MacLeod, Gavin
Show Business
Age 90
February 28, 1931 - May 29, 2021
Forest Lawn Cemetery / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
Gavin MacLeod was an American actor best known for his roles as news writer Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and ship's captain Merrill Stubing on ABC's The Love Boat. MacLeod made his television debut in 1957 on The ...
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 Josephine. Children of Italian immigrants, Albina, Mollie, Quinta and Irma all worked...
Maggio, Michael
Crime and their Victims
Age 69
July 21, 1889 - March 14, 1959
Holy Cross Cemetery / Yeadon / Pennsylvania / USA / North America
Michael Maggio was one of the original Philadelphia organized crime figures beginning in the 1910s. The leader of "the Greaser Gang" in south Philadelphia, he quickly ascended to a leadership role in the Philly crime family. Known...
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 just callous and amoral, he relished violence. Mailer stabbed his wife, Adele Mo...
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 for his time spent as a vocal spokesman for the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X was als...
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 under contract at 20th Century Fox, Mansfield was known for her well-publicized p...
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 attempting to re-establish himself in the West Coast country music scene after r...
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 and lyricist Jim Morrison. Manzarek was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of F...
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 celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-portraits, and still-life images....
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, Night of the Ghouls and Plan 9 from Outer Space.
Marfeo, Rudy
Crime and their Victims
Age 42
April 13, 1926 - April 20, 1968
St Ann Cemetery / Cranston / Rhode Island / USA / North America
In 1968 local bookmaker Rudolph “Rudy” Marfeo had recently defied New England mob boss Raymond Patriarca by refusing to pay his "tribute money" and publicly disrespecting Ray Patriarca. This was not wise considering Patriarca ...
Marfeo, Willie
Crime and their Victims
Age 40
October 1, 1925 - July 13, 1966
St Ann Cemetery / Cranston / Rhode Island / USA / North America
Willie Marfeo was a New England mobster who operating his card games and dice games in various locations in Providence, Rhode Island. In the early 1960s Willie was doing quite well - well enough to loudly brag that he didn't need ...
Marinucci, Rocco
Crime and their Victims
Age 30
January 20, 1952 - March 15, 1982
Holy Cross Cemetery / Yeadon / Pennsylvania / USA / North America
Rocco Marinucci was a pizza restaurant owner (Pop’s Pizza in South Philly) and a Philadelphia crime family associate. He was responsible for planting a bomb under mob boss Philip Testa's porch, killing him instantly. Rocco Marin...
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 blossomed in the 1970s into an electrifying rock-influenced hybrid that made hi...
Martin, Dean
Show Business
Age 78
June 7, 1917 - December 25, 1995
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / 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 martinis. In fact Dean was the master of the insinuating ad-lib and a natural at...
Martin, Nancy
The Odd and the Interesting
Age 24
May 4, 1833 - May 25, 1857
Oakdale Cemetery / Wilmington / North Carolina / USA / North America
Silas Martin was a successful sea captain and trader. The one thing he hated about his job was missing his family for long stretches of time. So when his son John and daughter Nancy (Nance to her friends) asked to accompany their ...
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 scoundrels in more than 100 films over nearly half a century. He achieved considerable s...
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 Old West. He was born to a working-class Irish family in Quebec, but he moved to ...
Mawson, Douglas
Science
Age 76
May 5, 1882 - October 14, 1958
St Jude's Church / Brighton SA 5048 / South Australia / South Australia, Australia / Australia / Oceania
Douglas Mawson is a world renowned Australian geologist, explorer, and scientist known for his pioneering work in Antarctica. Mawson began his studies at the University of Sydney where majored in geology and developed a passion fo...
Mayo, Virginia
Show Business
Age 84
November 30, 1920 - January 17, 2005
Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park / Westlake Village / California / USA / North America
Virginia Mayo was a 1940s screen siren who co-starred opposite Danny Kaye, Ronald Reagan, Gregory Peck and James Cagney (to name just a few) in more the 40 films during the 1940s and '50s. A former vaudeville performer, she made h...