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• Bixby, Bill (Wilfred Bailey)   b. January 22, 1934  d. November 21, 1993
  Actor. One of his most famous roles was that of Dr. David Bruce Banner in "The Incredible Hulk," television series and movie spinoffs. One of his earliest roles was that of Tim O'Hara on "My Favorite Martian."
  Cause of death: Prostate Cancer
  Cremated, Ashes scattered, Ashes scattered at his Hana, Hawaii estate
   
• Colonna, Jerry    b. September 17, 1904  d. November 21, 1986
  Actor, Comedian, Singer, Composer. He is best remembered for his popping eyes and screeching voice, and for being a popular foil for comedian Bob Hope, whom he accompanied on his USO junkets during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Born Gerald Luigi Colonna of Italian immigrant parents in Boston, Massachusetts, he admired his grandfather's enormous moustache so much that he would describe it as "its so large that you can see it from the back" and growing up, he determined to...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
  Plot: Section B, Lot 848, Grave 7
  GPS coordinates: 34.2760506, -118.4651337 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Delgado, Johnny   b. February 29, 1948  d. November 19, 2009
  Actor. Born Juan Marasigan Feleo, he was popular Filipino movie and television performer, best known for the 1980s syndicated television show "Going' Bananas". His other TV credits included "Global Shockers", "Calla Lily" and "Maria Flordeluna". From the 1960s to 2000s, he appeared in over 50 international films being awarded the FAMAS Best Supporting Actor Award for "Kakabakaba ka ba?" (1981), the Metro Manila Film Festival Best Actor Award for "Tanging Yaman" (2000) and Best Supporting Actor...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Unknown*
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• Samantha the Snake   b. 1973  d. November 21, 2002
  The world's largest snake. Samantha was an Anaconda and in length, was 25 feet and 4 inches. She was captured in the Amazon and was brought back to the Bronx Zoo in New York. She was a main attraction at the zoo, millions of people came each year just to see her. She died at age 29 and was stuffed and put on permanent display. (Bio by: K)
  American Museum Of Natural History, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
   
• Jackson, Michael    b. August 29, 1958  d. June 25, 2009
  Musician, Entertainer. He was called the "King of Pop," and is best remembered for his revolutionary videos such as "Thriller" (1982), and "Dangerous" (1991), as well as two Guinness World Records: Most successful entertainer of all time (with 13 Grammy Awards, 13 Number One single hits in a solo career, and sales of over 750 million in albums worldwide), and for having the greatest selling album of all time ("Thriller"). He is also remembered for his trademark single sequined white glove, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Cause of death: Acute Propofol Intoxication, compounded by Benzodiazepine effect.
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
  Plot: Great Mausoleum, Holly Terrace, Sanctuary of Ascension. This mausoleum is private and locked to the general public.
   
• Williams, Wallace Ignatius 'Bucky'   b. December 15, 1906  d. November 16, 2009
  Negro League Professional Baseball Player. He was a third basemann and shortstop for both of the Pittsburgh Negro teams. Raised in Pittsburgh from infancy, he joined the Pittsburgh Crawfords in 1928, staying with them until a brief sojurn with the Homestead Grays in 1936 (where he was a teammate of the legendary Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige) before rejoining the Crawfords until they went out of business in 1939. After leaving the Negro Leagues, he played semipro baseball and umpired while...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
  Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
   
• Rosenthal, Geri McGee    b. May 16, 1936  d. November 9, 1982
  Wife of Las Vegas sports handicapper, Frank Rosenthal, their life story was the focus of a novel, Casino, by author Nicholas Pileggi, and in the subsequent 1995 movie by the same name; her movie role was played by actress Sharon Stone. Born Geraldine "Geri" McGee, she met Anthony Spilotro, the best friend of Frank Rosenthal, at a gambling convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where she began an affair with him. She made her living as a "chip girl" (a good looking woman who hustled gamblers...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Mount Sinai Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
  Plot: Ramah I, Plot 1569
  GPS coordinates: 34.1481705, -118.3125076 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Cole, Dennis   b. July 19, 1940  d. November 15, 2009
  Actor. A performer of mainly television, he is best known for his role as 'Detective Jim Briggs' in the police drama "Felony Squad" (1966 to 1969). With his athletic build, the Detroit native was able to find work as a model and later as a Hollywood stuntman, which led to bit acting parts. His first major role was in the daytime TV serial "Paradise Bay" (1965). He co-starred with Rod Taylor in the series "Bearcats" (1971), appeared in the short-lived Broadway comedy "All the Girls Came Out to...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
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• Baer Sr., Max (Maximillian) Adalbert    b. February 11, 1909  d. November 21, 1959
  Professional Boxer. The Heavyweight Champion of the World from 1934 to 1935, he was born in Omaha, Nebraska and dropped out of school in the eighth grade to work with his father on a cattle ranch and developed great strength. He turned pro in 1929 and progressed steadily through the ranks beating the likes of Walter Cobb, King Levinsky and Tommy Loughran. In 1933, the wise-cracking Baer fought a tremendous fight against rugged Max Schmeling at Yankee Stadium. Max Baer dominated the German...[Read More]
  Cause of death: Heart attack
  Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA
   
• Hachiko    b. November 10, 1923  d. March 8, 1935
  A white Akita dog, Hachiko was the faithful pet of Dr. Eisaburo Ueno, a professor at Tokyo University. The professor's home was in the Shibuya district of Tokyo and he commuted to the agricultural department in Komaba and the agricultural experimental station in Nishihara. On May 21, 1925, Dr. Ueno did not return because he had suffered a stroke and died at the university. Hachiko was eighteen months old. The next day and for the next nine years, Hachiko returned to the station and waited for...[Read More] (Bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)
  Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan
   
• Darcy, Sheila    b. August 8, 1914  d. February 27, 2004
  Hollywood Actress. Best known for roles in several popular serials during the 30's and 40's including "Zorro's Fighting Legion" and "Terry and the Pirates" (as Dragon Lady). She had bit parts in about 40 films where she was cast along many A-List movie stars and sometimes credited as Rebecca Wassem. Sheila died of heart failure in Kearny Mesa, California at the age of 89. (Bio by: Noni)
  El Camino Memorial Park, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
  Plot: Sanctuary of Love (3), Crypt 4,Tier F
   
• Stanton, Gail    b. November 19, 1954  d. November 21, 1996
  Actress, Model. Born Brenda Stone in Memphis, Tennessee, she was Playboy Magazine's Playmate of the Month for June 1978. The daughter of a Southern Baptist church deacon, she changed her name to Gail Stanton so that she would not embarrass her father. A former high school cheerleader and homecoming queen, Stanton began her modeling career when she posed nude for Playboy Magazine's April 1977 pictorial, "The Girls of the New South." She also did promotional spots for Anheuser-Busch, was Miss...[Read More]
  Memphis Memory Gardens, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Jeanne-Claude (Denat deGuillebon) (Jeanne-Claude)   b. June 13, 1935  d. November 18, 2009
  Artist. She joined with her husband Christo to create numerous very large temporary (mostly) urban works of art. Born Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon in North Africa (she and her husband each used only their first names), she lived a somewhat vagabond childhood due to her mother's several marriages. After education in France and Switzerland, she graduated from the University of Tunis in 1952. Jeanne-Claude met Bulgarian refugee Christo Javacheff in Paris in 1958. Christo was already creating...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
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• Stroud, Robert    b. January 28, 1890  d. November 21, 1963
  Murderer and Federal prisoner, he is best remembered as “the Birdman of Alcatraz.” Despite his portrayal as a mild mannered and humane person by Burt Lancaster in the movie “Birdman of Alcatraz” (1962), he was often violent, had a fierce temper, and was difficult to control. He never repented his killings, and was kept isolated to protect other inmates from him. Born Robert Franklin Stroud in Seattle, Washington, the first child of Elizabeth and Ben Stroud. In 1908, at age 18, he left home and...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Masonic Cemetery, Metropolis, Massac County, Illinois, USA
   
• Soderstrom, Elisabeth   b. May 7, 1927  d. November 20, 2009
  Swedish Opera Singer. A soprano, she sang a wide variety of roles in the world's principal theatres for over 50 years. Raised in Stockholm the child of a Swedish father and a Russian coloratura mother, she studied voice privately prior to training at Sweden's Royal Academy. Her operatic debut came at the Dottringholm Palace Theatre in 1947 as the title lead in Mozart's little known "Bastien and Bastienne". From 1949 until 1980, she was reigning diva of the Royal Swedish Opera. Her repertoire...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
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• Mercury (Bulsara), Freddie (Faroukh)   b. September 5, 1946  d. November 24, 1991
  Legendary Singer, Entertainer. Born Faroukh Bulsara in Zanzibar, Freddie Mercury is regarded by many to be the greatest showman ever to appear in the public eye. He was lead singer of the popular British rock group Queen, which dominated the music scene from the late 1970's through to the early 1990s. His flamboyant stage appearances grabbed world attention. Some of Queen's famous songs include "Killer Queen," "We Will Rock You," "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Crazy LIttle Thing Called Love," "We Are...[Read More]
  Cause of death: Pneumonia as a result of AIDS
  Cremated, Ashes scattered, Ashes scattered on the shore of lake Geneva, Switzerland
   
• Dobelstein, Bob 'Dobbie'   b. October 27, 1922  d. November 13, 2009
  Professional Football Player. Born Robert Edward Dobelstein, he attended Central High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He played collegiate football at the University of Tennessee, where he also attained a BS in Physical Education. While with the Vols, he was a member of their team that won the Sugar Bowl title in 1943. He captained the squad that appeared in the Rose Bowl in 1945 while achieving All-American honors. For four seasons (1946 to 1949), he played at the guard and linebacker...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
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• Morrison, Jim    b. December 8, 1943  d. July 3, 1971
  Singer, Songwriter. Born in Melbourne, Florida, the son of a naval officer, he adopted a bohemian lifestyle in California while attending UCLA while literally homeless, sleeping in any convenient place handy, friends couches, rooftops, in cars and under the pier at Venice Beach. A voracious reader of books, he started a rock band with fellow student Ray Manzarek after he graduated. They quickly found two more members, Robby Krieger and John Densmore. Dubbed with the name "The Doors" it...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
  Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France
  Plot: Division 6
   
• Burton, Cliff    b. February 10, 1962  d. September 27, 1986
  Rock Musician. He was the bassist for the San Francisco-based heavy metal band 'Metallica.' After guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich met and became friends, they wanted to start a band. To fill the bass player position they called on Cliff Burton, who was already in his own band. Hetfield and Ulrich convinced him to join them only after agreeing to move to his hometown. Later, guitarist Kirk Hammett joined the band to replace guitarist Dave Mustaine (who would find great success...[Read More]
  Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea, Ashes Scattered in the San Francisco Bay
   
• McBride, Danny   b. November 20, 1945  d. July 23, 2009
  Musician. A guitarist and vocalist, he was best known as a member of the music group Sha Na Na. Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, he attended Boston University before beginning his career with local bands. Known as "Dirty Dan" McBride, he joined Sha Na Na as their lead guitarist in 1975 and remained with them until 1980. He was a part of the lineup when their musical variety television show aired beginning in 1977, and appeared with them in the 1978 film "Grease". In addition, McBride was a...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
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