Deaths in the 1920s

Finis E. Yoakum

1851–1920 (age 69)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Finis E. Yoakum (1851-1920) was laid to rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Milton Loryea

1860–1922 (age 62)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Milton Loryea (1860-1922) was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Dean O'Banion

1892–1924 (age 32)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Dean O'Banion (1892-1924) was a Chicago-area figure buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Henry Earl J. Wojciechowski

1898–1926 (age 28)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Henry Earl J. Wojciechowski (1898-1926) was a Polish immigrant from Sieradz buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Vincent Drucci

1901–1927 (age 26)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Vincent Drucci (1901-1927) was a Chicago resident interred at Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Mike Merlo

1880–1924 (age 44)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Mike Merlo (1880-1924) was a Sicilian-born individual buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Joseph Giunta

1886–1929 (age 43)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Joseph Giunta (1886-1929) was a Cicero resident laid to rest at Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Albert P. Bradstreet

1846–1923 (age 77)

Thomaston

Albert P. Bradstreet (1846-1923) was a Thomaston resident buried in his hometown.

John Patterson

1838–1922 (age 84)

Mauston

John Patterson (1838-1922) was a Morgan County native interred in Mauston.

Joe Esposito

1871–1928 (age 57)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Joe Esposito (1871-1928) was an Italian-born individual from Acerra buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Antonino Lombardo

1891–1928 (age 37)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Antonino Lombardo (1891-1928) was a Sicilian-born resident interred at Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Julia Petta

1892–1921 (age 29)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Julia Petta (1892-1921) was buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Roger Charles Sullivan

1861–1920 (age 59)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Roger Charles Sullivan (1861-1920) was a Belvidere resident laid to rest at Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Angelo Genna

1898–1925 (age 27)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Angelo Genna was an Italian-American organized crime figure who operated in Chicago during the Prohibition era before hi...

Tony Genna

1890–1925 (age 35)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Tony Genna was an Italian-American bootlegger and member of the Genna crime family active in Chicago during Prohibition.

Mike Genna

1895–1925 (age 30)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Mike Genna was an Italian-American gangster and member of the Genna family involved in bootlegging operations in Chicago...

Vittorio Arimondi

1861–1928 (age 67)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Vittorio Arimondi was an Italian immigrant who lived in Saluzzo and died in 1928.

Gabriele Capone

1865–1920 (age 55)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Gabriele Capone was an Italian immigrant and father of notorious gangster Al Capone.

Albert R. Taylor

1864–1929 (age 65)

Emporia

Albert R. Taylor was an American resident of Magnolia who lived from 1864 to 1929.

Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson

1843–1922 (age 79)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson was a British-born woman who lived in Rothwell and died in 1922.

Hannah Chaplin

1865–1928 (age 63)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Hannah Chaplin was an English music hall performer and mother of filmmaker Charlie Chaplin.

Mark Fenton

1866–1925 (age 59)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Mark Fenton was an American actor who appeared in silent films during the early 20th century.

Mark Gordon Jones

1859–1922 (age 63)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Mark Gordon Jones was an American who died in 1922 and was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery.

Joe Roberts

1871–1923 (age 52)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Joe Roberts was an American actor and comedian known for his work in silent films during the 1920s.

Walter Henry Rothwell

1872–1927 (age 55)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Walter Henry Rothwell was a British-born conductor and composer who led orchestras in America.

William Desmond Taylor

1872–1922 (age 50)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

William Desmond Taylor was an Irish-born film director whose unsolved murder in 1922 became one of Hollywood's greatest ...

Theodore Roberts

1861–1928 (age 67)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Theodore Roberts was an American character actor who appeared in numerous silent films during the early cinema era.

Rudolph Valentino

1895–1926 (age 31)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Rudolph Valentino was an Italian-born actor who became one of silent cinema's greatest stars before his death in 1926.

June Mathis

1887–1927 (age 40)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

June Mathis was an influential American screenwriter and director of the silent film era who wrote and directed numerous...

Gertrude Claire

1852–1928 (age 76)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Gertrude Claire was an American stage and silent film actress known for her roles in early cinema productions.

Charles Avery

1873–1926 (age 53)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Charles Avery was an American silent film actor and comedian who appeared in numerous short films during the early 1920s...

Cornelius Cole

1822–1924 (age 102)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Cornelius Cole was an American politician and U.S. Senator from California who served during the late 19th and early 20t...

Barbara La Marr

1896–1926 (age 30)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Barbara La Marr was an American silent film actress and dancer who became a major star in the 1920s before her early dea...

Virginia Rappe

1891–1921 (age 30)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Virginia Rappe was an American silent film actress whose death in 1921 became a major scandal in Hollywood history.

Robert McKim

1886–1927 (age 41)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Robert McKim was an American silent film actor known for his roles in Western films and adventure serials during the 192...

Tom Forman

1893–1926 (age 33)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Tom Forman was an American silent film actor and director who appeared in and directed numerous films during the early f...

Allen Holubar

1888–1923 (age 35)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Allen Holubar was an American silent film director and producer known for his work in the early cinema industry.

Beatrice DeMille

1853–1923 (age 70)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Beatrice DeMille was an American actress and the mother of renowned filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille.

Frank Farrington

1873–1924 (age 51)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Frank Farrington was an American silent film actor who appeared in various productions during the early 1920s.

Arthur Letts

1862–1923 (age 61)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Arthur Letts was an American businessman and founder of the Broadway department store in Los Angeles.

B. Reeves Eason Jr.

1914–1921 (age 7)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

B. Reeves Eason Jr. was an American silent film actor who had a brief career before his early death.

Carrie Clark Ward

1862–1926 (age 64)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Carrie Clark Ward was an American actress known for her work in silent films during the early cinema era.

Delphine Walsh

1907–1929 (age 22)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Delphine Walsh was an American silent film actress who appeared in productions during the 1920s.

Erskine Mayo Ross

1845–1928 (age 83)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Erskine Mayo Ross was a 19th-century figure from Culpeper County, Virginia who lived from 1845 to 1928.

Frank Keenan

1858–1929 (age 71)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Frank Keenan was an American actor born in Dubuque, Iowa in 1858 who appeared in early silent films before his death in ...

Gene Stratton-Porter

1863–1924 (age 61)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Gene Stratton-Porter was an American author and naturalist from Wabash County, Indiana known for her novels and nature p...

Joseph Carl Breil

1870–1926 (age 56)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Joseph Carl Breil was an American composer and conductor from Pittsburgh who created scores for early silent films from ...

Lynn Reynolds

1889–1927 (age 38)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Lynn Reynolds was an American film director from Harlan who directed numerous silent films during the early 20th century...

Ernest Joy

1878–1924 (age 46)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Ernest Joy was an American actor from Iowa who appeared in silent films throughout the 1910s and early 1920s until his d...

George Loane Tucker

1872–1921 (age 49)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

George Loane Tucker was an American film director and producer from Chicago who pioneered early cinema techniques from 1...