Zola, Émile
Writers and Poets
Age 62
April 2, 1840 - September 29, 1902
Le Panthéon / Paris / France / Europe
Émile Zola was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. Naturalism contributes somethin...
Isley, Marvin
Music
Age 56
August 18, 1953 - June 6, 2010
George Washington Memorial Park / Paramus / New Jersey / USA / North America
Marvin Isley was an American musician best known as the deep, funky bass player for the Isley Brothers. The Isley Brothers were initially a vocal trio made up of brothers O'Kelly Isley Jr., Rudolph Isley and Ronald Isley. They bro...
Lenoir, J.B.
Music
Age 38
March 5, 1929 - April 29, 1967
Salem Missionary Baptist Church / Monticello / Mississippi / USA / North America
Monticello area native J. B. Lenoir was a distinctive blues artist, in both his high-pitched singing style and the candid political critiques in many of his song lyrics and is best remembered for his 1955 hit “Mama, Talk to Your...
Cocteau, Jean
Writers and Poets
Age 74
July 5, 1889 - October 11, 1963
Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples / Milly-la-Forêt / France / Europe
Jean Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic whose best known works include the novel Les Enfants Terribles, the stage plays La Voix Humaine, Les Parents Terribles and the fil...
Shakespeare, William
Writers and Poets
Age 52
April 26, 1564 - April 23, 1616
Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon / Stratford-upon-Avon / United Kingdom / Europe
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. His early plays were primarily comedies and histories and are regar...
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...
Lorre, Peter
Show Business
Age 60
June 26, 1904 - March 23, 1964
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
A Hungary born actor, Lorre's success is best remember with his pairing with Sydney Greenstreet as Joel Cairo in The Maltese Falcon (1941), continued in Casablanca (1942) and seven other films during the early 1940s
Smith, Joan Merriam
The Odd and the Interesting
Age 28
August 3, 1936 - February 17, 1965
Forest Lawn Memorial Park / Cypress / California / USA / North America
Joan Merriam Smith was an American aviator, famous for her 1964 solo flight around the world in which she became the second woman to complete the trip, by following the equatorial route attempted in 1937 by Amelia Earhart. (Jerrie...
Le Brun, Élisabeth Vigée
Artists
Age 86
April 16, 1755 - March 30, 1842
Cimetière de Louveciennes / Louveciennes / France / Europe
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun was one of the great portrait artists in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, easily the equal of Quentin de La Tour or Jean Baptiste Greuze. Born into relatively modest circumstances, she firml...
West, Brooks
Show Business
Age 67
February 22, 1916 - February 7, 1984
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / United States / North America
Husband of actress Eve Arden, Brooks West was a talented actor, producer and artist in his own right. He is best remembered for his work in Anatomy of a Murder (1959), My Friend Irma (1952) and The Eve Arden Show (1957).
Rappe, Virginia
Show Business
Age 26
July 7, 1895 - September 9, 1921
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Virginia Rappe was a young and up-and-coming Hollywood model and silent film actress, but is best known for her death after attending a party with actor Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, who was accused of rape and manslaughter in connecti...
Pickett, George
Historical Figure
Age 50
January 16, 1825 - July 30, 1875
Hollywood Cemetery / Richmond / Virginia / United States / North America
Major General George Pickett was a career United States Army officer who became a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He attended the US Military Academy at West Point, accumulating a host o...
Billingsley, Sherman
Business and Finance
Age 70
March 10, 1896 - October 4, 1966
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Sherman Billingsley was an American nightclub owner and former bootlegger who was the founder and owner of New York's Stork Club in Manhattan, New York City. For more than 36 years Billingsley played host, entertained and (in some...
Patton, Charlie
Music
Age 43
April 1, 1891 - April 28, 1934
Holly Ridge Cemetery / Holly Ridge / Mississippi / USA / North America
Small in stature but a giant blues talent, the often stubborn and rude (he was married 8 times) Charley Patton was the most influential artist of the first blues generation. And while there are no guitars, homes, autographs and on...