Astaire, Fred
Show Business
Age 88
May 10, 1899 - June 22, 1987
Oakwood Memorial Park And Cemetery / Chatsworth / California / USA / North America
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor and choreographer whose style, elegance and graceful approach to movement made him the most acclaimed dancer in motion picture history. Born Frederick Austerlitz on May 10, 1899, ...
McGonagle, Paul
Crime and their Victims
Age 35
January 21, 1939 - November 30, 1974
North America
Paulie McGonagle was a Boston mobster and head of the Mullen Gang, a South Boston street gang involved in burglary, auto theft, and armed robbery. During the war against Donald Killeen and his brothers, McGonagle successfully led ...
Copas, Cowboy
Music
Age 49
July 15, 1913 - March 5, 1963
Forest Lawn Memorial Garden / Goodlettsville / Tennessee / USA / North America
Cowboy Copas was an American country music singer who was popular from the 1940s until his death in the 1963 plane crash that also killed country stars Patsy Cline and Hawkshaw Hawkins. In 1943 Copas achieved national fame when he...
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...
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 ...
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...
Douglas, Kirk
Show Business
Age 103
December 9, 1916 - February 5, 2020
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
The story of Kirk Douglas is the story of how an epitome of underprivilege had become world famous – recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur, fulfilling the roles of Van Gogh, Spartac...
Houdini, Bess
Show Business
Age 67
January 23, 1876 - February 11, 1943
Gate of Heaven Cemetery / Hawthorne / New York / USA / North America
Wilhelmina Beatrice “Bess” Rahner was born to German immigrants in Brooklyn, New York, in 1876. Her life changed while performing at Coney Island with “The Floral Sisters” act, catching the eye of Theo Houdini. However, B...
Sherwin, Henry
Business and Finance
Age 73
September 27, 1842 - June 26, 1916
Lake View Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
Henry Sherwin was the president and co-founder (with Osborn and Williams) of the Sherwin-Williams Company - one of the largest paint and coating manufacturing companies in the world. In February 1870 the three gentleman each inves...
Ramone, Johnny
Music
Age 55
October 8, 1948 - September 15, 2004
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Johnny Ramone was the hard right conservative punk with an affinity for serial killers and nazi memorabilia. But without his discipline, anger and guitar - there would be no Ramones. His wife, Linda, as well as rock stars such as ...
Leclerc, Georges-Louis
Science
Age 80
September 7, 1707 - April 16, 1788
Sainte-Urse de Montbard Church / Montbard / France / Europe
Comte de Buffon was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopédiste whose collective works influenced generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Georges Cuvier. He was considered by many to...
Jürgens, Udo
Music
Age 80
September 30, 1934 - December 21, 2014
Der Wiener Zentralfriedhof / Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234 / Vienna / Austria / Europe
Udo Jürgens, was an Austrian composer and singer of German origin of popular music whose career spanned over 50 years. He won the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 for Austria, composed close to 1,000 songs, and sold over 104 million ...
Barfield, Velma
Crime and their Victims
Age 52
October 29, 1932 - November 2, 1984
Parkton Cemetery / Parkton / North Carolina / USA / North America
Velma Barfield was an American female serial killer and is remembered for being one of the first women to be executed in the United States after the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Barfield was 1 of 9 children born in South ...
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...
Durosnel, Antoine Jean Auguste
Historical Figure
Age 77
November 9, 1771 - February 5, 1849
Cimetière du Père-Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
General Antoine Jean Auguste Durosnel served as aide-de-camp to Napoleon who spent much of his career with the 16th Chasseurs à Cheval. Cavalry General in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. appointed second-in...