Vealey, R.J.
Music
Age 37
September 29, 1962 - November 13, 1999
Crestlawn Cemetery / Atlanta / Georgia / USA / North America
R. J. Vealey was a respected studio drummer and former member of Roy Orbison's backing band who joined the Atlanta Rhythm Section in 1995. After the Atlanta Rhythm Section had finished an afternoon set at a concert festival in Orl...
Parker, George S.
Business and Finance
Age 85
December 12, 1866 - September 26, 1952
Harmony Grove Cemetery / Salem / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Founder of the game company Parker Brothers, Inc which produced a multitude of card and board games including Monopoly, Clue, Sorry!, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, and the notorious paranormal-oriented Ouija board. Despite popular opinio...
House, Son
Music
Age 86
March 21, 1902 - October 19, 1988
Mt. Hazel Cemetery / Detroit / Michigan / USAS / North America
The main source of inspiration for Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson, Son House was a major innovator of the Delta blues style, along with his playing partners Charley Patton and Willie Brown. Few listening experiences in the blues ...
Meyer, Emile
Show Business
Age 76
August 18, 1910 - March 19, 1987
Greenwood Cemetery / New Orleans / Louisiana / USA / North America
Emile Meyer was a character actor who had a successful Hollywood career playing menacing, intense characters in classic western and dramatic movies. Meyer started his acting career landing roles in such films as the Richard Widmar...
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Writers and Poets
Age 75
February 27, 1807 - March 24, 1882
Mount Auburn Cemeter / Cambridge / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was one of the most widely known and best-loved American poets of the 19th century. He achieved a level of national and international prominence previously unequaled in the literary history of the United...
Perry, Antoinette
Show Business
Age 58
June 27, 1888 - June 28, 1946
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Mary Antoinette "Tony" Perry was an American actress, director and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing. The Tony Awards were named in her honor.
Mitchell, Cameron
Show Business
Age 75
November 4, 1918 - July 6, 1994
Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
Burly, tough-guy leading man and character actor famous as the hard-drinking, hardworking Buck Cannon on the TV series "High Chaparral." Mitchell began acting on Broadway in the late 1930s before signing a contract with Metro-Gold...
Scott, Jimmy
Music
Age 88
July 17, 1925 - June 12, 2014
Knollwood Cemetery / Mayfield Heights / Ohio / USA / North America
A jazz vocalist known for his naturally high contralto voice who started his career with Lionel Hampton and was a favorite of Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles and Frankie Valli before becoming a solo artist. He is...
Redfern, Buck
Sports
Age 62
April 7, 1902 - September 8, 1964
Riverside Cemetery / Ashville / North Carolina / USA / North America
George "Buck" Redfern was an infielder in Major League Baseball where he played for the Chicago White Sox. In his short two years as a professional ball player he batted a mere .218 with zero home runs and only 38 runs batted in. ...
Leonard, Andy
Sports
Age 57
June 1, 1846 - August 21, 1903
New Calvary Cemetery / Mattapan / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Andy Leonard was one of the first professional baseball players of the 19th century (and firs of Irish descent), who played primarily left field. He played for a number of teams but was best known for his time with the Cincinnati ...
Maggio, Michael
Crime and their Victims
Age 69
July 21, 1889 - March 14, 1959
Holy Cross Cemetery / Yeadon / Pennsylvania / USA / North America
Michael Maggio was one of the original Philadelphia organized crime figures beginning in the 1910s. The leader of "the Greaser Gang" in south Philadelphia, he quickly ascended to a leadership role in the Philly crime family. Known...
McBrier, Edwin Merton
Business and Finance
Age 91
July 16, 1865 - September 19, 1956
Rosedale Cemetery / Montclair / New Jersey / USA / North America
Born in 1865, McBrier grew up in Hermon, New York. Eventually he left his home and ended up in Lockport, New York where he went into business with Frank. W. Woolworth and Seymour Knox, a founding partner of the famous Woolworth Co...
Sealy, Malik
Sports
Age 30
February 1, 1970 - May 20, 2000
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Malik Sealy was an American professional basketball player, active from 1992 until his death in an automobile accident at the age of 30. Sealy played eight seasons in the National Basketball Association for the Indiana Pacers, Los...
Mailer, Norman
Writers and Poets
Age 84
January 31, 1923 - November 10, 2007
Provincetown Cemetery / Provincetown / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Norman Mailer was a writer and serial philanderer and homophobe who enjoyed violence against women - both in his writings and in real life. He wasn't just callous and amoral, he relished violence. Mailer stabbed his wife, Adele Mo...
Tanner, Paul
Music
Age 95
October 15, 1917 - February 5, 2013
Eternal Hills Memorial Park / Oceanside / California / USA / North America
Paul Tanner (October 15, 1917 – February 5, 2013) was an American musician and a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Tanner gained fame as a trombonist, playing with Glenn Miller and His Orchestra from 1938 to 1942, the group'...