Deaths in the 2000s

Robert James Miller

1983–2008 (age 25)

Casselberry

Robert James Miller was a United States Army staff sergeant who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism in ...

Vernon C. Sorenson

1916–2006 (age 90)

Millcreek

Vernon C. Sorenson (1916–2006) of Midvale was a lifelong member of his Utah community and was buried at Millcreek.

Bryan Ottoson

1978–2005 (age 27)

Lakewood Cemetery

Bryan Ottoson was a United States Navy SEAL killed in Iraq in 2005 while serving his country.

Wells Stabler

1919–2009 (age 90)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Wells Stabler (1919–2009) was an American career diplomat who served as ambassador to several countries and is buried ...

Max Roach

1924–2007 (age 83)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Max Roach (1924–2007) was an innovative American jazz drummer and composer from New York City who is buried at Woodlaw...

Geraldine Fitzgerald

1913–2005 (age 92)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913–2005) was an Irish-American actress whose film and stage work spanned decades before she wa...

Gertrude Ederle

1905–2003 (age 98)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Gertrude Ederle (1905–2003) was the first woman to swim the English Channel and later returned to New York City, where...

Charlie Devens

1910–2003 (age 93)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Charlie Devens (1910–2003) was an American baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees whose life ended in Milton and wh...

Ernie Koy

1909–2007 (age 98)

Oak Knoll Cemetery

Ernie Koy (1909–2007) was a collegiate football star and Major League Baseball outfielder from Texas laid to rest at O...

Hilda Terry

1914–2006 (age 92)

Salisbury

Hilda Terry (1914–2006) was a groundbreaking cartoonist known for the comic strip 'Teena' and is buried in Salisbury.

Lionel Hampton

1908–2002 (age 94)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Lionel Hampton (1908–2002) was a pioneering American jazz vibraphonist and bandleader from Louisville who rests at Woo...

Albert Ellis

1913–2007 (age 94)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Albert Ellis (1913–2007) was an American psychologist who founded rational emotive behavior therapy and is interred at...

Tito Puente

1923–2000 (age 77)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Tito Puente (1923–2000) was a Puerto Rican-American bandleader and percussionist dubbed 'The King of Latin Music,' bur...

Jonah Jones

1909–2000 (age 91)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Jonah Jones (1909–2000) was a jazz trumpeter and bandleader from Louisville whose career spanned swing to blues and wh...

Walt Whitman Rostow

1916–2003 (age 87)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Walt Whitman Rostow (1916–2003) was an American economist and national security adviser whose papers reflect his time ...

Harold Nicholas

1921–2000 (age 79)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Harold Nicholas (1921–2000) was one half of the Nicholas Brothers tap-dancing duo and actor, laid to rest at Woodlawn ...

Big Pun

1971–2000 (age 29)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Big Pun (1971–2000) was a groundbreaking Puerto Rican-American rapper from the Bronx interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Shirley Ellis

1929–2005 (age 76)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Shirley Ellis (1929–2005) was an American singer-songwriter known for catchy hits like 'The Name Game,' buried at Wood...

Celia Cruz

1925–2003 (age 78)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Celia Cruz (1925–2003) was a Cuban-born singer who became internationally renowned as the Queen of Salsa.

Pedro Knight

1921–2007 (age 86)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Pedro Knight (1921–2007) was a Cuban trumpeter and later music manager best known for his decades-long partnership wit...

Ella Johnson

1919–2004 (age 85)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Ella Johnson (1919–2004) was an American jazz and blues vocalist who gained prominence singing with her brother Buddy ...

Paul A. Fino

1913–2009 (age 96)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Paul A. Fino (1913–2009) was a New York lawyer and Republican politician who served in both the U.S. House of Represen...

Jackie McLean

1931–2006 (age 75)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Jackie McLean (1931–2006) was an American alto saxophonist and educator celebrated for his hard bop recordings and lon...

Ella King Torrey

1957–2003 (age 46)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Ella King Torrey (1957–2003) was a Bronxville-born arts advocate who devoted herself to supporting cultural institutio...

Maynard Jackson

1938–2003 (age 65)

Oakland Cemetery

Maynard Jackson (1938–2003) was the first African American mayor of Atlanta whose administrations expanded the city’...

Frederick Mosteller

1916–2006 (age 90)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Frederick Mosteller (1916–2006) was an American statistician whose pioneering work on Bayesian analysis and public-pol...

Paul Zamecnik

1912–2009 (age 97)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Paul Zamecnik (1912–2009) was an American molecular biologist whose co-discovery of cell-free protein synthesis helped...

Robert Creeley

1926–2005 (age 79)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Robert Creeley (1926–2005) was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain College circle who was known for hi...

Ernst Halperin

1916–2003 (age 87)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Ernst Halperin (1916–2003) was a Zurich-born film historian who spent decades chronicling European cinema from his aca...

David Ives

1919–2003 (age 84)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

David Ives (1919–2003) was a Salem-born American whose long life spanned much of the twentieth century before he was l...

Harold Hunter

1974–2006 (age 32)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Harold Hunter (1974–2006) was an American skateboarder and actor who helped bring street skating into the mainstream a...

Frankie Manning

1914–2009 (age 95)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Frankie Manning (1914–2009) was an American dancer and choreographer credited with inventing many of the Lindy Hop's s...

Illinois Jacquet

1922–2004 (age 82)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Illinois Jacquet (1922–2004) was an American tenor saxophonist whose raucous solo on "Flying Home" became a defining m...

Vincent Alo

1904–2001 (age 97)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Vincent Alo (1904–2001) spent his long life in New York City before being interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Leon Kirchner

1919–2009 (age 90)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Leon Kirchner (1919–2009) was a Brooklyn-born composer whose modernist symphonies and chamber works, along with decade...

Slim Aarons

1916–2006 (age 90)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Slim Aarons (1916–2006) was a Manhattan-born photographer famous for capturing glamorous portraits of high society and...

Dirk Jan Struik

1894–2000 (age 106)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Dirk Jan Struik (1894–2000) was a Rotterdam-born mathematician and historian of science who taught at MIT and chronicl...

Curt Gowdy

1919–2006 (age 87)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Curt Gowdy (1919–2006) was a Green River native who became a pioneering American sportscaster best known for his baseb...

David Bradford

1939–2005 (age 66)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

David Bradford (1939–2005) was a Cambridge-based economist whose research on taxation and public finance influenced bo...

Chris Henry

1983–2009 (age 26)

Belle Chasse

Chris Henry (1983–2009) was a Belle Chasse-born wide receiver whose NFL career with the Cincinnati Bengals ended tragi...

Del Stromer

1930–2003 (age 73)

Concord Township

Del Stromer (1930–2003) was a Garner, Iowa politician who spent many years serving in the state legislature.

Aaron Fleisher

1919–2004 (age 85)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Aaron Fleisher (1919–2004) was a Brooklyn-born individual whose life concluded with burial at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Ralph M. Griscom

1932–2004 (age 72)

Shallotte

Ralph M. Griscom (1932–2004) hailed from McHenry and was laid to rest in Shallotte, North Carolina.

Aubrey Willard Naylor

1915–2003 (age 88)

Maplewood Cemetery

Aubrey Willard Naylor (1915–2003) spent his life in Obion before being buried in Maplewood Cemetery.

Margery J. Turner

1921–2004 (age 83)

Stickney

Margery J. Turner (1921–2004) lived through much of the 20th century before her burial in Stickney.

Paul Jennings Hill

1954–2003 (age 49)

Swainsboro

Paul Jennings Hill (1954–2003) was an anti-abortion extremist executed for murdering a Jacksonville doctor and his bod...

Phil Guy

1940–2008 (age 68)

Homewood

Phil Guy (1940–2008) was a Lettsworth-born blues guitarist who performed with his brother Buddy Guy and recorded his o...

Ivan Allen, Jr.

1911–2003 (age 92)

Oakland Cemetery

Ivan Allen Jr. (1911–2003) was a mayor of Atlanta whose leadership during the Civil Rights era helped guide the city t...

Franklin Garrett

1906–2000 (age 94)

Oakland Cemetery

Franklin Garrett (1906-2000) chronicled Atlanta's history as its city historian and was laid to rest at Oakland Cemetery...

Don Gibson

1928–2003 (age 75)

Shelby

Don Gibson (1928-2003) was a Shelby-born singer-songwriter whose hits like "Sweet Dreams" made him a country music stapl...