Gainsbourg, Serge
Music
Age 62
April 2, 1928 - March 2, 1991
Cimetière du Montparnasse / Paris / France / Europe
Serge Gainsbourg was a French musician, singer-songwriter, author, filmmaker and actor. Regarded as the most important figure in French pop whilst alive, he was renowned for often provocative and scandalous releases which caused u...
Cravath, Gavvy
Sports
Age 82
March 23, 1881 - May 23, 1963
Melrose Abbey Memorial Park / Anaheim / California / USA / North America
Clifford "Gavvy" Cravath was an American right fielder and right-handed batter in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Philadelphia Phillies. One of the sport's most prolific power hitters of the dead-ball era, in th...
Jones, Carolyn
Show Business
Age 53
April 28, 1930 - August 3, 1983
Melrose Abbey Memorial Park / Anaheim / California / USA / North America
Carolyn Jones was an American actress whose career spanned film, television, and stage work. After studying at the Pasadena Playhouse, she made her film debut in the early 1950s and soon appeared in movies such as House of Wax, Th...
Handel, George Frederic
Music
Age 74
February 23, 1685 - April 14, 1759
Westminster Abbey / London SW1P 3PA / England / UK / Europe
George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Born in Halle, Handel spent his early life in Hamburg and Italy before settling in Lo...
Williams, Lefty
Sports
Age 66
March 9, 1893 - November 4, 1959
Melrose Abbey Memorial Park / Anaheim / California / USA / North America
Claude “Lefty” Williams (1893–1959) was an American left-handed pitcher whose promising baseball career was ultimately overshadowed by the infamous Black Sox Scandal. Born in Aurora, Missouri, Williams reached the major leag...
Spence, John
Music
Age 18
February 3, 1969 - December 21, 1987
Melrose Abbey Memorial Park / Anaheim / California / USA / North America
John Francis Spence was the singer best known as the original lead vocalist and a founding member of No Doubt. Born in Anaheim, California, Spence formed the ska-influenced band in 1986 with Eric Stefani and other friends, and he ...
Randall, Tony
Show Business
Age 84
February 26, 1920 - May 17, 2004
North America
Tony Randall (1920–2004) was an American actor best known for his work in television, film, and theater. He began his career on Broadway in the 1940s and gradually established himself as a versatile character actor, appearing in...
Costa, Tony
Crime and their Victims
Age 29
August 2, 1944 - May 12, 1974
Saint Peter the Apostle Cemetery Provincetown Massachusetts / Provincetown / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Tony Costa (1944 – 1974), sometimes referred to as the Cape Cod Vampire or the Cape Cod Cannibal, was an American serial killer who was active in and around the town of Truro, Massachusetts, during 1968–1969. The dismembered r...
Kipling, Rudyard
Writers and Poets
Age 70
December 30, 1865 - January 18, 1936
Westminster Abbey / London SW1P 3PA / England / UK / Europe
Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936) was an Indian English journalist, novelist, poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include the Jungle Book duology (Th...
Dickens, Charles
Writers and Poets
Age 58
February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870
Westminster Abbey / London SW1P 3PA / England / UK / Europe
Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) was an English writer and journalist. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprec...