Hackett, Bobby b. 1915 d. 1976 Musician. Born Robert Leo Hackett in Providence, Rhode Island, he was a jazz trumpet, cornet and guitar player during the big band era. In 1937, he moved to New York, where he started performing in society bands with Lester and Howard Lanin, Meyer Davis and Benny Goodman. From 1941 to 1942, he doubling on cornet and guitar with the Glen Miller Band and was best known for his cornet solo in "A String of Pearls". For the remainder of the 1940s into the 1950s, he worked as a staff musician at NBC...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Seaside Cemetery, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Kiker, Douglas b. 1930 d. August 14, 1991 Journalist. He won a Peabody Award in 1970 for his coverage of the war in Jordan, and on November 22, 1963, he was riding in the motorcade of President John F. Kennedy, when he was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. Appeared in the films, "Windmills Of The Gods" (1988), and "Memories Of Midnight" (1991). (Bio by: K) Saint Christophers Church Cemetery, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Raposo, Joe b. 1937 d. February 5, 1989 Prolific film and TV composer/lyricist of the 1960s-1980s. Wrote much of the music and songs heard on Sesame Street, including such classics as "Bein' Green" and the music for "Rubber Ducky" as well as the Oscar Nominated song in The Great Muppet Caper, "The First Time It Happens." Quoted in a New York Times article, he said "I want to describe the promise of every morning and the curiosity and hope in every child's face. I would like to think that this theme of hope and wonder is at the root...[Read More] (Bio by: Celia Foster) Union Cemetery, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Squanto [memorial] b. 1590 d. November, 1622 Folk Figure. Born to the Patuxet people of the Wampanoag Confederation, he was called Tisquantum. Little is know about him until 1605 when George Weymouth sailed to what is present day New England on a survey expedition. The Europeans coaxed or kidnapped five Patuxet aboard their vessel in order to display them in England. Once there Tisquantum lived with Sir Ferdinando Gorges of Plymouth, a New World speculator. In 1614, he returned to America as interpreter for Sir Ferdinando's men as they...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Chief Squanto Memorial Marker, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
b. 1915 d. 1976
b. 1937 d. February 5, 1989