Find A Grave - Sag Harbor

Algren, Nelson b. March 28, 1909 d. May 9, 1981
Author: Born Nelson Ahlgren Abraham in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of three, he moved to the South Side of Chicago, Illinois and when he was eight, the family moved to the North Side. He graduated from what is now known as Roosevelt High School, then attended The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received a Bachelor of Science in journalism in 1931. In 1933, while in Texas, working at a gas station, he wrote his first story, "So Help Me". After stealing a typewriter from an...[Read More] (Bio by: Hallie Garrison)
Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Balanchine, George b. January 9, 1904 d. April 30, 1983
Choreographer. The son of a composer, he began studying the piano at the age of five and started his dance studies at the age of nine at the St. Petersburg academy. He was graduated from the Imperial Ballet School in 1921 and then enrolled in the state's Conservatory of Music where he studied piano and musical theory for three years. His own dancing debut was at the age of ten as a cupid in THE SLEEPING BEAUTY. He was invited by impresario Sergei Diaghilev, together with Tamara Geva, his first...[Read More] (Bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm)
Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York, USA
GPS coordinates: 40.9919281, -72.2941818 (hddd.dddd)
Danilova, Alexandra b. November 11, 1903 d. July 13, 1997
Ballet Dancer, Teacher. Born in Peterhof, Russia, she studied at the Petrograd Theatre School where her teachers included Vaganova and Preobrajenska. She graduated in 1920 and joined GATOB in 1921 becoming a soloist in 1922. She left Russia in 1924 with George Balanchine and a small group of dancers calling themselves “The Soviet State Dancers” and were engaged to dance with Sergei Diaghilev's “Ballet Russes” (1924 to 1929 and became ballerina 1n 1927.) In 1925 and once again in 1929 to 1930...[Read More] (Bio by: Medora)
Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Plot: Cremated
Friedan (Goldstein), Betty b. February 4, 1921 d. February 4, 2006
Author/Feminist. Wrote "The Feminine Mystique" which became a best seller in the 1960s and laid the groundwork for the start of the modern feminist movement. She died at her home of congestive heart failure on her 85th birthday. (Bio by: David)
Sag Harbor Jewish Cemetery, Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Gaddis, William b. December 29, 1922 d. December 18, 1998
He was a novelist known for writing "The Recognitions," "JR," "Carpenter's Gothic," and "A Frolic of His Own." (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Cause of death: Emphysema / Prostate Cancer
Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Gray, Spalding b. June 5, 1941 d. January 10, 2004
Actor and writer. Gray who was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on June 5, 1941, was noted for his many monologue films including, "Swimming To Cambodia" (1987), "Spalding Gray: Terror Of Pleasure" (1988), "Monster In A Box" (1992), and "Gray's Anatomy" (1996), among others. Gray's many other films include, "Cowards" (1970), "Little Orphan Dusty" (1976), "The Killing Fields" (1984), "Seven Minutes In Heaven" (1986), "Clara's Heart" (1988), "Beaches" (1988), "To Save A Child" (1991), "Bad...[Read More]
Cause of death: Suicide
Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Sage, Ebenezer b. August 16, 1755 d. January 20, 1834
US Congressman. He graduated from Yale in 1778, studied medicine and became a physician in Easthampton, Suffolk County, New York in 1784. In 1801 he moved to Sag Harbor, where he continued to practice medicine. In 1808 he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democratic-Republican and served three terms, 1809 to 1815. He did not run for reelection in 1816. Sage carried on a wide correspondence with a number of friends and acquaintances. Many of his long, descriptive letters have...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York, USA

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