Find A Grave - Cordoba

Cabalén, Oscar b. February 4, 1924 d. August 25, 1967
Auto Race Car Driver. Oscar Cabalén was one of the greatest heroes of the Argentinian motorsport in the 1960s. He made his debut in the Turismo Carretera category on July, 1st, 1950. In 1953 he participated in the Carrera Panamericana, México, where he got a third place in his category (Special Touring). The following year the repeated the experience achieving a seventh place in the same category. In 1955 he raced the Mille Miglia at Italy, obtaining a fifth place in his category (Alfa Romeo...[Read More] (Bio by: 380W)
Cementerio San Jerónimo, Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Copello, Eduardo José b. February 13, 1926 d. February 27, 2000
Auto Race Car Driver. One of the greatest drivers in Argentinian motorsport, Copello was well known as "El Maestro." During the 1960s, he was one of the most popular drivers in the Turismo Carretera category, and is well remembered for his performance during the 1969 Marathon de la Route (Nurburgring, Germany) when he got fourth place (with O.M. Franco and "Larry") driving an IKA Torino 380 W. He was Turismo Carretera´s champion in 1967 and 1970 (Fórmula "B"), Champion of the Mecánica Argentina...[Read More] (Bio by: 380W)
Cementerio El Parque del Recuerdo, Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Cuciuffo, José Luis b. February 1, 1961 d. December 11, 2004
Soccer Player. He lived his finest hour playing as defender on Argentina´s 1986 World Cup Championship´s team. He played in the Argentine First Division for the clubs Talleres de Córdoba, Vélez Sarsfield and Boca Juniors and in the French soccer for the Nimes and Reims club. (Bio by: 380W)
Cause of death: Hunting accident
Cementerio Parque Azul, Alta Gracia, Cordoba, Argentina
Falla, Manuel de [original burial site] b. November 23, 1876 d. November 14, 1946
Composer. He is regarded as the greatest Spanish composer of the 20th Century. Falla's expressive style blended the spirit of folk music (especially flamenco) from his native Andalusia with impressionist and later neoclassical influences. His reputation rests on a handful of works written in the World War I and postwar eras. Manuel María de los Dolores Falla y Matheu was born in Cadiz, Spain. From 1896 to 1900 he studied composition at the Madrid Conservatory under Felipe Pedrell, who...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cementerio San Jerónimo, Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Plot: Pantheon of the Carmelite Fathers
Filloy, Juan b. August 1, 1894 d. July 15, 2000
Argentinian Writer. He influenced his contemporaries and created great controversy with his opinions. He use to entitled his books with words of seven letters. Among others: "Caterva," "¡Estafen!," "Aquende," "La Purga," "Metopas," "Periplo," "Sexamor," "Tal Cual" and "Zodíaco". He died of natural causes shortly before his 106 birthday, while sleeping. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cementerio San Jerónimo, Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Gradassi, Héctor Luis b. March 6, 1933 d. February 4, 2003
Race Car Driver. One of the great stars of Argentine Motorsport in the 1960s and 70s. He made his debut in 1964, and in 1967 he made his debut in the popular Turismo Carretera category, winning in his first race. He won the Turismo Carretera Championship in 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1976 (all the titles driving a Ford Falcon). In his 15 year career, he participated in 244 races, and won 49 times. (Bio by: 380W)
Cementerio Parque del Sol, Cordoba, Argentina
Loeffel, Carlos Walter b. April 28, 1926 d. February 24, 2000
Auto Race Car Driver. Loeffel began his career in 1940, driving a Ford T. On July 21, 1961, he lost his left leg in a race accident. He refused to retired and continued his career, making his debut in the popular Turismo Carretera category in 1965, with a win. His condition was the origin of much controversy, sometimes he needed special permissions to race. In 1972 he definitely retired from motorsport. (Bio by: 380W)
Cementerio de Marcos Juárez, Cordoba, Argentina
López, Gerardo Ramón b. May 1, 1934 d. June 29, 2004
Folkloristic singer and composer. He was the lead voice and one of the founders of the legendary folkloristic group "Los Fronterizos." (Bio by: 380W)
Cementerio de Unquillo, Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Lugones, Leopoldo b. May 13, 1874 d. February 18, 1938
Poet, Author. First an anarchist, then a socialist, finally a fascist, he was a friend of Rubén Darío and the outstanding modernista poet of Argentina. Some of his books: "Las Montañas de Oro," "Los Crepúsculos del Jardín," "La Guerra Gaucha," "Las Fuerzas Extrañas," among others. (Bio by: 380W)
Cause of death: Suicide
Cementerio de Villa María del Rio Seco, Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Marimón, Domingo b. May 18, 1903 d. June 30, 1981
Domingo Marimón was one of the most popular drivers of the Turismo Carretera (road races) category and the father of the late Onofre Marimón. In 1924, Domingo got tuberculosis and moved to Córdoba hills, trying to get well. He not only recovered his health, he also become the owner of a funeral home. His first "racer" was made using the chassis and engine of a Ford hearse. His finest hour was in 1948 when he won the Buenos Aires-Caracas race (9640 Kms., 14 stages) after Oscar Galvez´s...[Read More]
Cemetery de Cosquín, Provincia de Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Marimón, Onofre b. December 23, 1923 d. July 31, 1954
Race Car Driver. Onofre Marimón was the son of Domingo Marimón, and was born at Zárate, Provincia de Buenos Aires. He made his debut on 10/12/1949 (Premio General Pueyrredón), and won the race using his father's Chevrolet. But his dream was to race in Formula One, and made his debut in the category on July, 14, 1951 (Rheims, France) driving a Maserati. Onofre Marimón was the protegè of two argentinian legends: Juan Manuel Fangio y José Froilán González. With such teachers, he made very...[Read More] (Bio by: 380W)
Cemetery de Cosquín, Provincia de Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Mujica Lainez, Manuel b. September 11, 1910 d. April 21, 1984
Author. He is best known for his book "Bomarzo" that was adapted as Opera for compositor Alberto Ginastera. He also wrote "Misteriosa Buenos Aires," "El Unicornio," "El Brazalete" and "El Escarabajo". He obtained Premio Nacional de Literatura in 1963. He was known as "Manucho". (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cementerio de los Cocos, Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Nani, Olga b. November 14, 1976 d. January, 2013
Actress. She participated in several television series such as "Casi Angeles", "Historias de sexo de gente común", "Mil millones", "Enamorarte" and "Resistiré" among others. She also worked as a screenwriter and producer of videos and short films, as well as a professor at the National College of Arts (IUNA). She died waiting a donor for a double lung transplant. In film she worked in "Assassination Tango" (2002), written, produced and starred by Robert Duvall; "TL-1, mi reino por un...[Read More] (Bio by: Errete)
Cause of death: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
Cementerio La Piedad - Villa María - Cba., Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Pelosso, Silvina b. 1983 d. February 16, 1999
Murder Victim. Pelosso along with Carole Lund and Juli Lund were on a vacation to visit the Yosemite National Park in Sierra Nevada, California. The Sund women who were from Eureka, California, and Pelosso who was an exchange student from Argentina were sexually assaulted and then killed in there hotel room. Carole Sund and Pelosso were both strangled and then put in the trunk of there car, but Juli was kept alive. After many days of searching the bodies of Carole Lund and Silvina Pelosso were...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Cementerio de Las Varillas, Provincia de Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Viberti, Sebastián Humberto b. May 25, 1944 d. November 24, 2012
Soccer Player, Coach. He was a midfielder who began his career in the 1960s at the club San Lorenzo de Córdoba. He went on to Belgrano and went to Buenos Aires for play in Huracán. In the mid-1960s also played in the Argentine national team. He played eight seasons in the Spanish Malaga CF, team who also coached. During his career he played 216 games and scored 21 goals. Cause of death: heart failure. (Bio by: Errete)
Cementerio Parque del Sol, Cordoba, Argentina
Yupanqui, Atahualpa b. January 22, 1908 d. May 23, 1992
Musician, composer, singer. Born in Pergamino, Province of Buenos Aires as Hector Roberto Chavero. Married with Paule Fitzpatrick. He travelled to Paris, where Edith Piaf gave him the opportunity to share the stage, debuting in June 1950. It took his art to Colombia, Japan, Morocco, Egypt, Israel, Italy and Spain. It settled in France where he was distinguished as the "Chamberlain of the Order of Arts and Letters"; He died in Nimes, France for a heart attack, but his remains were at the foot of...[Read More] (Bio by: Victor)
Cerro Colorado, Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Plot: Pie del Cerro Colorado

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