Tunney, Gene
Sports
Age 81
May 25, 1897 - November 7, 1978
Long Ridge Union Cemetery / Stamford / Connecticut / USA / North America
Gene Tunney, born James Joseph Tunney on May 25, 1897, in New York City, was an American professional boxer and world heavyweight champion from 1926 to 1928. Raised in a working-class Irish-American family, Tunney developed a pass...
Maranzano, Salvatore
Crime and their Victims
Age 45
July 31, 1886 - September 10, 1931
St. John Cemetery / Middle Village / New York / USA / North America
Salvatore Maranzano, nicknamed Little Caesar, was an Italian-American mobster and an early Cosa Nostra boss who led what later would become the Bonanno crime family in New York City. He instigated the Castellammarese War in 1930 t...
Carney, Art
Show Business
Age 85
November 4, 1918 - November 9, 2003
Riverside Cemetery / Old Saybrook / Connecticut / United States / North America
Art Carney was an American actor and comedian best known for his role as Ed Norton on the classic television sitcom The Honeymooners. Born on November 4, 1918, in Mount Vernon, New York, Carney began his entertainment career in ra...
Vario, Paul
Crime and their Victims
Age 73
July 10, 1914 - May 3, 1988
St. John Cemetery / Middle Village / New York / USA / North America
Paul Vario was a prominent New York mobster and high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family. Born on July 10, 1914, in Brooklyn, he became involved in organized crime at a young age, eventually rising to become a caporegime (...
Carnegie, Andrew
Business and Finance
Age 83
November 25, 1835 - August 11, 1919
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery / Sleepy Hollow / New York / USA / North America
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist who played a pivotal role in the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. Born on November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Scotland, Carn...
Evans, Robert
Show Business
Age 89
June 29, 1930 - October 26, 2019
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Robert Evans (1930–2019) was a charismatic and influential American film producer and studio executive who played a pivotal role in shaping modern Hollywood. Born in New York City, he began his career as a radio actor and model ...
Lawson, Charles
Crime and their Victims
Age 43
May 10, 1886 - December 25, 1929
Browder Family Cemetery / Germantown / North Carolina / USA / North America
Charles Lawson was a North Carolina tobacco farmer born on May 10, 1886, who became infamously known for the tragic and shocking murders of his own family on Christmas Day in 1929 in Germanton, North Carolina. Lawson, reportedly a...
McLean, James
Crime and their Victims
Age 35
January 26, 1930 - October 31, 1965
Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum / Malden / Massachusetts / USA / North America
James "Buddy" McLean was a feared and respected Irish-American mobster from Somerville, Massachusetts, best known as the original leader of the Winter Hill Gang. Born in 1930, McLean rose through the ranks of Boston's underworld i...