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Garland (Gumm), Judy (Frances Ethel) b. June 10, 1922 d. June 22, 1969
Considered by many to be the 'World's Greatest Entertainer,' Judy Garland began performing at the age of two and a half. From 1924-1935 she and her older sisters performed as a singing trio that toured all over the country. In 1935, the group split up due to marriage by the oldest sister in the group. This was not exactly unwelcome news, since reviews of the trio always singled out the youngest, Judy, with lofty praise. She was billed as "the little girl with the big voice," and soon drew...[Read More] (Bio by: Eric Hemphill)
Cause of death: Overdose
Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York, USA
Plot: Unit 9, alcove HH, crypt 31
Astaire, Fred b. May 10, 1899 d. June 22, 1987
Actor, Entertainer, and Dancer. Born Frederick Austerlitz, Jr, in Omaha, Nebraska, and the son of an Austrian immigrant, he entered show business at the age of 5, working in both vaudeville and Broadway in partnership with his sister, Adele. When Adele left show business to marry in 1932, he headed for Hollywood. Signed to RKO, he was loaned to MGM Studios, to make "Dancing Lady" (1933)...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Sequoia section G, Lot 82, Space 4
GPS coordinates: 34.2520485, -118.6204376 (hddd.dddd)
Carlin, George b. May 12, 1937 d. June 22, 2008
Comedian. A provocative and influential standup performer, he is best known for his "Seven Dirty Words" routine which led to the 1978 United States Supreme Court case "F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation" that established the American government's right to regulate profanity on the public airwaves. The decision also propelled his career forward. In general, his humor included political and black humor and he often focused on language, psychology, and religion along with taboo subjects. Born in New...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Cause of death: Heart failure
Cremated, Ashes scattered
Wilson, Sir. Henry Hughes b. May 5, 1864 d. June 22, 1922
Baronet. British field marshal, chief of the British imperial general staff, and main military adviser to Prime Minister David Lloyd George in the last year of World War I. While in the War Office as director of military operations from 1910 to 1914, he determined that Great Britain should support France in a war against Germany on the basis of French requirements, a policy not favoured by many British leaders. A soldier from the early 1880s, Wilson rose to the command of the Staff College at...[Read More]
St Paul's Cathedral, London, Greater London, England
Plot: The Crypt
Landers, Ann b. July 4, 1918 d. June 22, 2002
Journalist. Newspaper and magazine columnist. Her plainspoken and timely advice helped millions of readers deal with everything from birth to death. "Landers" column first appeared in print Oct. 16, 1955, in the Chicago Sun-Times. In 1993, she was the world's most widely syndicated columnist, appearing in more than 1,200 newspapers worldwide with 90 million readers daily. Her twin sister, Pauline, followed her into the profession as writer of the Dear Abby column. The feisty, outspoken Landers...[Read More]
Cause of death: Multiple myeloma
Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea, Scattered in Lake Michigan
Machiavelli, Niccolo b. May 3, 1469 d. June 22, 1527
Political Philosopher. Author. Born in Florence, Italy, the second son of Bernardo di Niccolò Machiavelli, a lawyer, and Bartolommea di Stefano Nelli. In 1494, the same year the Medici were toppled from power, Machiavelli entered the Florentine Republican government as a secretary. His position quickly rose, however, and was soon engaging in diplomatic missions. In 1500 he was sent to France to obtain terms from Louis XII for continuing the war against Pisa. On the death of Pope Pius III, in...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Santa Croce Church, Florence, Toscana, Italy
Nixon, Patricia Ryan b. March 16, 1912 d. June 22, 1993
Presidential First Lady. The wife of US President Richard Milhouse Nixon, after her birth in Nevada and the family move to Cerritos, California, very little remains of historic significances to mark her ordinary life prior to meeting and marriage to Richard Nixon. A modest home where she spent her girlhood was burned by vandals in 1978 and only a planter filled with rose bushes encompassing the foundation remains in what...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Cause of death: Cancer
Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Orange County, California, USA
Plot: First Lady's Garden
Phillips, John M. 'Bubba' b. February 24, 1928 d. June 22, 1993
Major League Baseball Player. He made his debut at third base for the Detroit Tigers on April 30, 1955, playing for ten seasons with Detroit in 1955, Chicago White Sox 1956 to 1959 and Cleveland Indians 1960 to 1964. He end his career with 835 hits, 62 homeruns, 356 runs batted in and a .255 batting average. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cedarlawn Cemetery, Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi, USA
Matas, Alfredo b. February 10, 1920 d. June 22, 1996
Noted Spanish Producer. He began his career in the cinema after the Spanish Civil War. He is remembered for his productions for motion picture director Luis García Berlanga such as "Plácido" (1962), "Tamaño Natural" (1973) and "La Escopeta Nacional" (1978), among others. He also produced "El Amor del Capitán Brando" (1974), "Ese Oscuro Objeto del Deseo" (1977) and "El Crimen de Cuenca" (1979). He was the husband of actress Amparo Soler Leal. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown
Selznick, David O. b. May 10, 1902 d. June 22, 1965
Legendary motion picture producer, he is best remembered for producing the landmark 1939 film, “Gone With the Wind,” which earned him an Oscar for Best Picture (the picture also won a total of 8 Oscars plus two special awards). Selznick also won the 1940 Oscar for Best Picture, for the film “Rebecca,” being the first producer to win Best Picture Oscars two years in a row. In 1941, Selznick sold off his interest in “GWTW” for $200,000 to John Hay Whitney, which has to rank as one of his worst...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Trust, near Clark Gable
Bauer, Yevgeni b. 1865 d. June 22, 1917
Motion Picture Director. He and Yakov Protazanov were the most important Russian filmakers of the Czarist era. Yevgeni Frantsevich Bauer was born in Moscow, into an artistic family of German descent. He graduated from the Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture in 1887. Restlessly creative, he was an actor, newspaper cartoonist, and theatre producer before entering films at 48, a relatively advanced age for that activity. His first credit was as art director for the feature "...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Polikurovskoe Cemetery, Yalta, Ukraine
Bender, Stanley b. October 31, 1909 d. June 22, 1994
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was in the United States Army and served as a Staff Sergeant in Company E, 7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on August 17, 1944 at La Lande, France. His citation reads in part "He walked deliberately a distance of 40 yards, without cover, in full view of the Germans and under a hail of both enemy and friendly fire, to the first machine gun and knocked it out with a single short burst. Then he...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Morfe)
High Lawn Memorial Park, Oak Hill (Fayette County), Fayette County, West Virginia, USA
Plot: Section A, Lot 360
Collier, Gilbert Georgie b. December 30, 1930 d. June 22, 1953
Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Sergeant (Pointman/Assistant Squad Leader) in the United States Army in Company F, 223d Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry Division. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action at Tutayon, Korea on July 19 and 20, 1953, and was killed in action. His citation reads in part "Although suffering from a painful back injury, Sgt. Collier elected to remain with his leader, and before daylight they managed to crawl back up and over the...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Morfe)
De Witt Cemetery, De Witt, Arkansas County, Arkansas, USA
Kok, Peter b. October 24, 1919 d. June 22, 2003
Folk Figure/Politician. A graduate of Holland Christian High School and Calvin College, he later served as a Captain in the Army Air Corps during World War II. As a lead bombardier Kok, completed 67 bombing missions over Italy and Southern France, earning him the Purple Heart Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross Medal, and a Silver Star Medal. He was member of the 488th Bomb Squad of the 340th Bomb Group, which was later the basis for the novel, "Catch-22" written in 1961 by Joseph Heller, who...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
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Alban of Britain d. June 22, 304 (circa)
Roman Catholic Saint. He was Britain's first Catholic martyr. When the Roman Emperor Severus came to Britain, he ordered all Christians to be executed. Alban, a prominent citizen, sheltered a fugitive priest, providing him with his clothes. When the deception was discovered, Alban proclaimed himself a Christian. At his trial he refused to sacrifice to Roman gods and was executed "from the walled place, across a stream to an arena and thence five hundred paces up a hill". According to the legend...[Read More]
St Albans Cathedral, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Stepanek, Mattie J.T. b. July 17, 1990 d. June 22, 2004
Poet, Author. He was the child poet whose inspirational verse made him a best-selling writer and a prominent voice for muscular dystrophy sufferers. In his short life, the tireless Stepanek wrote five volumes of poetry that sold millions of copies. Three of the volumes reached the New York Times' best-seller list. Stepanek, of Rockville, Maryland, had dysautonomic mitochondrial myopathy, a genetic disease that impaired his heart rate, breathing, blood pressure and digestion, and caused muscle...[Read More] (Bio by: Devon)
Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Plot: SECTION 15-1, SITE 3
Fisher, Saint John b. 1469 d. June 22, 1535
Bishop of Rochester. Born at Beverley, Yorkshire, England, the eldest son of Robert and Agnes Fisher. In 1484 he moved to Michaelhouse, Cambridge and took a theology degree in 1487 and another in 1491; after which he served as parish preist in Northallerton, Yorkshire for four years. In 1497, he left Yorkshire for a position as Master of Michaelhouse, and at about the same time became chaplain to Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. In he was elected Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: Executed
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Plot: Exact location unknown
Sauguet, Henri b. May 18, 1901 d. June 22, 1989
Composer. His music is considered quintessentially French in its elegant simplicity and expressive refinement. Although he worked in a variety of genres his fame rests on his ballets, notably "The Cat" (1927) and "Les Fourains" (1945). Sauguet was born Jean-Pierre Poupard in Bordeaux, France. He took his mother's maiden name when he started his professional career. On the advice of Darius Milhaud he moved to Paris and studied composition and theory with Charles Koechlin. During the early...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
Plot: Division 27
Goodman, Dody b. October 28, 1914 d. June 22, 2008
Actress and Comedian. Best remembered for her role as the mother on the 1976-77 sitcom "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman." She began her career as a dancer in the 1930s and appeared in several stage musicals in the 1940s and 50s including "My Darlin' Aida" and "Wonderful Town." She came to national attention in the 1950s after being discovered by Jack Paar, later becoming a regular performer on his "Tonight Show." She was known as a natural comedian, appearing on several shows including "The Merv...[Read More] (Bio by: David)
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Aragón Bermúdez, Fofó (Alfonso) b. February 1, 1925 d. June 22, 1976
Acclaimed Spanish Clown. He and his brothers Gaby (Gabriel) and Miliki (Emilio)and after his son Fofito, triumphed in Spain and South America. He also was the composer of famous songs such as "La Gallina Turuleca," "Mi Barba Tiene Tres Pelos," and "El Auto de Papá." He obtained a big success with the television program "Los Payasos de la Tele." (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cementerio de Vallecas, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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