This grassy spot next to the Lathrop grave is the unmarked grave of Malik Sealy. Born in 1970 in the Bronx and named after Malcolm X because his father had been one of the great activist's bodyguards, Sealy became a leading New York high school...
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This is the grave of Marcel Proust. Born in 1871 to a wealthy family, Proust was asthmatic and sickly. He grew up and became known as a difficult snob and.
This is the grave of George McGovern. Born in 1922 in Avon, South Dakota to a Methodist minister, McGovern grew up in Mitchell, today known as the home of the.
This is the grave of Eugene Debs. Simply one of the greatest Americans to ever live, Debs was born in 1855 in Terre Haute, Indiana to French immigrants. Although his family was not poor, Debs dropped out of school at age 14 to work on...
This is the grave of Jim Morrison. There's no point in going over the details of Morrison's life. He was terrible, The Doors were a terrible band, Oliver Stone made.
This is the grave of Bennett Champ Clark. Born in 1890 in Bowling Green, Missouri, young Clark's father was the Democratic power broker Champ Clark, who was Speaker of the.
This is the grave of Duke Ellington. Born in 1899 to a pair of pianists in Washington, Edward Kennedy Ellington followed his parents to the piano from a young age. Although he was more interested in baseball as...
This is the grave of Peter Abelard and Héloïse d'Argenteuil. The story of Peter Abelard and Heloise is well-known and I'm not going to go into tons of detail about.
This is the grave of Charlie Monroe. Rosine Cemetery Born in 1903 on the family farm in Rosine, Kentucky, Monroe grew up in a musical family. His uncle Pendleton Vandiver.
This is the grave of Clint Jencks. Born in 1918 in Colorado Springs, he graduated from the University of Colorado in Boulder. While there, he became attracted to leftist causes and embraced socialism. In fact, while a student activist, he was part of a group...
This is the grave of William Warfield. Born in 1920 in West Helena, Arkansas, he grew up in Rochester, New York, when his father, a Baptist minister, took over a.
This is the grave of Max Ophüls. Max Oppenheimer was born in 1902 in Saarbrücken, Germany to a textile manufacturer. The family was quite well-off and so when young Max.