Thelonious Monk

AKA:
High Priest of Bop
Birth Name:
Thelonious Sphere Monk
Birth Date:
October 10, 1917
Birth Place:
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Death Date:
February 17, 1982
Place of Death:
Englewood Hospital, Englewood, New Jersey
Age:
64
Cause of Death:
Stroke
Cemetery Name:
Ferncliff Cemetery
Claim to Fame:
Music
Thelonious Monk was American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and was greatly influential in the genre of jazz. Some of his best known work includes "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser", "Ruby, My Dear", "In Walked Bud", and "Well, You Needn't". Monk is the second-most-recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Ferncliff Cemetery

280 Secor Road

Hartsdale, New York, 10530

USA

North America

Map:

Grave Location:

Hillcrest, Section I, Grave 405

Grave Location Description

After entering the entrance between Cherrywood and Maplewood, take the first left and head straight. Turn right at the second intersection which will take you behind Rosewood Mausoleum. Drive past the Knollwood Cremation Garden and then turn left and park at the turnaround. Walk back to the intersection of Hillcrest I and Hillcrest J on your left and Thelonious Monk’s grave is 3 spaces from the road and 5 spaces from the narrow path.

Grave Location GPS

41.02812168, -73.83200069

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