Inness, George
Artists
Age 69
May 1, 1825 - August 3, 1894
Rosedale Cemetery / Montclair / New Jersey / USA / North America
Often called "the father of American landscape painting", George Inness was a prominent American landscape painter during the late 1800s. Although Inness's style evolved through distinct stages over a prolific career that spanned ...
Sullivan, John L.
Sports
Age 59
October 15, 1858 - February 2, 1918
Mount Calvary Cemetery / Roslindale / Massachusetts / USA / North America
John L. Sullivan was an American boxer recognized as the first heavyweight champion of gloved boxing, de facto reigning from February 7, 1882, to September 7, 1892. He is also generally recognized as the last heavyweight champion ...
Raye, Martha
Show Business
Age 78
August 27, 1916 - October 19, 1994 (aged 78)
Fort Liberty Main Post Cemetery / Spring Lake / North Carolina / USA / North America
Martha Raye, nicknamed The Big Mouth, was an American comedic actress and singer who performed in the stage, in the movies and later on television. While she might be best remembered for those annoying television commercials for P...
Sartre, Jean-Paul
Writers and Poets
Age 74
June 21, 1905 - April 15, 1980
Cimetière du Montparnasse / Paris / France / Europe
Jean-Paul Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, sexual predator and literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. Sartre ...
Ruffing, Red
Sports
Age 80
May 3, 1905 - February 17, 1986
Hillcrest Memorial Park / Bedford Heights / Ohio / USA / North America
A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Red Ruffington is the winningest right-handed pitcher for the New York Yankees and ranked the 9th greatest Yankee player of all time by ESPN sports. Ruffing was a member of six World Series c...
Robeson, Paul
Historical Figure
Age 77
April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Paul Robeson was an American actor, singer, and activist. Some of his best know work on stage included The Emperor Jones, All God's Chillun Got Wings, and Othello. Robeson best known movies include Show Boat (1936), Sanders of the...
Ra, Sun
Music
Age 79
May 22, 1914 - May 30, 1993
Elwood Cemetery / Birmingham / Alabama / USa / North America
With over 200 albums over his 6 decade career, Sun Ra was revered in Europe as a genius and staged hundreds of concerts, at times with a nearly 100-piece orchestra. Taking the stage with his Arkestra members wearing wild costumes ...
Colt, Samuel
Business and Finance
Age 47
July 19, 1814 - January 10, 1862
Cedar Hill Cemetery / Hartford / Connecticut / USA / North America
Samuel Colt was an inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (now Colt's Manufacturing Company) in Hartford, Connecticut and made the mass production of revolvers commer...
Lodge, Henry Cabot Sr.
Historical Figure
Age 74
May 12, 1850 - November 9, 1924
Mount Auburn Cemetery / Cambridge / Massachusetts / USA / North America
With four degrees from Harvard and a highly published historian, Henry Cabot Lodge was an American Republican politician, historian, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1924 and is ...
Wilson, Al
Music
Age 68
June 19, 1939 - April 21, 2008
Evergreen Memorial Park / Riverside / California / USA / North America
Al Wilson is best remembered for the #1 pop hit "Show and Tell". From the age of 12 Wilson was already singing professionally - his own spiritual quartet and singing in the church choir, even performing covers of country & western...
Frank, Richard
Show Business
Age 42
January 4, 1953 - August 27, 1995
Sharon Memorial Park / Sharon / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Richard Frank was an American actor and a graduate of The Julliard School in New York City. He was perhaps best known as Father Vogler in the 1984 academy award winning movie Amadeus. Frank had numerous guest appearances in televi...
Herrmann, Adelaide
Other Entertainers
Age 79
August 11, 1853 - February 19, 1932
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Adelaide Herrmann was a well-known American magician and vaudeville performer billed as "the Queen of Magic." She was married to Alexander Herrmann, another magician. Together, Alexander ("Professor Herrmann" or "Herrmann the Grea...
Somers, Suzanne
Show Business
Age 76
October 16, 1946 - October 15, 2023
Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
Suzanne Somers was a talented actress who first became famous for playing, as she put it, “one of the best dumb blondes that’s ever been done,” on the TV sitcom Three's Company. Holding her own playing opposite veteran actor...
Montenegro, Hugo
Music
Age 55
September 2, 1925 - February 6, 1981
Welwood Murray Cemetery / Palm Springs / California / USA / North America
Hugo Montenegro was an American orchestra leader and composer of film soundtracks. His best-known work is derived from interpretations of the music from Spaghetti Westerns, especially his cover version of Ennio Morricone's main th...
Letts, Arthur
Business and Finance
Age 60
June 17, 1862 - May 18, 1923
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Arthur Letts Sr. was an immigrant from England who made his fortune in Los Angeles, California, in the early year 1900s when he built a department store and real estate empire by transforming a small, bankrupt dry goods store in d...