Kilgallen, Dorothy
Show Business
Age 52
July 3, 1913 - November 8, 1965
Gate of Heaven Cemetery / Hawthorne / New York / USA / North America
Called by famed attorney F. Lee Bailey “A very bright and very good reporter of criminal cases, the best there was,” “One of the greatest women writers in the world,” by Ernest Hemingway, and by the New York Post, “The m...
Foster, Willie
Music
Age 79
September 21, 1921 - May 20, 2001
Holly Ridge Cemetery / Holly Ridge / Mississippi / USA / North America
Not to be confused with Little Willy Foster from Chicago, Willie Foster was a talented delta blues harmonica player who was born into poverty who ended up eventually in Chicago playing for tips on Maxwell Street. Shortly after he ...
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 ...
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...
Howard, Eddy
Music
Age 48
May 23, 1963 - September 12, 1914
Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
Eddy Howard was an American vocalist and bandleader who was popular during the 1940s and 1950s who scored his first No. 1 single for Eddy Howard and his Orchestra, "To Each His Own" which spent five non-consecutive weeks at the to...
Johnson, Howard
Business and Finance
Age 75
February 2, 1897 - June 20, 1972
Milton Cemetery / Milton / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Howard Johnson was an American entrepreneur, businessman, and the founder of an American chain of restaurants and motels under one company of the same name, Howard Johnson's. For three years he sold cigars,. and then in 1924, when...
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...
Peabody, George
Business and Finance
Age 74
February 18, 1795 - November 4, 1869
Harmony Grove Cemetery / Salem / Massachusetts / USA / North America
George Peabody was an American financier and philanthropist and is widely regarded as the father of modern philanthropy.
Born into a poor family in Massachusetts, Peabody went into business in dry goods and later into banking. ...
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.
Johnson, Judy
Sports
Age 89
October 26, 1899 - June 15, 1989
Silverbrook Cemetery / Wilmington / Delaware / USA / North America
William "Judy" Johnson was an American professional third baseman and manager whose career in Negro league baseball spanned 17 seasons, from 1921 to 1937. Slight of build, Johnson never developed as a power threat but achieved his...
Longhair, Professor
Music
Age 61
December 19, 1918 - January 30, 1980
Mount Olivet Cemetery / New Orleans / Louisiana / USA / North America
Professor Longhair (or "Fess" for short) was a Louisiana born singer and pianist who performed New Orleans blues. He was active in two distinct periods, first in the heyday of early rhythm and blues and later in the resurgence of ...
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...
Crandall, Del
Sports
Age 91
March 5, 1930 - May 5, 2021
Loma Linda Memorial Park / Fullerton / California / USA / North America
Delmar Crandall was an American professional baseball player and manager. Crandall played as a catcher in Major League Baseball and spent most of his career with the Boston / Milwaukee Braves. He led the league in assists a record...
Ruth, Helen Woodford
Sports
Age 31
October 20, 1897 - January 11, 1929
Mount Calvary Cemetery / Roslindale / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Babe Ruth met Helen Woodford in 1914 when she served him breakfast while she worked as a waitress at Landers’ Coffee Shop in Boston. They were married in the fall, and Helen would make periodic public appearances with The Babe. ...
Wright, George
Sports
Age 90
January 28, 1847 - August 21, 1937
Holyhood Cemetery / Chestnut Hill / Massachusetts / USA / North America
George Wright was baseball’s first superstar player – an extraordinary shortstop who excelled for the game’s first openly all-professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings. After his playing days were over, he successfully...