Mayo, Virginia
Show Business
Age 84
November 30, 1920 - January 17, 2005
Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park / Westlake Village / California / USA / North America
Virginia Mayo was a 1940s screen siren who co-starred opposite Danny Kaye, Ronald Reagan, Gregory Peck and James Cagney (to name just a few) in more the 40 films during the 1940s and '50s. A former vaudeville performer, she made h...
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...
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 ...
Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel
Crime and their Victims
Age
- June 19, 1953
Wellwood Cemetery / West Babylon / New York / USA / North America
It was a case that mesmerized the country and the world. On June 19, 1953, at the height of the Cold War, New York City–born Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were put to death in the electric chair. Convicted of conspiring to pass ato...
Kaye, Danny
Show Business
Age 76
January 18, 1911 - March 3, 1987
Kensico Cemetery / Valhalla / New York / USA / North America
Danny Kaye, the rubbery-faced, gibberish-spouting comedian, was one of the world’s most successful entertainers of the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s. Kaye’s silly patter, funny walks and air of innocence and likability propelled hi...
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...
Puente, Tito
Music
Age 77
April 20, 1923 - May 31, 2000
St. Anthony's Catholic Cemetery / Nanuet / New York / USA / North America
He has been called El Rey del Mambo, El Rey de los Timbales, The King of Latin Music, and with a hundred records and countless epic solos to his name, Ernesto “Tito” Puente - band leader, flamboyant timbales player and showman...
Curie, Pierre
Science
Age 46
May 15, 1859 - April 19, 1906
Le Panthéon / Paris / France / Europe
Pierre Curie was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity, and radioactivity. In 1903, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife, Marie Curie, and Henri Becquerel.
Tyler, John
Historical Figure
Age 71
March 29, 1790 - January 18, 1862
Hollywood Cemetery / Richmond / Virginia / United States / North America
John Tyler was the tenth president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845 after briefly holding office as the tenth vice president in 1841. As vice president, John Tyler set the example for a seamless and immediate succes...
Schuessler, Anton Sr.
Crime and their Victims
Age 42
January 1, 1912 - November 11, 1955
Saint Joseph Cemetery / River Grove / Illinois / USA / North America
Anton Schuessler Sr. was the father of John Schuessler and Anton Schuessler Jr., and both of his sons were brutally raped and murdered with their friend Robert Peterson in 1955. The crime scene where the bodies where found was lar...
Shelley, Mary
Writers and Poets
Age 53
August 30, 1797 - February 1, 1851
St Peter's Church / Bournemouth BH1 2EE / London / United Kingdom / Europe
Mary Shelley (1797–1851) was an English novelist, best known for writing Frankenstein, one of the most influential works in the horror genre. She was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, the daughter of the feminist writer Mary Woll...
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, ...
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 ...
Drake, Pete
Music
Age 55
October 8, 1932 - July 29, 1988
Spring Hill Cemetery / Nashville / Tennessee / USA / North America
Pete Drake was one of the greatest pedal-steel musicians who played on 118 Gold and Platinum albums with artists ranging from Bob Dylan, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, Marty Robbins, Elvis Presley, Ernst Tubb and George Jones. H...
Nelson, Ozzie
Show Business
Age 69
March 20, 1906 - June 3, 1975
Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Oswald Nelson big band leader, actor, director, and producer. But he is most well known as the patient, loving father Ozzie Nelson with his lovely wife Harriet in once of America's most beloved TV shows. For 14 years, from 1952 to...