Porrello, Rosario
Crime and their Victims
Age 50
October 14, 1881 - February 25, 1932
Calvary Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
Rosario Porrello was an Italian-born American mobster who became involved in Cleveland's organized-crime underworld during the Prohibition era. Originally from Licata, Sicily, he immigrated to the United States in 1904 and eventua...
Porrello, Raymond
Crime and their Victims
Age 34
June 13, 1897 - February 25, 1932
Calvary Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
Raymond Porrello was an Italian-American organized crime figure who became known for his involvement in the Cleveland Mafia during the early 20th century. He was one of the seven Porrello brothers (Rosario, Vincenzo/Jim, Angelo, J...
Lonardo, Joseph
Crime and their Victims
Age 42
October 20, 1884 - October 13, 1927
Calvary Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
Joseph “Big Joe” Lonardo was an Italian-American organized crime figure who became the first major boss of the Cleveland Mafia during the early years of Prohibition. Born in Licata, Sicily, he immigrated to the United States i...
Porrello, Vincenzo
Crime and their Victims
Age 42
July 31, 1887 - July 26, 1930
Calvary Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
Vincenzo, originally a sulphur mine laborer from Licata, Sicily, immigrated to the United States alongside his six brothers. During Prohibition, the Porrello brothers established a powerful crime family in Cleveland controlling th...
Porrello, Joseph
Crime and their Victims
Age 41
July 15, 1888 - July 5, 1930
Calvary Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
Giuseppe “Joseph” Porrello was an influential organized crime boss in Cleveland, Ohio, during the Prohibition era. Born in Licata, Sicily, he immigrated to the United States with his family and eventually settled in Cleveland,...
Tilocco, Salvadore
Crime and their Victims
Age 38
April 10, 1892 - July 5, 1930
Calvary Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
Salvatore "Sam" Tilocco was a high-ranking caporegime (capo) for the Porrello faction of the Cleveland crime family during the late 1920s. He was famously arrested alongside other underworld figures during the December 1928 Mafia ...
Norworth, Jack
Show Business
Age 80
January 5, 1879 - September 1, 1959
Melrose Abbey Memorial Park / Anaheim / California / USA / North America
Jack Norworth (1879–1959), born John Godfrey Knauff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was an American songwriter, singer, actor, and vaudeville performer who became one of the most recognizable entertainers of the early twentieth c...
Killeen, Donald
Crime and their Victims
Age 48
September 14, 1923 - May 13, 1972
New Calvary Cemetery / Mattapan / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Donald Killeen (September 14, 1923 – May 13, 1972) was an Irish-American mob boss who controlled much of the criminal underworld in South Boston, Massachusetts, during the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s. Born and raised in South ...
Gershwin, George
Music
Age 38
September 26, 1898 - July 11, 1937
Westchester Hills Cemetery / Hastings-On-Hudson / New York / USA / North America
George Gershwin (1898–1937) was an American composer and pianist who became one of the most influential musicians of the early twentieth century. Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents, he began studyin...
Winik, Paul
Show Business
Age 82
March 13, 1921 - October 5, 2003
Oak Grove Cemetery / Medford / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Paul Winik was one-half of the husband and wife dance team Paul Winik with his Edna Mae. Paul and his wife began their act during the big band era and were pioneer performers during the early days of television. They were popular ...
Lettieri, Al
Show Business
Age 47
February 24, 1928 - October 18, 1975
St. John Cemetery / Middle Village / New York / USA / North America
Al Lettieri (1928–1975) was an American character actor best known for portraying tough, menacing criminals and gangsters in films of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Born in New York City, he began his career with television app...
DuBrow, Kevin
Music
Age 52
October 29, 1955 - November 19, 2007
Pacific View Mortuary & Memorial Park / Corona Del Mar / California / USA / North America
Kevin DuBrow was an American singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Quiet Riot from 1975 until 1987, and again from 1993 until his death in 2007. Quiet Riot was formed by Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Gar...
Rose, Billy
Show Business
Age 66
September 6, 1899 - February 10, 1966
Westchester Hills Cemetery / Hastings-On-Hudson / New York / USA / North America
Billy Rose was an American impresario, theatrical showman, lyricist and columnist. For years both before and after World War II, Billy Rose was a major force in entertainment, with shows such as Billy Rose's Crazy Quilt (1931), Ju...
Cromwell, Richard
Show Business
Age 50
January 8, 1910 - October 11, 1960
Fairhaven Memorial Park / Santa Ana / California / USA / North America
Richard Cromwell, born LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh on January 8, 1910, in Long Beach, California, was an American actor and artist who became a popular leading man during Hollywood’s early sound-film era. The second of five children,...
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Writers and Poets
Age 81
January 3, 1892 - September 2, 1973
Wolvercote Cemetery / Oxford OX2 8EE / England / United Kingdom / Europe
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973) was an English writer, scholar, and professor best known for creating The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential fantasy authors of all time, creating an...