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Ernani Bernardi (1911-2006) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Standard, Putnam
County, Ill., October
11, 1911.
Big band era musician; saxophone and clarinet player;
candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1993.
Died January
4, 2006 (age 94 years, 85
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jello Biafra (b. 1958) —
also known as Eric Reed Boucher; "Occupant";
"Count Ringworm" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo., June 17,
1958.
Co-founder, lead singer, and songwriter for the punk
rock band Dead Kennedys (1978-86); founder of the Alternative
Tentacles record
label; candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1979; charged,
in Los Angeles in 1986, with distributing obscene
"harmful matter" in the form of a sexually
explicit print distributed with a Dead Kennedys record album;
following a trial,
the jury deadlocked, a mistrial was declared, and charges were
dismissed; Biafra went on to become a spoken
word performer; on May 7, 1994, he was assaulted
and injured at a music club in Berkeley, Calif., by five or six
attackers who called him a "sellout".
Atheist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Sonny Bono (1935-1998) —
also known as Salvatore Philip Bono; Sonny Christie;
Ronny Sommers; Prince Carter —
of Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
16, 1935.
Republican. Songwriter, actor,
member of the Sonny & Cher singing and comedy
duo;; restaurant
owner; mayor
of Palm Springs, Calif., 1988-92; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1992; U.S.
Representative from California 44th District, 1995-98; died in
office 1998.
Catholic
or Scientologist.
Italian
ancestry.
Killed in a skiing
accident, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado
County, Calif., January
5, 1998 (age 62 years, 323
days).
Interment at Desert
Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Calif.
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Perry Lafayette Botkin, Sr. (1907-1973) —
also known as Perry Botkin —
Born in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., July 22,
1907.
Republican. Musician; songwriter; performed, Republican National Convention, 1956.
Died in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
14, 1973 (age 66 years, 84
days).
Interment at Glen
Haven Memorial Park, Sylmar, Calif.
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Mary Carey (b. 1981) —
also known as Mary Ellen Cook —
of California.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 15,
1981.
Actress
in pornographic
movies;
Independent candidate for Governor of
California, 2003; arrested
in April 2005 during a raid on a strip
club in Lakewood, Wash.; charged
with touching
herself while dancing; pleaded
guilty and received a suspended
sentence.
Female.
Still living as of 2013.
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John Wheaton Casto (1879-1950) —
also known as John W. Casto —
of East Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill., August
1, 1879.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; music composer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1926.
Member, Rotary.
Died in San Joaquin
County, Calif., May 7,
1950 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Nat King Cole (1919-1965) —
also known as Nathaniel Adams Coles —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., March
17, 1919.
Singer; musician; actor;
honored guest, Republican National Convention,
1956 ; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP.
Died, from lung
cancer, in St. John's Hospital,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
15, 1965 (age 45 years, 335
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Michael Curb (b. 1944) —
also known as Mike Curb —
of California; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
24, 1944.
Republican. Musician; record
company executive; race
car owner; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1977; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1979-83; defeated, 1986; candidate for Governor of
California, 1982.
In 2003, he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of
Fame.
Still living as of 2014.
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Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990) —
also known as Samuel George Davis —
Born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; singer;
dancer; actor;
injured in an automobile accident in 1954, and lost his
left eye; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Jewish.
African
and Cuban
ancestry.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1968.
Died, from complications of throat
cancer, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 16,
1990 (age 64 years, 159
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Clayton A. Dills (b. 1908) —
of Gardena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Rosston, Cooke
County, Tex., April 2,
1908.
Democrat. Musician; member of California
state assembly, 1942-62; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980) —
also known as Helen Gahagan; "The Pink
Lady" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boonton, Morris
County, N.J., November
25, 1900.
Actress
and opera singer, 1922-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1940-44; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(speaker),
1948;
vice-chair
of California Democratic Party, 1941-42; U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1945-51; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from California, 1950 (Democratic), 1952 (Independent).
Female.
Scottish
and Irish
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of cancer,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1980 (age 79 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Spencer Pettis Gracey (1865-1933) —
also known as Spencer P. Gracey —
of Atlanta, Logan
County, Ill.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Hankow (now part of Wuhan), China.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
18, 1865.
Opera singer; U.S. Vice Consul in Foochow, as of 1898; U.S. Consular Marshal in Foochow, as of 1898; worked for Standard Oil company
in Japan and China; foreign
exchange broker.
Died, from peritonitis
and heart
failure, in International Hospital,
Hankow (now part of Wuhan), China,
January
15, 1933 (age 67 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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John Waldo Green (1908-1989) —
also known as Johnny Green;
"Beulah" —
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
10, 1908.
Democrat. Songwriter; music composer; musical
arranger; band and orchestra leader; music director at
Metro Goldwin Mayer (MGM)m 1949-59; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 15,
1989 (age 80 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Anthony Hall (b. 1942) —
also known as Tony Hall —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1942.
Professional singer; candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 2011.
Still living as of 2011.
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Carl Stuart Hamblen (1908-1989) —
also known as Stuart Hamblen —
of California.
Born in Kellyville, Marion
County, Tex., October
20, 1908.
Musician; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1952.
Inducted into Country/Western Songwriters Hall of
Fame and Texas Country Music Hall of
Fame.
Died, of brain
cancer, in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 8,
1989 (age 80 years, 139
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Marilyn Hare (1923-1981) —
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., October
13, 1923.
Democrat. Singer; actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Died, from cancer,
in a hospital
at Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
9, 1981 (age 57 years, 361
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Manny Harmon (1909-2003) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
4, 1909.
Republican. Band and orchestra leader; performed, Republican
National Convention, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Century City, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 5,
2003 (age 93 years, 213
days).
Interment at Mt. Sinai Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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George Albert Jessel (1898-1981) —
also known as George Jessel; "Toastmaster General of
the United States" —
Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., April 3,
1898.
Democrat. Actor;
songwriter; movie
producer; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 23,
1981 (age 83 years, 50
days).
Entombed at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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George Lloyd Murphy (1902-1992) —
also known as George L. Murphy —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 4,
1902.
Republican. Professional actor
and dancer in 1934-52; appeared in films
such as For Me And My Gal, Battleground; president,
Screen Actors Guild, 1944-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(speaker),
1956,
1960
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from California, 1965-71; defeated, 1970.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild.
Died, of leukemia,
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., May 3,
1992 (age 89 years, 304
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Bess Myerson (1924-2014) —
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 16,
1924.
Democrat. Miss America, 1945; first
and only Jewish woman to win the pageant; musician; television
personality; New York City commissioner of consumer affairs,
1969-73, and commissioner of cultural affairs, 1983-87; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1980; accused in 1987 of bribing
Justice Hortense
Gabel by giving her daughter
a city job; meanwhile, the judge reduced child support payments for
Carl Andrew Capasso, Myerson's married
lover; the scandal
was called the "Bess Mess"; she was forced to resign as city consumer
affairs commissioner; indicted
on federal bribery
charges in 1988, along with Capasso and Gabel; tried
and found not guilty.
Female.
Jewish.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
14, 2014 (age 90 years, 151
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Santa Monica, Calif.
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Sheree North (1932-2005) —
also known as Dawn Shirley Crang; Dawn Shirley Bethel;
Shirley Mae Bessire —
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
17, 1932.
Democrat. Actress;
singer; dancer; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
4, 2005 (age 73 years, 291
days).
Cremated.
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Hollis Monroe Peavey (b. 1897) —
also known as Hollis M. Peavey —
of Huntington Park, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Riceville, Mitchell
County, Iowa, March
27, 1897.
Republican. Mayor
of Huntington Park, Calif., 1942-44, 1947-48; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Musician and leader of Peavy's Jazz Bandits, one of the first
jazz bands.
Burial location unknown.
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Alma Pedroza (1917-1999) —
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
22, 1917.
Democrat. Opera singer; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960 ; travel agency
owner.
Female.
Mexican
ancestry.
Died, from cardiac
arrest while suffering from lung
cancer and colon
cancer, in Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
16, 1999 (age 81 years, 86
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Married to Alfonso Pedroza. |
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Phil Regan (1906-1996) —
also known as Philip Joseph Christopher Aloysius Regan;
"The Singing Cop" —
of Summerland, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 28,
1906.
Democrat. Detective;
singer; performed, Democratic National Convention, 1944,
1948;
arrested
in January 1973, and charged
with attempting to bribe
Santa Barbara County Supervisor Frank J. Frost $1,000 for his support
of a controversial rezoning; pleaded not guilty; tried and convicted;
sentenced to prison;
released after one year.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., February
11, 1996 (age 89 years, 259
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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John Rinaldi (b. 1968) —
also known as Giovanni Giuseppe Rinaldi; Chicken
John —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Nutley, Essex
County, N.J., March
20, 1968.
Guitarist; candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 2007.
Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Eugene E. Schmitz (1864-1928) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
22, 1864.
Musician; orchestral conductor; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1902-07.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
20, 1928 (age 64 years, 90
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Image source:
American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1901 |
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Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936) —
also known as Ernestine Rössler —
of North Caldwell, Essex
County, N.J.; Grossmont, La Mesa, San Diego
County, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.; Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Lieben, Bohemia (now part of Prague, Czechia),
June
15, 1861.
Republican. Opera singer; naturalized U.S. citizen; performed, Republican National Convention, 1928.
Female.
Austrian
ancestry.
Died, from leukemia,
in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
17, 1936 (age 75 years, 155
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Hans Rössler and Charlotte (Goldman) Rössler;
married 1882 to Ernest
Heink; married 1893 to Paul
Schumann; married 1905 to
William Rapp, Jr.; mother of Hans Schumann-Heink and August
Schumann-Heink. |
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Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) —
also known as Francis Albert Sinatra; "Ol' Blue
Eyes"; "Chairman of the Board";
"The Voice";
"Swoonatra" —
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., December
12, 1915.
Democrat. Singer; actor;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 14,
1998 (age 82 years, 153
days).
Interment at Desert
Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Antonio Martino Sinatra and Natalina 'Dolly' (Garavente) Sinatra;
married, February
4, 1939, to Nancy Barbato; married, November
7, 1951, to Ava Gardner; married, July 19,
1966, to Mia Farrow; married, July 11,
1976, to Barbara (Blakeley) Marx. |
| | | Epitaph: "The best is yet to
come." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Dora Hall Stockman (1872-1948) —
also known as Dora H. Stockman; Dora Hall; Dora
Weinkauf —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin at Marilla, Manistee
County, Mich., August
4, 1872.
Republican. School
teacher; Lecturer of the Michigan State Grange, and editor of the
Grange paper,
the Michigan Patron; songwriter; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1920-31; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Ingham
County 2nd District, 1933; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1939-46.
Female.
Member, Grange;
Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
First
woman to hold statewide elective office in Michigan.
Died in California, 1948
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Hurd
Cemetery, DeWitt Township, Clinton County, Mich.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Leander Hall and Lucy Jane (Bennet) Hall; married, August
8, 1889, to Francis M. Stockman; married 1947 to Gustof
Weinkauf. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1927 |
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Glen Hearst Taylor (1904-1984) —
also known as Glen H. Taylor —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., April
12, 1904.
Country-western singer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1938; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1945-51; defeated, 1940 (Democratic), 1942
(Democratic), 1956 (Independent); arrested
on May 1, 1948, in Birmingham, Alabama, for attempting
to use a door reserved for Negroes, rather than the whites-only door;
convicted
in 1949 of disorderly conduct; Progressive candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1948.
Member, United
World Federalists.
Died April
28, 1984 (age 80 years, 16
days).
Interment at Skylawn
Memorial Park, San Mateo, Calif.
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Jack B. Tenney (1898-1970) —
also known as "California's McCarthy" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in 1898.
Musician; writer of the song "Mexicali Rose" ; president of
the Los Angeles musicians union; member of California
state assembly, 1936-42; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California; member of California
state senate, 1942-54; defeated in Republican primary, 1954;
candidate in primary for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1949.
Died in 1970
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Nick Vanoff (1929-1991) —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Banitza, Greece,
October
25, 1929.
Democrat. Dancer; television
producer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1968.
Greek
ancestry.
Died, in the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
20, 1991 (age 61 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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