Ricci, Nina
Business and Finance
Age 87
January 14, 1883 - November 28, 1970
Cimetière de Courances / Courances / Departement de l'Essonne / France / Europe
Mme. Ricci, who established her design house in 1932 and built a reputation before World War II for graceful, detailed and feminine clothes, was born in Turin, Italy. A near‐con temporary of Gabrielle Chanel, Mme. Ricci was almo...
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 ...
Herbert, Victor
Music
Age 65
February 1, 1859 - May 26, 1924
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / North America
Victor Herbert was one of the great composers and musicians of his era who enjoyed a prolific career that embraced a variety of musical genres. In addition to forty operettas and two operas, he wrote the music for several Ziegfeld...
Hampton, Lionel
Music
Age 94
April 20, 1908 - August 31, 2002
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Considered one of the greatest musicians on the vibraphone, Lionel Hampton is one of the most extraordinary musicians of the 20th century and his artistic achievements symbolize the impact that jazz music has had on American cultu...
Smith, Arthur
Music
Age 93
April 1, 1921 - April 3, 2014
Magnolia Memorial Gardens / Charlotte / North Carolina / USA / North America
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith was a musician, composer, and record producer, as well as a radio and TV host. He produced the first nationally syndicated country music show on television: The Arthur Smith Show". A talented and respe...
Casale, Bob
Music
Age 61
July 14, 1952 - February 17, 2014
Standing Rock Cemetery / Kent / Ohio / USA / North America
Bob Casale was a founding member of the influential new wave band Devo. Often referred to as "Bob 2" to distinguish him from bandmate Bob Mothersbaugh, Casale played rhythm guitar and keyboards, contributed backing vocals, and was...
Mosley, Diana
The Odd and the Interesting
Age 93
June 10, 1917 - August 11, 2003
St. Mary's Churchyard / Swinbrook, Burford OX18 4DY / United Kingdom / Europe
Diana Mosley (née Mitford) was a British aristocrat best known for her controversial political views and associations with fascist and Nazi figures. Born into the prominent Mitford family, she became one of the most notorious mem...
Revson, Charles
Business and Finance
Age 68
October 11, 1906 - August 24, 1975
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Charles Revson was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was best known as a pioneering cosmetics industry executive who, with brother Joseph Revson along with a chemist, Charles Lachman (who contributed the "L" in the Re...
Lombardo, Antonio
Crime and their Victims
Age 37
November 23, 1891, - September 7, 1928
Mt. Carmel Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America
Antonio "Tony the Scourge" Lombardo was a prominent Italian-American mobster in Chicago during the Prohibition era. Born in Sicily in 1891, he immigrated to the United States and quickly rose through the ranks of organized crime. ...
Werber, Billy
Sports
Age 100
June 20, 1908 - January 22, 2009
Sharon Memorial Park / Charlotte / North Carolina / USA / North America
Billy Werber was an American professional baseball third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees (1930, 1933), Boston Red Sox (1933–1936), Philadelphia Athletics (1937–1938), Cincinnati Reds (1939...
Nighthawk, Robert
Music
Age 57
November 30, 1909 - November 5, 1967
Magnolia Cemetery / Helena / Arkansas / USA / North America
Robert Nighthawk was a blues musician who was one of the foremost blues slide guitarists of his era providing new type of blues by combining acoustic Delta Blues and electric Chicago Blues. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of F...
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...
Lehman, Ernest
Show Business
Age 89
December 8, 1915 - July 2, 2005
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Ernest Lehman was an American screenwriter, producer, and director who was nominated six times for Academy Awards for Best Screenplay during his career, but never won. Ernest Lehman received the first Honorary Academy Award to eve...
King, John
The Odd and the Interesting
Age 62
Unknown - September 27, 1880
Elmwood Cemetery / Charlotte / North Carolina / USA / North America
John King was a John Robinson circus trainer which, at the time was one of the largest traveling circus shows in the country. John Robinson had elephants and a huge menagerie featuring other creatures. On September 27, 1880 when t...
Harrison, Wilbert
Music
Age 65
January 5, 1929 - October 26, 1994
North Pinewood Cemetery / Charlotte / North Carolina / USA / North America
Wilbert Harrison, singer, songwriter and musician is known for recording the definitive version of “Kansas City,” one of the great rock and roll songs of all time. Released in 1959, it was #1 on the R&B charts for seven consec...