Toots Shor

Birth Name:

Bernard Shor

Birth Date:

May 6, 1903

Birth Place:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Death Date:

January 23, 1977

Place of Death:

New York University Medical Center, New York, New York

Age:

Cause of Death:

Cancer

Cemetery Name:

Ferncliff Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Historical Figure

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Until recently, Toots Shor was long forgotten by most –– now a whole new generation is discovering NYC’s legendary “saloon” thanks to Mad Men. The Mad Men design team even built a virtual Toots Shor set (where Don and Betty drank martinis and ate their famous Caesar Salad prepared at tableside) and sparked a renewed interest in the style of the period. The original was a bar/restaurant in NYC that thrived in the 40s and 50s –– a place where actors, writers, singers, journalists and sports figures came to play. In its heyday, it was the place to go, located at 51 w 51st Street from 1940 to 1959 (after that it moved around the corner to 52nd Street). The ringmaster was Toots Shor - one of New York's most famous restaurateurs and one of the country's foremost patrons of artists, actors, musicians and sports figures.

Toot’s Shor’s Restaurant was the bomb!

It was known for its oversized circular bar and was frequented by celebrities, and together with the 21 Club, the Stork Club, Delmonico’s and El Morocco was one of the places to see and be seen. Joe DiMaggio often went there to eat, and that helped make it famous. Toots was said to do personal favors for Joe as well, at no cost.

Jackie Gleason always ate there for free. Other notable guests included Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Orson Welles, Yogi Berra, Ernest Hemingway, Bing Crosby, Jack Dempsey, Walter Cronkite, Peter Lorre, Gay Talese, and Mike Wallace.

And then, as Sinatra says in archival footage (from a lecture at Yale, no less), “When Babe Ruth walked in I damn near wet my pants.”

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Ferncliff Cemetery

280 Secor Road

Hartsdale, New York, 10530

USA

North America

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Grave Location:

Hillcrest A, Grave 1204

Grave Location Description

After entering through the entrance between Cherrywood and Maplewood, go left to head northwest. Turn right at the second intersection to go north towards the next intersection and past the Rosewood Cremation Garden. Park your car along the street between Sections J and A. Then walk into Section A and head south for about 120 feet. Toots Shor’s final resting place is located in the southeast corner of Hillcrest A on the far east side of the section.

Or you can park your car behind the Rosewood Mausoleum and facing the Rosewood Cremation Garden (with your back to the mausoleum, take the path on the far left of the garden and turn right and walk along the fence behind Rosewood Cremation Garden a short distance to the Shor monument.

He is buried next to James Baldwin, renown American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist.

Grave Location GPS

41.02764373, -73.83121994

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Toots Shor was born on May 6, 1903.

Toots Shor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Toots Shor died on January 23, 1977.

Toots Shor died in New York University Medical Center, New York, New York.

Toots Shor was 73.

The cause of death was Cancer.

Toots Shor's grave is in Ferncliff Cemetery

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popular name: Morgan Earp

date_of_death: March 18, 1882

age: 30

cause_of_death: Murdered

claim_to_fame: Historical Figure

best_know_for: As a sheriff and lawman, Morgan Earp is perhaps best known for his involvement in the notorious Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. Sadly he was ambushed and gun down several months later by the Cochise County Cowboys in retaliation. As a sheriff and lawman, Morgan Earp served as Tombstone, Arizona's Special Policeman when he helped his brothers Virgil and Wyatt, as well as Doc Holliday, confront the outlaw Cochise County Cowboys in the infamous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881. All three Earp brothers had been the target of repeated death threats made by the Cowboys who were upset by the Earps' interference in their illegal activities. The lawmen killed Cowboys Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton. All four lawmen were charged with murder by Billy's older brother, Ike Clanton, who had run from the gunfight. During a month-long preliminary hearing, Judge Wells Spicer exonerated the men, concluding they had been performing their duty. . Friends of the slain outlaws retaliated, and on December 29, Cowboys ambushed Virgil, leaving him maimed. Two and a half months later, on March 18, 1882, they ambushed Morgan, shooting him at night through the window of a door at Campbell & Hatch Billiard Parlor while he was playing billiards and killed him. The Cowboys suspected in both shootings were let off on technicalities or lack of evidence. Wyatt Earp felt he could not rely on the criminal justice system and decided to take matters into his own hands. He concluded the only way to get justice for his murdered brother was to avenge his death. Wyatt assembled a posse that included their brother Warren Earp and set out on a vendetta to kill those they felt were responsible.

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