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Haas, Karl b. December 6, 1913 d. February 6, 2005
Revered radio personality and musician whose syndicated program “Adventures in Good Music” was the longest running and most popular daily classical radio program in both national and international broadcast history. Karl brought musical enjoyment and appreciation of classical music to millions of connoisseurs and laymen, and was for many years the most listened to classical music radio program in the world, carried by hundreds of stations in the United States, Australia, Mexico, Panama and...[Read More] (Bio by: Malcolm Nicoll)
Beth El Memorial Park Cemetery, Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Robbins, Irv b. December 6, 1917 d. May 5, 2008
Entrepreneur. With Burt Baskin he co-founded the Baskin-Robbins ice cream chain in 1945. They also pioneered in franchising their stores. Famed for its "31 flavors" concept, Baskin-Robbins now has over 5500 outlets around the world. Robbins was born in Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada, and raised in Washington state. (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Cathedral City), Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Plot: Serenity Chapel, North Crypt, 3B
Corbucci, Sergio b. December 6, 1927 d. December 1, 1990
Film director. He started his career as a film critic, moved on to assistant director to, among others, Roberto Rossellini, then finally began directing in the early 1950s. Most famous for his contributions to the 'Spaghetti Western genre,' he is fondly remembered for directing films such as "Minnesota Clay," "Django," "The Great Silence" and "Two Colonels." (Bio by: MC)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
Eisenstaedt, Alfred b. December 6, 1898 d. August 24, 1995
Photojournalist. Renown for his photos that appeared on the cover of "Life Magazine", his most famous photo became the shot of a United States Navy sailor kissing a woman in a white dress in New York City, New York's Times Square during the celebration sparked by V-J Day on August 14, 1945.
Cause of death: Unknown
Mount Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens County, New York, USA
Thomas, Stephen b. December 6, 1809 d. December 18, 1903
Civil War Union Brigadier General, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Became a successful manufacturer and State legislator before the Civil War. In February 1862 he was commissioned Colonel and commander of the 8th Vermont Volunteer Infantry. His unit was assigned to General Benjamin Butler's forces in Louisiana, where he took part in operations around the Opelousas railroad. Advanced to brigade command, he led a brigade in the assault and capture on Port Hudson, Mississippi in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, USA
Duesenberg, Frederick Samuel b. December 6, 1876 d. July 26, 1932
Auto Industrialist.
Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
Plot: Section 104, Lot 294
Lazzeri, Anthony Michael b. December 6, 1903 d. August 6, 1946
Professional Baseball Player. Hall of Fame member (Yankees). Though "Poosh 'Em Up" Tony Lazzeri, the power-hitting second sacker for the Murderers' Row Yankees, may have been overshadowed by his teammates, those in the game respected his leadership skills. A key member of six pennant-winners, he was a .300 hitter five times and drove in over 100 runs seven times. Lazzeri, who still holds the American League single-game record with 11 RBI on May 24, 1936, belted 60 home runs and drove in 222...[Read More]
Sunset View Cemetery, El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California, USA
Marlette, Doug N. b. December 6, 1949 d. July 10, 2007
Cartoonist, Author. He was best known for his controversial comic strip "Kudzu", which was syndicated in newspapers worldwide. He also drew single-panel cartoons and wrote columns for "Time", "Newsweek", the "New York Times", and many other publications. In 1988 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartoons and received the National Headliners Award. As an author he published two novels, "The Bridge" (2001) and "Magic Time" (2006). He was inducted into the University of North...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Walnut Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
McKenzie, Hugh McDonald [cenotaph] b. December 6, 1885 d. October 30, 1917
World War I Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Lieutenant in the 7th Coy Canadian Machine Gun Corps, Canadian Forces. On October 30, 1917, Lieutenant McKenzie was in charge of a section of four machine guns accompanying the infantry in an attack at Meescheele Spur, Belgium. Seeing that an advancing company was hesitating before a group of German machine guns, which were causing them severe casualties, he rallied the infantry, organized an attack and captured the strong point...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres (Ieper), West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
Cooper, Bob b. December 6, 1925 d. August 5, 1993
Legendary Musician and Composer. Colaborated with Stan Kenton in 1945 where he met and married singer June Christy from 1947 until her death in 1990. Bob performed with Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars, recording many works as a sideman and as a leader. He also recorded with Bud Shank, Shelly Manne and others. While driving from a recording session and suffering what would be a fatal heart attack, Bob Cooper pulled his automobile over when he realized he was not going to make it, and so...[Read More] (Bio by: Bongo Pete)
Cremated, Ashes scattered
Hart, William Surrey b. December 6, 1865 d. June 24, 1946
Actor. Born in Newburgh, New York, he started his acting career in the 1920s. At the age of 49, he proceeded west to Hollywood launching his motion picture career. During the next eleven years, he became a prolific western movie actor and pioneer during the hay day of silent movies, earning the nickname "Two-Gun Bill," and becoming the original silent screen cowboy. He made over 70 movies and directed 49 more while writing seven others. His reluctance to enter the new era of the "talkees"...[Read More]
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 191, Lot 29116
Hill, James b. December 6, 1822 d. September 22, 1899
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient for action at Champion Hills, Miss., on May 16, 1863, as a First Lieutenant, Company I, 21st Iowa Infantry. His citation reads: "By skillful and brave management captured 3 of the enemy's pickets." He was "Rev. Hill" before the war, but gave up his church to enlist as a Private. He was later promoted to Lieutenant, and was acting as his unit's quartermaster in command of a party of foragers during the action for which he was awarded his medal. He was later...[Read More] (Bio by: Kent Kooi)
Cascade Community Cemetery, Cascade, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Cox, Wally b. December 6, 1924 d. February 15, 1973
Actor. He is best remembered for his role of 'Robinson Peepers' in television sitcom "Mr. Peepers" (1952 to 1957), and for his voice characterization of the animated superhero, 'Underdog', whose most famous line was "There's no need to fear! Underdog is here!" 'Underdog' was uniquely known for always speaking in rhyme. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he became an actor of surprising range of roles, but it was in comedy that he was most famous. His slight frame, small stature, and horned rim glasses...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cremated, Ashes scattered, Ashes scattered in Death Valley, California, along with those of his close friend, actor Marlon Brando.
Ward, James b. December 6, 1858 d. March 11, 1901
Indian Campaigns Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Sergeant in the United States Army in Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on December 29, 1890 at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. His citation reads "Continued to fight after being severely wounded." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
New Calvary Cemetery, Mattapan, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Section 1, Lot 793
Brunt, John Henry Cound b. December 6, 1922 d. December 10, 1944
World War II Victoria Cross Recipient.
Faenza War Cemetery, Ravenna, Provincia di Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Plot: III. A. 8.
Van, Bobby b. December 6, 1928 d. July 31, 1980
Actor, Entertainer. Appeared on stage, in motion pictures, and on television from the 1950s to the 1980s. He became a popular game show host later in his career. (Bio by: A.J. Marik)
Mount Sinai Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Maimonides 20, Lot #5728, space 3
Graham Jr., Otto Everett b. December 6, 1921 d. December 17, 2003
Professional Football Player. Probably one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, he led the Cleveland Browns to 10 championship games in the 10 seasons that he played for them during the 1940s and 50s. "Automatic Otto" never missed a game as a pro and finished his career with an astounding 105-17-4 regular season record. In the 1954 championship game he ran for three touchdowns and passed for three more in a 56-10 rout of Detroit. After the game he announced his retirement only to be...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Palms Memorial Park, Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
Williams, Maj. William b. December 6, 1796 d. February 26, 1874
Military Officer, Explorer and Author. Major William Williams, the founder of Fort Dodge, Iowa, was born Dec 6, 1796 in Greensburgh, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, and came to the Fort Dodge area in 1850 with the troops. As a military commander on the prairie, he led the rescue of many settlers who had fallen under attack by the Indians at Storm Lake, while a dreadful blizzard hindered their efforts. He remained in 1854 when the troops left, and founded the town. Maj. Williams also authored...[Read More] (Bio by: Burt)
Oakland Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, USA
Woodruff, Robert Winship b. December 6, 1889 d. March 7, 1985
Businessman. Served as President of the Coca Cola Company, and is credited with really building the company. Some of his early accomplishments was the pioneering use of service stations as major new retail outlets, and the use of the cooler and forced bottlers to comply with company standards that insured a uniform drink.
Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Plot: Section A-1 Lot 34 Grave 1 Sp
Jurgens, Dennis Craig b. December 6, 1961 d. April 11, 1965
Murder Victim. Murdered by his adoptive mother who was finally sent to prison in 1987 when his birth mother (who was all but forced to give him up when he was born), fought to have the case re-opened. A book titled "A Death in White Bear Lake" detailed the story. A movie was made entitled "A Child Lost Forever." The murderer was released in 1995. (The brutality of the 1965 beating death of Dennis Jurgens by his adoptive mother Lois so shocked legal, medical and county welfare employees that...[Read More] (Bio by: Nora)
Saint Marys of the Lake Cemetery, White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA

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