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• Castiglione, Pete    b. February 13, 1921  d. April 22, 2010
  Major League Baseball Player. For eight seasons (1947 to 1954), he played at the third-base and shortstop positions with the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals. Born Peter Paul Castiglione, he signed as an amateur free agent with Pittsburgh in 1940. Following service in the United States Navy during World War II, he resumed his Minor League career and was promoted to the Pirates' big league club on September 10, 1947. He appeared in 13 games that season, posting a .280 batting average...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens North, Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida, USA
   
• Daniel (Margowitz), Dan    b. 1890  d. July 1, 1981
  Journalist. A baseball writer for 50 years, he started with the New York "World-Telegram" and then the "World Telegram and Sun". He and Nat Fleischer founded boxing's "The Ring" magazine. He also is credited with staging the first college basketball games in New York's Madison Square Garden. In 1972, he received the Baseball Writers Association of America's J. G. Taylor Spink Award, the Baseball Hall of Fame's highest honor for sportswriters. In 1977, he was elected to the Boxing Hall of Fame. (Bio by: Ginny M)
  Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens North, Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida, USA
  Plot: Garden of Memories No. 2
   
• Golnick, Leon Shaffer   b. 1913  d. 1999
  Businessman. Pioneer of syndicated automotive and financial advertising, and was the founder of Golnick Advertising in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As a youth was a vaudeville song-and-dance man.
  Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens North, Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida, USA
  Plot: Main Mausoleum, East Wing
   
• Holmes, Tommy 'Kelly'   b. March 29, 1917  d. April 14, 2008
  Major League Baseball Player, Manager. A native of Brooklyn, he was an outfielder for eleven seasons (1942 to 1952) with the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers. He was a member of two National League Pennant-winning teams (1948 Braves and 1952 Dodgers) and appeared in nine World Series games with 5 hits. His other notable career highlights include two-time selection to the National League All Star Team (1945 and 1948), two-time league leader in hits (1945 with 224 and 1947 with 191), league...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens North, Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida, USA
   
• Lusteg, Booth   b. May 8, 1939  d. July 12, 2012
  Professional Football Player. His career read like a storybook, as he went from training camp walk-on to the top place-kicker in the American Football League. Born Gerald Booth Lusteg, he attended New Haven High School (Connecticut) and played collegiate football at the University of Connecticut. He was an exceptional athlete in addition to football, he excelled at basketball, tennis and baseball. The later, he played two years (1961 and 1962) in the Western Carolina League, however he was...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens North, Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida, USA
  Plot: Entombment
   
• Nugent, Daniel Lawrence   b. August 22, 1953  d. October 18, 2001
  Professional Football Player. Born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, he was a offrnsive lineman at Auburn University Alabama, when he was selected in the third round of the 1975 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams. For six seasons, he played for the Los Angeles Rams (1975) and Washington Redskins from (1976-80). He died at age 48 in Boca Raton, Florida. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens North, Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida, USA
   
• Rogers, Buddy 'Nature Boy'    b. February 20, 1921  d. June 26, 1992
  Professional Wrestler. Born Herman Rohde, he had his name legally changed to Buddy Rogers. He was the first ever WWE (formerly WWWF) Heavyweight Champion and former NWA Champion, and the first man to hold both the WWE and NWA Championships (wrestler Rick Flair also accomplished this feat years later). (Bio by: Miss Hildy)
  Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens North, Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida, USA
  Plot: Main Maosoleum, East Wing Addition, Section V East-Level 3, Crypt 94 D
   
• Walsh, Edward Augustine 'Big Ed'    b. May 14, 1881  d. May 26, 1959
  Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. Born in Plains, Pennsylvania, he was a right handed pitcher making his debut with the Chicago White Sox on May 7, 1904. For fourteen seasons, he played with the Chicago White Sox (1904-16), winning two World Series games in 1906 and played for the Boston Braves in 1917. A skillful hurler, he concluded his career with a record of 195 wins, 126 loss, 250 complete games, 57 shutouts, 35 saves, 1736 strikeouts and holds the major league record for lowest...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens North, Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida, USA
  Plot: Fountain Garden #2, Lot 101, Space 4
   

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