Angiulo, Gennaro
Crime and their Victims
Age 90
March 20, 1919 - August 29, 2009
Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum / Malden / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Gennaro J. “Jay” Angiulo was an American mobster who rose to the position of underboss in the Patriarca crime family of New England under Raymond L. S. Patriarca. He and his brothers oversaw the Boston, Massachusetts faction o...
Rothschild, James Mayer de
Business and Finance
Age 76
May 15, 1792 - November 17, 1868
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Baron James Mayer de Rothschild (1792–1868) was a prominent 19th-century banker and a key figure in the Rothschild banking family. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, he was the second son of Mayer Amschel Rothschild, the patriarch who ...
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...
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 ...
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...
Dyer, Ken
Sports
Age 63
March 16, 1946 - March 7, 2010
Mesa Cemetery / Mesa / Arizona / USA / North America
Ken Dyer was an American football player who played two seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the fourth round of the 1968 NFL Draft. He played college foo...
Phillips, Sam
Music
Age 80
January 5, 1923 - July 30, 2003
Memorial Park Cemetery / Memphis / Tennessee / USA / North America
Sam Phillips was one of the true musical pioneers of the 20th century. A man who redefined the cultural landscape by producing and engineering local talent in his modest studio and distributing the results on his own Sun Records l...
Duggan, William
The Odd and the Interesting
Age 51
January 18, 1899 - December 22, 1950
Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery / Moultrie / Georgia / USA / North America
Even as a young boy, all William "Billy" Duggan ever wanted to do is join the circus. At age 12 he ran away from home to join the Sparks Circus where among his other duties, he was tasked with feeding the elephants. He quickly fe...
Loewe, Frederick
Music
Age 86
June 10, 1901 - February 1, 1988
Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
Frederick Loewe was was an Austrian-American composer who collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on a series of Broadway musicals, including classic musicals like Gigi, Camelot, My Fair Lady, Paint Your Wagon and Brigadoon. A ...
Wyeth, Andrew
Artists
Age 91
July 12, 1917 - January 16, 2009
Hathorn Cemetery / Cushing / Maine / USA / North America
Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009) was a prominent American realist painter, best known for his detailed and emotionally evocative works that captured the rural landscapes and people of Pennsylvania and Maine. Born in Chadds Ford, Pennsyl...
Rodgers, Jimmie
Music
Age 35
September 8, 1897 - May 26, 1933
Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery / Meridian / Mississippi / USA / North America
Jimmie Rodgers was an American singer, songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as "the Father of Country Music", he is best known for his distinctive rhythmic yodeling. During his all-to b...
González, Pancho
Sports
Age 67
May 9, 1928 - July 3, 1995
Palm Memorial Park / Las Vegas / Nevada / USA / North America
Often called "The Greatest Tennis Player to Never Win Wimbledon", Pancho González was one of the greatest tennis player in the history of the sport. During his life time he won 111 titles including 15 major singles titles (includ...
Faye, Alice
Show Business
Age 83
May 5, 1915 - May 9, 1998
Forest Lawn Cemetery / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
Although may be a little forgotten after all these years, Alice Faye was one of the few movie stars to walk away from stardom at the peak of her career in the 1940s. Ms. Faye's warm, husky contralto and demure sexuality in ''Tin P...
Pender, Paul
Sports
Age 72
June 20, 1930 - January 12, 2003
Holyhood Cemetery / Chestnut Hill / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Paul Pender was an American boxer and firefighter from Massachusetts who held the World Middleweight Championship. In 1959, the National Boxing Association withdrew its recognition of Sugar Ray Robinson as middleweight champion. G...
Jacquet, Illinois
Music
Age 81
October 30, 1922 - July 22, 2004
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Although Illinois Jacquet may be best remembered as the tenor saxophonist who defined the screeching style of playing the instrument, his warm and sensitive tone may also be heard on countless jazz ballads and medium groove-tempo ...