Belmont, Oliver
Business and Finance
Age 49
November 12, 1858 - June 10, 1908
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Oliver Belmont was an American socialite and United States Representative from New York. Belmont was a member of the banking firm of August Belmont and Co., New York City. He became publisher of the Verdict, a weekly paper. Oliver...
Farley, Chris
Show Business
Age 33
February 15, 1964 - December 18, 1997
Resurrection Cemetery / Madison / Wisconsin / USA / North America
Chris Farley was an actor and a physical comedy genius known for his over-the-top loud, energetic comedic style. He started out as a member of Chicago's Second City Theatre before going on to national fame as a member of Saturday ...
Duncan, Michael Clarke
Show Business
Age 54
December 10, 1957 - September 3, 2012
Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Remembered for his huge size and deep, resonant voice, American actor Michael Clarke Duncan's breakout role came as John Coffey in The Green Mile (1999), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor a...
Davis, Varina
Historical Figure
Age 80
May 7, 1826 - October 16, 1906
Hollywood Cemetery / Richmond / Virginia / United States / North America
Varina Davis was the only First Lady of the Confederate States of America, and the longtime second wife of President Jefferson Davis. Born and raised in the South and educated in Philadelphia, she had family on both sides of the c...
Burnette, Johnny
Music
Age 30
March 25, 1934 - August 14, 1964
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) / Glendale / California / USA / North America
The Burnette brothers, Dorsey and Johnny, are best remembered for their seminal rockabilly recordings for Coral in the mid-1950s. With lead guitarist Paul Burlison and brother Dorsey, Johnny Burnette founded the pioneering, but la...
Rich, Buddy
Music
Age 69
September 30, 1917 - April 2, 1987
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Beyond his flamboyant, sometimes volatile character, beyond his classic wardrobe and his status as the preferred guest on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson Buddy Rich was a magnificent drummer. His recording and performing resum...
Nurmi, Maila
Show Business
Age 82
December 11, 1922 - January 10, 2008
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Known professionally as Maila Nurmi, she was an American actress who created the campy 1950s character Vampira. The image of Vampira is certainly iconic. With her memorable and striking image, Vampira cemented herself as a star of...
Gowdy, Curt
Sports
Age 86
July 31, 1919 - February 20, 2006
Mount Auburn Cemetery / Cambridge / Massachusetts / USA / North America
In the history of sports broadcasting, few figures have had the power to legitimize an event simply by attending it. For 40 years, Curt Gowdy was that figure. Over the course of a career that spanned five decades and all three bro...
Barrow, Clyde
Crime and their Victims
Age 25
March 24, 1909 - May 23, 1934
Western Heights Cemetery / Dallas / Texas / USA / North America
Clyde Barrow was part of the infamous criminal couple 'Bonnie and Clyde'. Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were known for their bank robberies that captured the attention of the American press and public during the "public enemy era...
Hart, Mary E.
The Odd and the Interesting
Age 47
December 16, 1824 - October 15, 1872
Evergreen Cemetery / New Haven / Connecticut / USA / North America
As the story goes, at 48 years old Mary E. Hart, as she was known in life, “just drops to the floor” one day at midnight. Believing her dead, her family had her buried at Evergreen Cemetery the very next day. However, one nigh...
Flammarion, Camille
Science
Age 83
February 26, 1842 - June 3, 1925
Observatoire Camille Flammarion à Juvisy-sur-Orge / Juvisy-sur-Orge, Seine-et-Oise / France / Europe
Camille Flammarion was a famous French astronomer, author, magazine publisher and notable psychical researcher. He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, several notable e...
Burlison, Paul
Music
Age 74
February 4, 1929 - September 27, 2003
Hinds Chapel Cemetery / Nesbit / Mississippi / USA / North America
The Burnette brothers with lead guitarist Paul Burlison, are best remembered for their seminal rockabilly recordings for Coral in the mid-1950s. Paul, Dorsey and Johnny Burnette founded the pioneering, but largely overlooked rocka...
Coppola, Michael
Crime and their Victims
Age 66
July 2, 1900 - October 1, 1966
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola was a New York City mobster who became a caporegime of the 116th Street Crew, with the Genovese crime family. He entered the ranks of the New York mafiosi with a reputation as a morally depraved, sad...
Lymon, Frankie
Music
Age 25
September 30, 1942 - February 27, 1968
Saint Raymond's Cemetery / The Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers were five kids from Washington Heights, just north of Harlem where they sang doo-wop under the streetlight on the corner of 165th and Amsterdam. After just a few months of rehearsal they cut their f...
Porcaro, Jeff
Music
Age 38
April 1, 1954 - August 5, 1992
Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Jeff Porcaro was a founding member of the band Toto with his brother, Steve, and four others. The group’s hits included ″Hold the Line″ in 1977, ″Rosanna″ in 1982 and ″Africa″ in 1983. Interestingly enough, when Jeff...