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".
Auer, Leopold
Music
Age 85
June 7, 1845 - July 15, 1930
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Leopold Auer was a renown Hungarian violinist, academic, conductor and composer, best known as an outstanding violin teacher. Many notable virtuoso violinists including Jascha Heifetz, Mischa Elman, and Efrem Zimbalist were among ...
Arlen, Harold
Music
Age 81
February 15, 1905 - April 23, 1986
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Harold Arlen was an American composer writing over 500 songs, several known worldwide. Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook. Some of his best known work includes "Over the Rainbow", "Stormy Weather...
Orr, Benjamin
Music
Age 53
September 8, 1947 - October 3, 2000
Saint Patrick's Church Cemetery / Thompson / Ohio / USA / North America
Benjamin Orr was the singer, songwriter, bassist and co-founder of the rock band the Cars. He sang lead vocals on several of their best known songs, including "Just What I Needed", "Let's Go" and "Drive". Even when the Cars had be...
Parker, Bonnie
Crime and their Victims
Age 23
October 1, 1910 - May 23, 1934
Crown Hill Memorial Park / Dallas / Texas / North America
Bonnie Parker was part of the infamous criminal couple 'Bonnie and Clyde'. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were known for their bank robberies that captured the attention of the American press and public during the "public enemy er...
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, ...
Shore, Dinah
Show Business
Age 77
February 29, 1916 - February 24, 1994
Hillside Memorial Park / Culver City / California / USA / North America
Known for her sunny disposition and Southern charm, Dinah Shore rose from a successful recording artist with her sultry renditions of "Blues in the Night," "I’ll Walk Alone," and "Buttons and Bows," to a household name with her ...
Dillinger, John
Crime and their Victims
Age 31
June 22, 1903 - July 22, 1934
Crown Hill Cemetery / Indianapolis / Indiana / USA / North America
John Dillinger was an infamous American gangster of the Great Depression. He led a group known as the "Dillinger Gang", which was accused of robbing 24 banks and four police stations. Dillinger was imprisoned several times but esc...
Jones, Spike
Music
Age 53
December 14, 1911 - May 1, 1965
Holy Cross Cemetery / Culver City / California / USA / North America
Considered by many as the Father of Novelty Music, Spike Jones was the “Weird Al” Yankovic of the 1940s through the early 60s. A talented and serious musician and bandleader, Spike Jones and His City Slickers specialized in sp...
Clicquot, Madame
Business and Finance
Age 88
December 16, 1777 - July 29, 1866
Cimetiere du Nord / Reims / France / Europe
Barbe-Nicole grew up as the eldest daughter of one of wealthy textile industry tycoon and personal friend of Napoleon Bonaparte: Ponce Jean Nicolas Philippe. Widowed at age 27, she embarked on a lifelong journey to turn her husban...
Big Maybelle
Music
Age 47
May 1, 1924 - January 23, 1972
Evergreen Memorial Park / Bedford Heights / Ohio / USA / North America
Her impressive stature matching the sheer soulful power of her massive vocal talent, Big Maybelle was one of the premier R&B chanteuses of the 1950s. Her deep, gravelly voice was as singular as her recorded output for Okeh and S...
Ramone, Dee Dee
Music
Age 50
September 18, 1951 - June 5, 2002
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Dee Dee Ramone was the last of the dying breed of authentic rock stars. A total f*ckup who got through it and in doing so changed the face of rock ‘n’ roll. He is fondly remembered as a founding member, bassist and songwriter ...
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...
Land, Edwin H.
Science
Age 81
May 7, 1909 - March 1, 1991
Mount Auburn Cemetery / Cambridge / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Edwin H. Land was an American scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation and the inventor of instant photography. “Dr. Land,’’ as most people referred to him, left Harvard College before...
Vallée, Rudy
Show Business
Age 84
July 28, 1901 - July 3, 1986
Saint Hyacinth Cemetery / Westbrook / Maine / USA / North America
Rudy Vallée was an American singer, musician, actor, and radio host who is considered by many to be the first modern American teen idol and pop star. After playing drums in his high school band, Vallée played clarinet and saxoph...