The Hollywood Book of Death: The Bizarre, Often Sordid, Passings of More than 125 American Movie and TV Idols
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Welford, Nancy: May 31, 1904–Sept. 30, 1991
Welk, Lawrence: Mar. 11, 1903–May 17, 1992
Welles, Gwen: Mar. 4, 1951–Oct. 13, 1993
Welles, Orson: May 6, 1915–Oct. 10, 1985
Wellesley, Charles: Nov. 7, 1873–July 24, 1946
Wellman, William A.: Feb. 29, 1896–Dec. 9, 1975
Wells, Mary K.: Dec. 1, 1920–Aug. 14, 2000
Welsh, Bill: 1911–Feb. 27, 2000
Welsh, Louis Maximilian: 1921–Aug. 8, 1996
Welsh, Patricia A.: 1916–Jan. 26, 1995
Welsh, Ronnie: 1941–Jan. 5, 1993
Welsh, William: Feb. 9, 1870–July 16, 1946
Wences, Señor: Apr. 20, 1896–Apr. 20, 1999
Wendelken, George: 1916–Jan. 3, 1998
Wendell, Bill: Mar. 22, 1924–Apr. 14, 1999
Wendt, William: 1934–Dec. 11, 1999
Wengraf, John E.: Apr. 23, 1897–May 4, 1974
Wentworth, Martha: June 2, 1889–Mar. 8, 1974
Wertz, Harold Eugene, Jr.: 1927–Nov. 21, 1999
Wescoatt, Rusty: Aug. 2, 1911–Sept. 3, 1987
Wessel, Richard (Dick): 1913–Apr. 20, 1965
Wesson, Richard (Dick): Feb. 20, 1919–Jan. 27, 1979
West, Billy: Sept. 21, 1893–July 21, 1975
West, Brooks: Feb. 22, 1916–Feb. 7, 1984
West, Madge: c. 1891–May 29, 1985
West, Mae: Aug. 17, 1892–Nov. 22, 1980
West, Pat: 1889–Apr. 10, 1944
West, Roland: Feb. 20, 1885–Mar. 31, 1952
West, William: c. 1887–Sept. 23, 1918
Westcott, Helen: Jan. 1, 1928–Mar. 17, 1998
Westerdale, Eric: 1962–Apr. 6, 1996
Westerfield, James: Mar. 22, 1913–Sept. 20, 1971
Westley, Helen: Mar. 28, 1875–Dec. 12, 1942
Westman, Nydia: Feb. 19, 1902–May 23, 1970
Weston, Doris: Sept. 9, 1917–July 27, 1960
Weston, Jack: Aug. 21, 1925–May 3, 1996
Westover, Winifred: 1900–Mar. 19, 1978
Wexler, Yale: Feb. 6, 1930–Feb. 12, 1996
Whale, James: July 22, 1896–May 29, 1957
Whalen, Michael: June 30, 1902–Apr. 14, 1974
Wheat, Lawrence (Larry): Oct. 20, 1876–Aug. 7, 1963
Wheatcroft, Stanhope: May 11, 1888–Feb. 12, 1966
Wheeler, Bert: Apr. 7, 1895–Jan. 18, 1968
Whelan, Arleen: Sept. 16, 1915–Apr. 8, 1993
Whelan, Tim: Nov. 2, 1893–Aug. 12, 1957
Whipper, Leigh: Oct. 29, 1876–July 26, 1975
Whitaker, Charles (Slim): July 29, 1893–June 27, 1960
White, Alice: Aug. 28, 1907–Feb. 19, 1983
White, David: Apr. 14, 1916–Nov. 27, 1990
White, Eddie R.: 1919–Oct. 22, 1996
White, Glenn: 1950–May 27, 1992
White, Jesse: Jan. 3, 1919–Jan. 6, 1997
White, John I.: 1900–Nov. 26, 1990
White, Jules: Sept. 17, 1900–Apr. 30, 1985
White, Lee (Lasses): Aug. 22, 1888–Dec. 16, 1949
White, Leo: Nov. 10, 1882–Sept. 21, 1948
White, Pearl: Mar. 4, 1889–Aug. 4, 1938
White, Ruth: Apr. 24, 1914–Dec. 3, 1969
White, Slappy: 1921–Nov. 7, 1995
Whitehead, O. Z.: Mar. 1, 1911–July 29, 1998
Whiting, Jack: June 22, 1901–Feb. 15, 1961
Whitley, Crane: 1899–Feb. 28, 1958
Whitley, Ray: 1902–Feb. 21, 1979
Whitlock, T. Lloyd: Jan. 2, 1891–Jan. 8, 1966
Whitman, Gayne: Mar. 19, 1890–Aug. 31, 1958
Whitman, Peter: 1948–Oct. 1995
Whitney, Claire: May 6, 1890–Aug. 27, 1969
Whitney, Peter: May 24, 1916–Mar. 30, 1972
Whittell, Josephine: Nov. 30, 1883–June 1, 1961
Whitty, May (Dame): June 19, 1865–May 29, 1948
Whorf, Richard: June 4, 1906–Dec. 14, 1966
Wiard, William: 1928–July 2, 1987
Wickes, Mary: June 13, 1916–Oct. 22, 1995
Wicki, Bernhard: Oct. 28, 1919–Jan. 5, 2000
Wideman, Lois: 1910–Nov. 15, 1993
Wiecks, Dorothea: Jan. 3, 1905–Feb. 23, 1986
Wiere, Herbert: Feb. 27, 1908–Aug. 5, 1999
Wiere, Sylvester: Sept. 17, 1909–July 7, 1970
Wiesel, Darina Devens: 1951–Mar. 2, 1998
Wilbur, Crane: Nov. 17, 1889–Oct. 18, 1973
Wilcox, Frank: Mar. 13, 1907–Mar. 3, 1974
Wilcox, Fred M.: 1905–Sept. 24, 1964
Wilcox, Robert: May 19, 1910–June 11, 1955
Wilcoxon, Henry: Sept. 8, 1905–Mar. 6, 1984
Wilcox–Smith, Tamara: 1941–Jan. 30, 1998
Wilde, Cornel: Oct. 13, 1915–Oct. 16, 1989
Wilder, Honeychile: 1919–Aug. 11, 1995
Wilder, Marshall P.: Sept. 19, 1859–Jan. 10, 1915
Wilding, Michael: July 23, 1912–July 7, 1979
Wiley, Jan: Feb. 23, 1916–May 27, 1993
Wilke, Robert: 1915–Mar. 28, 1989
Wilkerson, Guy: 1898–July 15, 1971
Willes, Jean: Apr. 15, 1923–Jan. 3, 1989
Willey, Margaret: ?–Feb. 19, 1991
William, Warren: Dec. 2, 1895–Sept. 24, 1948
Williams, Bert: Nov. 12, 1874–Mar. 4, 1922
Williams, Bill: May 15, 1916–Sept. 21, 1992
Williams, Charles B.: Sept. 27, 1898–Jan. 3, 1958
Williams, Charlie: 1930–Oct. 15, 1992
Williams, Clark: May 14, 1906–Feb. 13, 1989
Williams, Cora: Dec. 6, 1870–Dec. 1, 1927
Williams, Earle: Feb. 28, 1880–Apr. 25, 1927
Williams, Frances E.: 1906–Jan. 2, 1995
Williams, Grant: Aug. 18, 1930–July 28, 1985
Williams, Guinn (Big Boy): Apr. 26, 1899–June 6, 1962
Williams, Guy: Jan. 14, 1924–May 6, 1989
Williams, Hope: Aug. 11, 1897–May 3, 1990
Williams, John: Apr. 15, 1903–May 5, 1983
Williams, Kathlyn: May 31, 1888–Sept. 23, 1960
Williams, Larry: 1951–May 31, 1999
Williams, Mack: 1907–July 29, 1965
Williams, Mae: 1922–Jan. 19, 1999
Williams, Rhys: Dec. 31, 1897–May 28, 1969
Williams, Robert: Sept. 23, 1904–June 17, 1978
Williams, Spencer: July 14, 1893–Dec. 13, 1969
Williams, Tex: Aug. 23, 1917–Oct. 11, 1985
Williams, Vince: 1958–Jan. 5, 1997
Willis, Matt: Oct. 16, 1913–Mar. 30, 1989
Willock, Dave: Aug. 13, 1909–Nov. 12, 1990
Wills, Beverly: Aug. 6, 1933–Oct. 24, 1963
Wills, Bob: Mar. 6, 1905–May 13, 1975
Wills, Chill: July 18, 1903–Dec. 15, 1978
Wills, Henry: Sept. 14, 1921–Sept. 15, 1994
Wilsey, Shannon (Savannah): Oct. 9, 1970–July 11, 1994
Wilson, Benjamin F.: 1876–Aug. 25, 1930
Wilson, Charles Cahill: July 29, 1894–Jan. 7, 1948
Wilson, Clarence H.: Nov. 17, 1876–Oct. 5, 1941
Wilson, Dooley: Apr. 3, 1894–May 30, 1953
Wilson, Dorothy: Nov. 14, 1909–Jan. 7, 1998
Wilson, Flip: Dec. 9, 1933–Nov. 25, 1998
Wilson, Frank: 1955–Feb. 6, 1992
Wilson, Gerry Red: Oct. 18, 1961–Nov. 21, 1998
Wilson, Jack: 1926–June 21, 1999
Wilson, Lois: June 28, 1894–Mar. 3, 1988
Wilson, Margery: Oct. 31, 1896–Jan. 21, 1986
Wilson, Marie: Aug. 19, 1916–Nov. 23, 1972
Wilson, Richard: Dec. 25, 1915–Aug. 21, 1991
Wilson, Stu: 1904–Aug. 1, 1991
Wilson, Terry: Sept. 3, 1923–Mar. 30, 1999
Wilson, Theodore R.: Dec. 10, 1943–July 21, 1991
Wilson, Tom: Aug. 27, 1880–Feb. 19, 1965
Wilson, Trey: 1949–Jan. 16, 1989
Wilson, Whip: July 16, 1919–Oct. 23, 1964
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sp; Wimmer, Nephi Jay: 1960–July 26, 1993
Winchell, Walter: Apr. 7, 1897–Feb. 20, 1972
Winckler, Robert: 1927–Dec. 28, 1989
Windsor, Claire: Apr. 14, 1897–Oct. 24, 1972
Windsor, Marie: Dec. 11, 1919–Dec. 10, 2000
Windust, Bretaigne: Jan. 20, 1906–Mar. 18, 1960
Winninger, Charles: May 26, 1884–Jan. 27, 1969
Winship, Joanne Tree: 1924–Aug. 20, 1997
Winters, Roland: Nov. 22, 1904–Oct. 22, 1989
Winton, Jane: Oct. 10, 1905–Sept. 22, 1959
Winwood, Estelle: Jan. 24, 1883–June 20, 1984
Wisbar, Frank: Dec. 9, 1899–Mar. 17, 1967
Withers, Grant: June 17, 1904–Mar. 27, 1959
Withers, Isabel: Jan. 20, 1896–Sept. 3, 1968
Witherspoon, Cora: Jan. 5, 1890–Nov. 17, 1957
Wix, Florence E.: 1883–Nov. 23, 1956
Wolfberg, Dennis: 1946–Oct. 3, 1994
Wolfe, Ian: Nov. 4, 1896–Jan. 23, 1992
Wolfman Jack: Jan. 21, 1939–July 1, 1995
Wolheim, Louis: Mar. 23, 1880–Feb. 18, 1931
Wonder, Tommy: 1915–Dec. 11, 1993
Wong, Anna May: Jan. 3, 1907–Feb. 3, 1961
Wong, Barbara Jean: Mar. 3, 1924–Nov. 13, 1999
Wong, Iris: Sept. 3, 1920–Sept. 2, 1989
Wood, Britt: Sept. 27, 1885–Apr. 13, 1965
Wood, Douglas: Oct. 31, 1880–Jan. 13, 1966
Wood, Edward, Jr.: July 5, 1905–Oct. 8, 1989
Wood, Edward D., Jr.: Oct. 10, 1924–Dec. 10, 1978
Wood, Forrest Benjamin: 1920–July 22, 1996
Wood, Freeman N.: July 1, 1896–Feb. 19, 1956
Wood, G.: 1919–July 24, 2000
Wood, George: 1936–july 22, 1990
Wood, Murray: June 12, 1908–Sept. 25, 1999
Wood, Natalie: July 20, 1938–Nov. 29, 1981*
Wood, Peggy: Feb. 9, 1892–Mar. 18, 1978
Wood, Sam: July 10, 1883–Sept. 22, 1949
Woodbury, Joan: Dec. 17, 1915–Feb. 22, 1989
Woodell, Barbara: May 21, 1910–Jan. 16, 1997
Woods, Donald: Dec. 2, 1909–Mar. 5, 1998
Woods, Harry Lewis, Sr.: 1889–Dec. 28, 1968
Woodthorpe, Georgia: Oct. 11, 1859–Aug. 25, 1927
Woodward, Robert (Bob): 1909–Feb. 7, 1972
Wooland, Norman: Mar. 16, 1910–Apr. 3, 1989
Woolf, Charles: 1927–June 18, 1994
Woollcott, Alexander: Jan. 19, 1887–Jan. 23, 1943
Woolley, Monty: Aug. 17, 1888–May 6, 1963
Woolsey, Robert: Aug. 14, 1889–Oct. 31, 1938
Wordell, John K.: 1905–Aug. 7, 1997
Worden, Hank: July 23, 1901–Dec. 6, 1992
Worlock, Frederick: Dec. 14, 1886–Aug. 1, 1973
Worth, Constance: Aug. 9, 1912–Oct. 18, 1963
Wray, John Griffith: Feb. 13, 1888–Apr. 5, 1940
Wright, Mack V.: 1895–1963
Wright, Will: Mar. 26, 1891–June 19, 1962
Wright, William: Jan. 5, 1911–Jan. 19, 1949
Wrightson, Earl: Jan. 1, 1916–Mar. 7, 1993
Wrixon, Maris: Dec. 28, 1917–Oct. 6, 1999
Wu, Honorable: 1903–Mar. 1, 1945
Wunderlee, Frank: 1875–Dec. 11, 1925
Wurschmidt, Sigrid: 1953–Mar. 24, 1990
Wyatt, Allan, Sr.: 1912–Aug. 12, 1992
Wycherly, Margaret: Oct. 26, 1881–June 6, 1956
Wyler, Robert: Sept. 25, 1900–Jan. 17, 1971
Wyler, William: July 1, 1902–July 27, 1981
Wynn, Ed: Nov. 9, 1886–June 19, 1966
Wynn, Keenan: July 27, 1916–Oct. 14, 1986
Wynn, Nan: 1916–Mar. 21, 1971
Wynters, Charlotte: Dec. 4, 1899–Jan. 7, 1991
Wynyard, Diana: Jan. 16, 1906–May 13, 1964
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Yaconelli, Frank: Oct. 2, 1898–Nov. 19, 1965
Yarborough, Barton: 1900–Dec. 19, 1951
Yarmy, Dick: 1933–May 5, 1992
Yarnell, Sally: ?–Sept. 30, 1995
Yates, Paula: Apr. 24, 1960–Sept. 17, 2000
Yearsley, Ralph: Oct. 6, 1896–Dec. 4, 1928
York, Dick: Sept. 4, 1928–Feb. 20, 1992
York, Duke: Oct. 17, 1908–Jan. 24, 1952
Yorke, Edith: Dec. 23, 1867–July 28, 1934
Yost, Herbert A.: 1880–Oct. 23, 1945
Youle, Clint: Apr. 4, 1916–July 25, 1999
Young, Buck: 1922–Feb. 9, 2000
Young, Carleton: May 26, 1907–July 11, 1971
Young, Clara Kimball: Sept. 6, 1890–Oct. 15, 1960
Young, Clifton: Sept. 15, 1917–Sept. 10, 1951
Young, Faron: Feb. 25, 1932–Dec. 10, 1996
Young, Gig: Nov. 4, 1913–Oct. 19, 1978*
Young, Loretta: Jan. 6, 1913–Aug. 12, 2000*
Young, Polly Ann: Oct. 25, 1908–Jan. 14, 1997
Young, Ray: ?–July 6, 1999
Young, Robert: Feb. 22, 1907–July 1, 1998*
Young, Roland: Nov. 11, 1887–June 5, 1953
Young, Skip: 1930–Mar. 17, 1993
Young, Tammany: 1887–Apr. 26, 1936
Young, Terence: June 20, 1915–Aug. 31, 1994
Youngman, Henny: Jan. 12, 1906–Feb. 24, 1998
Youngson, Robert: Nov. 27, 1917–Apr. 8, 1974
Yowlachie, Chief: Aug. 15, 1891–Mar. 7, 1966
Yrigoyen, Joe: Aug. 28, 1910–Jan. 11, 1998
Yule, Joe: Apr. 30, 1894–Mar. 30, 1950
Yurka, Blanche: June 18, 1887–May 30, 1974
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Zane, Bartine: Feb. 9, 1898–May 20, 1994
Zaremba, John: Oct. 22, 1908–Dec. 15, 1986
Zaslow, Michael: Nov. 1, 1944–Dec. 6, 1998
Zeigler, Ted: 1926–Dec. 12, 1999
Zetterling, Mai: May 24, 1925–Mar. 15, 1994
Zinnemann, Fred: Apr. 29, 1907–Mar. 14, 1997
Zucco, George: Jan. 11, 1886–May 28, 1960
Zuckert, Bill: Dec. 18, 1915–Jan. 23, 1997
Zuniga, Dolores: 1935–May 8, 1993
Appendix B
Where Notable Hollywood Actors and Directors Are Buried in the United States
(Through January 23, 2001)
Abel’s Hill Cemetery
(Chilmark, Mass.)
John Belushi
Ahavai Sholom Cemetery
(Portland, Ore.)
Rebecca Schaeffer
Alton Cemetery
(Alton, 111.)
Minor Watson
Amity Cemetery
(Amity, Ohio)
Paul Lynde
Annunciation Cemetery
(Shenandoah, Pa.)
Jimmy Dorsey
Arlington National Cemetery
(Arlington, Va.)
Fay Bainter, Constance Bennett, Priscilla Lane, Lee Marvin, Ilona Massey, Wayne Morris, Audie Murphy
Ascension Cemetery
(Lake Forest, Calif.)
Gail Johnson, Jean Vander Pyl
Austin Memorial Park
(Austin, Tex.)
Zachary Scott
Avalon Cemetery
(Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Calif.)
Doodles Weaver
Baltimore Cemetery
(Baltimore, Md.)
Harry Salter
Beaverdale Memorial Park
(Hamden, Conn.)
Raymond Massey
Bellevue Cemetery
(Lawrence, Mass.)
Thelma Todd
Beth David Cemetery
(Elmont, Long Island, N.Y.)
Andy Kaufman
Beth-El Cemetery
(Queens, N.Y.)
Edward G. Robinson Sr.
Beth Olam Cemetery
(Hollywood, Calif.)
Andrew Samuel
Blanford Cemetery
(Petersburg, Va.)
Joseph Cotten
Burr Oak Cemetery
(Alsip, Ill.)
Lexie Bigham
Calvary
Catholic Cemetery
(Kansas City, Mo.)
Jeanne Eagels
Calvary Cemetery
(Los Angeles, Calif.)
Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Richard Boleslawski, Lou Costello, Maurice Costello, Irene Dunne, Frank Fay, Bryan Foy, Ted Healy, John Hodiak, J. Carrol Naish, Pola Negri, Mabel Normand, Ramón Novarro, Mary Philbin
Calvary Cemetery
(Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Lola Lane, Duncan Renaldo
Calvary Cemetery
(Queens, N.Y.)
Tess Gardella, Mary L. (Texas)
Guinan, Patsy Kelly, Nita Naldi, Una O’Connor, Winifred (Wini)
Shaw, Bert Wheeler
Carlsbad Cemetery
(Carlsbad, N. Mex.)
Bruce Cabot
Carpinteria Cemetery
(Carpinteria, Calif.)
Oliver Blake (Oliver Prickett)
Cedar Park Cemetery
(Westwood, N.J.)
Willie Howard
Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven
(Hawthorne, N.Y.)
Fred Allen, James Cagney, Kevin Coughlin, Dudley Digges, Sal Mineo
Chapel of the Pines Crematory
(Los Angeles, Calif.)
Gilbert (Bronco Billy)
Anderson, Lionel Atwill, Tod Browning, Nigel Bruce, Mae Busch, Richard Carlson, Fred Clark, Tom Conway, Richard Cromwell, Paul Douglas, Margaret Dumont, Stuart Erwin, Franklyn Farnum, Edmund Gwenn, Van Heflin, Montagu Love, Diana Lynn, J. Farrell MacDonald, Ann Sheridan
Clovesville Cemetery
(Clovesville, N.Y.)
Gertrude Berg
Coxville Cemetery
(Coxville, Ind.)
Tex Terry
Crown Hill Cemetery
(Indianapolis, Ind.)
James Baskett
Crown Hill Cemetery/Mortuary
(Lakewood, Colo.)
Barbara Bates
Cypress Hills Cemetery
(Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Victor Moore, Mae West
Cypress Lawn Cemetery
(Colma, Calif.)
Laura Hope Crews
Cypress View Mausoleum
(San Diego, Calif.)
Nat Pendleton
Dayton Memorial Park
(Dayton, Ohio)
Agnes Moorehead
Desert Memorial Park
(Palm Springs, Calif.)
Busby Berkeley, Sonny Bono, Bill Goodwin, Andrea Leeds, Diana Lewis, Guy Madison, Cameron Mitchell, William Powell, Marjorie Rambeau, Ginny Simms, Frank Sinatra, Sid Tomack
East Lawn Memorial Park
(Sacramento, Calif.)
Jacob (Buddy) Baer, Neville Brand
Eden Memorial Park
(San Fernando, Calif.)
John Brown, Howard Caine, Mitzi Green, Sam Jaffe, Harvey Lembeck, Groucho Marx
El Camino Memorial Park
(La Jolla, Calif.)
Billy Daniels, Preston Foster, Dorothy Kelly, Jess Kirkpatrick, Violet La Plante, Milburn Stone
El Reno Cemetery