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Bayne, Beverly b. November 11, 1894 d. August 18, 1982
Motion picture and stage Actress. Born Pearl Von Name, she appeared in silent Hollywood romances such as: "White Roses" "The Old Wedding Dress," "Romeo and Juliet" and "One Wonderful Night." In 1918 she secretly married Francis X. Bushman, but eventually the two were publicly divorced a few years later. As a result her career as a leading lady disintegrated. She retired from the film business and...[Read More] (Bio by: MC)
Paradise Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Beck, Rod b. August 3, 1968 d. June 23, 2007
Major League Baseball Player. Born Rodney Roy Beck. He was a relief pitcher for thirteen seasons (1991 to 2001, 2003 to 2004) with the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox and San Diego Padres. He was named three times to the National League All Star Team (1993, 1994 and 1997). His most successful season was in 1998, when he recorded 51 saves and led the National League in appearances with 81. In 704 career regular season games, Beck won 38 and lost 45, with 286 saves and a 3.30...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Hansens Desert Hills Memorial Park & Mortuary, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Plot: Section 44
Blasingame, Don Lee 'Blazer' b. March 16, 1932 d. April 13, 2005
Major League Baseball Player. Nicknamed "Blazer", he was a hustling second baseman making his debut with the St. Louis Cardinals on September 20, 1955. For twelve seasons, he played with the St. Louis Cardinals ( 1955-59), San Francisco Giants (1960-61), Cincinnati Reds (1962-63), Washington Senators (1964-65) and Kansas City Athletics in 1966. He was named to the National League All-Star Team in 1958, finishing his career in 1966, with a record of 1366 hits, 21 homeruns, 731 runs scored, 308...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Paradise Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Bremen, Barry b. June 30, 1947 d. June 30, 2011
Folk Figure. He was a marketing executive best known in the sports and entertainment world as "The Great Imposter". From 1979 to 1986, he crashed and appeared in countless professional sports and entertainment events. Some of his most memorable stunts included getting onto the floor during pre-game warm ups for the 1979 NBA All-Star game wearing a Kansas City Kings uniform, wearing a Seattle Mariners uniform at the 1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, wearing a Houston Rockets uniform at...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Sinai Cemetery, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Conlan, John 'Jocko' b. December 6, 1899 d. April 16, 1989
Hall of Fame Baseball Umpire. The son of a Chicago policeman, the 5-foot-7, 160-pound outfielder quit baseball in 1933 after having nine solid seasons in Triple-A at Rochester, Newark, Toledo and Montreal without ever getting a chance to play in the big leagues. But the White Sox, with whom had been a batboy in his youth, needed help after injuries to outfielders Mule Haas and Evar Swanson and signed Conlan as a fill-in in mid-1934. The left-handed batter hit .249 with 11 doubles in 63 games...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Cause of death: Heart failure
Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Plot: Love Section, Lot 39
Crabbe, Buster b. February 2, 1908 d. April 23, 1983
Olympic Athlete, Actor. He was an Olympic swimmer who won a Gold Medal in the 400 meter freestyle in the 1932 games at Los Angeles. He was also an accomplished actor who starred in Tarzan and "Flash Gordon" and many other movies.
Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Plot: Heritage Gardens vault, not accessible to public view
Dallis, Nicholas b. December 15, 1911 d. July 6, 1991
Cartoonist. He was a psychiatrist in Scottsdale, Arizona, when he came up with several ideas for comic strips. He later quit his practice to focus on writing the strips. He created the strips, "Judge Parker," "Rex Morgan, M.D.," and "Apartment 3-G," which appeared in more than 400 newspapers worldwide.
Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Plot: Section Prayer, Lot 1372
Guerrero, Eddie (Eduardo) b. October 9, 1967 d. November 13, 2005
Pro Wrestler, Entertainer. He held the WWE, Intercontinental, European, and Tag-team titles. He was also a former WCW, US, and Cruiserweight champion and had held the ECW TV title. He was a featured star on the UPN series "WWE Smackdown!" and the subject of a full-length DVD titled "Cheating Death, Stealing Life." (Bio by: Beth Jordan-Myers)
Cause of death: natural causes related to arteriosclerotic heart disease
Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Karth, Joseph Edward b. August 26, 1922 d. May 29, 2005
US Congressman. Elected to represent Minnesota's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1959 to 1977. He also served as an International Representative for the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union, Member of the Minnesota State House of Representatives from 1950 to 1958, and as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Minnesota in 1960. Karth was a veteran of World War II, having served with the United States Army. (Bio by: K)
Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth b. July 8, 1926 d. August 24, 2004
Psychiatrist, Author. The first-born of triplet girls, she graduated from medical school at the University of Zurich in 1957. She immigrated to the United States in 1958 to continue her studies in New York City and completed her training in psychiatry in 1963 at the Colorado School of Medicine. Throughout her career she wrote more than 20 books dealing with the natural phenomenon of dying; the first, and best-known, "On Death and Dying," was released in 1969. This book introduced the five...[Read More] (Bio by: Beth Painter)
Cause of death: Natural causes
Paradise Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Schimmel, Robert b. January 16, 1950 d. September 3, 2010
Entertainer, Author. American stand-up comedian whose material was often X-rated and controversial. He was perhaps best known for his comedy albums and his appearances on HBO and The Howard Stern Show. He is number 76 on the 2004 program Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-Ups Of All Time. He cited Lenny Bruce as his all-time comedy hero. He incorporated any aspect of his personal life into his act, even his cancer and the death of his son. In one signature bit, he joked about making...[Read More]
Cause of death: Auto accident
Paradise Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Solheim, Karsten b. September 15, 1911 d. February 16, 2000
Inventor. An engineer by trade, he was considered by many to have changed the game of golf forever with his uniquely designed Ping golf clubs. His first putter, known as the Ping 1A, received a patent on March 23, 1959 while Karsten was employed by General Electric. In 1966 he founded Karsten Manufacturing Company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona and designed the Ping Anser putter. Karsten's designed and manufactured clubs have been used to win more than 1,800 professional events around the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bonnie (Gallagher) Gilson)
Hansens Desert Hills Memorial Park & Mortuary, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Thompson, Eugene 'Junior' b. June 7, 1917 d. August 24, 2006
Major League Baseball Player. He was a pitcher in six seasons (1939 to 1942, 1946 to 1947) with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants. He was a member of the 1940 World Champion Reds, a season in which he notched 16 victories and posted a 3.32 ERA. During World War II, Thompson served in the US Navy from 1943 to 1945 before resuming his career. After retiring as a player he worked as a scout for the Giants. In a career 185 games, Thompson won 47, lost 35 with a 3.26 lifetime ERA. (Bio by: C.S.)
Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Williams, Ted b. August 30, 1918 d. July 5, 2002
Baseball Hall OF Famer. Considered by many to be the greatest hitter of all time, Ted Williams was born on Aug. 30, 1918, in San Diego, California. Ted was shy and sensitive boy growing up. "I was awfully self-conscious as a kid -- about everything,"' he said. "The way I looked and things I didn't have that some of the other kids did." His parents separated when Ted was at a young age, and his mother worked as a Salvation Army worker. While his mother toiled to bring home money for her family...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Russo)
Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Woudenberg, John William 'Dutch' b. May 25, 1918 d. May 3, 2005
Professsional Football Player. Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, he graduated from Denver University where he starred in football and wrestling. He was then drafted into the National Football League and played for the Pittsburgh Steelers before World War II. He served as a United States Navy officer during the war, then returned to the NFL for seven years with the San Francisco 49ers, where he was an All-Pro two-way lineman. (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Wright, Frank Lloyd b. June 8, 1867 d. April 9, 1959
Architect. He designed office, hotel and museum buildings, as well as dwellings for rich and poor, that were constructed across America and internationally, some of which were controversial and impractical (such as New York's Guggenheim Museum, which because of its futuristic design of curves and sweeps does not allow for space to exhibit paintings) The main concentration of his structures are located in Oak Park, Illinois, while other commissions were completed years after his death such as...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Wright, Olgivanna Lloyd b. December 27, 1898 d. March 1, 1985
Author or "The Struggle Within," and "The Shining Brow." Third and final wife of celebrated architect Frank Lloyd Wright. She continued the Taliesin Fellowship architectural school after his death in 1959 until her own in 1985. (Bio by: Kelly Whyte)
Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Plot: cremated,ashes mingled with those of Mr.Wright

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