Webb, Clifton
Show Business
Age 76
November 19, 1889 - October 13, 1966
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Likely remember for his character Mr. Belvedere in a string of hit movies, Clifton Webb was a talented actor, dancer and singer who was nominated for an Oscar for his roles in Laura (1944), The Razor's Edge (1946), and Sitting Pre...
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...
Mungo, Saint
Historical Figure
Age 96
518 AD - January 13, 614
Glasgow Cathedral / Glasgow / United Kingdom / Europe
Kentigern, known as Mungo, was a missionary in the Brittonic Kingdom of Strathclyde in the late sixth century, and the founder and patron saint of the city of Glasgow. On the spot where Mungo was buried now stands the cathedral de...
McKernan, Ron
Music
Age 27
September 8, 1945 - March 8, 1973
Alta Mesa Memorial Park / Palo Alto / California / USA / North America
At the height of the Grateful Dead's breakout success in the early 1970s, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan served as a driving force behind the jam band's legendary acclaim. The vocalist and keyboardist proved responsible for the band's blu...
Burnside, R. L.
Music
Age 78
November 23, 1926 - September 1, 2005
Free Springs C.M.E. Church / Como / Mississippi / USA / North America
R. L. Burnside was a Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He played music for much of his life but received little recognition before the early 1990s. During his resurgence in popularity he won 4 W.C. Handy Blues Awards a...
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...
Lansky, Meyer
Crime and their Victims
Age 80
July 4, 1902 - January 15, 1983
Mount Nebo Miami Memorial Gardens / Miami / Florida / USA / North America
Meyer Lansky was one of the most important figures in the development of organized crime in New York, nationwide and worldwide in the 20th century. Known as "The Mob's Accountant" Lansky’s work spanned the pre-Prohibition days o...
Black, Bill
Music
Age 39
September 17, 1926 - October 21, 1965
Forest Hill Memorial Park - Midtown / Memphis / Tennessee / USA / North America
When Elvis Presley cut his first ground-breaking single "That's All Right, Mama" he was backed by Sun Studio musicians Scotty Moore on guitar and Bill Black on bass. With D. J. Fontana later added as drummer, the four hit the road...
Brady, Al
Crime and their Victims
Age 26
October 25, 1910 - October 12, 1937
Mount Hope Cemetery / Bangor / Maine / USA / North America
Al Brady was an American gangster and leader of the notorious Brady Gang during the 1930s, a period marked by widespread criminal activity amidst the Great Depression. Born in 1910 in Indiana, Brady became involved in crime at a y...
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...
Wilde, Oscar
Writers and Poets
Age 46
October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering conversational skill. Wilde became one of the best-known personalities of his day. Undeniably brilliant, the author, playwright...
Melville, Herman
Writers and Poets
Age 72
August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and ...
Butera, Sam
Music
Age 81
August 17, 1927 - June 3, 2009
Greenwood Cemetery / New Orleans / Louisiana / USA / North America
Sam Butera was a tenor saxophonist best noted for his collaborations with Louis Prima and Keely Smith. Butera is frequently regarded as a crossover artist who performed with equal ease in both R&B and the post-big band pop style o...
Crudup, Arthur
Music
Age 68
August 24, 1905 - March 28, 1974
Bethel Memorial Gardens / Franktown / Virginia / USA / North America
Arthur William "Big Boy" Crudup was an American Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his songs "That's All Right" (1946), "My Baby Left Me" and "So Glad You're Mine", later recorded by Elvis Presley i...
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...