Montgomery, George
Show Business
Age 84
August 27, 1916 - December 12, 2000
Forest Lawn Cemetery / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
George Montgomery was an American actor best known for his work in Western films and television including Accent on Love (1941), Last of the Duanes (1941), Riders of the Purple Sage (1941), and The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941). Cr...
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 Reinhardt. Often that line of brillance ends at Wes Montgomery. Noted for his inc...
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 show business. He starred opposite Henry Fonda, Marlon Brando, Dick Van Dyke and, ...
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 (1961–1966) and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977), which "helped define a new ...
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 Endora on the television series Bewitched, but she also had notable roles in films...
Morgan Sr., John Pierpont
Business and Finance
Age 75
April 17, 1837 - March 31, 1913 (aged 75)
Cedar Hill Cemetery / Hartford / Connecticut / USA / North America
J.P. Morgan was a titan of American business. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries his position and connections put him squarely in the middle of the development of American industry. Of his generation John Pierpont Morgan (1...
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. Morrison is regarded by music critics and fans as one of the most iconic and influent...
Morton, Jelly Roll
Music
Age 50
September 20, 1890 - July 10, 1941
Calvary Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Along with Sidney Bechet, Johnny Dodds, Kid Ory, and Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton was one of the most important musical figure to emerge from the early days of New Orleans. While most will dismiss his claim that he, Jelly Ro...
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 spending time at the home of the Skakel family, across the street from her home in Bell...
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 crookedest cop in Boston". Allegedly Mulligan was gaming the overtime system, stole dr...
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 city of Glasgow. On the spot where Mungo was buried now stands the cathedral de...
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 years. By the mid-1950s, Munson was suffering from health complications following a...
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 ultimately became one of the most decorated heroes of World War II. He was Audie Murphy,...
Murphy, Brittany
Show Business
Age 32
November 10, 1977 - December 20, 2009
Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / 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-star in such movies as Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Spun (2002), Just Married (...
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 Murray was responsible for the unethical, immoral and horrible experiments in whic...
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 than any other keyboardist (aka The Hot Seat) in the band. No previous keyboard...
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 founder of the U.S. Weather Bureau
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 operation in the United States that employed 2,000 people and grossed over $150 million ...
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 the death of mob boss John Scalish, the Five Families' decision to appoint Jame...
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 declared by The New York Times the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry...