| Name |
Title |
Date of Death |
Notes |
| Fred Astaire (Born Frederic Austerlitz) |
Actor/Singer/Dancer |
June 22, 1987 |
Died at age 88 in Los Angeles, California. Interred at Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, CA (the same cemetery where long time dance partner, Ginger Rogers was also laid to rest) |
| Jim Backus |
Actor |
July 3, 1989 |
Millionaire Thurston J. Howell III on Gilligan's Island; died at St. John's Hospital, Santa Monica CA. |
| Charles Bronson (born Charles Buchinski) |
Actor |
August 30, 2003 |
Died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. |
| Nicole DeHuff |
Actress |
February 16, 2005 |
Died at age 31. DeHuff had visited a hospital twice shortly before her death, but was sent home both times. |
| William Henry Harrison |
9th U.S. President |
April 4, 1841 |
Died one month after taking office. He caught a cold giving his inaugural address in wet weather. |
| Jim Henson |
Puppeteer/film producer |
May 16, 1990 |
Creator of the Muppets and founder of The Jim Henson Company; died at age 53 in New York City. |
| Josef Issels |
Doctor |
February 11, 1998 |
Holistic doctor that treated Bob Marley in Bavaria; died in California. |
| Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson |
Confederate Lieutenant General |
May 10, 1863 |
Famous Confederate general; shot in friendly fire incident during the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 2; caught pneumonia during recovery, died eight days later from complications. |
| Bert Lahr |
Actor |
December 4, 1967 |
Died in New York City at age 72. |
| Freddie Mercury |
Musician |
November 24, 1991 |
A little over 24 hours after issuing a statement to the press he died at his home in Kensington, London, England at the age of 45. The official cause of death was bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS |
| Léon Minkus |
famous Czech composer of ballet music for the Russian Imperial Ballet |
December 7, 1917 |
Died at age 91 in Vienna, Austria |
| Will Shade |
Musician |
September 18, 1966 |
Died at age 68 at John Gaston Hospital and was buried in Shelby County Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. |
| Leo Tolstoy |
Russian novelist |
November 20, 1910 |
Died at Astapovo Railway Station, during an attempt to satisfy his wanderlust. |
| Lawrence Welk |
Big band leader |
March 17, 1992 |
Died at his home in Santa Monica. Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA. |
| Billy Wilder |
Writer and director |
March 27, 2002 |
Died at age 95 at his home in Beverly Hills. |
