Marfeo, Rudy
Crime and their Victims
Age 42
April 13, 1926 - April 20, 1968
St Ann Cemetery / Cranston / Rhode Island / USA / North America
In 1968 local bookmaker Rudolph “Rudy” Marfeo had recently defied New England mob boss Raymond Patriarca by refusing to pay his "tribute money" and publicly disrespecting Ray Patriarca. This was not wise considering Patriarca ...
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...
Clark, William Andrews Jr.
Business and Finance
Age 57
March 29, 1877 - June 14, 1934
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
William Andrews Clark Jr. was a philanthropist, lawyer, book collector, founder of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the youngest surviving son of copper baron and U.S. Senator William Andrews Clark Sr. and his first wife, Kath...
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...
Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr.
Music
Age 54
April 20, 1951 - July 1, 2005
George Washington Memorial Park / Paramus / New Jersey / USA / North America
Luther Vandross was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. Throughout his career, he achieved eleven consecutive RIAA-certified platinum albums and sold over 40 million records worldwide. After a short s...
Davis, Madelyn
Show Business
Age 90
March 15, 1921 - April 20, 2011
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Madelyn Pugh Davis was a television writer who became known in the 1950s for her work on the famous 'I Love Lucy' television series. Madelyn and her writing partner Bob Carroll Jr. are credited with helping create the 'Lucy' chara...
Genna, Peter
Crime and their Victims
Age 67
January 1, 1880 - May 13, 1948
Mt. Carmel Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America
Peter and Sam Genna arrived to Chicago in April of 1906, having been sponsored by a brother in law and both being described as farmhand/laborers. Their four brothers would later follow them to America where they would form a power...
King, Albert
Music
Age 69
April 25, 1923 - December 21, 1992
Paradise Gardens Cemetery / Edmondson / Arkansas / USA / North America
Standing at six-foot-four, 300-pounds King was able to bend notes farther and more powerfully than almost any other guitarist, and his records influenced a generation bluesman from Eric Clapton to Duane Allman and, of course, Stev...
Winchester, Oliver
Business and Finance
Age 70
November 30, 1810 - December 10, 1880
Evergreen Cemetery / New Haven / Connecticut / USA / North America
Oliver Fisher Winchester was an American businessman and politician, best known as the founder of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in New Haven, Connecticut. Interesting to note that repeating rifles were used to some extent ...
Oakley, Berry
Music
Age 24
April 4, 1948 - November 11, 1972
Rose Hill Cemetery / Macon / Georgia / USA / North America
Berry Oakley, an original founding member of the Allman Brothers Band and was an instrumental part of the early Allman Brothers sound, with his bass chords defining some of the band’s most popular songs like “Whipping Post”,...
Knox, Seymour H.
Business and Finance
Age 54
April 11, 1861 - May 17, 1915
Forest Lawn Cemetery / Buffalo / New York / USA / North America
Seymour Knox was a Buffalo, New York businessman who made his fortune in five-and-dime stores. He merged his more than 100 stores with those of his first cousins, Frank Winfield Woolworth and Charles Woolworth, to form the F. W. W...
Shelley, Mary
Writers and Poets
Age 53
August 30, 1797 - February 1, 1851
St Peter's Church, Bournemouth / Bournemouth / Dorset / United Kingdom / North America
Mary Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein (also called The Modern Prometheus 1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband,...
Brinkley, David
Show Business
Age 82
July 10, 1920 - June 11, 2003
Oakdale Cemetery / Wilmington / North Carolina / USA / North America
David Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting over 50 years. After a medical discharge from the Army, Brinkley worked for United Press International in several of its Southern bureaus. In 1943, he m...
Rickenbacker, Adolph
Music
Age 88
April 1, 1887 - March 21, 1976
Loma Linda Memorial Park / Fullerton / California / USA / North America
Adolph Rickenbacker was a Swiss-American remembered as one of the co-founders of the Rickenbacker guitar, and one of the key people who was responsible for the creation and adoption of electric guitars that managed to change the s...
Duffy, Hugh
Sports
Age 87
November 26, 1866 - October 19, 1954
Mount Calvary Cemetery / Roslindale / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Hugh Duffy was an American outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball. He was a player or player-manager for the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Pirates, Boston Reds, Boston Beaneaters, Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phi...