapplethorpe was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including ce...
Maranzano, Salvatore
Crime and their Victims
Age 45
July 31, 1886 - September 10, 1931
St. John Cemetery / Middle Village / New York / USA / North America
Salvatore Maranzano was an organized crime figure from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss who led what later w...
Marco, Paul
Show Business
Age 60
June 10, 1927 - May 14, 2006
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Paul Marco (June 10, 1927 – May 14, 2006) was C-level actor who often appeared in dreadful movies made by Ed Wood including Bride of the Monster,...
Marley, Bob
Music
Age 36
February 6, 1945 - May 11, 1981
Bob Marley Centre and Mausoleum / Nine Mile / Jamaica / North America
Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer, songwriter and musician whose brilliant and ongoing distillation of early ska, rock steady, and reggae musical forms...
Martin, Billy
Sports
Age 61
May 16, 1928 - December 25, 1989
Gate of Heaven Cemetery / Hawthorne / New York / USA / North America
Billy Martin played second base and as a utility infielder for 11 seasons, but made his true mark on Major League Baseball as a manager for 16 years a...
Martin, Dean
Show Business
Age 78
June 7, 1917 - December 25, 1995
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / CA / USA / North America
Throughout his career Dean Martin slyly and hilariously exploited the myth that his supreme relaxation was the result of knocking back a few too many ...
Mason, James
Show Business
Age 75
May 15, 1909 - July 27, 1984
Cimetière de Corsier-sur-Vevey / Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud / Switzerland / Europe
James Mason was one of the greatest actors of his generation. The British-born actor noted for portraying suave and cerebral aristocrats and scoundrel...
Masterson, Bat
Historical Figure
Age 67
November 26, 1853 - October 25, 1921
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Bat Masterson was a U.S. Army scout, lawman, professional gambler, and journalist known for his exploits in the 19th and early 20th-century American O...
McAuliffe, Christa
Science
Age 37
September 2, 1948 - January 28, 1986
Calvary Cemetery / Concord / New Hampshire / USA / North America
Christa McAuliffe was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire, who was killed on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-...
McBrier, Edwin Merton
Business and Finance
Age 91
July 16, 1865 - September 19, 1956
Rosedale Cemetery / Montclair / New Jersey / USA / North America
Born in 1865, McBrier grew up in Hermon, New York. Eventually he left his home and ended up in Lockport, New York where he went into business with Fra...
McDonald, Maurice
Business and Finance
Age 69
November 26, 1902 - December 11, 1971
Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
Maurice McDonald and Richard McDonald, together known as the McDonald Brothers, were American entrepreneurs who founded the fast food company McDonald...
McDonald, Quinta Maggia
The Odd and the Interesting
Age 29
February 14, 1900 - December 7, 1929
Rosedale Cemetery / Montclair / New Jersey / USA / North America
Quinta Maggia McDonald was the middle child of seven Maggia sisters; listed in order of age: Louise, Clara, Albina, Mollie, Quinta, Irma and Josephine...
McDonald, Richard
Business and Finance
Age 89
February 16, 1909 - July 14, 1998
Mount Calvary Cemetery / Manchester / New Hampshire / USA / North America
Contrary to popular belief Ray Kroc is not the founder of McDonald's restaurants. The true Founders of McDonald's and inventors of the "Speedee Servic...
McDowell, Mississippi
Music
Age 68
January 12, 1904 - July 3, 1972
Hammond Hill Baptist Church / Senatobia / Mississippi / USA / North America
Inspired by seeing the legend Charley Patton playing in a juke joint, McDowell secured his reputation without a back catalog of historic blues recordi...
McGavin, Darren
Show Business
Age 83
May 7, 1922 - February 25, 2006
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Seasoned actor of stage, screen and television, Darren McGavin has notched in excess of 200 performances and is most fondly remembered as Ralphie's fa...
McGonagle, Donald
Crime and their Victims
Age 32
May 28, 1937 - November 18, 1969
New Calvary Cemetery / Mattapan / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Donnie McGonagle was a member of the South Boston McGonagle Family, but not a member of the Mullen Gang run by his twin brother Paulie McGonagle. He h...
McGonagle, Paul
Crime and their Victims
Age 35
January 21, 1939 - November 30, 1974
North America
Paulie McGonagle was a Boston mobster and head of the Mullen Gang, a South Boston street gang involved in burglary, auto theft, and armed robbery. Dur...
McGonagle, Robert
Crime and their Victims
Age 39
February 14, 1948 - March 10, 1987
New Calvary Cemetery / Mattapan / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Robert “Bobby” McGonagle was a Boston fireman and member of the Mullen crime family in South Boston. McGonagle’s family were heavily connected t...
McKernan, Ron
Music
Age 27
September 8, 1945 - March 8, 1973
Alta Mesa Memorial Park / Palo Alto / California / USA / North America
At the height of the Grateful Dead's breakout success in the early 1970s, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan served as a driving force behind the jam band's legen...
McPhatter, Clyde
Music
Age 39
November 15, 1932 - June 13, 1972
George Washington Memorial Park / Paramus / New Jersey / USA / North America
Clyde McPhatter was an American rhythm and blues, soul, and rock and roll singer. He was one of the most widely imitated R&B singers of the 1950s and ...
McTell, Blind Willie
Music
Age 61
May 5, 1898 - August 19, 1959
Jones Grove Baptist Church / Thomson / Georgia / USA / North America
“Blind Willie” McTell was one of the great blues musicians of the 1920s and 1930s who continued to play through the 1950s. Displaying an extraord...
Melville, Herman
Writers and Poets
Age 72
August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1...
Memphis Minnie
Music
Age 76
June 3, 1897 - August 6, 1973
New Hope M.B. Church / Walls / Mississippi / USA / North America
She transcended both gender and genre. Her recording career reached from the 1920s heyday of country blues to cutting electric sides in 1950s Chicago ...
Menéndez, José
Crime and their Victims
Age 45
May 6, 1944 - August 20, 1989
Princeton Cemetery / Princeton / New Jersey / USA / North America
José Menéndez was an entertainment executive and was married to Kitty Menendez, a former beauty queen, school teacher and mid-level Beverly Hills so...
Menéndez, Kitty
Crime and their Victims
Age 47
October 14, 1941 - August 20, 1989,
Princeton Cemetery / Princeton / New Jersey / USA / North America
Kitty Menendez was a former beauty queen, school teacher and mid-level Beverly Hills socialite who was married to entertainment executive Jose Menende...
Meyer, Emile
Show Business
Age 76
August 18, 1910 - March 19, 1987
Greenwood Cemetery / New Orleans / Louisiana / USA / North America
Emile Meyer was a character actor who had a successful Hollywood career playing menacing, intense characters in classic western and dramatic movies. M...
Miranda, Ernesto
Crime and their Victims
Age 34
March 9, 1941 - January 31, 1976
Mesa Cemetery / Mesa / Arizona / USA / North America
If you have ever been on the wrong side of a conversation with local police and were read your rights (You have the right to remain silent ...) then y...
Monbouquette, Bill
Sports
Age 78
August 11, 1936 - January 25, 2015
Oak Grove Cemetery / Medford / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Bill Monbouquette was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher and was a...
Monk, Thelonious
Music
Age 64
October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Thelonious Monk was American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and was greatly influential in the genre of jazz. Some o...
Monroe, James
Historical Figure
Age 73
April 28, 1758 - July 4, 1831
Hollywood Cemetery / Richmond / Virginia / United States / North America
James Monroe was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825....
Monroe, Marilyn
Show Business
Age 36
June 1, 1926 - August 4, 1962
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
In and out of foster homes, actress and film star Marilyn Monroe overcame a difficult childhood to become one of the world's biggest and most enduring...
Montand, Yves
Show Business
Age 70
October 13, 1921 - November 9, 1991
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Yves Montand was an Italian-French actor and singer who began his career in show business as a music-hall singer and, in 1944, he was discovered by É...
Montenegro, Hugo
Music
Age 55
September 2, 1925 - February 6, 1981
Welwood Murray Cemetery / Palm Springs / California / USA / North America
Hugo Montenegro was an American orchestra leader and composer of film soundtracks. His best-known work is derived from interpretations of the music fr...
Montgomery, Wes
Music
Age 45
March 6, 1923 - June 15, 1968
New Crown Cemetery / Indianapolis / Indiana / USA / North America
Guitar historians can easily trace a line through all the major influential artists from Lonnie Anderson to Eddie Lang, Charlie Christian and Django R...
Moore, Alvy
Show Business
Age 75
December 5, 1921 - May 4, 1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
You may not remember his name, but Alvy Moore was a reliable supporting actor who appeared in over 150 movies and TV shows in his 43-year career in sh...
Moore, Mary Tyler
Show Business
Age 80
December 29, 1936 - January 25, 2017
Oak Lawn Cemetery / Fairfield / Connecticut / USA / North America
Mary Tyler Moore was an American actress, producer, and all around great human being. She is best known for her roles on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961...
Moorehead, Agnes
Show Business
Age 73
December 6, 1900 - April 30, 1974
Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery / Dayton / Ohio / United States / North America
Agnes Moorehead was an American actress whose 41-year career included work in radio, stage, film, and television. She is best known for her role as En...
Morrison, Jim
Music
Age 27
December 8, 1943 - July 3, 1971
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Jim Morrison was a legendary American singer, songwriter and poet, and best known for being the lead singer for the popular rock band The Doors. Morri...
Moxley, Martha
Crime and their Victims
Age 15
August 16, 1960 - October 30, 1975
Putnam Cemetery / Greenwich / Connecticut / USA / North America
Martha Moxley was a 15-year-old American high school student from Greenwich, Connecticut, who was murdered in 1975. Moxley was last seen alive spendin...
Mulligan, John
Crime and their Victims
Age 52
October 11, 1940 - September 26, 1993
Evergreen Cemetery / Boston / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Detective John Mulligan was a 20+ veteran of the Boston Police Department who people, both inside and outside law enforcement, have called "the crooke...
Mungo, Saint
Historical Figure
Age 96
518 AD - January 13, 614
Glasgow Cathedral / Glasgow / United Kingdom / Europe
Kentigern, known as Mungo, was a missionary in the Brittonic Kingdom of Strathclyde in the late sixth century, and the founder and patron saint of the...
Munson, Ona
Show Business
Age 51
June 16, 1903 - February 11, 1955
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Ona Munson was an American film and stage actress. She starred in 9 Broadway productions and 20 feature films in her career, which spanned over 30 yea...
Murphy, Audie
Show Business
Age 45
June 20, 1925 - May 28, 1971
Arlington National Cemetery / Arlington / Virginia / USA / North America
He wanted to join the Marines, but he was too short. The paratroopers wouldn't have him, either. Reluctantly, he settled on the infantry, and ultimate...
Murphy, Brittany
Show Business
Age 32
November 10, 1977 - December 20, 2009
Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / United States / North America
Brittany Murphy was an actress and singer who is best remembered as the rich, airhead teen in the movie Clueless (1995). She went on to star or co-sta...
Murray, Dr. Henry
Science
Age 95
May 13, 1893 - June 23, 1988
Mount Auburn Cemetery / Cambridge / Massachusetts / USA / North America
As the Director and Chief Researcher of the Psychological Clinic Annex on the campus of Harvard University, for 3 years beginning in 1959 Dr. Henry Mu...
Mydland, Brent
Music
Age 37
October 21, 1952 - July 26, 1990
Oakmont Memorial Park / Lafayette / California / USA / North America
Brent Mydland was a talented keyboardist, vocalist, and songwriter best remembered as a member of The Grateful Dead from 1979 to 1990, a longer tenure...
Myer, Albert
Historical Figure
Age 51
September 20, 1828 - August 24, 1880
Forest Lawn Cemetery / Buffalo / New York / USA / North America
Albert Myers was a surgeon, a general, father of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, inventor of wig-wag signaling (or aerial telegraphy), and also was the fo...
Napoli, James
Crime and their Victims
Age 81
November 4, 1911 - December 29, 1992
St. John Cemetery / Middle Village / New York / USA / North America
James "Jimmy Nap" Napoli was a New York mobster who was a Caporegime in the Genovese crime family who controlled the largest illegal gambling operatio...
Nardi, John
Crime and their Victims
Age 61
January 21, 1916 - May 17, 1977
Knollwood Cemetery / Mayfield Heights / Ohio / USA / North America
A high level member of the Cleveland crime family who was involved in labor racketeering, drug trafficking and extortion in Cleveland, Ohio. Upon...
Nash, Ogden
Writers and Poets
Age 68
August 19, 1902 - May 19, 1971
East Cemetery / North Hampton / New Hampshire / USA / North America
Ogden Nash was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote over 500 pieces. With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was dec...
Nelson, Baby
Crime and their Victims
Age 25
19081206 - 19341127
St Joseph Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleums / River Grove / Illinois / USA / North America
Lester Gillis, aka George Nelson, aka Baby Face Nelson was a notorious gunman and bank robber who was responsible for killing more FBI agents than any...
Nelson, Ozzie
Show Business
Age 69
March 20, 1906 - June 3, 1975
Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Oswald Nelson big band leader, actor, director, and producer. But he is most well known as the patient, loving father Ozzie Nelson with his lovely wif...
Nelson, Rick
Music
Age 45
May 8, 1940 - December 31, 1985
Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
The youngest member of America's "perfect family," Rick Nelson parlayed the free publicity that the television show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harrie...
Ness, Eliot
Crime and their Victims
Age 54
April 19, 1903 - May 16, 1957
Lake View Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
Influenced by the career of his brother-in-law, Eliot Ness began his own law enforcement career in 1927, with the United States Treasury Department. I...
Newton, Isacc
Science
Age 84
December 25, 1642 - March 28, 1727
Westminster Abbey / London / England / Europe
Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and theologian, is considered one of the great figures in the history of math and sc...
Nico
Music
Age 49
October 16, 1938 - July 18, 1988
Friedhof Grunewald-Forst / Berlin / Germany / Europe
Nico was a German-born marginal singer, songwriter, musician, model, and actress. She had small roles in several films, including Federico Fellini's L...
Nighthawk, Robert
Music
Age 57
November 30, 1909 - November 5, 1967
Magnolia Cemetery / Helena / Arkansas / USA / North America
Robert Nighthawk was a blues musician who was one of the foremost blues slide guitarists of his era providing new type of blues by combining acoustic ...
Nilsson, Harry
Music
Age 52
June 15, 1941 - January 15, 1994
Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park / Westgate Village / California / USA / North America
A leading pop songwriter first, and a performer a distant second Harry Nilsson was never able to fully develop his talent and instead was more widely ...
Nimoy, Leonard
Show Business
Age 83
March 26, 1931 - February 27, 2015
Hillside Memorial Park / Culver City / California / USA / North America
After leaving Boston and a short stint in the Army, Leonard Nimoy pursued his passion of acting and appeared early in his career in such films as Quee...
Nitti, Frank
Crime and their Victims
Age 57
January 27, 1886 - March 19, 1943
Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America
Frank Nitti, nicknamed “The Enforcer,” was an Italian-American gangster and one of Al Capone‘s top henchmen, Nitti was in charge of all money fl...
Noir, Victor
Writers and Poets
Age 21
July 27, 1848 - January 11, 1870
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Victor Noir was the nom de plume of a budding journalist killed at 21 years old by Prince Pierre Bonaparte. The prince was a relative of the reigning ...
Nolan, Jerry
Music
Age 45
May 7, 1946 - January 14, 1992
Mount St. Mary's Cemetery / Flushing / New York / USA / North America
One cannot talk about the origins of punk rock without mentioning the New York Dolls lead guitarist Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan on drums. This und...
Nozière, Violette
Crime and their Victims
Age 51
January 11, 1915 - November 26, 1966
Neuvy-sur-Loire communal cemetery / Neuvy-sur-Loire / France / Europe
Violette Nozière was a French woman who was convicted of murdering her father. Known as "L'Affaire" the trial had everything to captivate all of Fran...
Nureyev, Rudolph
Artists
Age 54
March 17, 1938 - January 6, 1993
Cimetière Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois / Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois / France / Europe
Russian born Rudolf Nureyev is considered by many to be the greatest male ballet dancer of his generation. In addition to his technical prowess, Rudo...
Nurmi, Maila
Show Business
Age 82
December 11, 1922 - January 10, 2008
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
O'Banion, Dean
Crime and their Victims
Age 32
July 8, 1892 - November 10, 1924
Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America
As the leader of the North Side Gang in the early 1920s, Dean O'Banion was a feared Chicago mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Torrio and Al Cap...
O'Rourke, Heather
Show Business
Age 12
December 27, 1975 - February 1, 1988
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Heather O’Rourke was the terrified youngster sucked into a spectral vacuum by supernatural spirits in the “Poltergeist” films and was featured i...
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy
Historical Figure
Age 64
July 28, 1928 - May 19, 1994
Arlington National Cemetery / Arlington / Virginia / USA / North America
Former First Lady of the United States of America and style icon. She devoted much of her time to making the White House a historical museum of Americ...
Orr, Benjamin
Music
Age 53
September 8, 1947 - October 3, 2000
Saint Patrick's Church Cemetery / Thompson / Ohio / USA / North America
Benjamin Orr was the singer, songwriter, bassist and co-founder of the rock band the Cars. He sang lead vocals on several of their best known songs, i...
Ory, Kid
Music
Age 86
December 25, 1886 - January 23, 1973
Holy Cross Cemetery / Culver City / California / USA / North America
Edward "Kid" Ory was an American jazz composer, trombonist and bandleader. One of the early users of the glissando technique, he helped establish it a...
Ousley, King Curtis
Music
Age 37
February 7, 1934 - November 13, 1971
Pinelawn Memorial Park / Farmingdale / New York / USA / North America
Playing the saxophone when he was 12, King Curtis turned down college scholarships in order to join the Lionel Hampton Band and in 1952 moved to New Y...
Paltrow, Bruce
Show Business
Age 58
November 26, 1943 - October 3, 2002
Private residence of Gwynth Paltrow / Amagansett / New York / USA / North America
Producer of the television series The White Shadow and St. Elsewhere he was married to actress Blyth Danner and his daughter is actress and self-procl...
Pappalardi, Felix
Music
Age 43
December 30, 1939 - April 17, 1983
Woodlawn Cemetery / The Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Felix Pappalardi was once a big name. Born in The Bronx on Dec. 30, 1939, and classically trained, he’d been a regular among the Greenwich Village f...
Parker, Bonnie
Crime and their Victims
Age 23
October 1, 1910 - May 23, 1934
Crown Hill Memorial Park / Dallas / Texas / North America
Bonnie Parker was part of the infamous criminal couple 'Bonnie and Clyde'. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were known for their bank robberies that cap...
Parker, Charlie
Music
Age 34
August 29, 1920 - March 12, 1955
www.lincolncemeterykc.com / Independence / Missouri / USA / North America
Charlie Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique,...
Parker, George S.
Business and Finance
Age 85
December 12, 1866 - September 26, 1952
Harmony Grove Cemetery / Salem / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Founder of the game company Parker Brothers, Inc which produced a multitude of card and board games including Monopoly, Clue, Sorry!, Risk, Trivial Pu...
Pass, Joe
Music
Age 65
January 13, 1929 - May 23, 1994
Resurrection Burial Park / Piscataway / New Jersey / USA / North America
In the last fifty years, few have come to epitomize the image of the jazz guitarist as completely as Joe Pass. As a soloist, Pass redefined the instru...
Patriarca, Raymond
Crime and their Victims
Age 76
March 17, 1908 - July 11, 1984
Gate of Heaven Cemetery / Riverside / Rhode Island / USA / North America
Raymond Patriarca was an American mobster from Providence, Rhode Island, who became the long-time boss of the Patriarca crime family, whose control ex...
Patton, Charlie
Music
Age 43
April 1, 1891 - April 28, 1934
Holly Ridge Cemetery / Holly Ridge / Mississippi / USA / North America
Small in stature but a giant blues talent, the often stubborn and rude (he was married 8 times) Charley Patton was the most influential artist of the ...
Payton, Asie
Music
Age 60
April 12, 1937 - May 19, 1997
Holly Ridge Cemetery / Holly Ridge / Mississippi / USA / North America
Asie Payton was a delta blues musician who made his living as a farmer his entire life. Relatively unknown outside of Mississippi, for two years befor...
Peabody, George
Business and Finance
Age 74
February 18, 1795 - November 4, 1869
Harmony Grove Cemetery / Salem / Massachusetts / USA / North America
George Peabody was an American financier and philanthropist and is widely regarded as the father of modern philanthropy.
Born into a poor family in...
Pender, Paul
Sports
Age 72
June 20, 1930 - January 12, 2003
Holyhood Cemetery / Chestnut Hill / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Paul Pender was an American boxer and firefighter from Massachusetts who held the World Middleweight Championship. In 1959, the National Boxing Associ...
Penney, James Cash
Business and Finance
Age 95
September 16, 1875 - February 12, 1971
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
James Cash Penney was an American businessman and entrepreneur who founded the J. C. Penney stores in 1902. The Penney company expanded nationwide, wi...
Pepper, Art
Music
Age 56
September 1, 1925 - June 15, 1982
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Considered by many to be the the world's great altoist of his generation, Art Pepper was an alto saxophonist anda longtime fixture in West Coast jazz ...
Pérignon, Dom
Historical Figure
Age 77
December 14, 1638 - December 4, 1715
Church of Saint Sindulphe / Hautvillers / France / Europe
Dom Pierre Pérignon was a French Benedictine monk who made important contributions to the production and quality of Champagne wine in an era when the...
Perrin, Jean Baptiste
Science
Age 71
September 30, 1870 - April 17, 1942
Le Panthéon / Paris / France / Europe
Jean Baptiste Perrin was a French physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids, verified Albert Einst...
Perry, Antoinette
Show Business
Age 58
June 27, 1888 - June 28, 1946
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Mary Antoinette "Tony" Perry was an American actress, director and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing. The Tony Awards were named in her honor.
Peterson, Roger
Disasters
Age 21
May 24, 1937 - February 3, 1959
Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery / Storm Lake / Iowa / USA / North America
Roger Peterson was the pilot who flew the plane that crashed, killing himself and all of the passengers which included musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie ...
Pfaff, Kristen
Music
Age 27
May 26, 1967 - June 16, 1994
Forest Lawn Cemetery / Buffalo / New York / USA / North America
Kristen Pfaff came from a family of musicians so it came as no surprise, while attending the University of Minnesota, Kristen played in a number of lo...
Phillips, John
Music
Age 65
August 30, 1935 - March 18, 2001
Forest Lawn Cemetery / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
He is famous for his role in organizing the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, his incestuous relationship with his daughter Mackenzie, oh and I almost forg...
Phillips, Mayor John
Historical Figure
Age 52
November 26, 1770 - May 29, 1823
Granary Burying Ground / Boston / Massachusetts / USA / North America
John Phillips was the very first mayor of Boston, Massachusetts and was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1813. John Phillips wa...
Phillips, Sam
Music
Age 80
January 5, 1923 - July 30, 2003
Memorial Park Cemetery / Memphis / Tennessee / USA / North America
Sam Phillips was one of the true musical pioneers of the 20th century. A man who redefined the cultural landscape by producing and engineering local t...
Piaf, Édith
Music
Age 47
December 19, 1915 - October 10, 1963
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
The most popular singer in France in the 1950s, Edith Piaf gained international recognition through her emotional songs of doom and tragic love. Unlik...
Pierce, Franklin
Historical Figure
Age 64
November 23, 1804 - October 8, 1869
Old North Cemetery / Concord / New Hampshire / USA / North America
Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States of America. He came into office during a period of growing tension between the North and S...
Pierce, Webb
Music
Age 69
August 8, 1921 - February 24, 1991
Woodlawn Memorial Park / Nashville / Tennessee / USA / North America
Webb Pierce was one of the most popular honky-tonk vocalist, songwriter and guitarist of the 1950s, charting more number one hits than any other count...
Pinkerton, Allan
Crime and their Victims
Age 64
August 25, 1819 - July 1, 1884
Graceland Cemetery / Chicago / Illinois / USA / North America
Allan Pinkerton was a Scottish cooper, abolitionist, detective, and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency during his ti...
Porcaro, Jeff
Music
Age 38
April 1, 1954 - August 5, 1992
Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Jeff Porcaro was a founding member of the band Toto with his brother, Steve, and four others. The group’s hits included ″Hold the Line″ in 1977,...
Porrello, Joseph
Crime and their Victims
Age 41
July 15, 1888 - July 5, 1930
Calvary Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
Big Joe Porrello was the head of the Porrello Crime Family with Sam Tilocco serving as lieutenant and bodyguard in the Cleveland mob when they were bo...
Porrello, Raymond
Crime and their Victims
Age 39
June 13, 1892 - February 25, 1932
Calvary Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
A member of the Porrello crime family and underboss to his brother Joseph Porrello. He only held that position for one year before he was gunned down ...
Porrello, Rosario
Crime and their Victims
Age 41
December 31, 1891 - February 25, 1932
Calvary Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
A member of the Porrello crime family and older brother of crime boss Joseph Porrello. He was gunned down in a hail of bullets along with Raymond whil...
Porrello, Vincenzoa
Crime and their Victims
Age 44
January 1, 1970 - July 26, 1930
Calvary Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
A member of the Porrello crime family out of Cleveland, Ohio
Powell, Eugene
Music
Age 89
December 23, 1908 - November 4, 1998
Evergreen Cemetery / Metcalfe / Mississippi / USA / North America
Sonny Boy Nelson was an American Delta blues musician who picked up the guitar at the young age of 9. His best known works include “44 Blues”, “...
Powell, William
Show Business
Age 91
July 29, 1892 - March 5, 1984
Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
William Powell was a premier American actor who personified the suave and sophisticated leading man during Hollywood's Golden Age. A major star at Met...
Power, Tyrone
Show Business
Age 44
May 5, 1914 - November 15, 1958
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
One of the greatest matinee idols in the 1930s and 1940s, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads in such films as The Mark of Zorro, Blood...
Pratt, Hugo
Artists
Age 68
June 15, 1927 - August 20, 1995
Cimetière de Grandvaux / Grandvaux, Bourg-en-Lavaux / District de Lavaux-Oron, Vaud / Switzerland / Europe
Hugo Pratt is considered one of the greatest graphic novelists in the world. His strips, graphic works, and watercolors have been exhibited in major m...
Presley, Elvis
Music
Age 42
January 8, 1935 - August 16, 1977
Graceland / Memphis / Tennessee / USA / North America
Elvis Presley was an American singer, musician and actor. He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and is ofte...
Price, Rod
Music
Age 57
November 22, 1947 - March 22, 2005
Laurel Hill Cemetery / Wilton / New Hampshire / USA / North America
Rod Price was an English guitarist who was best known for his work with the rock band Foghat. He was known as 'The Magician of Slide', and 'Slide King...
Prima, Louis
Music
Age 67
December 7, 1910 - August 24, 1978
Metairie Cemetery / New Orleans / Louisiana / USA / North America
Proud son of Italian immigrants and a talented band leader, trumpter, composer and singer Louis Prima developed his talent earning the title "King of ...
Procter, William
Business and Finance
Age 82
December 7, 1801 - April 4, 1884
Spring Grove Cemetery / Cincinnati / Ohio / USA / North America
William Procter was an English-born American industrialist and candlemaker who was the co-founder of Procter & Gamble Company in 1837, along with Jame...
Profaci, Joe
Crime and their Victims
Age 64
October 2, 1897 - June 6, 1962
St. John Cemetery / Middle Village / New York / USA / North America
Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci was an Italian-born New York City La Cosa Nostra boss who was the founder of the Profaci crime family. Established in 1928, thi...
Puente, Tito
Music
Age 77
April 20, 1923 - May 31, 2000
St. Anthony's Catholic Cemetery / Nanuet / New York / USA / North America
He has been called El Rey del Mambo, El Rey de los Timbales, The King of Latin Music, and with a hundred records and countless epic solos to his name,...
Pulitzer, Joseph
Writers and Poets
Age 64
April 10, 1847 - October 29, 1911
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Joseph Pulitzer was a Hungarian-born American newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York World. He became a leading national ...
Putnam, Ann Jr.
Historical Figure
Age 37
October 18, 1679 - 1716
Putnam Family Burial Ground / Danvers / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Ann Putnam's short and miserable life is best remembered as one of the principal accusers in the “circle” of girls who claimed to be afflicted by ...
Putnam, Ann Sr.
Historical Figure
Age 37
June 15, 1661 - June 8, 1699
Putnam Family Burial Ground / Danvers / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Ann Putnam, her husband and one of their daughters (Ann Putnam Jr.) all levied accusations of witchcraft, many of them against extended members of th...
Putnam, Thomas
Crime and their Victims
Age 47
March 22, 1652 - June 3, 1699
Putnam Family Burial Ground / Danvers / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Thomas Putnam was the father of afflicted girl Ann Putnam, Jr, and many historians consider him to be a major influence in the Salem Witch Trials. Put...
Ra, Sun
Music
Age 79
May 22, 1914 - May 30, 1993
Elmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum / Birmingham / Alabama / North America
With over 200 albums over his 6 decade career, Sun Ra was revered in Europe as a genius and staged hundreds of concerts, at times with a nearly 100-pi...
Rachell, Yank
Music
Age 94
March 16, 1903 - April 9, 1997
New Crown Cemetery / Indianapolis / Indiana / USA / North America
One of a few pre-war blues artist to continue performing into the 1990s, Yank Rachell was the primary exponent of the blues mandolin
Rambeau, Marjorie
Show Business
Age 80
July 15, 1889 - July 6, 1970
Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
Marjorie Burnet Rambeau was an American film and stage actress who began her stage career at age 12, and appeared in several silent films before debut...
Ramone, Dee Dee
Music
Age 50
September 18, 1951 - June 5, 2002
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Dee Dee Ramone was the last of the dying breed of authentic rock stars. A total f*ckup who got through it and in doing so changed the face of rock ‘...
Ramone, Joey
Music
Age 49
September 18, 1951 - June 5, 2002
New Mount Zion Cemetery / Lyndhurst / New Jersey / USA / North America
Suffering from crippling OCD at times, Joey Ramone was nonetheless an iconic, punk counterculture rock and roll icon as lead singer and songwriter of ...
Ramone, Johnny
Music
Age 55
October 8, 1948 - September 15, 2004
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Johnny Ramone was the hard right conservative punk with an affinity for serial killers and nazi memorabilia. But without his discipline, anger and gui...
Randall, Rebel
Show Business
Age 88
January 22, 1922 - July 22, 2010
Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
Rebel Randall was an American film actress and radio personality who appeared in approximately 50 films between 1940 and 1956. A glamorous brunette, s...
Rao, Vincenzo
Crime and their Victims
Age 90
June 21, 1898 - September 25, 1988
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Vincenzo Rao was a Consigliere for the Lucchese crime family in New York City. In 1957, Rao was arrested with 60 other mobsters at the notorious Apala...
Rappe, Virginia
Show Business
Age 26
July 7, 1895 - September 9, 1921
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Virginia Rappe was a young and up-and-coming Hollywood model and silent film actress, but is best known for her death after attending a party with act...
Rathbone, Basil
Show Business
Age 75
June 13, 1892 - July 21, 1967
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Basil Rathbone was an English actor who began his career in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor, and went on to appear in more than 70 f...
Rawls, Lou
Music
Age 72
December 1, 1933 - January 6, 2006
Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Lou Rawls, the velvet-voiced singer who started as a church choir boy and went on to record the classic tune "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine...
Ray, Johnnie
Music
Age 63
January 10, 1927 - February 24, 1990
Hopewell Cemetery / Dayton / Oregon / USA / North America
In the early 1950s, Johnnie Ray was arguably the biggest musical star in the world. His emotional singing and sexually suggestive performances earned ...
Red Jacket
Historical Figure
Age 79
December 31, 1969 - January 20, 1830
Forest Lawn Cemetery / Buffalo / New York / USA / North America
Red Jacket, chief of the Wolf clan nation, became famous as an orator, speaking for the rights of his people. After the Revolutionary war, he played a...
Redfern, Buck
Sports
Age 62
April 7, 1902 - September 8, 1964
Riverside Cemetery / Ashville / North Carolina / USA / North America
George "Buck" Redfern was an infielder in Major League Baseball where he played for the Chicago White Sox. In his short two years as a professional ba...
Redstone, Sumner
Business and Finance
Age 96
May 27, 1923 - August 11, 2020
Sharon Memorial Park / Sharon / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Redstone was born in a Boston tenement to a father who changed the family name from Rothstein to Redstone and built a regional movie-theater chain. Af...
Reed, Herb
Music
Age 83
August 7, 1928 - June 4, 2012
Puritan Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery / Peabody / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Herbert Reed is best remembered as the last surviving original member of the do-wop group The Platters. As the only member of The Platters who sang on...
Reed, Jimmy
Music
Age 50
September 6, 1925 - August 29, 1976
Lincoln Cemetery / Blue Island / Illinois / USA / North America
Jimmy Reed was an American blues musician and songwriter whose particular style of electric blues was popular with blues as well as non-blues audience...
Reeves, Jim
Music
Age 40
August 20, 1923 - July 31, 1964
Jim Reeves Memorial / Carthage / Texas / USA / North America
Jim Reeves was an American country and popular music singer-songwriter with records charting from the 1950s to the 1980s. He became well known as a pr...
Relf, Keith
Music
Age 33
March 22, 1943 - May 12, 1976
Richmond Cemetery / Surrey / England / Europe
Keith Relf was the vocalist and guitarist for The Yardbirds, an English rock band that had a string of hits in the mid 1960s, including "For Your Love...
Renard, Jules
Writers and Poets
Age 46
February 22, 1864 - May 22, 1910
Cimetière de Chitry-les-Mines / Chitry-les-Mines / France / Europe
Jules Renard (February 22, 1864- May 22, 1910) was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works Poil de Carotte (Ca...
Revson, Charles
Business and Finance
Age 68
October 11, 1906 - August 24, 1975
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Charles Revson was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was best known as a pioneering cosmetics industry executive who, with brother Joseph...
Rich, Buddy
Music
Age 69
September 30, 1917 - April 2, 1987
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Beyond his flamboyant, sometimes volatile character, beyond his classic wardrobe and his status as the preferred guest on the Tonight Show with Johnny...
Rich, Charlie
Music
Age 62
December 14, 1932 - July 25, 1995
Memorial Park Cemetery / Memphis / Tennessee / USA / North America
Charlie Rich was a country singer, songwriter and alcoholic whose career peaked in the 1970s.
Richard, Martin
Crime and their Victims
Age 8
June 9, 2004 - April 15, 2013
Cedar Grove Cemetery / Dorchester Center / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Martin Richard was the youngest of three victims killed by two domestic terrorists who detonated two homemade improvised explosive devices near the fi...
Richardson, J. P.
Music
Age 28
October 24, 1930 - February 3, 1959
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home / Beaumont / Texas / USA / North America
J.P. Richardson (aka The Big Bopper) was a Texas disk jockey, musician and singer known for his big hit singles "Chantilly Lace" and "White Lightning"...
Rickenbacker, Adolph
Music
Age 88
April 1, 1887 - March 21, 1976
Loma Linda Memorial Park / Fullerton / California / USA / North America
Adolph Rickenbacker was a Swiss-American remembered as one of the co-founders of the Rickenbacker guitar, and one of the key people who was responsibl...
Rickenbacker, Eddie
Historical Figure
Age 82
October 8, 1890 - July 23, 1973
Green Lawn Cemetery / Columbus / Ohio / USA / North America
Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker was called America’s Ace of Aces during World War I, the highest scorer of American aerial victories over the Germans...
Rio, Frank
Crime and their Victims
Age 39
July 2, 1895 - February 23, 1935
Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America
One of Al Capone's most trusted and loyal bodyguards. Frank Rio was an alleged gunman in the famous 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre where seven memb...
Roach, Max
Music
Age 83
January 10, 1924 - August 16, 2007
Woodlawn Cemetery / The Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Max Roach, was an American jazz drummer, composer, and one of most influential musicians in the development of bebop jazz. One of the most influential...
Robards, Jason
Show Business
Age 78
July 26, 1922 - December 26, 2000
Oak Lawn Cemetery / Fairfield / Connecticut / USA / North America
Recognized around the world as the definitive interpreter of the works of Eugene O'Neill throughout his long and esteemed career, Jason Robards has be...
Robbins, Marty
Music
Age 57
September 26, 1925 - December 8, 1982
Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum / Nashville / Tennessee / USA / North America
Marty Robbins was country music's most versatile singer and consistent hitmaker. His early recordings saw him veer from tear-stained ballads and honky...
Robeson, Paul
Historical Figure
Age 77
April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Paul Robeson was an American actor, singer, and activist. Some of his best know work on stage included The Emperor Jones, All God's Chillun Got Wings,...
Rockefeller, John D. Sr.
Business and Finance
Age 97
July 8, 1839 - May 23, 1937
Lakeview Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
There’s rich, there’s wealthy, and then there’s John D. Rockefeller. Considered by many to be the most financially-prosperous individual in mode...
Rockin' Dopsie
Music
Age 61
February 10, 1932 - August 26, 1993
Calvary Cemetery / Lafayette / Louisiana / USA / North America
Rockin’ Dopsie (pronounced DOOP-sie), along with Boozoo Chavis and Clifton Chenier, is widely acknowledged to be one of the originators of zydeco mu...
Rockwell, Norman
Artists
Age 84
February 3, 1894 - November 8, 1978
Stockbridge Cemetery / Stockbridge / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Norman Rockwell was a prolific American painter and artist, producing more than 4,000 original works in his lifetime. He is most famous for the cover ...
Rooney, Mickey
Show Business
Age 93
September 23, 1920 - April 6, 2014
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Star of stage, screen and television Mickey Rooney was know for his energy, charisma, versatility and longivity who died with only $18,000 to his name...
Rosenberg, William
Business and Finance
Age 86
June 10, 1916 - September 22, 2002
Sharon Memorial Park / Sharon / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Bill Rosenberg was an American entrepreneur who founded the Dunkin' Donuts franchise in 1950 in Quincy, Massachusetts. As one of the pioneers in name...
Ross, Bob
Artists
Age 52
October 29, 1942 - July 4, 1995
Woodlawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home / Gotha / Florida / USA / North America
Bob Ross, with his distinctive hair style and quiet demeanor, was a popular American painter, art instructor, and television host. The painter who gav...
Royal, Billy Joe
Music
Age 73
April 3, 1942 - October 6, 2015
Greenwood Cemetery / Morehead City / North Carolina / USA / North America
Billy Joe Royal was a Georgia-born singer who debuted on Columbia Records with "Down in the Boondocks" in 1965, which reached No. 9 on the Billboard H...
Ruby, Jack
Crime and their Victims
Age 55
April 25, 1911 - January 3, 1967
Westlawn Cemetery / 7801 W Montrose Avenue / Illinois / USA / North America
American nightclub owner who fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald, while Oswald was in police custody after being charged with both the assassination of inc...
Ruffin, David
Music
Age 50
January 18, 1941 - June 1, 1991
Woodlawn Cemetery / Detroit / Michigan / USA / North America
David Ruffin is an American soul singer and musician most famous for his work as one of the original members and lead singers of the Temptations from ...
Ruffing, Red
Sports
Age 80
May 3, 1905 - February 17, 1986
Hillcrest Memorial Park / Bedford Heights / Ohio / USA / North America
A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Red Ruffington is the winningest right-handed pitcher for the New York Yankees and ranked the 9th greatest Yank...
Ruth, Babe
Sports
Age 53
February 6, 1895 - August 16, 1948
Gate of Heaven Cemetery / Hawthorne / New York / USA / North America
Considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time, over the course of his career, Babe Ruth went on to break baseball's most important...
Ruth, Helen Woodford
Sports
Age 31
October 20, 1897 - January 11, 1929
Mount Calvary Cemetery / Roslindale / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Babe Ruth met Helen Woodford in 1914 when she served him breakfast while she worked as a waitress at Landers’ Coffee Shop in Boston. They were marri...
Salvador, Henri
Music
Age 90
July 18, 1917 - February 13, 2008
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Henri Salvador was a velvet-voiced French musician credited with inspiring the bossa nova, recording the first french rock 'n' roll single and helping...
Sandman, Mark
Music
Age 46
September 24, 1952 - July 3, 1999
Sharon Memorial Park / Sharon / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Mark Sandman was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record label founder best remembered as the bass player and lead singer for...
Sargent, Henry N.
Crime and their Victims
Age 23
August 4, 1830 - January 13, 1854
New Boston Cemetery / New Boston / New Hampshire / United States / North America
Sevilla Jones was 17-year-old girl who was shot dead by Henry Sargent one morning as she was walking to school with her younger brother. Henry loved S...