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Silks, Mattie b. 1846 d. 1923
Famous madame in Denver Colorado during the days of the Old West. She herself was never a prostitute. Buried under the name of Martha Ready. (Bio by: Laurie)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Nitribitt, Rosemarie b. 1933 d. 1957
Famous prostitute of the West German after-war society, lived in Frankfurt. Murdered in her apartment. Circumstances of the crime still unknown.
Cause of death: murdered
Nordfriedhof, Dusseldorf, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Effinger, George Alec b. 1947 d. April 26, 2002
Prize-winning Science Fiction Author. He was the illegitimate son of a sailor and a prostitute, but he did go to Yale University where he dropped out twice in order to persue his writing career in New York City under the mentorship of Damon Knight (who also died in 2002). His novels had wide-ranging themes interjected with dark humor. He also created several computer role-playing games.
Body lost or destroyed, Location of ashes is unknown
Of Egypt, Saint Mary
Saint. She was born in Egypt and spent much of her life as a dancer and prostitute. After meeting some pilgrims she decided to live in the desert to repent. The rest of her life was spent in prayer. Another holy man found her dead and with the help of a lion, buried her. Her relics are in several different places but her undecayed tongue is at St. Blaise. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
Saint Blaise Church, Vodnjan, Istarska, Croatia
Colby, Barbara b. July 2, 1940 d. July 24, 1975
Actress. She starred on the series "Phyllis," with Cloris Leachman. She appeared twice on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," as a prostitute, and also appeared on "Columbo," and "The Odd Couple." She and actor James Kiernan were walking to their parked car after teaching an acting class in Los Angeles, when they were gunned down by two men for no apparent reason. The killers were never caught, and the crime remains unsolved. She was only 36 years old.
Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend
Girardot, Annie b. October 25, 1931 d. February 28, 2011
Actress. Appearing in more than 150 feature films over a career of half a century, she received three Cesar Awards, France's equivalent of the Oscar. Raised in a broken home, she originally studied at Caen to be a nurse midwife (as was her mother) but decided instead on a career in theatre. Following her graduation from the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts she joined the acting troupe Comedie Francaise in 1954 and was to remain with them until 1957. Annie made her silver screen bow in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 49
Jumel, Eliza b. April 7, 1775 d. July 16, 1865
Socialite. The penniless beauty Eliza Bowen acquired a life of luxury upon her marriage to Stephen Jumel, a wealthy French wine merchant who bought the elegant Morris Mansion for her in 1810. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, to a prostitute named Phebe Kelley Bowen and a sailor who had been her lover, the stigma of illegitimacy and life in the local poorhouse fired Eliza's obsession with wealth and social status, and she would later claim to have have been born on the high seas, the daughter...[Read More] (Bio by: Nikita Barlow)
Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Plot: Jumel Vault, Eastern section
Horony, Mary Katherine 'Big Nose Kate' b. November 7, 1850 d. November 2, 1940
Western Folk Figure. Mary Katherine Horony Cummings is best remembered as "Big Nose Kate," the girlfriend and common law wife of fabled gunfighter and old Wild West icon, Doc Holliday. Born in Pest, Hungary, she was the eldest daughter of a wealthy physician named Dr. Michael Horony. She and her siblings were educated as aristocrat's children. Each of Doctor Horony's children were literate, and Mary Katherine spoke several languages. In 1862, her family moved to Davenport, Iowa. After the...[Read More] (Bio by: Angel M. Brant)
Arizona Pioneers Home Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Sindelar, Matthias b. February 2, 1903 d. January 23, 1939
Soccer Player. Known as “Papierene”, he was considered the greatest soccer player ever in Austria. A genius key-player of the Austrian ”Wonder Team” during the 1930s, his performance seemed to contradict the fact that he did not like training, but smoking, drinking and women. He played for the clubs Hertha Wien and Austria Wien. He was found dead together with an Italian prostitute in case that was shrouded in mystery, and is often referred to as the “Sindelar myth”. After the German annexation...[Read More] (Bio by: Peter Robsahm)
Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
Davis, James Thomas 'Tom' b. August 13, 1952 d. July 19, 2012
Comedian, Writer for the Television. Known for having wrote the screenplay the acclaimed television show "Saturday Night Live", to which has also participated as a comic in pairs with Al Franken. Winner 4 times of Emmy Award, he was particularly appreciated by the audience for "Coneheads" with Dan Akroyd, "Nick the Lounge Singer", skit starring Bill Murray, and the screenplay of sketches for Steve Martin and Christopher Walker. Davis was also a frequent guest on the "Al Franken Show", appearing...[Read More] (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli)
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Kelly, Mary (Marie Jeanette) Jane b. August 25, 1863 d. November 9, 1888
Victim of Jack the Ripper. At the age of 25, she was the fifth and last of five confirmed Ripper victims. Most modern investigators and researchers believe that Jack the Ripper had more victims than the five confirmed ones. Mary Jane Kelly was born in Limerick, Ireland, the daughter of John Kelly, an Irish ironworker. Mary had six brothers who lived at home, a brother in the Army, and a sister who worked in the markets. When Mary was young, her family moved to Caernarvonshire, Wales, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Leytonstone, Greater London, England
Thompson, Francis b. December 18, 1859 d. November 13, 1907
Author. He was known as 'the poet of Catholicism' and wrote several volumes of poetry, including his most well-known "The Hound of Heaven." He has also produced some literary theory and criticism and works of prose, as well as a number of essays, including a study of Shelley. Other works include "New Poems" and "Sister Songs," both published after his death. Due to a short story he wrote in...[Read More] (Bio by: MC)
St Mary Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, Greater London, England
Abberline, Frederick George b. January 7, 1843 d. December 10, 1929
Law Official. He was the Scotland Yard Inspector in charge of the investigation into the 1888 "Jack the Ripper" murders. He joined the London Metropolitan Police in 1863 and in 1887 moved to Scotland Yard, where he was promoted to First Class Inspector. After the brutal murder of prostitute Mary Ann Nichols in 1888, and because of his familiarity with Whitechapel, Abberline was selected to lead the investigation. Four similar killings occurred in the area through 1889 but the case was never...[Read More] (Bio by: ahley)
Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Plot: Z259N
Newton, Huey P. b. February 17, 1942 d. August 22, 1989
Co-founder of the militant African-American activist group called the Black Panther Party. Born in Louisiana, Newton's family moved to Oakland when he was young. In 1966, he co-founded the Black Panther Party with fellow activist Bobby Seale in Oakland, and would remain the leader until 1973. Although the party set up free clinics and food distributing sites, and strived to end drug use in African-American neighborhoods, their militant attitude and habits of monitoring police officers lead to...[Read More] (Bio by: Mongoose)
Evergreen Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA
Davies, William Henry b. July 3, 1871 d. September 26, 1940
Author. Welsh poet who became famous for spending his life as a tramp in the United States. A son of an iron-molder who died when he was two years old, his mother remarried and had little time for her three children, who were left to themselves. Davies became a member of a shoplifting gang and left school early. He tried a few jobs but soon moved to London, then Bristol, and eventually to the USA in 1893. For some years he was working and begging his way across North America, occasionally...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Cheltenham Cemetery and Crematorium, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Plot: cremation ashes garden 1
Baldiga, Jürgen b. October 27, 1959 d. December 4, 1993
Photographer. Born in rural Germany, the son of a miner, the young Baldiga moved to Berlin in 1979. There, he undertook a number of odd jobs to support himself, including bartender, cook, and prostitute. By 1985, he had become known on the Berlin art scene as a self-taught photographer and as a popular figure in Berlin's gay social culture. He is known for his straight forward, black and white photography and photo portraiture. He often took as his subject matter the forgotten, the forbidden...[Read More] (Bio by: Kathy Riley Williams)
Cause of death: AIDS
Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Plot: Abteilung X3 - Reihe W - Grab 5
Unknown Woman d. March, 1887
Victorian Murder Mystery. A gravestone inscribed "An Unknown Woman, Found Dead, March 25, 1887" bears mute testimony to a notorious unsolved murder. The victim, described by police as a young woman in her early 20's with blue eyes and brown hair, was found frozen in the mud on Rahway's Central Avenue early on the morning of March 25, 1887, her throat slashed and her face badly beaten. She had worn a feather-trimmed green dress, yellow gloves, "foreign good shoes", jewelry, and a fur cape, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Nikita Barlow)
Rahway Cemetery, Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Originally isolated
Wuornos, Aileen Carol b. February 29, 1956 d. October 9, 2002
Criminal. She was the daughter of teenage parents Diane and Leo Pittman. Her father was a convicted child molestor. Her mother abandoned her and she was later adopted by her maternal grandparents. She gave birth to a son in a home for unwed mothers in 1971. Aileen drifted around the country, ending up in Florida. She had a lengthy criminal record which included charges of disorderly conduct, drunk driving, assault, armed robbery, check forgery, auto theft, and prostitution. In 1991 she...[Read More] (Bio by: Jennifer M.)
Cremated, Ashes scattered, Scattered in Fostoria, Tuscola County, Michigan
Franklin, William b. 1731 d. November 17, 1813
Last Colonial Governor of New Jersey. The illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin, he remained loyal to England during the American Revolution, leading to a virtually complete break with his famed father. Raised in Philadelphia, the identity of his mother remains a matter of conjecture; she was probably either a prostitute, or Franklin's future wife, Deborah Reed. He was well educated under his father's direction, became a captain of militia during King George's War, and assisted Dr. Franklin in...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
St Pancras Old Church Churchyard, St Pancras, Greater London, England
de Bourbon, Louis Henri b. April 13, 1756 d. August, 1830
French Royalty. Louis Henri Joseph de Bourbon, only son of Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, and his wife Charlotte de Rohan, was born at the Hôtel de Condé in Paris. He initially received the title of Duke of Bourbon. In 1770, at the age of fourteen, Louis Henri married Louise Marie Thérèse Bathilde d'Orléans. His marriage to the daughter of Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, and his wife Louise Henriette de Bourbon was not a happy one. He engaged in adulterous behavior. The marriage...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Philbrick)
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, France

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