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Lalomie Washburn

1941–2004 (age 63)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Lalomie Washburn (1941–2004) was a Memphis-born R&B singer-songwriter whose powerful vocals supported both her own rec...

Marjorie Woodworth

1919–2000 (age 81)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Marjorie Woodworth (1919–2000) was an American film actress remembered for her appearances in 1940s Republic Pictures ...

Earl Vincent Winblad

1916–2004 (age 88)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Earl Vincent Winblad (1916–2004) was a Bronx native whose life eventually brought him to Southern California, where he...

Herbert Bloch

1911–2006 (age 95)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Herbert Bloch (1911–2006) was a German-born American classical scholar and medievalist who taught at Harvard and becam...

Claude Shannon

1916–2001 (age 85)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Claude Shannon (1916–2001) was an American mathematician and electrical engineer celebrated as the father of informati...

John Rawls

1921–2002 (age 81)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

John Rawls (1921–2002) was an American philosopher whose work in political liberalism, especially A Theory of Justice,...

Robert Nozick

1938–2002 (age 64)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Robert Nozick (1938–2002) was an American philosopher best known for his libertarian counterpoint to Rawls in Anarchy,...

Caroline Knapp

1959–2002 (age 43)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Caroline Knapp (1959–2002) was an American writer and columnist who chronicled her struggles with addiction and relati...

Arthur M. Schlesinger

1917–2007 (age 90)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Arthur M. Schlesinger (1917–2007) was an American historian and social critic whose Pulitzer Prize-winning biographies...

Henry M. Hattori

1918–2002 (age 84)

Fernley

Henry M. Hattori (1918–2002) was a Stockton native whose life ended in Nevada, where he was laid to rest at Fernley af...

H. David Dalquist

1918–2005 (age 87)

Lakewood Cemetery

H. David Dalquist (1918–2005) was an American engineer and entrepreneur who founded Nordic Ware and introduced the ico...

John J. Wild

1914–2009 (age 95)

Lakewood Cemetery

John J. Wild (1914–2009) was an American physician and engineer who pioneered the use of ultrasound in medical diagnos...

John Sargent Pillsbury, Jr.

1912–2005 (age 93)

Lakewood Cemetery

John Sargent Pillsbury, Jr. (1912–2005) was an American businessman and philanthropist who carried on the Pillsbury fa...

Paul Giel

1932–2002 (age 70)

Lakewood Cemetery

Paul Giel (1932–2002) was an American athlete who starred as a college football halfback and later pitched and played ...

Steve Foley

1959–2008 (age 49)

Lakewood Cemetery

Steve Foley (1959–2008) was a Minnesotan whose life came to a close in the Twin Cities and who is buried at Lakewood C...

Sheila Wellstone

1944–2002 (age 58)

Lakewood Cemetery

Sheila Wellstone was an American human rights advocate who championed efforts to prevent domestic violence before her de...

John Hugh MacMillan

1928–2008 (age 80)

Lakewood Cemetery

John Hugh MacMillan was an American business executive who guided Cargill as its chairman through much of the late 20th ...

Harold J. Hendriks

1918–2002 (age 84)

Milbank

Harold J. Hendriks (1918–2002) of West Liberty was remembered by his community and laid to rest in Milbank.

George Mackey

1916–2006 (age 90)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

George Mackey was an American mathematician whose work on representation theory and functional analysis shaped modern an...

Frank Conroy

1936–2005 (age 69)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Frank Conroy was an American author and longtime director of the National Endowment for the Arts' Literature Program, be...

Gerry Studds

1937–2006 (age 69)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Gerry Studds was an American politician who represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives for nearly th...

Nathan M. Pusey

1907–2001 (age 94)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Nathan M. Pusey was an American educator who served as president of Harvard University and later advised on national edu...

Gordon Willey

1913–2002 (age 89)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Gordon Willey was an American archaeologist noted for pioneering settlement pattern studies throughout the Americas.

Adam Ulam

1922–2000 (age 78)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Adam Ulam was a Harvard historian and expert on Soviet studies whose scholarship spanned decades.

Michael Kelly

1957–2003 (age 46)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Michael Kelly was an American journalist and editor for The Washington Post, known for his reporting and commentary befo...

Robert Dorfman

1916–2002 (age 86)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Robert Dorfman was an American economist whose work on linear programming and national income accounting influenced deve...

Madlynne Angelina Kimmerle

1907–2005 (age 98)

Roselawn

Madlynne Angelina Kimmerle (1907–2005) of Mattoon left behind a life remembered by her community before she was laid t...

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...