Spilotro, Anthony
Crime and their Victims
Age 48
May 19, 1938 - June 14, 1986
Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery / Hillside / Illinois / USA / North America
Anthony "Tough Tony" Spilotro started out as an enforcer for the Chicago Outfit. He later ran a burglary ring known as The Hole In The Wall gang and took over Outfit operations in Las Vegas. Things were problematic for Spilotro in...
Belmont, Joseph
Show Business
Age 63
August 18, 1875 - May 16, 1939
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Joseph “Baldy” Belmont (born William Albertus Ducharme, circa 1873/1875 – May 16, 1939) was an American actor best known for his work in early silent-era and early talkie films. Performing under his stage name, he appeared i...
DiMaggio, Joe
Sports
Age 84
November 25, 1914 - March 8, 1999
Holy Cross Cemetery / Colma / California / USA / North America
Joe DiMaggio was an professional baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees. Born to Italian immigrants in California, he is considered to be one of the gre...
Hayworth, Rita
Show Business
Age 68
October 17, 1918 - May 14, 1987
Holy Cross Cemetery / Culver City / California / USA / North America
Rita Hayworth (Margarita Carmen Cansino 1918-1987) was a film actress and dancer who performed publicly for the first time at the age of six with her father, dancer Eduardo Cansino, Sr. By the age of 8 she was featured in her firs...
Martin, Billy
Sports
Age 61
May 16, 1928 - December 25, 1989
Gate of Heaven Cemetery / Hawthorne / New York / USA / North America
Billy Martin was a fiery and complex figure in Major League Baseball, best known for his success and volatility as both a player and a manager. As a player, he was a gritty second baseman who spent most of his career with the New ...
Safra, Lily
Business and Finance
Age 87
December 30, 1934 - July 9, 2022
Cimetière Israélite de Veyrier / Geneva / Switzerland / Europe
Lily Safra (1934–2022) was a Brazilian-born philanthropist, socialite and a prominent charitable donor. Born Lily Watkins in Porto Alegre, Brazil, she later moved to Europe and became a well-known figure in international high so...
Safra, Edmond
Business and Finance
Age 67
August 6, 1932 - December 3, 1999
Cimetière Israélite de Veyrier / Geneva / Switzerland / Europe
Edmond J. Safra (1932–1999) was an influential international banker and philanthropist, born in Beirut, Lebanon, into a Sephardic Jewish family with a long tradition in finance. He built a global banking empire through instituti...
Molière
Writers and Poets
Age 51
January 15, 1622 - February 17, 1673
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Molière was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more. His ...
Rodin, Auguste
Artists
Age 77
November 12, 1840 - November 17, 1917
La Villa des Brillants / Meudon / Département des Hauts-de-Seine / France / Europe
Auguste Rodin, a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture, lived a life marked by perseverance, innovation, and profound artistic evolution. Born into a modest family in Paris, Rodin struggled academica...
Parmentier, Antoine-Augustin
Historical Figure
Age 76
August 12, 1737 - December 13, 1813
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737–1813) was a French pharmacist, agronomist, and nutrition advocate best known for promoting the potato as a reliable food source in France. After serving as a military pharmacist during the Seven...
Legrand, Michel
Music
Age 86
February 24, 1932 - January 26, 2019
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
It is difficult to pin the multi-talented Michel Legrand down into one single category. This amazingly versatile French singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, conductor and producer has enjoyed a whirlwind career, excelling in an...
Ulliel, Gaspard
Show Business
Age 37
November 25, 1984 - January 19, 2022
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Gaspard Ulliel was a talented French actor and model who was known for having portrayed the young Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal Rising (2007), fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in the biopic Saint Laurent (2014), and for being the...
Dibango, Manu
Music
Age 86
December 12, 1933 - March 24, 2020
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Manu Dibango (1933–2020) was a Cameroonian saxophonist, composer, and bandleader whose genre-blending style made him one of Africa’s most influential musical ambassadors. Born in Douala, he moved to Europe as a teenager and de...
Holgado, Ticky
Show Business
Age 59
June 24, 1944 - January 22, 2004
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Ticky Holgado was a French character actor known for his short stature, distinctive face and heavy Southern accent. Holgado's original vocation was to be a musician. After playing in a band as a teenager, he found work in the Fren...
Mouloudji, Marcel
Show Business
Age 71
September 16, 1922 - June 14, 1994
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Marcel Mouloudji started as a street urchin and a street singer, and his long career always reflected those early beginnings. He was a real Paris sparrow, light and quick, agile, graceful and symbolic of a certain romanticism of t...