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Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980) —
also known as Helen Mary 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.
Democrat. 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 lung
cancer, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1980 (age 79 years, 216
days).
Cremated.
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Thomas Dunn English (1819-1902) —
also known as Thomas D. English —
of Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 29,
1819.
Democrat. Physician;
songwriter; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1863-64; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1891-95.
Died April 1,
1902 (age 82 years, 276
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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William F. Hyland (1923-2013) —
also known as Bill Hyland —
of Collingswood, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J., July 30,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
musician; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Camden County, 1954-61;
resigned 1961; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1958; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1964;
New
Jersey state attorney general, 1974-78.
Died March 2,
2013 (age 89 years, 215
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Joseph James Rinaldi (b. 1968) —
also known as John Rinaldi; 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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Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936) —
also known as Tini Schumann-Heink; Ernestine
Rössler; Ernestine Heink —
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 1883 to Johann
Georg Ernest Albert Heink; married 1893 to Paul
Schumann; married 1905 to
William Rapp, Jr.; mother of August Schumann-Heink. |
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memorial |
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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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Arthur Walsh (1896-1947) —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
26, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
concert violinist; vice-president, Thomas A. Edison, Inc.;
Democratic Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1940;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1943-44; appointed 1943.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died December
13, 1947 (age 51 years, 290
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, N.J.
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