Heche, Anne
Show Business
Age 53
May 25, 1969 - August 11, 2022
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Anne Heche was an actress known for her roles in a variety of genres in film, television, and theater. She received numerous accolades, including a National Board of Review Award and multiple Emmy Awards. Heche's professional acti...
Gödel, Kurt
Science
Age 71
April 28, 1906 - January 14, 1978
Princeton Cemetery / Princeton / New Jersey / USA / North America
Kurt Gödel was a prominent Austrian/American logician, mathematician and philosopher who is mentioned as most likely autistic (Asperger's Syndrome) in Genius Genes by Michael Fitzgerald and Brendan O’Brien, in Asperger Syndrome...
Castle, Vernon
Other Entertainers
Age 30
05/02/1887 - 02/15/1918
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Vernon Castle and his wife Irene Castle were the best known ballroom dancers of the early 20th Century. Beginning about 1914 they operated several clubs and studios in the New York City area, toured the country dancing, and were a...
Hamlisch, Marvin
Music
Age 68
June 2, 1944 - August 6, 2012
Mount Zion Cemetery / Maspeth (Queens) / New York / United States / North America
Legendary musician, composer and conductor Marvin Hamlisch was one of only sixteen people to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards ("EGOT") and is one of only two people (along with composer Richard Rodgers) to have won those...
Pinkerton, Allan
Crime and their Victims
Age 64
August 25, 1819 - July 1, 1884
Graceland Cemetery / Chicago / Illinois / USA / North America
Allan Pinkerton was a Scottish cooper, abolitionist, detective, and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency during his time in the United States. When the Civil War began, Pinkerton served as head of t...
Vianney, Jean-Marie Baptiste
Historical Figure
Age 73
May 8, 1786 - August 4, 1859
Basilica of Ars / Ars-sur-Formans / France / Europe
The little town of Ars, France, about 20 miles north of Lyon, has become famous through the holy life and labors of St. John Vianney, its beloved Cure. The story of Jean Vianney emphasizes how God uses the simple and under-rated p...
Blyden, Larry
Show Business
Age 49
June 23, 1925 - June 6, 1975
Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery / Houston / Texas / USA / North America
Larry Blyden was a Tony Award winning actor, director and producer known for his work in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Harold as well as guest spots on Twilight Zone and The Fugitive
Twombly, Florence Adele Vanderbilt
Historical Figure
Age 98
01/08/1854 - 04/11/1952
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly was an American heiress and a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. She and her husband, Hamilton McKown Twombly, built Florham, a gilded age estate in Madison, New Jersey then considered the...
Woodlawn, Holly
Show Business
Age 69
October 26, 1946 - December 6, 2015
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
As part of the Warhol posse who appeared in the movies Trash (1970) and Women in Revolt (1971), Holly Woodlawn is best known as "Holly" in Lou Reed's hit pop song "Walk on the Wild Side".
Ventura, Lino
Show Business
Age 68
July 14, 1919 - October 22, 1987
Cimetière du Val-Saint-Germain / Le Val-Saint-Germain / Departement de l'Essonne, Île-de-France / France / Europe
Lino Ventura was France's favorite Italian French actor. Lino was born in Italy but he spent much of his youth raised by his mother in Paris, France. After a first career as a professional wrestler was ended by injury, he was offe...
Blackwell, Scrapper
Music
Age 59
February 21, 1903 - October 7, 1962
New Crown Cemetery / New Crown Cemetery / Indiana / USA / North America
Scrapper Blackwell, together with Leroy Carr are arguably the two most underrated blues musicians of the 1920s and 1930s. What is undeniable is the two together created some of the most recorded blues classics including How Long, ...
Montand, Yves
Show Business
Age 70
October 13, 1921 - November 9, 1991
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Yves Montand was an Italian-French actor and singer who began his career in show business as a music-hall singer and, in 1944, he was discovered by Édith Piaf in Paris and she made him part of her act. He is perhaps best known fo...
Sheeran, Frank
Crime and their Victims
Age 83
October 25, 1920 - December 14, 2003
Holy Cross Cemetery / Yeadon / Pennsylvania / USA / North America
Frank Sheeran was a truck driver, corrupt labor union official and alleged mafia hitman. Sheeran is thought by some to have murdered Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa, (among dozens of others) and was the subject of the 2019 film "T...
Bonventre, Cesare
Crime and their Victims
Age 33
January 1, 1951 - April 16, 1984
St. Charles Resurrection Cemeteries / Farmingdale / New York / USA / North America
As a member of the Sicilian faction of the Bonnano family, Cesare Bonventre worked as a bodyguard for the unofficial boss Carmine Galante. Several members of his family were involved with organized crime, including his uncle John ...
Genna, Angelo
Crime and their Victims
Age 27
February 3, 1898 - May 26, 1925
Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America
Angelo Genna ran the Genna Brothers crime family which was involved primarily in bootlegging during the Prohibition era of the 1920s. Angelo Genna, with the blessing of Johnny Torrio, masterminded the hit on Dean O'Brion (mob boss...