Find A Grave - Miami-Dade County

Albury, Charles Donald b. October 12, 1920 d. May 23, 2009
United States World War II Aviator. He was the co-pilot of the B-29 Superfortress bomber "Bockscar" that dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945 during World War II. The 10,200-pound explosive, nicknamed "Fat Man", instantly killed an estimated 40,000 people. Another 35,000 died from injuries and radiation sickness. Japan surrendered five days later. A United States Army Air Corps Captain when he participated in that famous mission, he also witnessed the first atomic...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Miami Memorial Park Cemetery, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Amoros, Edmundo 'Sandy' b. January 30, 1930 d. June 27, 1992
Major League Baseball Player. Born in La Habana, Cuba, he made his debut as a left fielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers on August 22, 1952. For seven seasons, he played with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1952, 1954 to 1957, Los Angeles Dodgers in 1959 and the Detroit Tigers in 1960. In the 1955 World Series, he had 4 hits, 1 homerun, 3 runs batted in with a .333 batting average for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He ended his career with 334 hits, 43 homeruns, 180 runs batted in and a .255 batting average. He died...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Arcaro, Eddie b. February 19, 1916 d. November 14, 1997
Horseracing Jockey. He rode Whirlaway and Citation to Triple Crown winners, the only jockey to ever accomplish this feat. Acaro won the Kentucky Derby five times, the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes six times. Forced retirement was mandated in 1962 because of severe Bursitis in his right arm. In his career of 24,092 races, Arcaro had 4,779 wins, 3,807 seconds and 3,302 third place finishes while compiling over thirty million dollars in purses. He later served as a television commentator and...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Plot: Outside Columbariam niche
Artime, Manuel b. January 29, 1932 d. November 18, 1977
Cuban Revolutionary. He led the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961. (Bio by: Ginny M)
Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Plot: Mausoleum, Unit 9, Corridor 2, Section 40, Crypt B
Barker, Bernard Leon b. March 17, 1917 d. June 5, 2009
Watergate Figure. He was one of the five men arrested for the June 17, 1972, break-in at Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in Washington. Raised in Havana by his American father and Cuban mother, Barker (who held dual citizenship) came to the United States in his early teens, but returned to attend the University of Havana. He joined the US Army in 1942, serving in Europe, then returned to Cuba, where he worked with the secret police during the Batista years. Barker came to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Graceland Memorial Park, Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Bosch, Dr. Orlando b. August 18, 1926 d. April 27, 2011
Political Activist. Once a respected pediatrician, he became one of the more militant members of the anti-Castro Cuban exile community. Born Orlando Bosch Avila in the village of Potrerillo to a prosperous family he earned his M.D. at the University of Havana where he met and became an early backer of Fidel Castro. After completing his pediatrics residency in Toledo, Ohio, he returned home where he was a pioneer in vaccinating against polio while providing behind the scenes support in Castro's...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Woodlawn Park Cemetery South, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Bujones, Fernando b. March 9, 1955 d. November 10, 2005
International ballet star. Born in Miami he began studying ballet in Havana at age 6 at a local school and also at ALicia Alonso's but from age 9 he trained in the USA. Although being offered a place at the New York City Ballet he joined the Ballet Theater in 1972 and became a prinicipal in 1974. He was dismissed in 1985 after declining to dance the New York Season. He was invited back to the company when Jane Hermann and Oliver Smith became the company's directors for the 1989-1990 season. In...[Read More] (Bio by: Medora)
Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Cannon, Arthur Patrick b. May 22, 1904 d. January 23, 1966
US Congressman. Elected to represent Florida's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1939 to 1947. He also served as a Florida State Court Judge in 1952. (Bio by: K)
Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Canosa, Jorge Mas b. 1939 d. November 23, 1997
Social Reformer. In his prime, Mas Canosa was by many the most influential Cuban American in the United States. Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton consulted him whenever a matter of Cuban policy was on the table. Prior to his death, polls showed that among older Cuban Americans Mas Canosa was unparalleled in popularity. He was also a leading businessman and multi-millionaire in the nation’s Cuban-American community of 1.5 million people. He had some to the United...[Read More] (Bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)
Cause of death: Complications of lung cancer
Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Carey, Max b. January 11, 1890 d. May 30, 1976
Hall of Fame Baseball Player. Real name Maximillian George Carnarius. He took the name Max Carey when he played his first professional game to protect his amateur status while he was still playing college ball for Concordia College. He was accomplished at stealing bases and led the league ten times in his 20 year career. He had a total of 738 steals, the National League record until 1974 and is still ninth in major league history. In 1922 he stole 51 bases and was only caught twice. In his...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Plot: Section 25, Lot 9, Grave 42
Carter, Bruce Wayne b. May 7, 1950 d. August 7, 1969
Viet Nam Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Served in the United States Marine Corps during the War in Viet Nam as a Private First Class in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division (Rein), FMF. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at the Quang Tri Province in the Republic of Vietnam on August 7, 1969. His citation reads "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as grenadier with Company H in...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Vista Memorial Gardens, Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Carter, Don b. July 29, 1926 d. January 5, 2012
Professional Bowler. The first athlete to sign a million dollar endorsement contract, he was his sport's first superstar and is still considered by many to have been its greatest practitioner. Raised in St. Louis, he was a standout athlete in high school and following his graduation served in the U.S. Navy for two years in the South Pacific. After the conflict he signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Athletics but gave up baseball after one season of Class D ball and returned to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Woodlawn Park Cemetery South, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Culver, Rodney Dwayne Dwayne [memorial] b. December 23, 1969 d. May 11, 1996
Professional Football Player. Culver was born on December 23, 1969, and attended school at St. Martin de Porres in Detroit, Michigan, and later Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana. At 5'9 and 224lbs, Culver played football as a wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts in 1992 and 1993, and the San Diego Chargers in 1994 and 1995. He died, along with his wife Karen Donnelly Culver, and 107 other people in the crash of ValueJet Flight 592, which was travelling from Miami, Florida, to...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Woodlawn Park Cemetery South, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Curbelo, Josè b. February 18, 1917 d. September 21, 2012
Latin jazz bandleader, composer. Best known as one of the pioneers of the "cha-cha" in the United States. Young graduated at the Conservatory Molinas in Havana, after co-founded the Orquesta Havana Riverside in Cuba, in 1939 he moved to the United States where played the piano for several well-known musicians, including Xavier Cugat. In 1942, Curbelo with his band, began to popularize a musical genre consisting of a...[Read More] (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli)
Our Lady of the Rosary and Prayer Gardens, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Del Valle, Eladio C. b. August 26, 1921 d. February 22, 1967
Cuban Policitian. He was a Senator from Cuba living in exile in Miami and active in efforts to overthrow the Castro regime. He was also an associate of David Ferrie, who gained fame as a conspirator in the investigation that Jim Garrison launched into the Kennedy assasination. Del Valle was murdered with multiple blows to the head with a machette and gunshots the same day Ferrie was found dead in New Orleans. (Bio by: Remembrances In Pictures)
Flagler Memorial Park, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Estalella, Bobby b. April 25, 1911 d. January 6, 1991
Major League Baseball Player. Real name Roberto (Ventoza) Estalella. He was an outfielder and third baseman for nine seasons (1935 to 1936, 1939, 1941 to 1945, 1949) with the Washington Senators, St.Louis Browns, and Philadelphia Athletics. His best year was in 1944 when he had a season high 151 hits with a .298 batting average. In a career 680 games, Estalella had 620 hits with a .282 lifetime batting average. His grandson Bobby was a Major League catcher with several teams. (Bio by: C.S.)
Vista Memorial Gardens, Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Foxx, Jimmie b. October 22, 1907 d. July 21, 1967
Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. For twenty seasons (1925 to 1945), he played at the first-base, third-base and catcher positions with the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies. Born James Emory Foxx, he marked his Major League debut at the age of seventeen initially as a catcher, appearing in 10 games, recording 6 hits with a .667 batting average, before yielding the position to Mickey Cochrane. During the course of his career, Foxx produced...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Flagler Memorial Park, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Plot: Garden Cross-Good Shepherd Section, Lot 1271
Gavilan, Kid 'The Cuban Hawk' b. January 6, 1926 d. February 13, 2003
Boxer. Born Gerardo Gonzalez, in Palo Seco, Cuba, he reigned as the World Welterweight Boxing Champion from 1951 to 1954. He was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1985, and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. His height was 5'10''. In 1997 he was featured in the documentary, "Champions Forever: The Latin Legends."
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Plot: Section QM, Block 65M, Grave 3
Ghezzi, Victor J. b. October 19, 1910 d. May 30, 1976
Professional Golfer. He won 11 times on the PGA Tour including the 1941 PGA Championship. He was selected for three Ryder Cup teams in 1939, 1941 and 1943, but each was canceled due to World War II. (Bio by: Douglas Kirk Sorensen)
Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Gleason, Jackie (John Herbert) b. February 26, 1916 d. June 24, 1987
Actor, Comedian. Best known for his classic television series "The Honeymooners" and his character of bus driver 'Ralph Kramden.' He started out in show business at the age of 15, after winning an amateur night contest at the Halsey Theater in Brooklyn. He was then hired by the manager as emcee. From that start, he began his career as a nightclub comic. He was discovered at New York's Club 18 by Jack Warner, who signed him to a contract. He then went to Hollywood and made five films, starting...[Read More]
Cause of death: Cancer of the liver and colon
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA

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