Tormé, Mel
Music
Age 73
September 13, 1925 - June 5, 1999
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Singer, actor, writer, composer, arranger, drummer and pianist Mel Tormé was extraordinarily versatile, but he will primarily be remembered as one of the supreme popular vocalists of this century, a superb song stylist equally pe...
Hammett, Dashiell
Writers and Poets
Age 66
May 27, 1894 - January 10, 1961
Arlington National Cemetery / Arlington / Virginia / USA / North America
The name Dashiell Hammett is synonymous with the "hard-boiled" genre of detective fiction. Born Samuel Dashiell Hammett, he worked as a detective in his early twenties and later wrote numerous popular mystery novels, most famously...
Coltrane, John
Music
Age 40
September 23, 1926 - July 17, 1967
Pinelawn Memorial Park / Farmingdale / New York / USA / North America
John Coltrane was one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century, whose career transformed the sound and scope of modern jazz. He first gained national attention in the 1950s playing with bandleaders like Miles Dav...
Wilson, Jackie
Music
Age 49
June 9, 1934 - January 21, 1984
Westlawn Cemetery / Wayne / Michigan / USA / North America
Jackie Wilson was an American singer who was a prominent figure in the transition of rhythm and blues into soul. Nicknamed "Mr. Excitement", he was considered a master showman and one of the most dynamic singers and performers in ...
Lennon, Julia
The Odd and the Interesting
Age 44
March 12, 1914 - July 15, 1958
Allerton Cemetery Liverpool UK / Allerton, Liverpool L19 5NF / United Kingdom / Europe
Julia Lennon was the mother of English musician John Lennon, who was born during her marriage to Alfred Lennon. After complaints to Liverpool's Social Services by her eldest sister Mimi Smith (née Stanley), she surrendered the ca...
Bolin, Tommy
Music
Age 25
August 1, 1951 - December 4, 1976
Calvary Cemetery / Sioux City / Iowa / USA / North America
Tommy Bolin was an American rock guitarist and songwriter who played with Zephyr (from 1969 to 1971), the James Gang (from 1973 to 1974) and Deep Purple (from 1975 to 1976), in addition to maintaining a career as a solo artist and...
Hoover, J. Edgar
Crime and their Victims
Age 77
January 1, 1895 - May 2, 1972
Congressional Cemetery / Washington DC / USA / North America
J. Edgar Hoover was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the fifth and final director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). President Calvin Co...
Crocker, William Henry
Business and Finance
Age 76
January 13, 1861 - September 25, 1937
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park / Colma / California / USA / North America
William Henry Crocker (1861-1937) was the youngest son of Charles Crocker, one of the "Big Four" railroad magnates of the 19th century that also included Leland Stanford. William was founder and later president of Crocker National...