Marx, Groucho
Show Business
Age 86
October 2, 1890 - August 19, 1977
Eden Park Memorial Cemetery / Mission Hills / California / USA / North America
Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx was best known as a master of quick wit and widely considered one of the best comedians of the modern era. His rapid-fire, often impromptu delivery of innuendo-laden patter earned him many admirers and ...
Higelin, Jacques
Music
Age 77
October 18, 1940 - April 6, 2018
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Jacques Higelin (1940–2018) was a pioneering French singer-songwriter and performer who helped reshape French popular music by blending chanson, rock, jazz, and theatrical performance. He began his career in the 1960s as an acto...
Olivier, Laurence
Show Business
Age 82
May 22, 1907 - July 11, 1989
Westminster Abbey / London SW1P 3PA / England / UK / Europe
Laurence Olivier was one of the most influential actors, directors and producer of the 20th century, renowned for his commanding Shakespearean performances on stage and screen. Born in 1907, he rose to prominence in British theatr...
Churchill, Winston
World Leaders
Age 90
November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965
St Martin's Church / Bladon, Woodstock OX20 1RS / England / United Kingdom / Europe
Winston Churchill was a British statesman, soldier, writer, and orator who played a central role in 20th-century world history. Born in 1874, he began his career as an army officer and war correspondent before entering Parliament ...
Lewis, C. S.
Writers and Poets
Age 64
November 29, 1898 - November, 22 1963
Holy Trinity Church / Headington Quarry / Oxford, OX3 8NU, England / United Kingdom / Europe
C. S. Lewis was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (1954–1963). He is...
Django, Reinhardt
Music
Age 43
January 23, 1910 - May 16, 1953
Cimetière de Samois-sur-Seine / Samois-sur-Seine / Seine-et-Marne / France / Europe
Django Reinhardt was a pioneering Belgian-born Romani guitarist and composer who became one of the most influential figures in European jazz. After a caravan fire in 1928 severely injured his left hand—leaving two fingers partia...