Memphis Minnie
Music
Age 76
June 3, 1897 - August 6, 1973
New Hope M.B. Church / Walls / Mississippi / USA / North America
She transcended both gender and genre. Her recording career reached from the 1920s heyday of country blues to cutting electric sides in 1950s Chicago ...
Monbouquette, Bill
Sports
Age 78
August 11, 1936 - January 25, 2015
Oak Grove Cemetery / Medford / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Bill Monbouquette was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher and was a...
Monk, Thelonious
Music
Age 64
October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Thelonious Monk was American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and was greatly influential in the genre of jazz. Some o...
Monroe, James
Historical Figure
Age 73
April 28, 1758 - July 4, 1831
Hollywood Cemetery / Richmond / Virginia / United States / North America
James Monroe was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825....
Monroe, Marilyn
Show Business
Age 36
June 1, 1926 - August 4, 1962
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
In and out of foster homes, actress and film star Marilyn Monroe overcame a difficult childhood to become one of the world's biggest and most enduring...
Montenegro, Hugo
Music
Age 55
September 2, 1925 - February 6, 1981
Welwood Murray Cemetery / Palm Springs / California / USA / North America
Hugo Montenegro was an American orchestra leader and composer of film soundtracks. His best-known work is derived from interpretations of the music fr...
Montgomery, Wes
Music
Age 45
March 6, 1923 - June 15, 1968
New Crown Cemetery / Indianapolis / Indiana / USA / North America
Guitar historians can easily trace a line through all the major influential artists from Lonnie Anderson to Eddie Lang, Charlie Christian and Django R...
Moore, Alvy
Show Business
Age 75
December 5, 1921 - May 4, 1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
You may not remember his name, but Alvy Moore was a reliable supporting actor who appeared in over 150 movies and TV shows in his 43-year career in sh...
Moorehead, Agnes
Show Business
Age 73
December 6, 1900 - April 30, 1974
Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery / Dayton / Ohio / United States / North America
Agnes Moorehead was an American actress whose 41-year career included work in radio, stage, film, and television. She is best known for her role as En...
Morrison, Jim
Music
Age 27
December 8, 1943 - July 3, 1971
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Jim Morrison was a legendary American singer, songwriter and poet, and best known for being the lead singer for the popular rock band The Doors. Morri...
Mulligan, John
Crime and their Victims
Age 52
October 11, 1940 - September 26, 1993
Evergreen Cemetery / Boston / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Detective John Mulligan was a 20+ veteran of the Boston Police Department who people, both inside and outside law enforcement, have called "the crooke...
Munson, Ona
Show Business
Age 51
June 16, 1903 - February 11, 1955
Ferncliff Cemetery / Hartsdale / New York / USA / North America
Ona Munson was an American film and stage actress. She starred in 9 Broadway productions and 20 feature films in her career, which spanned over 30 yea...
Murphy, Brittany
Show Business
Age 32
November 10, 1977 - December 20, 2009
Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / United States / North America
Brittany Murphy was an actress and singer who is best remembered as the rich, airhead teen in the movie Clueless (1995). She went on to star or co-sta...