Rubens, Alma b. February 19, 1897 d. January 21, 1931 Actress. She is remembered for a prolific albeit drug shortened career in silent features. Born Alma Rueben, not Genevieve Driscoll as stated by some sources, to a mixed Irish-German family, she hooked-up with a local theatrical troupe while still a young girl and made her initial stage appearance when the group needed a fill-in for an indisposed chorus girl. Alma followed the ensemble and the much older character actor Franklyn Farnum to Los Angeles and made her silver screen bow in the 1913...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Ararat Cemetery, Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA Plot: Mausoleum, Section F, Tier 2, Row 1
Saroyan, Lucy b. January 17, 1946 d. April 11, 2003 Actress, and daughter of Pulitzer Prize winning author, William Saroyan. Saroyan appeared in films including, "Hopscotch" (1980), "Blue Collar" (1978), "Greased Lightning" (1976), "Columbo: Old Fashioned Murder" (1976), "The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three" (1974), "Kotch" (1971), "Maidstone" (1969), "Some Kind Of Nut" (1969), and "Isadora" (1968). She also appeared in the television shows, "Eight Is Enough" as 'Donna' in 1977, "The Blue Knight" as 'Bonnie' in 1976, and "Mannix" as 'Jill Wallace'...[Read More] (Bio by: K) Cause of death: Cirrhosis of the liver from complications of Hepatitis C Ararat Cemetery, Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA
Saroyan, William b. August 31, 1908 d. May 18, 1981 Armenian-American writer, playwright and humanitarian. William Saroyan was the 4th child of Armenian immigrants, his father a preacher and a poet. A high school drop out at 15, he educated himself at the Fresno Public Library. At the age of eighteen he left home and after a difficult start in New York City, he became one of America's most prolific writers. Starting in 1934 and for the next 15 years, his work was everywhere-short stories and novels, on Broadway, on records, including the hit...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul S.) Cause of death: Prostate Cancer Ararat Cemetery, Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA Plot: * Half of cremated remains
b. February 19, 1897 d. January 21, 1931