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Marguerite Chapman

1918–1999 (age 81)

Holy Cross Cemetery

Marguerite Chapman (1918–1999) was an actress whose final resting place is Holy Cross Cemetery.

Ramsay Ames

1919–1998 (age 79)

Holy Cross Cemetery

Ramsay Ames was an American film and television actress known for her leading roles in 1940s serials and B-movies.

Dennis Crosby

1934–1991 (age 57)

Holy Cross Cemetery

Dennis Crosby was an American singer and member of the extended Crosby clan who performed often in nightclubs and on tel...

Doris Tate

1924–1992 (age 68)

Holy Cross Cemetery

Doris Tate was an American victims' rights activist who campaigned tirelessly after the murder of her daughter, Sharon T...

Marguerite Hamilton

1920–1998 (age 78)

Holy Cross Cemetery

Marguerite Hamilton (1920–1998) spent much of her life outside the public eye and is remembered through her resting pl...

Rosita Moreno

1907–1993 (age 86)

Holy Cross Cemetery

Rosita Moreno was a Spanish actress who appeared in Hollywood and European films from the silent era through the 1940s.

André the Giant

1946–1993 (age 47)

Ellerbe

André the Giant was a French professional wrestler and actor whose towering presence made him a worldwide pop culture i...

Ross Bass

1918–1993 (age 75)

Maplewood Cemetery

Ross Bass was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee during the mid-1960s.

Darl Beecher Ransburg Jr.

1913–1993 (age 80)

Lakewood Cemetery

Darl Beecher Ransburg Jr. (1913–1993) lived much of his life out of the spotlight, leaving behind a quiet legacy and L...

Florence M. Hendrickson

1898–1991 (age 93)

Lakewood Cemetery

Florence M. Hendrickson (1898–1991) was an early twentieth-century American whose life concluded with burial at Lakewo...

Eleanor Aller

1917–1995 (age 78)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Eleanor Aller was an American cellist whose work with the Hollywood String Quartet made her a respected figure in classi...

Gordon Oliver

1910–1995 (age 85)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Gordon Oliver was an American film actor whose career spanned the 1930s through the 1950s before he moved into televisio...

John Foreman

1925–1992 (age 67)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

John Foreman was an American film producer who worked in Hollywood during the 1950s and 1960s.

Lois Collier

1919–1999 (age 80)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Lois Collier was an American film and radio actress best known for her B-movie roles in the 1940s.

Nat Perrin

1905–1998 (age 93)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Nat Perrin was an American screenwriter and producer associated with the Marx Brothers comedies and other classic Hollyw...

Patricia Lake

1919–1993 (age 74)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Patricia Lake was an American actress and radio personality famed for her work in the 1930s and 1940s and her high-profi...

Phyllis Hill

1920–1993 (age 73)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Phyllis Hill was a New York-born dancer and actress best known for her film and television roles in mid-century musicals...

Winston Miller

1910–1994 (age 84)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Winston Miller was an American screenwriter and occasional actor whose career spanned the golden age of Hollywood.

Charles Brown

1922–1999 (age 77)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Charles Brown was an influential blues singer and pianist from Texas City who helped shape the sound of West Coast blues...

Tom Bradley

1917–1998 (age 81)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Tom Bradley was the long-serving mayor of Los Angeles and a pioneering African American political leader in the city.

Louis Meyer

1904–1995 (age 91)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Louis Meyer was a pioneering racecar driver from New York City who became the first three-time winner of the Indianapoli...

Joyce Chen

1917–1994 (age 77)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Joyce Chen was a Beijing-born chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author who introduced Americans to Mandarin cuisine.

Trang Ho

1974–1995 (age 21)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Trang Ho’s brief life ended in 1995, and little publicly documented information beyond her burial site is available.

Don Myrick

1940–1993 (age 53)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Don Myrick was a Chicago-born saxophonist best known for his work in the horn section of Earth, Wind & Fire.

Archie Ware

1918–1990 (age 72)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Archie Ware was a Greenville-born Major League Baseball first baseman active in the 1940s.

James Cleveland

1931–1991 (age 60)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

James Cleveland was a Chicago-born gospel singer and composer often hailed as the King of Gospel.

Cassietta George

1929–1995 (age 66)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Cassietta George was a gospel singer and recording artist whose rich contralto influenced several generations of singers...

Curt Flood

1938–1997 (age 59)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Curt Flood was a Houston-born major league center fielder whose legal challenge to baseball’s reserve clause helped pa...

Richard Nixon

1913–1994 (age 81)

Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974.

Franklin Patterson

1916–1994 (age 78)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Franklin Patterson was the founding president of Hampshire College, guiding the new liberal arts institution in its earl...

Achilles Fang

1910–1995 (age 85)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Achilles Fang was a noted sinologist and translator who taught at Harvard University and specialized in Chinese literatu...

Stanley Hobart Tyler

1908–1998 (age 90)

Spencer

Stanley Hobart Tyler (1908–1998) was a longtime Spencer resident whose life concluded with burial there.

Wally Karbo

1915–1993 (age 78)

Mendota Heights

Wally Karbo (1915–1993) was a Minneapolis-based wrestling promoter who helped build the American Wrestling Association...

Felix Knight

1908–1998 (age 90)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Felix Knight (1908–1998) was an American tenor and actor whose credits ranged from Broadway to the Hollywood film musi...

Polly Walters

1913–1994 (age 81)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Polly Walters (1913–1994) was an American film actress who appeared in early talkies playing flappers and wisecracking...

Ella Fitzgerald

1917–1996 (age 79)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996), renowned as the "First Lady of Song," was an American jazz singer celebrated for her scat...

Hans J. Salter

1896–1994 (age 98)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Hans J. Salter (1896–1994) was an Austrian-born composer who scored numerous Universal Pictures horror and fantasy fil...

Nat Pierce

1925–1992 (age 67)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Nat Pierce (1925–1992) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and bandleader known for his work with the Woody Herman...

Paul Gayten

1920–1991 (age 71)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Paul Gayten (1920–1991) was a New Orleans R&B pianist, bandleader, and record label executive whose songs influenced e...

Lowell Fulson

1921–1999 (age 78)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Lowell Fulson (1921–1999) was an influential American blues guitarist and songwriter whose hits like "Reconsider Baby"...

Richard Berry

1935–1997 (age 62)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Richard Berry (1935–1997) was the American singer-songwriter who penned the enduring rock anthem "Louie Louie."

Cesar Romero

1907–1994 (age 87)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Cesar Romero (1907–1994) was an American film and television actor remembered for roles ranging from handsome leads to...

Dick York

1928–1992 (age 64)

Rockford

Dick York (1928–1992) was an American actor best known as Darrin Stephens on the sitcom Bewitched.

Stan Hough

1918–1990 (age 72)

Holy Cross Cemetery

Stan Hough (1918–1990) was an American film and television executive who rose through the ranks at Paramount before pr...

Tim Layana

1964–1999 (age 35)

Holy Cross Cemetery

Tim Layana (1964–1999) was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the San Francisco Giants and other cl...

Wilfred Von der Ahe

1910–1998 (age 88)

Holy Cross Cemetery

Wilfred Von der Ahe (1910–1998) was an American supermarket executive who helped expand the Vons chain across Southern...

John McSweeney, Jr.

1915–1999 (age 84)

Holy Cross Cemetery

John McSweeney Jr. (1915–1999) lived and died in New York City and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery.

Jim Murray

1919–1998 (age 79)

Holy Cross Cemetery

Jim Murray (1919–1998) was the Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter known for his work in Hartford and is buried at Hol...

Julian Schwinger

1918–1994 (age 76)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Julian Schwinger (1918–1994) was a Nobel-winning theoretical physicist born in New York City and buried at Mount Aubur...

B. F. Skinner

1904–1990 (age 86)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

B. F. Skinner (1904–1990) was a pioneering behaviorist psychologist from Susquehanna Depot who rests at Mount Auburn C...