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William Van Til

1911–2006 (age 95)

Highland Lawn Cemetery

William Van Til (1911–2006) is remembered by descendants after being laid to rest at Highland Lawn Cemetery.

John Edwin Smith

1921–2009 (age 88)

Grove Street Cemetery

John Edwin Smith (1921–2009) was an American philosopher and longtime Columbia University dean noted for his work in p...

DJ AM

1973–2009 (age 36)

Hillside Memorial Park

DJ AM (Adam Goldstein, 1973–2009) was a Philadelphia-born DJ and music producer credited with bringing turntablism bac...

Ralph E. Winters

1909–2004 (age 95)

Hillside Memorial Park

Ralph E. Winters (1909–2004) was a Toronto-born film editor who earned Oscars for King Solomon’s Mines and Ben-Hur.

Irving Brecher

1914–2008 (age 94)

Hillside Memorial Park

Irving Brecher (1914–2008) was a New York City-born screenwriter and producer who wrote for the Marx Brothers and crea...

Army Archerd

1922–2009 (age 87)

Hillside Memorial Park

Army Archerd (1922-2009) was a Bronx-born entertainment columnist for Variety who chronicled Hollywood gossip for decade...

Norman Panama

1914–2003 (age 89)

Hillside Memorial Park

Norman Panama (1914-2003) was a Chicago-born screenwriter-director best known for his collaborations with Melvin Frank o...

Gene Barry

1919–2009 (age 90)

Hillside Memorial Park

Gene Barry (1919-2009) was a New York-born actor famed for starring roles in television series such as Bat Masterson and...

Milton Berle

1908–2002 (age 94)

Hillside Memorial Park

Milton Berle (1908-2002) was a pioneering New York comic actor whose television work earned him the nickname "Mr. Televi...

George Sidney

1916–2002 (age 86)

Hillside Memorial Park

George Sidney (1916-2002) was a Queens-born film director and producer noted for lavish musicals like Show Boat and Anni...

Julius J. Epstein

1909–2000 (age 91)

Hillside Memorial Park

Julius J. Epstein (1909-2000) was a New York screenwriter who co-wrote the Academy Award-winning screenplay for Casablan...

Bernie Brillstein

1931–2008 (age 77)

Hillside Memorial Park

Bernie Brillstein (1931-2008) was a New York-born talent manager and producer who guided the careers of Jim Henson and n...

Tom Poston

1921–2007 (age 86)

Hillside Memorial Park

Tom Poston (1921-2007) was a Columbus-born character actor beloved for his turns on sitcoms such as The Bob Newhart Show...

Julius Shulman

1910–2009 (age 99)

Hillside Memorial Park

Julius Shulman (1910-2009) was a Brooklyn-born architectural photographer whose images helped define the look of mid-cen...

Lew Wasserman

1913–2002 (age 89)

Hillside Memorial Park

Lew Wasserman (1913-2002) was a Cleveland-born talent agent and studio executive who helped build MCA and reshape Hollyw...

Stephen Ailes

1912–2001 (age 89)

Indian Mound Cemetery

Stephen Ailes (1912-2001) was a Romney-born lawyer who served as U.S. Secretary of the Army under President Lyndon B. Jo...

Robert P. Abelson

1928–2005 (age 77)

Grove Street Cemetery

Robert P. Abelson (1928-2005) was a New York-born psychologist at Yale whose research illuminated attitudes and quantita...

Shizuo Kakutani

1911–2004 (age 93)

Grove Street Cemetery

Shizuo Kakutani (1911-2004) was an Osaka-born mathematician celebrated for the Kakutani fixed-point theorem and contribu...

Walter Feit

1930–2004 (age 74)

Grove Street Cemetery

Walter Feit (1930-2004) was a Vienna-born mathematician noted for the Feit-Thompson theorem in group theory.

Virginia Graeme Baker

1994–2002 (age 8)

Ivy Hill Cemetery

Virginia Graeme Baker (1994-2002) was a Washington, D.C.-born child whose tragic drowning led to the Virginia Graeme Bak...

Paul Laszczynski

1952–2001 (age 49)

Holy Cross Cemetery

Paul Laszczynski (1952–2001) of Baltimore was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery.

Zhanetta Valentinovna Tsoy

1968–2001 (age 33)

Holy Cross Cemetery

Zhanetta Valentinovna Tsoy (1968–2001) of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery.

Louis R. Rocco

1938–2002 (age 64)

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

Louis R. Rocco (1938–2002) of Albuquerque was buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

Lucian Adams

1922–2003 (age 81)

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

Lucian Adams (1922–2003) of Port Arthur was laid to rest at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

Richard A. Knobloch

1918–2001 (age 83)

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

Richard A. Knobloch (1918–2001) of West Allis was buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

Rolia H. Whitinger

1916–2001 (age 85)

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

Rolia H. Whitinger (1916–2001) was buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

Spurgeon Neel

1919–2003 (age 84)

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

Spurgeon Neel (1919–2003) of Memphis was buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

Jay T. Robbins

1919–2001 (age 82)

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

Jay T. Robbins (1919–2001) of Coolidge was buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

James M. Vande Hey

1916–2009 (age 93)

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

James M. Vande Hey (1916–2009) was buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

George W. Mundy

1905–2000 (age 95)

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

George W. Mundy (1905–2000) of Cedartown was buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

Cameron Briggs

1904–2001 (age 97)

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery

Cameron Briggs (1904–2001) was buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.

George Francis Beardsley

1907–2000 (age 93)

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery

George Francis Beardsley (1907–2000) of Arlington Heights was buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.

Claude T. Anderson

1921–2002 (age 81)

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery

Claude T. Anderson (1921–2002) was buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.

George Meade Easby

1918–2005 (age 87)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

George Meade Easby (1918–2005) of Philadelphia was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.

Laurus Škurla

1928–2008 (age 80)

Holy Trinity Monastery

Laurus Škurla (1928–2008) of Ladomirová was buried at Holy Trinity Monastery.

Raymond Francis Lederer

1938–2008 (age 70)

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

Raymond Francis Lederer (1938–2008) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Philadelphia whose Congressional career ...

Fran Ryan

1916–2000 (age 84)

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

Fran Ryan (1916–2000) was an American character actress whose television and film appearances included recurring roles...

Fred Olivi

1922–2004 (age 82)

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

Fred Olivi (1922–2004) was a Chicago-born resident of the Midwest whose legacy is marked by his burial at Holy Sepulch...

Bishop Alexander

1938–2005 (age 67)

Holy Trinity Monastery

Bishop Alexander (1938–2005) was an Orthodox bishop of Odesa in Ukraine who was laid to rest at Holy Trinity Monastery...

Al Barillari

1917–2007 (age 90)

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

Al Barillari (1917–2007) was a New York native whose long life came full circle in Chicago, where he was buried at Hol...

Boris Bittker

1916–2005 (age 89)

Grove Street Cemetery

Boris Bittker (1916–2005) was a Yale Law School professor renowned for his definitive treatise Federal Taxation of Inc...

Chauncey Bailey

1949–2007 (age 58)

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

Chauncey Bailey (1949–2007) was an American journalist and editor who was the editor-in-chief of the Oakland Post at t...

Eleanor "Sis" Daley

1907–2003 (age 96)

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

Eleanor "Sis" Daley (1907–2003) was the matriarch of Chicago's Daley political family and the wife of long-serving May...

Irving Foy

1908–2003 (age 95)

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

Irving Foy (1908–2003) was a Chicago-born man commemorated by his burial at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.

Johnnie Johnson

1924–2005 (age 81)

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery

Johnnie Johnson (1924–2005) was an American pianist whose collaborations with Chuck Berry helped define the sound of e...

Henry Townsend

1909–2006 (age 97)

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery

Henry Townsend (1909–2006) was a Delta blues singer, guitarist and songwriter whose career spanned more than eight dec...

Jack D. Hunter

1921–2009 (age 88)

Jacksonville National Cemetery

Jack D. Hunter (1921–2009) was an American novelist best known for The Blue Max, the World War I aviation story that w...

Jack Buck

1924–2002 (age 78)

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery

Jack Buck (1924–2002) was a Hall of Fame sportscaster celebrated as the voice of the St. Louis Cardinals for decades.

Robert McFerrin

1921–2006 (age 85)

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery

Robert McFerrin (1921–2006) was an American operatic baritone, the first African-American male singer at the Metropoli...

Oliver Sain

1932–2003 (age 71)

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery

Oliver Sain (1932–2003) was an American saxophonist, bandleader, and producer who helped shape the St. Louis rhythm an...