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• Adams, Nick    b. July 10, 1931  d. February 6, 1968
  Actor. He is best remembered for his role of 'Johnny Yuma' in the television western series "The Rebel" (1959 to 1962). The studios molded his acting persona in the same "troubled young man" persona as his close friend, actor James Dean. Born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, he was raised in Garfield, New Jersey. After starting his acting career as an uncredited extra in the film "Somebody Loves Me" (1952), he joined the United...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Cause of death: Suspected suicide
  Saints Cyril & Methodius Ukrainian Church Cemetery, Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA
   
• Backus, Jim    b. February 25, 1913  d. July 3, 1989
  Actor. A screen, stage, radio and television figure, he is best known for being the voice of the cartoon character "Mr. MaGoo," and for playing 'Thurston Howell' on the classic 1960s television show "Gilligain's Island." Perhaps his best known film role was as James Dean's ineffectual father in "Rebel Without a Cause." His other films include "Pat and Mike," "Man of a Thousand Faces," "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," and "Myra Breckinridge."
  Cause of death: Complications of Parkinson's disease
  Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
  Plot: Section D, #203
  GPS coordinates: 34.0582390, -118.4414978 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Canty, Marietta   b. September 30, 1905  d. July 1, 1986
  Actress. Born as one of five children, to leading members of Hartford's African American community and devout members of the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, her parents Mary and Henry Canty, laid the foundation for much of the performers later social activism. Her acclaim for performances in theater, radio, motion pictures and television are known to have assisted in paving the way for minority performers. While her roles often portrayed domestic service, she showed a...[Read More] (Bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm)
  Northwood Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
  Plot: Wilson Section
   
• Dean, James    b. February 8, 1931  d. September 30, 1955
  Actor. James Dean would make only three films in his brief Hollywood career..."East of Eden" "Rebel Without a Cause," and "Giant." Only the first was released before his death but his noted performance netted him a posthumous nomination for Best Actor at the Academy Awards. The other two were released after his death while again receiving posthumous nominations in each. Two more movies were pending, for M.G.M. "Somebody Up There Likes Me" and for Warner Bros, "The Left Handed Gun" which was...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
  Park Cemetery, Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana, USA
  GPS coordinates: 40.4341698, -85.6455612 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Hopper, William    b. January 26, 1915  d. March 6, 1970
  Actor. Best known and loved by his fans as "Paul Drake" on the hugely popular Perry Mason television series (1957-1966), William DeWolf Hopper Jr. was born in New York City, the son of movie actress-turned-gossip-columnist Hedda Hopper and the legendary Broadway actor William DeWolf Hopper, who was 32 years her senior. Hopper's parents began making films around the time of his birth and he received his first film credit as an infant in a baby carriage in the 1916 film Sunshine Dad. Following...[Read More] (Bio by: Edward Parsons)
  Cause of death: Pneumonia
  Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA
  Plot: Memorial Urn Garden, Space 201
   
• Hudson, Rochelle   b. March 6, 1916  d. January 17, 1972
  Actress and voice-over artist. Died aged 55 of Pneumonia. Appeared in "Les Miserables" (1935), "Curly Top" (1935) co-starring with Shirley Temple, and played Natalie Wood's mother in "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955).
  Cremated, Ashes scattered
  Plot: Thames River, England
   
• Mineo, Sal    b. January 10, 1939  d. February 12, 1976
  Actor. Best remembered for his roles in such films as "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955), "Giant" (1956), "Exodus" (1960), and "The Longest Day" (1962), and “Singer”, he received two Oscar nominations, for his roles in "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Exodus”. Born Salvatore Mineo Jr., in the Bronx part of New York City to Italian immigrants who had come from Sicily, he was thrown out of school at age 8, and quickly became a member of a street gang. After an arrest for robbery at age 10, the judge...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Cause of death: Murdered
  Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA
   
• Wood, Natalie    b. July 20, 1938  d. November 29, 1981
  Actress. Most remembered for her role of Susan Walker in "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947), a Christmas classic movie. She appeared in over 56 movies for the silver screen and television, and was nominated three times for an Oscar (she never won). She was born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko, of Russian emigrants in San Francisco, California. Natalie won a bit part at age 4 in a movie, "Happy Land" (1943), then being shot in her Santa Rosa neighborhood. The family then moved to Los Angeles, hoping...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
  Plot: Section D, #60
   

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