Mississippi Joe Callicott

Birth Name:
Joe Callicott
Birth Date:
October 10, 1899
Birth Place:
Nesbit, Mississippi
Death Date:
May 1, 1969
Place of Death:
Nesbit, Mississippi
Age:
69
Cause of Death:
Unknown
Cemetery Name:
Mt. Olive CME Church
Claim to Fame:
Music
Bluesman Joe Calicott was born and lived his whole life in the small town of Nesbit, Mississippi, and is one of the most underrecorded legends of the Mississippi delta solo acoustic blues tradition

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Mt. Olive CME Church

1919 Getwell Road S

Hernando, Mississippi, 38632

USA

North America

Grave Location Description

Located about 300 feet from the church parking lot

Grave Location GPS

34.88905, -89.937317

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Dalida

popular name: Dalida

date_of_death: May 3, 1987

age: 54

cause_of_death: Suicide - drug overdose (barbiturates)

claim_to_fame: Music

best_know_for: Dalida (aka Yolande Christina Gigliotti) was born in Shoudra, a district of Cairo the child of Italian immigrants from Calabria. Her father played the violin at Cairo Opera House. In 1950 she won the beauty contest Miss Ondina, but her career really started when in 1955 21-year-old Yolande was selected as Miss Egypt. Dalida sang in 11 languages and sold nearly 2 million records internationally. Her best known songs are "Bambino", Les enfants du Pirée" "Le temps des fleurs", "Darla dirladada", "J'attendrai", and "Paroles, paroles" featuring spoken word by Alain Delon. After a successful career marred by personal tragedies, by 1987 Dalida was entering into severe depression while trying to overcome it. Although no new songs had been recorded, she toured internationally from Los Angeles to the Middle East. Being part of the music spotlight in 1978, many of her songs appeared daily on TV, as well as many notable TV appearances on talk shows from 1986 to 1987. Her last live TV appearance was hosting the Nuit des César on March 7, 1987. Her last live performance took place in Antalya, Turkey from April 27-29, 1987, just before her suicide. Sadly those performances were not recorded by the national television of Turkey which was the only TV channel in the country.

Henri Salvador

popular name: Henri Salvador

date_of_death: February 13, 2008

age: 90

cause_of_death: Ruptured aneurysm

claim_to_fame: Music

best_know_for: Henri Salvador was a velvet-voiced French musician credited with inspiring the bossa nova, recording the first french rock 'n' roll single and helping create the music video. Known for his booming laughter, raucous sense of humor, silken singing, and incredible staying power, he worked past his 90th birthday and had plans to record another album when he died suddenly at his home due to a burst aneurysm.

Steve Peregrin Took

popular name: Steve Peregrin Took

date_of_death: October 27, 1980

age: 31

cause_of_death: Asphyxiation after inhaling a cocktail cherry during drug use

claim_to_fame: Music

best_know_for: One-half of the founding members of T. Rex with Marc Bolan, Steve Peregrin Took was by all accounts a remarkable musician and songwriter - when he was sober. After two years and three albums, Took's push to perform more of his own material – as well as his drug use – had driven a wedge between Marc and Steve and Took was fired from the group. He went on to a series of short-lived bands, but never came close to the success Bolan achieved without him. Sadly, relegated to the history books as the Pete Best of glam rock, he is cruelly remembered as the rock star who choked on a cocktail cherry and died.

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