Booth, Edwin
Show Business
Age 59
November 13, 1833 - June 7, 1893
Mount Auburn Cemetery / Cambridge / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Considered the most accomplished Shakespearean actor of his time, Edwin Booth even eclipsed his father’s fame. Born in 1833 Edwin made his professional stage debut at the age of 15 and stepped into the title role of Richard III ...
Farrell, Charles
Show Business
Age 89
August 9, 1900 - May 6, 1990
Welwood Murray Cemetery / Palm Springs / California / USA / North America
Charles Farrell was an American film actor of the 1920s silent era and into the 1930s, and later a television actor. Farrell is probably best recalled for his onscreen romances with actress Janet Gaynor in more than a dozen films,...
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...
Moxley, Martha
Crime and their Victims
Age 15
August 16, 1960 - October 30, 1975
Putnam Cemetery / Greenwich / Connecticut / USA / North America
Martha Moxley was a 15-year-old American high school student from Greenwich, Connecticut, who was murdered in 1975. Moxley was last seen alive spending time at the home of the Skakel family, across the street from her home in Bell...
Sullivan, Tommy
Crime and their Victims
Age 38
July 9, 1919 - December 22, 1957
New Calvary Cemetery / Mattapan / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Tommy Sullivan was a local light heavyweight sensation known for his almost mythical physical strength and a hard-charging, teeth-clenching, just-try-and-stop-me fighting style. Often heard hollering, “Come on, come on!” at hi...
Frey, Albert
Artists
Age 95
October 18, 1903 - November 14, 1998
Welwood Murray Cemetery / Palm Springs / California / USA / North America
Albert Frey was a Swiss-born architect who established a style of modernist architecture centered on Palm Springs, California, United States, that came to be known as "desert modernism". Some examples of his work include Raymond L...
Marfeo, Willie
Crime and their Victims
Age 40
October 1, 1925 - July 13, 1966
St Ann Cemetery / Cranston / Rhode Island / USA / North America
Willie Marfeo was a New England mobster who operating his card games and dice games in various locations in Providence, Rhode Island. In the early 1960s Willie was doing quite well - well enough to loudly brag that he didn't need ...
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...
Colgate, Samuel
Business and Finance
Age 75
March 22, 1822 - April 23, 1897
Rosedale Cemetery / Montclair / New Jersey / USA / North America
Samuel Colgate, son of the found of Colgate William Colgate, was an American manufacturer and philanthropist, born in New York City. He became widely known as a soap maker, and the manufacturing operation he built in Jersey City d...
Hepburn, Katharine
Show Business
Age 96
May 12, 1907 - June 29, 2003
Cedar Hill Cemetery / Hartford / Connecticut / USA / North America
Katharine Hepburn was an American actress whose career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned over six decades. She was known for her headstrong independence, spirited personality, and outspokenness, cultivating a screen persona that...
Munson, Ona
Show Business
Age 51
June 16, 1903 - February 11, 1955
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Ona Munson was an American film and stage actress. She starred in 9 Broadway productions and 20 feature films in her career, which spanned over 30 years. By the mid-1950s, Munson was suffering from health complications following a...
Rao, Vincenzo
Crime and their Victims
Age 90
June 21, 1898 - September 25, 1988
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Vincenzo Rao was a Consigliere for the Lucchese crime family in New York City. In 1957, Rao was arrested with 60 other mobsters at the notorious Apalachin Meeting. During the 1963 Valachi hearings, Rao was listed as the Lucchese f...
Strauss ll, Johann
Music
Age 73
October 25, 1825 - June 3, 1899
Der Wiener Zentralfriedhof / Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234 / Vienna / Austria / Europe
Johann Strauss II (also referred to as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger) was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas as well as a renown violinist. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrille...
Ventriglia, Franco
Music
Age 90
October 20, 1922 - November 28, 2012
Oak Lawn Cemetery / Fairfield / Connecticut / USA / North America
Franco Ventriglia was an opera singer who sang bass in every major European opera house during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Serving in the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in the South Pacific during World War II upon return stateside Fra...
Burnette, Dorsey
Music
Age 46
December 28, 1932 - August 19, 1979
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...