Monbouquette, Bill
Sports
Age 78
August 11, 1936 - January 25, 2015
Oak Grove Cemetery / Medford / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Bill Monbouquette was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher and was a four-time All-Star player. Monbouquette was a stalwart right-handed pitcher for...
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...
Kafka, Franz
Writers and Poets
Age 40
July 3, 1883 - June 3, 1924
New Jewish Cemetery (Nový židovský hřbitov) / Prague / Czech Republic / Europe
Franz Kafka was a German-speaking Bohemian writer born on July 3, 1883, in Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now the Czech Republic). He is widely regarded as one of the most influential literary figures of the 20t...
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.
MacAnnan, George
Show Business
Age 82
November 30, 1887 - November 12, 1970
Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
George MacAnnan was an American actor best known for his supporting roles in Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943), Supernatural (1933) and White Zombie (1932).
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...
Lawson, Charles
Crime and their Victims
Age 43
May 10, 1886 - December 25, 1929
Browder Family Cemetery / Germantown / North Carolina / USA / North America
Charles Lawson was a North Carolina tobacco farmer born on May 10, 1886, who became infamously known for the tragic and shocking murders of his own family on Christmas Day in 1929 in Germanton, North Carolina. Lawson, reportedly a...
Horton, Big Walter
Music
Age 60
April 6, 1921 - December 8, 1981
Restvale Cemetery / Alsip / Illinois / USA / North America
Big Walter “Shakey” Horton was legendary blues harmonica and vocalist and while much less known than Little Walter or Sonny Boy Williamson #2, was one of the greatest harp players in the history of the blues. While he recorded...
Rizzitello, Michael
Crime and their Victims
Age 78
March 29, 1927 - October 26, 2005
Forest Lawn Cemetery / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
Michael Rizzitello (aka "Mike Rizzi") was a capo (underboss) in the Milano crime family of Los Angeles. Rizzitello's criminal record stretched back to 1947 whe he worked for "Crazy Joe" Gallo in the 1950s who was a member of the P...
Powell, Eugene
Music
Age 89
December 23, 1908 - November 4, 1998
Evergreen Cemetery / Metcalfe / Mississippi / USA / North America
Sonny Boy Nelson was an American Delta blues musician who picked up the guitar at the young age of 9. His best known works include “44 Blues”, “Suitcases Full of Troubles” and “Meet Me in the Bottoms”.
Tamagno, Francesco
Music
Age 54
December 28, 1850 - August, 31, 1905
Cimitero Monumentale di Torino / Turin / Piemonte / Italy / Europe
Francesco Tamagno (1850-1905) was considered the greatest dramatic tenor of his generation. During the last quarter of the 19th century, this legendary singer captured the attention of audiences everywhere with his performances i...
Branca, Ralph
Sports
Age 90
January 6, 1926 - November 23, 2016
Gate of Heaven Cemetery / Hawthorne / New York / USA / North America
Ralph Branca was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1944 through 1956. As a college student, Branca played for NYU in the NCAA basketball tournament at Madison Squ...
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. ...
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. ...
Turner, Big Joe
Music
Age 74
May 18, 1911 - November 24, 1985
Roosevelt Memorial Park Cemetery / Gardena / California / USA / North America
Big Joe Turner, a 300-pound legend who learned to sing the blues as a Kansas City junkman and transformed decades of urban black music into the roots of rock ‘n’ roll. Turner sang rhythm and blues songs such as “Shake, Rattl...