Mars, Forrest
Business and Finance
Age 95
March 21, 1904 - July 1, 1999
Lakewood Cemetery / Minneapolis / Minnesota / USA / North America
Forrest Mars Sr. (1904–1999) was an influential American businessman and the son of candy magnate Frank C. Mars, founder of the Mars Company. He played a pivotal role in transforming the family business into a global confectione...
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...
Payton, Asie
Music
Age 60
April 12, 1937 - May 19, 1997
Holly Ridge Cemetery / Holly Ridge / Mississippi / USA / North America
Asie Payton was a delta blues musician who made his living as a farmer his entire life. Relatively unknown outside of Mississippi, for two years before his passing Fat Possum records tried unsuccessfully to convince Asie that the ...
Lunceford, Jimmie
Music
Age 45
June 6, 1902 - July 12, 1947
Elmwood Cemetery / Memphis / Tennessee / USA / North America
Jimmie Lunceford was one of the most underrated American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleaders in the golden years of the Swing Era. Any list of the greatest bands of the swing era usually starts with those of Count Basie, Benny G...
Ory, Kid
Music
Age 86
December 25, 1886 - January 23, 1973
Holy Cross Cemetery / Culver City / California / USA / North America
Edward "Kid" Ory was an American jazz composer, trombonist and bandleader. One of the early users of the glissando technique, he helped establish it as a central element of New Orleans jazz. As trombonist and bandleader, Kid Ory w...
Mars, Franklin Clarence
Business and Finance
Age 50
September 24, 1883 - April 8, 1934
Lakewood Cemetery / Minneapolis / Minnesota / USA / North America
Franklin Clarence Mars was an American entrepreneur and the visionary founder of Mars, Inc., multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products. As a child recovering from polio, he learned to hand-dip...
Carnegie, Andrew
Business and Finance
Age 83
November 25, 1835 - August 11, 1919
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery / Sleepy Hollow / New York / USA / North America
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist who played a pivotal role in the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. Born on November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Scotland, Carn...
Tate, Buddy
Music
Age 87
February 22, 1913 - February 10, 2001
Pinelawn Memorial Park / Farmingdale / New York / USA / North America
Buddy Tate was jazz saxophone player who made a name for himself playing with such greats as Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman as well as with his own band for over 20 years at the Celebrity Club in Harlem, New York City.
Steinbeck, John
Writers and Poets
Age 66
February 27, 1902 - December 20, 1968
Garden of Memories Cemetery / Salinas / California / USA / North America
John Steinbeck was an American author born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California. Known for his keen social perception and deep empathy for the working class, Steinbeck wrote with a powerful sense of realism and compassion....
Kuser, Hazel
The Odd and the Interesting
Age 25
August 5, 1899 - December 9, 1924
Rosedale Cemetery / Montclair / New Jersey / USA / North America
Hazel May Vincent Kuser was born on August 5, 1899, in Orange, Essex County, New Jersey. At the age of 16, she began working at the U.S. Radium Corporation in Orange, New Jersey, where she painted luminous watch dials using radium...
McLean, James
Crime and their Victims
Age 35
January 26, 1930 - October 31, 1965
Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum / Malden / Massachusetts / USA / North America
James "Buddy" McLean was a feared and respected Irish-American mobster from Somerville, Massachusetts, best known as the original leader of the Winter Hill Gang. Born in 1930, McLean rose through the ranks of Boston's underworld i...
Alo, Vincent
Crime and their Victims
Age 96
May 26, 1904 - March 9, 2001
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Vincent “Jimmy Blue Eyes” Alo was a mobster and made man who operated for decades alongside Meyer Lansky and Charles “Lucky” Luciano while staying well outside of the spotlight. Called "one of the most significant organize...
Evans, Robert
Show Business
Age 89
June 29, 1930 - October 26, 2019
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Robert Evans (1930–2019) was a charismatic and influential American film producer and studio executive who played a pivotal role in shaping modern Hollywood. Born in New York City, he began his career as a radio actor and model ...
Straus, Isador
Business and Finance
Age 67
February 6, 1845 - April 15, 1912
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / USA / North America
Isidor Straus (1845–1912) was a German-born American businessman, politician, and philanthropist best known as a co-owner of Macy’s department store and for his tragic death aboard the RMS Titanic. Born in Otterberg, Germany, ...
Kath, Terry
Music
Age 31
January 31, 1946 - January 23, 1978
Forest Lawn Memorial Park / Glendale / California / USA / North America
Terry Kath was an American guitarist and singer who is best known as a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He played lead guitar and sang lead vocals on many of the band's early hit singles alongside Robert Lamm and Peter Ce...