Prima, Louis
Music
Age 67
December 7, 1910 - August 24, 1978
Metairie Cemetery / New Orleans / Louisiana / USA / North America
Proud son of Italian immigrants and a talented band leader, trumpter, composer and singer Louis Prima developed his talent earning the title "King of the Vegas Lounges" and "The Wildest Act in Las Vegas." With poker-faced Keely Sm...
Armour, Herman
Business and Finance
Age 64
March 7, 1837 - September 8, 1901
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
At the young age of 18 Herman Armour left home and made his way to Milwaukee where he opened a butcher shop, eventually becoming Armour, Plankington & Co. With loads of ambition he left the business in charge of his partner, John ...
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...
McDonald, Richard
Business and Finance
Age 89
February 16, 1909 - July 14, 1998
Mount Calvary Cemetery / Manchester / New Hampshire / USA / North America
Contrary to popular belief Ray Kroc is not the founder of McDonald's restaurants. The true Founders of McDonald's and inventors of the "Speedee Service System" (now commonly known as "fast food") were the New Hampshire natives Ric...
Wills, Bob
Music
Age 70
March 6, 1905 - May 13, 1975
Memorial Park Cemetery / Tulsa / Oklahoma / USA / North America
Bob Wills was a bandleader, fiddler, singer, and songwriter who is the most famous exponent of the popular musical genre now known as western swing, which synthesized ragtime, traditional fiddling, New Orleans jazz, blues, Mexican...
Austen, Jane
Writers and Poets
Age 41
December 16, 1775 - July 18, 1817
Westminster Abbey / Westminster, London / United Kingdom / Europe
Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels which include Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816). With the first four novels which interpret...
Castle, Irene
Other Entertainers
Age 75
04/17/1893 - 01/25/1969
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Irene Castle and her husband Vernon 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 wer...
Bunker, Chang and Eng
The Odd and the Interesting
Age 62
May 11, 1811 - January 17, 1874
White Plains Baptist Church Cemetery / White Plains / North Carolina / USA / North America
Chang Bunker and Eng Bunker were Siamese-American conjoined twin brothers whose fame led to the term "Siamese twins" to become synonymous for conjoined twins in general. They were first pair of conjoined twins whose condition was ...
Giunta, Joseph
Crime and their Victims
Age 42
February 10, 2021 - May 7, 1929
Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America
Joseph Giunta was an Italian-American mobster, President of Unione Siciliana and confidant of Al Capone's rival Joe Aiello. He was a lead conspirator in an attempt to overthrow Al Capone’s criminal empire. When Frank Rio (Capone...
Gaulle-Anthonioz, Geneviève
Historical Figure
Age 81
October 25, 1920 - February 14, 2002
Le Panthéon / Paris / France / Europe
Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz was a member of the French Resistance and served as president of ATD Quart Monde. The International Movement ATD Fourth World is a nonprofit organization which aims towards the eradication of chronic...
Lake, Patricia
Historical Figure
Age 74
June 8, 1919 - October 3, 1993
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
American socialite, actress, and radio comedian, and suspected of being the illegitimate child of William Randolph Hearst Sr. and Marion Davies. Patricia Lake confirmed this shortly before she died.
Taylor, Annie Edson
The Odd and the Interesting
Age 82
October 24, 1838 - April 29, 1921
Oakwood Cemetery / Niagara Falls / New York / USA / North America
Annie Edson Taylor was an American schoolteacher who, on her 63rd birthday, October 24, 1901, became the first, and oldest, person to go over Niagara Falls intentionally and survive. The trip itself took less than twenty minutes, ...
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 ...
Hawkins, Hawkshaw
Music
Age 41
December 22, 1921 - March 5, 1963
Forest Lawn Memorial Garden / Goodlettsville / Tennessee / USA / North America
Hawkshaw Hawkins was an American country music singer popular from the 1950s into the early 1960s. He was known for his rich, smooth vocals and music drawn from blues, boogie and honky tonk. At 6 foot 5 inches tall, Hawkins had an...
Cuomo, Mario
Historical Figure
Age 82
June 15, 1932 - January 1, 2015
St. John Cemetery / Middle Village / New York / USA / North America
Mario Cuomo had a loud and liberal voice that inspired a generation of politicians to turn to public service, and a story of humble beginnings that he wove into calls for social justice during his three terms as New York governor ...