Deaths in the 2010s

Bess Myerson

1924–2014 (age 90)

Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery

Bess Myerson was a Bronx-born beauty queen, television personality, and public servant who was crowned Miss America 1945...

Micole Mercurio

1938–2016 (age 78)

Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery

Micole Mercurio was a Chicago-born actress who appeared in films such as Blood Work and on television dramas including 2...

Don Keefer

1916–2014 (age 98)

Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery

Don Keefer was a Highspire-born actor who appeared on stage and screen, including the The Twilight Zone episode “Night...

Pepper Paire

1924–2013 (age 89)

Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery

Pepper Paire was a Los Angeles-born baseball player who starred as a catcher in the All-American Girls Professional Base...

Ralph Branca

1926–2016 (age 90)

Gate of Heaven Cemetery

Ralph Branca was a Mount Vernon-born Major League Baseball pitcher best known for surrendering the pennant-winning home ...

Philip D'Antoni

1929–2018 (age 89)

Gate of Heaven Cemetery

Philip D'Antoni (1929–2018) was a New York City film producer best known for the iconic thrillers The French Connectio...

Mario Biaggi

1917–2015 (age 98)

Gate of Heaven Cemetery

Mario Biaggi (1917–2015) was a Bronx-born police officer turned U.S. congressman who retired to New York City before h...

Jim Buck

1931–2013 (age 82)

Gate of Heaven Cemetery

Jim Buck (1931–2013) was a New York City dog walker whose longtime care for Manhattan's canine community made him a lo...

Bill Gallo

1922–2011 (age 89)

Gate of Heaven Cemetery

Bill Gallo (1922–2011) was a Manhattan-born sports cartoonist and columnist whose work graced the pages of the New Yor...

Ann Mara

1929–2015 (age 86)

Gate of Heaven Cemetery

Ann Mara (1929–2015) was a Manhattan philanthropist and co-owner of the New York Giants whose public service legacy ea...

James Joseph O'Malley

1931–2018 (age 87)

Gate of Heaven Cemetery

James Joseph O'Malley (1931–2018) was a longtime Bronx resident whose life ended with burial at Gate of Heaven Cemeter...

John Patrick Slattery

1950–2014 (age 64)

Gate of Heaven Cemetery

John Patrick Slattery (1950–2014) was a Springfield-born individual remembered at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.

Alfreda Rochelle-Thomas

1928–2019 (age 91)

Gate of Heaven Cemetery

Alfreda Rochelle-Thomas (1928–2019) emigrated from Poland and was laid to rest at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.

Ken Weatherwax

1955–2014 (age 59)

Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery

Ken Weatherwax (1955–2014) was a Los Angeles-born actor best known for portraying Pugsley Addams on The Addams Family ...

Abolghassem Ghaffari

1907–2013 (age 106)

Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery

Abolghassem Ghaffari (1907–2013) was a Tehran native whose final resting place is Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.

Preshy Marker

1932–2015 (age 83)

Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery

Preshy Marker (1932–2015) was a Chicago resident laid to rest at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.

Beverly Schmidt Blossom

1926–2014 (age 88)

Oakridge Glen Oaks Cemetery

Beverly Schmidt Blossom (1926–2014) was a Chicago dancer and educator whose body lies at Oakridge Glen Oaks Cemetery.

Stanley Tigerman

1930–2019 (age 89)

Graceland Cemetery

Stanley Tigerman (1930–2019) was a Chicago architect celebrated for his postmodern designs before his interment at Gra...

Ernie Banks

1931–2015 (age 84)

Graceland Cemetery

Ernie Banks (1931-2015) was a Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop and first baseman whose infectious enthusiasm earned h...

Minnie Miñoso

1925–2015 (age 90)

Graceland Cemetery

Minnie Miñoso (1925-2015) was a trailblazing Cuban-born outfielder and infielder who became one of the first Afro-Latin...

Doug Buffone

1944–2015 (age 71)

Graceland Cemetery

Doug Buffone (1944-2015) was a stout middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears during the 1960s and early 1970s.

Bruce Graham

1925–2010 (age 85)

Graceland Cemetery

Bruce Graham (1925-2010) was a Colombian-American architect whose partnership at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill produced sky...

Ronald Coase

1910–2013 (age 103)

Graceland Cemetery

Ronald Coase (1910-2013) was a British economist and Nobel laureate celebrated for his work on transaction costs and pro...

Roger Ebert

1942–2013 (age 71)

Graceland Cemetery

Roger Ebert (1942-2013) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic whose reviews for the Chicago Sun-Times brought cinema ...

Dawn Clark Netsch

1926–2013 (age 87)

Graceland Cemetery

Dawn Clark Netsch (1926-2013) was a longtime law professor and the first woman to win a major-party nomination for Illin...

Sal Castro

1933–2013 (age 80)

Calvary Cemetery

Sal Castro (1933-2013) was a Chicano educator and activist who helped lead the 1968 East Los Angeles high school walkout...

Wimberly Calvin Royster

1925–2014 (age 89)

Lexington Cemetery

Wimberly Calvin Royster (1925-2014) was a Kentucky resident whose life is commemorated by his burial at Lexington Cemete...

Amy C. King

1928–2014 (age 86)

Lexington Cemetery

Amy C. King (1928-2014) was a Lexington-area individual whose life story is remembered by her resting place in Lexington...

Kenny Rollins

1923–2012 (age 89)

Lexington Cemetery

Kenny Rollins (1923-2012) was an Olympic gold medalist and University of Kentucky guard who played for the 1948 U.S. bas...

Ralph Kercheval

1911–2010 (age 99)

Lexington Cemetery

Ralph Kercheval (1911-2010) was a College Football Hall of Famers halfback at the University of Kentucky during the 1930...

Wallace Jones

1926–2014 (age 88)

Lexington Cemetery

Wallace Jones (1926-2014) was a University of Kentucky basketball player who helped lead the Wildcats to national promin...

C. M. Newton

1930–2018 (age 88)

Lexington Cemetery

C. M. Newton, the Rockwood-born college basketball coach and athletic director, was remembered after his 2018 passing an...

Bel Kaufman

1911–2014 (age 103)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Bel Kaufman, the Berlin-born author of the best-selling novel Up the Down Staircase and celebrated educator, was interre...

Robert B. Radnitz

1924–2010 (age 86)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Robert B. Radnitz, a New York-born film producer known for family dramas such as Sounder, died in 2010 and was buried at...

Lee Sandlin

1956–2014 (age 58)

Graceland Cemetery

Lee Sandlin, whose Highland Park roots led to a career as a writer and chronicler of American stories, was buried at Gra...

Tang Ming-hsin

1928–2013 (age 85)

Rose Hills Memorial Park

Tang Ming-hsin of Zhenjiang County, who died in 2013, was interred at Rose Hills Memorial Park.

Albert Simon

1924–2017 (age 93)

Mount Hope Cemetery

Albert Simon, who died in 2017, was laid to rest at Mount Hope Cemetery.

W. Jackson Hall

1929–2012 (age 83)

Mount Hope Cemetery

W. Jackson Hall of Beltsville, who passed away in 2012, is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas

1933–2018 (age 85)

Cathedral of Mayagüez

Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas, born in Lajas in 1933, was buried at the Cathedral of Mayagüez after his 2018 death.

Malcolm Glazer

1928–2014 (age 86)

Mount Hope Cemetery

Malcolm Glazer, the Rochester-born billionaire owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, died in 2014 and was buried at Mount H...

Mitch Miller

1911–2010 (age 99)

Mount Hope Cemetery

Mitch Miller, the Rochester-born conductor and music executive famous for the Sing Along with Mitch television series, w...

Zvi Zeitlin

1922–2012 (age 90)

Mount Hope Cemetery

Zvi Zeitlin (1922-2012) was a Dubroŭna-born American violinist and pedagogue whose career spanned decades before he was...

Nguyen Cao Ky

1930–2011 (age 81)

Rose Hills Memorial Park

Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (1930-2011) was a Sơn Tây-born South Vietnamese Air Force officer who served as prime minister and v...

Dick Hoerner

1922–2010 (age 88)

Rose Hills Memorial Park

Dick Hoerner (1922-2010) was a Dubuque native who played as a fullback in the NFL and was buried at Rose Hills Memorial ...

Carl Boldt

1932–2015 (age 83)

Rose Hills Memorial Park

Carl Boldt (1932-2015) was a Long Beach-born basketball standout from the 1950s whose grave is at Rose Hills Memorial Pa...

Fuad Khalilov

1923–2015 (age 92)

Rose Hills Memorial Park

Fuad Khalilov (1923-2015) was a Baku-born individual whose final resting place is Rose Hills Memorial Park.

Samuel B. Batdorf

1914–2012 (age 98)

Rose Hills Memorial Park

Samuel B. Batdorf (1914-2012) was an individual memorialized at Rose Hills Memorial Park.

Bill Young

1930–2013 (age 83)

Bay Pines National Cemetery

Bill Young (1930-2013) was a Harmarville-born Republican U.S. Representative from Florida who was buried at Bay Pines Na...

Charles C. McDonald

1933–2017 (age 84)

Barrancas National Cemetery

Charles C. McDonald (1933-2017) was a Barron-born U.S. Air Force general laid to rest at Barrancas National Cemetery.

Elliot Willensky

1943–2010 (age 67)

Baron Hirsch Cemetery

Elliot Willensky (1943-2010) was a Bayonne-born composer and arranger best known for penning the song 'Got to Be There' ...