Booth, John Wilkes
Crime and their Victims
Age 26
May 10, 1838 - April 26, 1865
Green Mount Cemetery / Baltimore / Maryland / USA / North America
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
Hood, Darla
Show Business
Age 47
November 8, 1931 - June 13, 1979
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Beloved child actress best remembered as the leading lady in the Our Gang series from 1935 to 1941. After 6 years in the Our Gang series, Darla moved on to guest on such TV shows of the early 1960s as You Bet Your Life, The Jack...
Schuessler, Anton Jr.
Crime and their Victims
Age 11
November 12, 1943 - October 16, 1955
Saint Joseph Cemetery / River Grove / Illinois / USA / North America
Anton Schuessler Jr. was a young boy who was brutally raped and murdered with his brother John Schuessler and friend Robert Peterson in 1955. The crime scene where the bodies where found was largely contaminated by investigators a...
Dangerfield, Rodney
Show Business
Age 82
November 22, 1921 - October 5, 2004
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Rodney Dangerfield was an hilarious American stand-up comedian and actor known for his "I don't get no respect" routine. He starred in the hit movie comedies such as, 'Caddyshack' and 'Back to School' in the 1980s.
Tosh, Peter
Music
Age 42
October 19, 1944 - September 11, 1987
Peter Tosh Monument / Belmont / Jamaica / North America
Peter Tosh was a Jamaican reggae musician who, along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, was one of the core members of the band the Wailers, after which he established himself as a successful solo artist and a promoter of Rastafari...
Akeman, Stringbean
Crime and their Victims
Age 58
June 17, 1915 - November 10, 1973
Forest Lawn Memorial Garden / Goodlettsville / Tennessee / USA / North America
David "Stringbean" Akeman was an American singer-songwriter, musician, comedian, actor and semiprofessional baseball player best known for his role as a featured original cast member on the hit television show Hee Haw and as a mem...
Darc, Mireille
Show Business
Age 79
May 15, 1938 - August 28, 2017
Cimetière du Montparnasse / Paris / France / Europe
Mireille Darc was a French model and actress. She appeared as a lead character in Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 film Weekend and was a Knight of the Legion of Honor and Commander of the National Order of Merit. One of her most famous rol...
Lugosi, Bela
Show Business
Age 73
October 20, 1882 - August 16, 1956
Holy Cross Cemetery / Culver City / California / USA / North America
Bela Lugosi was a Hungarian-born actor who was most famous for his sinister portrayal of the elegantly mannered vampire Count Dracula. During his prime he was the undisputed King of Horror.
Limone, Peter
Crime and their Victims
Age 82
July 5, 1934 - June 19, 2017
Oak Grove Cemetery / Medford / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Peter Limone was an active member in the Patriarca crime family as a bookie and was an up-and-coming mobster in the Boston crime family who, prior to his arrest, was only arrested once for running a dice game. In 1965, Edward "Ted...
Blanc, Mel
Show Business
Age 81
May 30, 1908 - July 10, 1989
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Known as "The Man of Thousand Voices" Mel Blanc developed and performed nearly 400 distinct character voices including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd with precision and a uniquely expressive vocal range.
Franklin, Melvin
Music
Age 52
October 12, 1942 - February 23, 1995
Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
It has been over five decades since The Temptations were first founded and in that time there have been 22 different members of the group, but it is the ‘Classic Five’ (and the post-Classic Five, Dennis Edwards) line-up that m...
Bartók, Béla
Music
Age 64
March 25, 1881 - September 26, 1945
Farkasréti Cemetery / Budapest / New York / Hungary / Europe
Béla Bartók was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and one founders of comparative musicology (ethnomusicologist). He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century, and he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hung...
Gabor, Eva
Show Business
Age 76
February 11, 1919 - July 4, 1995
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Eva Gabor, the youngest of the glamorous sisters from Hungary, who was best known for her role in the television series as Lisa Douglas opposite Eddie Arnold in “Green Acres” After Green Acres and a number of movies, she becam...
de Beauvoir, Simone
Writers and Poets
Age 78
January 9, 1908 - April 14, 1986
Cimetière du Montparnasse / Paris / France / Europe
Simone de Beauvoir was a French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist, sexual predator, and social theorist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher, she had a significant influen...
Éluard, Nusch
Artists
Age 40
June 21, 1906 - November 28, 1946
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Nicknamed “Nusch” by artist Max Bill, she was a French performer, model and surrealist artist. In 1930 she met the poet Paul Éluard working as a model. They married him in 1934. She produced surrealist photomontage and other ...