Find A Grave - Palm Beach County

Beiter, Alfred Florian b. July 7, 1894 d. March 11, 1974
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 41st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1933 to 1939, and 1941 to 1943. He was defeated in 1942. (Bio by: K)
Boca Raton Municipal Cemetery and Mausoleum, Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Bishop, Jim b. November 21, 1907 d. July 26, 1987
He was a newspaper columnist and author whose works include "The Day Christ Died," "The Days of Martin Luther King, Jr.," and "The Day Kennedy Was Shot." (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Cause of death: Respiratory Failure
Palm Beach Memorial Park, Lantana, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Como, Perry b. May 18, 1912 d. May 12, 2001
Singer, Actor. Helped pioneer variety shows on the new medium of television in the 1950s. He worked as a barber before he left that profession in the 1930s to sing with big bands. He had 14 singles that made it to No. 1 and sold more than 100 million albums. He had more than 20 gold records in his career and was probably best known for the tune "And I Love You So." In 1958 he won a Grammy Award as best male singer for the hit "Catch a Falling Star." His television career spanned 20 years where...[Read More]
Cause of death: Died in his sleep from complications of alzheimers
Riverside Memorial Park, Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Daly, Chuck b. July 20, 1930 d. May 9, 2009
Hall of Fame Professional Basketball Coach. As head coach of the Detroit Pistons from 1983 to 1992, he guided them to two consecutive NBA Championship titles (1989, 1990). He coached the 1992 Men's Olympic Basketball Team known as "The Dream Team", which featured such star players as Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing to the gold medal. Born Charles Jerome Daly, he attended St. Callistus Catholic School and played collegiate basketball at St. Bonaventure and...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Cause of death: Pancreatic cancer
Riverside Memorial Park, Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Douglas, Mike b. August 11, 1925 d. August 11, 2006
Entertainer. He was the host of "The Mike Douglas Show," a popular daytime TV talk show which ran from 1961 to 1981. Originally based in Cleveland, the program moved to Philadelphia and later Los Angeles as its popularity grew. At its peak it was syndicated in nearly 200 stations across the United States. Among Douglas's frequent guests were Bob Hope, John Lennon, and author Truman Capote. Douglas was born Michael Dowd in Chicago. He started out in the entertainment industry as a singer with...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Riverside Memorial Park, Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Plot: Liberty Hall Mausoleum
Forand, Aime Joseph b. May 23, 1895 d. January 18, 1972
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during World War I. Elected to represent Rhode Island's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1937 to 1939 and 1941 to 1961. Also served as a Member of the Rhode Island State House of representatives from 1923 to 1927. (Bio by: K)
Boca Raton Municipal Cemetery and Mausoleum, Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Haley, James Andrew b. January 4, 1899 d. August 6, 1981
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during World War I. Elected to represent Florida's 7th and 8th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1953 to 1977. Also served as a Member of the Florida State House of Representatives from 1949 to 1952, and Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Florida in 1952 and 1960. He was also President and director of the Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus. (Bio by: K)
Boca Raton Municipal Cemetery and Mausoleum, Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Herman, William Jennngs Bryan 'Billy' b. July 7, 1909 d. September 5, 1992
Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player.
Riverside Memorial Park, Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Plot: Heritage Hall Mausoleum, Wall G, Level 2, Unit B
Little, Louis 'Lou' b. December 6, 1893 d. May 28, 1979
Football Coach. He was director of athletics at Georgetown University for five years, then became head coach at Columbia University in 1930. He guided the Columbia Lions to victory over Stanford University in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1934. He had a wide knowledge of football within the educational view and he contributed this to Ivy Leagues right up through the 1950s. He retired in 1956.
Palm Beach Memorial Park, Lantana, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
McCulloch, Roscoe Conkling b. November 27, 1880 d. March 17, 1958
United States Representative from Ohio's 16th District 1915-1921 and a United States Senator from Ohio 1929-1930. (Bio by: Mark Pawelczak)
Hillcrest Memorial Park, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Pope Jr., Generoso Paul b. January 13, 1927 d. October 2, 1988
Publishing Mogul. Founder of the National Enquirer. The son of businessman Generoso Pope, he purchased the New York Enquirer, a fading local newspaper, for $75,000 in 1952. Two years later he transformed it into a tabloid, renamed it the National Enquirer, and gave it coast to coast distribution. Known for his eccentric marketing schemes, Pope pioneered the sale of tabloids at supermarket checkouts. At its peak in the 1970s, the Enquirer had a circulation of over six million. It...[Read More] (Bio by: Vito)
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery, Royal Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Rice, John Edward b. December 3, 1951 d. November 5, 2005
Folk Figure. He and his brother Greg, are listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's shortest living twins at 2-feet 10-inches tall. Working together, the brothers started selling cosmetics door-to-door, and then later went into real estate where they set records in West Palm Beach. They also did up to 70 motivational seminars a year for the company they founded, Think Big Inc. They also appeared on national television programs, played landlords in the 1981 sitcom "Foul Play" and...[Read More] (Bio by: Gardee Hill)
Lake Worth Memory Gardens, Palm Springs (Palm Beach County), Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Waters, Andre b. March 10, 1962 d. November 20, 2006
Professional Football Player. A native of Belle Glade, Florida, Waters played for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1984 to 1993, and the Arizona Cardinals from 1994 to 1995. After his playing days Waters became involved in sports at Alabama State University, Morgan State University, University of South Florida, and was a defensive coordinator for the Fort Valley State University. (Bio by: K)
Cause of death: Suicide
Foreverglades Cemetery, Belle Glade, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Plot: Plot 118
Whitman, Charles Joseph b. June 24, 1941 d. August 1, 1966
Mass Murderer. An Eagle Scout at age twelve, a onetime Marine Lance Corporal, and a student at the University of Texas, he stabbed his mother and his wife in the early morning hours of August 1, 1966. He then took an arsenal to the top of the Tower overlooking most of the University campus. After fatally wounding a receptionist and opening fire on four tourists, killing two, he terrorized the campus with rifle fire, killing fourteen people (plus one unborn child), and wounding about twice that...[Read More]
Cause of death: Shot by Austin police officers Houston McCoy and Ramiro Martinez
Hillcrest Memorial Park, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Whitman, Margaret E. b. October 26, 1922 d. August 1, 1966
Murder Vicitim. Mother and first vicitim of Charles Whitman, who killed her and his wife as a prelude to his massacre of people in Austin, Texas.
Cause of death: Bludgeoned and stabbed by her son
Hillcrest Memorial Park, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

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