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Peale, Titian b. November 17, 1799 d. March 13, 1867
Artist. Born shortly after the death of his elder half brother, Titian Ramsay, this youngest of Charles Willson Peale's seventeen children was named Titian Ramsay as well. He, like most of his siblings, trained with his father as an artist and naturalist from a young age, and he began collecting and drawing insects as a boy. His drawings were published in American Entomology as early as 1816. He studied anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania, where he made drawings of the specimens in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Section 8, Lot 74 unmarked grave [unmarked]
Garcia, Mike 'The Big Bear' b. November 17, 1923 d. January 13, 1986
Major League Baseball Player. Real name Edward Miguel Garcia. He was a pitcher in fourteen seasons (1948 to 1961) with the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators. Garcia was a two-time 20-game winner (1951 with 20 and 1952 with 22), and was named to the American League All Star Team three times during his career (1952 to 1954). He was a member of the 1954 American League Pennant winning Indians. Garcia led the AL in ERA two times (1949 with 2.36 and 1954 with 2.64) and...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Visalia Public Cemetery, Visalia, Tulare County, California, USA
King, Yolanda Denise b. November 17, 1955 d. May 15, 2007
Activist, Actress. The daughter and eldest child of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., she followed him as an advocate for peace and nonviolence. She held memberships in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which her father co-founded in 1957, and at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). As an actress she appeared in several films, including "Ghosts of Mississippi", and played Rosa Parks in the 1978 miniseries "King". She was also...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend
Grote, George b. November 17, 1794 d. June 18, 1871
Known for his definitive 'History of Greece'; also a Trustee of the British Museum and a promoter of London University. (Bio by: David Conway)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: Poet's Corner
Leonard, Edwin b. November 17, 1823 d. April 5, 1900
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Sergeant in the Union Army in Company I, 37th Massachusetts Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on June 18, 1864 near Petersburg, Virginia. His citation reads "Voluntarily exposed himself to the fire of a Union brigade to stop their firing on the Union skirmish line." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Meeting House Hill Cemetery, West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Isle 30, Lot 1
Lescoulie, Jack b. November 17, 1912 d. July 22, 1987
Television Show Host. He was one of the first hosts of the television show "Today". Beginning his career when he became David Garroway's sidekick, the first episode with him as host aired on January 14, 1952. He appeared on the show from 1952 to 1967.
Saint Marys Cemetery, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Ackerman, Harry b. November 17, 1912 d. February 3, 1991
Television Producer. He was an executive who produced shows from the 1960s to the 1980s, and was responsible for such successful series as "Bewitched," "Gidget," and "The Flying Nun." He was married to actress Elinor Donahue (best known for her role of 'Betty Anderson' on the comedy series "Father Knows Best"). (Bio by: A.J. Marik)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Court of Liberty, Gardens of Heritage, L-3039 G-1
Reece, Jimmy b. November 17, 1929 d. September 28, 1958
Race car driver. Reece was a 6 time veteran of the Indianapolis 500, with Top Ten finishes in 1952, 1956 and 1958. While operating a home video camera, Reece captured 1955 Indianapolis 500 winner Bob Sweikert's fatal accident at the Salem (IN) Speedway on June 17. 1956. During a multi-car accident in turn three on the first lap of the 1958 500-mile classic, Reece was struck by Bob Veith, causing his car to spin in front of popular Pat O'Connor, who catapaulted over Reece, flipped and was killed...[Read More] (Bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)
Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Section 4, South Side
Bennett, Orson W. b. November 17, 1843 d. January 8, 1904
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He began his Civil War service in response to the Confederate firing upon Fort Sumter, South Carolina, enlisting as a Private in Company I, 1st Iowa Volunteer Infantry on April 23, 1861. After serving in Missouri and taking part in the August 10, 1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek (where he was wounded), his unit's three-month enlistment expired, and Orson Bennett was mustered out on August 21, 1861. A few months later he re-joined the Union war...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Westminster Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Lansdowne Section, Lot 94, Grave 1
Maxwell, Frank b. November 17, 1916 d. August 4, 2004
Veteran Character Actor. A leading figure in the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) for several decades. Blacklisted for a time during the McCarthy era. He was president of the union's Los Angeles chapter from 1982 to 1985. In a six-decade acting career, he was perhaps best known for his televsion work. His most noted role was as that of 'Dan Rooney' in the ABC day time series "General Hospital" on which he appeared from 1978 to 1990. He also had regular roles in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Muffie)
Cause of death: Complications from heart disease
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section R Tier 23 (near tree)
GPS coordinates: 33.9916687, -118.3884125 (hddd.dddd)
Williams, William Joseph b. November 17, 1759 d. November 30, 1823
Williams was a colonial artist. He was the son of the artist and author, William Williams 1727-1791 and the nephew of the artist, mason and politician, John Mare, Jr. 1738-1804. Williams painted the portraits of the first three Presidents of the United States, George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson when they were in Philadelphia and were President, Vice President and Secretary of State respectively. Williams' paintings are included in numerous museums and private collections.
Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Plot: In the old section of the cemetery
Boatwright, Helen b. November 17, 1916 d. November 30, 2010
Opera and Concert Singer. A soprano, she will be rembered for performing the music of 20th Century American composers, particularly Charles Ives. Born Helena Strassburger, she was raised in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. She began her vocal studies prior to attending Ohio's Oberlin Conservatory of Music from which she received an undergraduate degree in 1939 and a master's in 1943. In the early 1940s she made her operatic bow as Anna in Otto Nicolai's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" at the Tanglewood...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Saint David's Episcopal Church , DeWitt, Onondaga County, New York, USA
Plot: Memorial Garden
Del Val, Jean b. November 17, 1891 d. March 13, 1975
Actor in 14 television series/shows and 103 films including: "The Flying Deuces," "The Mark of Zorro," "Casablanca," "For Whom the Bell Tolls," "Gilda," "Life With Father," "Julia Misbehaves," "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," "Funny Face," and "Wait Until Dark." (Bio by: Tony Scott)
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: (Unmarked)
Washburn, Edward Payson b. November 17, 1831 d. March 26, 1860
Artist. The youngest child of Rev. Cephas Washburn and Abigail Woodward, born November 17, 1831 at Dwight Mission to the Cherokee Indians in Indian Territory, north of present-day Sallisaw, Oklahoma. Edward was an artist whose best-known painting, "The Arkansas Traveller," painted circa 1855, was lithographed ten years after his death by...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Blauvelt)
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Shimada, Teru b. November 17, 1905 d. June 19, 1988
Japanese-born motion picture and television actor of the 1930s, 40s, 50s, and 60s. Played the role of 'Mr. Osato' in the 1967 James Bond action film "You Only Live Twice." (Bio by: A.J. Marik)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Murmuring Trees, L-2071, G-3
Meigs Jr., Return Jonathan b. November 17, 1764 d. March 29, 1825
U.S. Senator, Ohio Governor, Presidential Cabinet Member, Judge, U.S. Army Officer, Attorney. Born in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale College in 1785. Meigs studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced to practice as an attorney in 1788 after moving to the Northwest Territory and settling in Marietta. When the first court in Marietta was established, Meigs was appointed as clerk of courts. He also participated in defending the white settlements and was...[Read More] (Bio by: Kevin Guy)
Mound Cemetery, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, USA
Mackerras, Sir. Charles b. November 17, 1925 d. July 14, 2010
Conductor. From a long and varied career, he shall probably be remembered as the leading exponent of the operas of Czech composer Leos Janacek. Raised in Sydney, Australia, he manifested his musical talent as a youth and later developed an affinity for the works of Gilbert and Sullivan that were regularly staged at his Sydney Grammar School. Pursuing a musical career against familial opposition, he studied the oboe at Sydney's NSW Conservatorium of Music, then landed a job with the ABC Sydney...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
St Pauls Churchyard, London, Greater London, England
Bronson, Betty b. November 17, 1906 d. October 19, 1971
Popular American motion picture actress of the 1920s, and 30s. She retired from the screen after marrying in 1933, only to return for intermittent guest appearances in the 1960s. (Bio by: A.J. Marik)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Meditation, L-740
Warth, Theron b. November 17, 1911 d. July 24, 1973
Motion Picture Editor, Producer. He spent most of his career at RKO. Warth edited such films as the "Mexican Spitfire" comedies starring Lupe Velez, and Alfred Hitchcock's "Notorious" (1946), before being promoted to producer in 1946. His credits in this capacity include "Blood on the Moon" (1948), "The Captive City" (1952), and "Return to Paradise" (1953). (Bio by: Jared Walker)
Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Los Flores
Crippen, Katie b. November 17, 1895 d. November 25, 1929
Vaudeville-Singer. Her six piece band, "Katie Crippen and Her Kiddies", was part of the "Hippity Hop" revue touring across the United States on the Columbia vaudeville circuit and performing for highbrow New York area audiences. The act was a special feature that was called the "Olio", being a mix of song and dance. A young Count Basie got his start as a pianist in...[Read More] (Bio by: Caroline)
Merion Memorial Park, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

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