Cremated Men
by Sylviastel | created - 28 Dec 2012 | updated - 05 Jul 2020 | PublicIThis list is still a work in progress.
1. Johnny Carson
Soundtrack | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson, the legendary "King of Late Night TV" who dominated the medium's nether hours for three decades, was born in Corning, Iowa, but moved with his family to nearby Norfolk, Nebraska when he was eight years old. He was the son of Ruth E. (Hook) and Homer Lloyd "Kit" Carson, a manager of ...
His ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean.
2. Tupac Shakur
Actor | Juice
Born in New York City, Tupac grew up primarily in Harlem. In 1984, his family moved to Baltimore, Maryland where he became good friends with Jada Pinkett Smith. His family moved again in 1988 to Oakland, California. His first breakthrough in music came in 1991 as a member of the group Digital ...
He was cremated upon his death. His ashes are buried at his mother's farm in North Carolina.
3. Arthur Sheekman
Writer | Duck Soup
Arthur Sheekman was born on February 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Duck Soup (1933), Call Me Madam (1953) and Roman Scandals (1933). He was married to Gloria Stuart. He died on January 12, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
His ashes were buried below a tree on his Brentwood home with Gloria Stuart in Los Angeles, California.
4. Joey Adams
Actor | Singing in the Dark
Joey Adams was born on January 6, 1911 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Singing in the Dark (1956), Ringside (1949) and Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966). He was married to Cindy Adams. He died on December 2, 1999 in New York City, New York, USA.
Ashes are with his wife, Cindy Adams.
5. Edgar Rosenberg
Producer | Rabbit Test
Edgar Rosenberg was born on September 21, 1925 in Fürth, Bavaria, Germany. He was a producer and writer, known for Rabbit Test (1978), The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966) and Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1988). He was married to Joan Rivers. He died on August 14, 1987 in ...
His ashes are with his wife, Joan Rivers. She scattered some on the Late Show with David Letterman during a recent appearance.
6. Robin Williams
Actor | Mrs. Doubtfire
Robin McLaurin Williams was born on Saturday, July 21st, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, a great-great-grandson of Mississippi Governor and Senator, Anselm J. McLaurin. His mother, Laurie McLaurin (née Janin), was a former model from Mississippi, and his father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams, was a Ford ...
Ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay.
7. Michael Zaslow
Actor | The Guiding Light
Michael Zaslow was born on November 1, 1942 in Inglewood, California and was an actor and writer, best known for his work in daytime dramas, or soap operas. He was married twice, to Joanne Dorian and Susan Hufford, by whom he had two daughters, Helena and Marika. He died on December 6, 1998 in New ...
His ashes are with family.
8. Ed Bryce
Actor | Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
Ed Bryce was born on September 24, 1921 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950), Decoy (1957) and Suspicion (1957). He was married to Dorothy Bryce. He died on December 6, 1999 in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
His ashes were interred at a church garden in Connecticut.
9. Gary Coleman
Actor | Diff'rent Strokes
Without a doubt Gary Coleman was THE child TV star of the late 1970s and early 1980s. A refreshingly confident little tyke with sparkling dark, saucer-like eyes and an ingratiating, take-on-anyone burst of personality, the boy charmed the pants right off of TV viewers the minute he was glimpsed in ...
Ashes are with family.
10. Marlon Brando
Actor | Apocalypse Now
Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, rivaled only by the more theatrically oriented Laurence Olivier in terms of esteem. Unlike Olivier, who preferred the stage to the screen, Brando concentrated his talents on movies after bidding the Broadway stage adieu in ...
Ashes were scattered on his island in Tahiti.
11. Heath Ledger
Actor | Brokeback Mountain
When hunky, twenty-year-old heart-throb Heath Ledger first came to the attention of the public in 1999, it was all too easy to tag him as a "pretty boy" and an actor of little depth. He spent several years trying desperately to sway this image, but this was a double-edged sword. His work comprised ...
Ashes are interred in a family plot in Perth, Australia.
12. John Lennon
Actor | A Hard Day's Night
John Winston (later Ono) Lennon was born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England, to Julia Lennon (née Stanley) and Alfred Lennon, a merchant seaman. He was raised by his mother's older sister Mimi Smith. In the mid-1950s, he formed his first band, The Quarrymen (after Quarry Bank High School, ...
Cremated privately the day after his death. Yoko Ono has never revealed the whereabouts of the ashes, or what happened to them. In lieu of a funeral for John, Yoko asked the public for ten minutes of silence and prayer at 2pm ET on the following Sunday, December 14th, and to contribute to charities in his memory. Amateur photographer Paul Goresh was the last person to photograph Lennon alive, autographing his "Double Fantasy" album for Mark David Chapman, just hours before Chapman fatally shot Lennon. A press photographer sneaked into the morgue, photographing Lennon's body in state before it was taken to be cremated.Ashes are with family.
13. George Harrison
Actor | A Hard Day's Night
A master musician, a film producer and actor, best known as the lead guitarist and occasionally lead vocalist of The Beatles, George Harrison was born February 25, 1943, in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. He was also the youngest of four children, born to Harold Harrison and Louise Harrison.
Like ...
Harrison was cremated within hours of his death, and his ashes were later scattered along the Ganges River in India, in accordance with his last wishes. Ashes were scattered in India.
14. John Gielgud
Actor | Arthur
Born in London, England, John Gielgud trained at Lady Benson's Acting School and RADA, London. Best known for his Shakespearean roles in the theater, he first played Hamlet at the age of 26. He worked under the tutelage of Lilian Bayliss with friend and fellow performer Laurence Olivier and other ...
He was cremated at Oxford Crematorium in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.
15. Hume Cronyn
Actor | Cocoon
Hume Cronyn was a Canadian actor with a lengthy career. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "The Seventh Cross" (1944).
Cronyn was born to a prominent family. His father was politician Hume Blake Cronyn (1864-1933), Member of Parliament for London, ...
He was likely cremated and his ashes are with family.
16. Jeremy Sinden
Actor | Star Wars
Jeremy Sinden was born on June 14, 1950 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Chariots of Fire (1981) and The Far Pavilions (1984). He was married to Delia Lindsay. He died on May 29, 1996 in London, England, UK.
Ashes are under an oak tree at the top of St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Chapel Bank, Ebony, Isle of Oxney, Kent, England next to his mother, Lady Sinden. Both trees have inscribed plaques under them.
17. Yul Brynner
Actor | The King and I
Exotic leading man of American films, famed as much for his completely bald head as for his performances, Yul Brynner masked much of his life in mystery and outright lies designed to tease people he considered gullible. It was not until the publication of the books "Yul: The Man Who Would Be King" ...
Brynner was cremated and his ashes buried in a remote part of France, on the grounds of the Abbey of Saint-Michel de Bois Aubry, a short distance outside the village of Luzé. He remains one of the most fascinating, unusual and beloved stars of his time.
18. André René Roussimoff
Actor | The Princess Bride
André René Roussimoff was born in a small farming community in Grenoble, France to Boris and Marian Rouismoff. His parents and four siblings were all of normal size, but André suffered from acromegaly, a hormonal disorder that results when the pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone. As the ...
ith his wealth the Giant bought a ranch in Ellerbe, North Carolina where he would live during his rare time off and after he retired from wrestling in 1990. He died while in France after attending his father's funeral. André was cremated and his ashes were spread across his ranch. He is survived by his one daughter.
19. Boris Karloff
Actor | Bride of Frankenstein
Along with fellow actors Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi and Vincent Price, Boris Karloff is recognized as one of the true icons of horror cinema, and the actor most closely identified with the general public's perception of the "monster" from the classic Mary Shelley book, "Frankenstein". William Henry ...
He was cremated at Guildford Crematorium, Godalming, Surrey, England, where he is commemorated by a plaque in Plot 2 of the Garden of Remembrance.
20. Wally Cox
Actor | Mister Peepers
Wally Cox was a beloved character actor who made his mark in television and ranks as one of the medium's most memorable performers. His ability to show his range likely was limited by his short stature, slight frame, and high-pitched voice, which along with his talent for being very funny, made him...
Wally Cox's cremated remains were kept hidden in a closet by his old friend for three decades. According to Brando's son Miko, both his father's and Cox's ashes were scattered at the same time in Death Valley, California, in a ceremony following Brando's death, thus reuniting the lifetime friends.
21. Isaac Asimov
Writer | I, Robot
Isaac Asimov was born Isaak Judah Ozimov, on January 2, 1920, in Petrovichi shtetl, near Smolensk, Russia. He was the oldest of three children. His father, named Judah Ozimov, and his mother, named Anna Rachel Ozimov (nee Berman), were Orthodox Jews. Ozimov family were millers (the name Ozimov ...
He died on April 6, 1992, in Boston, Massachussets, and was cremated. His ashes were scattered.
22. Andrew Duggan
Actor | In Like Flint
Born in Franklin, Indiana on December 28, 1923, he was raised in Texas and went to college at Indiana University. There, on a speech and drama scholarship, he began to act and perform however this was interrupted by being called into the service. In World War II where he saw action overseas, he was...
Both Andrew Duggan and his wife were cremated, their ashes scattered at Lake Arrowhead, California.
23. Deryck Guyler
Actor | A Hard Day's Night
Deryck Guyler, born at the outbreak of WW1 in 1914 at Liverpool in England, was the only child of Elsie and Samuel Guyler. He grew up in Liverpool and had his senior education at Liverpool College. On leaving school he tried his hand at a few things including working with his father in the family ...
Deryck's wife Paddy also passed away on 6 January 2002 and their ashes are now buried side by side in the "Guyler" family 'garden seat' estate in the peaceful surroundings of "Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens" in the Brisbane suburb of Holland Park.
24. Del Close
Actor | The Blob
Del Close was born and raised in Manhattan, Kansas, and attended Kansas State University, after touring with a sideshow act for a period of time in his teenage years. In 1957, at the age of 23, he became a member of the St. Louis branch of "The Compass Players", the direct precursor of "The Second ...
His body was cremated, as he wished. His skull is expected to be given to the Goodman Theatre to await the company's next "Hamlet".
25. Georges Guétary
Actor | An American in Paris
When we hear songs like "Rambino" and " Ciao Ciao Bambino" the name of Georges Guétary cames to one's mind. But also as a producer of " Bless the bride", "Latin Quartier" in London and "Arms and the girl" on Broadway, he added light and charm to show business. The last show to celebrate 50 years of...
He returns to ashes in an orthodox church at Cannes where he was cremated.
26. Kyle McKenna
Actor | Chill: The Killing Games
Kyle McKenna is known for Chill: The Killing Games (2013).
Kyle had a terribly sad childhood and had been estranged from his family for many years. When the Salt Lake City coroner's office finally tracked down his mother, she refused to claim his body. Friends took Kyle's remains and had them cremated. His ashes were strewn over some mountains where Kyle enjoyed hiking
27. Spade Cooley
Soundtrack | The Killer Inside Me
Violinist and cellist, singer, actor, composer and songwriter ("Shame On You"), conductor, arranger and inventor who popularized western swing music on film and recordings, in person and on radio and television. When Spade was four, he and his parents John and Emma Cooley moved to Oregon where he ...
His body was returned to the prison and was cremated. From that point, no one knows for certain what became of the remains of Spade Cooley.
28. Ted Adams
Actor | The Lion Man
The son of vaudeville performers, Richard Theodore "Ted" Adams was part of his parents' troupe before attending Cornell University at the age of 18. After college he did stock work for three years before going on to New York City and stage work there. For more than half his life he performed on the...
29. Carlos Castaneda
Writer | The Teachings of Don Juan
Carlos Castaneda, dubbed "godfather of the New Age movement," was born in Peru and came to the United States in 1951, originally hoping to make it as a sculptor. He worked a series of odd jobs and took classes in philosophy, literature and creative writing. While a graduate student in anthropology ...
He was cremated at the Culver City mortuary. No one knows what became of his ashes.
30. Harry Worth
Actor | The Trouble with Harry
His real name was Harry Illingsworth and he was an ex miner, He changed his surname soon after he left the RAF after the war. He started as a ventriloquist at the Mechanics Institute in Barnsley, Later in a pantomime he met his future wife, Kay, who suggested he went to London which he did and ...
Private cremation services took place at Fairview Park Crematory in Albuquerque.
31. Edward Pawley
Actor | Thirteen Women
Edward Joel Pawley was a native of Kansas City, Missouri, and attended Manuel Training High School. He took drama classes in high school, and after graduation he worked for six months in his half-brother's traveling stage show (under canvas). He went to New York in 1920 to seek his fame and fortune...
Both Edward and Helen (Shipman) Pawley were cremated and their ashes were buried near their home in Rock Mills, Rappahannock County, Virginia.
32. W.A. Bishop
Actor | Captains of the Clouds
William Avery 'Billy' Bishop was born on 8 February 1894 in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, to William and Margaret Bishop.
He was the middle of three children.
Billy had a tough time of it in school as he had a slight lisp and preferred swimming, horse riding and the company of young ladies to team ...
His remains were cremated and interred in the family plot in Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound, Ontario.
33. Nicholas Ray
Director | Rebel Without a Cause
Nicholas Ray was born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle in 1911, in small-town Galesville, Wisconsin, to Lena (Toppen) and Raymond Joseph Kienzle, a contractor and builder. He was of German and Norwegian descent. Ray's early experience with film came with some radio broadcasting in high school. He left the ...
Ashes were interred in a family plot in Wisconsin.
34. Clyde Fitch
Writer | The City
Born into an upper-class family in Elmira, NY, the son of an army officer and an indulging socialite, Clyde Fitch would become the first major American playwright, ending European-sourced dominance of the American stage (somewhat ironic, seeing that many of his plays were set abroad). His career ...
After several moves over a period of time, his body was finally cremated and his ashes were installed in a special Tuscan-style sarcophagus commissioned by his mother.
35. George Beban
Actor | The Loves of Ricardo
American actor-director-writer-producer of silent pictures, formerly a singer and vaudevillian. A native of San Francisco's Telegraph Hill, he was one of four sons born to Rocco Beban, a Dalmatian immigrant, and Johanna Dugan, from County Cork, Ireland.
He exhibited singing talent at an early age ...
Five weeks later, while vacationing at June Lodge Dude Ranch at Big Pine, California, Beban was thrown from a horse and seriously injured on September 29, 1928. He died in Los Angeles several days later, from the effects of the fall and from uremic poisoning. His remains were cremated
36. Lewis Hine
Camera_department | Days of Heaven
Photographer of the early 20th century, whose work documented the grim and brutal working conditions of American factories and mines and especially exposed the abuse and exploitation of children by their employers. His work, published in several books, helped to bring to light these injustices and ...
is body was cremated the next day.
37. Jack Livingston
Actor | The Power Divine
After Jack Livingston left motion pictures, he settled in Buffalo, New York. There he obtained a job as a welder. He lived there from approximately 1928 or 1929 until circa 1939 or 1940. Than he relocated with his wife (Alice Mitchell) to live in Sheffield, Massachusetts. There he became a salesman...
Jack Livingston and his wife were both cremated and their ashes are at - Sheffield City Cemetery in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
38. John Thaw
Actor | Inspector Morse
He was the working class boy from Manchester whose intensity and natural honesty made him British television's most bankable actor. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His first starring role on TV was as Sgt John Mann in Redcap (1964). His first great success, though, was as Detective...
39. Jett Travolta
Jett Travolta was born on April 13, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He died on January 2, 2009 in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
Cremated, ashes with family.
40. Thomas Stewart
Actor | Das Rheingold
Thomas Stewart was born on July 29, 1928 in San Saba, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Das Rheingold (1978), The Hacker Wars (2014) and Susanna's Secret (1966). He was married to Evelyn Lear. He died on September 24, 2006 in Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Ashes with family.
41. Richard Harris
Actor | Unforgiven
Richard St John Harris was born on October 1, 1930 in Limerick, Ireland, to a farming family, one of nine children born to Mildred (Harty) and Ivan Harris. He attended Crescent College, a Jesuit school, and was an excellent rugby player, with a strong passion for literature. Unfortunately, a bout ...
Was cremated and his ashes were scattered at his home in the Bahamas
42. Cary Grant
Actor | North by Northwest
Once told by an interviewer, "Everybody would like to be Cary Grant", Grant is said to have replied, "So would I."
Cary Grant was born Archibald Alec Leach on January 18, 1904 in Horfield, Bristol, England, to Elsie Maria (Kingdon) and Elias James Leach, who worked in a factory. His early years in ...
According to his will (dated 26th November 1984), his body was to be cremated and no funeral service held. His ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean.
43. Robert Mitchum
Actor | Out of the Past
Robert Mitchum was an underrated American leading man of enormous ability, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Ann Harriet (Gunderson), a Norwegian immigrant, and James Thomas Mitchum, a shipyard/railroad worker. His father died in a ...
He was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea by wife Dorothy Mitchum and neighbor Jane Russell. At Mitchum's insistence, no memorial service was held.
44. Brion James
Actor | Blade Runner
Brion James was born February 20, 1945, in Redlands, California, to Ida Mae (Buckelew) and Jimmy James. The family soon moved to Beaumont, California (between Los Angeles and Palm Springs), where his parents built and operated a movie theater, where stars such as Gene Autry would occasionally stop ...
He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea.
45. Bill Bixby
Actor | The Incredible Hulk
The son of a sales clerk and a department store owner, Bill Bixby was the sixth-generation Californian born as Wilfred Bailey Bixby, on January 22, 1934, in San Francisco, California. An only child growing up in the 1940s and 1950s, he attended schools in the same area, took ballroom dance lessons,...
Cremated and ashes scattered over the Pacific Ocean in Hawaii, USA.
46. Thomas Mitchell
Actor | Stagecoach
Thomas Mitchell was one of the great American character actors, whose credits read like a list of the greatest American films of the 20th century: Lost Horizon (1937); Stagecoach (1939); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); Gone with the Wind (1939); It's a ...
He was cremated and his ashes are stored at a crematorium in California.
47. Rex Harrison
Actor | My Fair Lady
Rex Harrison was born Reginald Carey Harrison in Huyton, Lancashire, England, to Edith Mary (Carey) and William Reginald Harrison, a cotton broker. He changed his name to Rex as a young boy, knowing it was the Latin word for "King". Starting out on his theater career at age 18, his first job at the ...
Was cremated and part of his ashes were scattered in Italy in Portofino and on the grave of his second wife, Lilli Palmer.
48. Sebastian Cabot
Actor | The Jungle Book
Sebastian Cabot was an English actor, often working as a voice actor in animation.
On 6 July, 1918, Cabot was born in London. He dropped out of school in 1932, to work in an automotive garage. He was eventually hired as both a chauffeur and a valet for actor Frank Pettingell (1891-1966). He learned ...
Was cremated
49. Hunter S. Thompson
Writer | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson was born on July 18, 1937 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), The Rum Diary (2011) and Gonzo (2008). He was married to Anita Thompson and Sondi Wright. He died on February 20, 2005 in Aspen, Colorado, USA.
His final wishes stipulated that his body be cremated and his ashes be shot out of a cannon across his Colorado ranch. Journalist friend Troy Hooper said "He was a big fan of bonfires and explosions and anything that went bang and I'm sure he'd like to go bang as well." This finally happened on August 20, 2005, along with a big celebration, attended by Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Lyle Lovett, and other close friends and family.
50. Jack Albertson
Actor | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
A former song-and-dance man and veteran of vaudeville, burlesque and Broadway, Jack Albertson is best known to audiences as "The Man" in the TV series Chico and the Man (1974), for which he won an Emmy. In 1968 Albertson, the brother of actress Mabel Albertson, won the Oscar for Best Supporting ...
He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea.
51. Jon Pertwee
Actor | Doctor Who
Jon Pertwee is best known for his portrayal of the Third Doctor on the BBC's science-fiction television series Doctor Who (1963) from 1970 to 1974. He was also the first to play the role following the transition of BBC One from black and white to colour. His 60-year entertainment career included ...
Following the instructions in his will, he was cremated with an effigy of the bumbling scarecrow Worzel Gummidge (Worzel Gummidge, his favorite role), attached to his casket. As the casket slid between the curtains, the effigy fell off and landed on the floor, leading one mourner to call out, "That's Jon for you. Always playing it for laughs". The mourners all broke into laughter.
52. Adolf Hitler
Self | Triumph des Willens
Born the fourth of six children to Austrian customs officer Alois Hitler--who had been married twice before--and the former Klara Polzl, Adolf Hitler grew up in a small Austrian town in the late 19th century. He was a slow learner and did poorly in school. He was frequently beaten by his ...
After his suicide in April, 1945, the corpse was imperfectly cremated, and some remains were not burned away. Pieces of the skull (including one with a bullet hole) and leg bones were recovered by the Russians, and now reside in the Russian National Archives.
53. Matthew Garber
Actor | Mary Poppins
Matthew Garber was a British child actor. Both of his parents were theatrical actors, but neither was particularly famous.
In 1963, Garber came to the attention of actor Roy Dotrice (father of Karen Dotrice) who was seeking potential child actors. Roy recommended Garber to the casting department of ...
Matthew contracted hepatitis whilst in India in 1976/77. He said he had eaten "bad meat" there. His brother stated that Matthew had gone to India overland in 1976, and by the time he was brought back to England by his father in June 77, the disease had spread to his pancreas, resulting in his death from pancreatitis. He was cremated at St Marylebone Crematorium, East Finchley, London.
54. Bud Abbott
Actor | Hold That Ghost
Long acknowledged as one of the best "straight men" in the business, Bud Abbott was born William Alexander Abbott in Reading, Pennsylvania to Rae (Fisher) and Harry Abbott, who had both worked for the Barnum and Bailey Circus. When Bud was three his family moved to Asbury Park, New Jersey, which he...
He was cremated and his ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean
55. John Denver
Soundtrack | Armageddon
His birth occurred on Friday, December 31st, 1943, as the son of an Air Force officer, Denver was constantly moved from state to state and country to country. It was in Tucson, Arizona, that his grandmother gave him his first acoustic guitar, a gift that would prove an icebreaker when meeting other...
Was cremated, and his ashes spread over the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
56. H.G. Wells
Writer | The War of the Worlds
Writer, born in Bromley, Kent. He was apprenticed to a draper, tried teaching, studied biology in London, then made his mark in journalism and literature. He played a vital part in disseminating the progressive ideas which characterized the first part of the 20th-c. He achieved fame with scientific...
Although H.G. Wells does not have a grave (he was cremated and his ashes scattered), he was quoted later in life (after witnessing the development of the atomic bomb and it being used for warfare) as making the bitter suggestion that his epitaph should say "God damn you all, I told you so." This suggestion has often led to mistaken claims that this was indeed his actual epitaph. Nevertheless, he has no grave, no headstone, and thus no epitaph.
57. Timothy Leary
Actor | Roadside Prophets
His mother was a teacher and his father a dentist. He attended West Point, joined the Army, and earned an undergraduate psychology degree at the University of Alabama while in service. Next he earned a master's degree from Washington State University and a doctorate in psychology from the ...
While he toyed with the idea of cryogenic suspension, he never went ahead with it. Instead, his body was cremated, with a portion of his ashes placed on a small rocket that is presently in Earth orbit, and will eventually burn up as it re-enters the atmosphere (the rocket includes portions of the ashes of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry).
58. Gene Roddenberry
Writer | Star Trek
While in junior high school, he became interested in science fiction, and years later while reading a copy of 'Astounding Stories' when he was working as an airline pilot, he decided to give it up and become a writer. He moved West and joined the Los Angeles police force to gain experience that ...
Instead, his body was cremated, with a portion of his ashes placed on a small rocket that is presently in Earth orbit, and will eventually burn up as it re-enters the atmosphere (the rocket includes portions of the ashes of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry).
59. Lorenzo Music
Writer | Rhoda
Lorenzo Music was born on May 2, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Rhoda (1974), Carlton Your Doorman (1980) and Garfield in Paradise (1986). He was married to Henrietta Music. He died on August 4, 2001 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea.
60. John Kennedy Jr.
Actor | A Matter of Degrees
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. was born on November 25, 1960, in Washington, DC, to John Fitzgerald Kennedy (President-to-be John F. Kennedy) and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy (Jacqueline Kennedy). Three weeks before his birth, his father was elected President of the United States, and the nation ...
John, his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, and her sister Lauren Bessette were all cremated and their ashes scattered off the coast of Martha's Vineyard from the USS John F. Kennedy Naval ship, where the ship was on training duty.
61. Ted Bundy
Self | Murderous Minds: Dennis Nilsen
Theodore Robert Bundy, more commonly known as "Ted", was one of the most prolific serial killers in the USA. He confessed to 36 murders, but nobody really knows how many had been committed or when he began his legacy of horror; the true total could be higher.
Ted was born to Eleanor Louise Cowell (...
Following Bundy's execution, in an unusual twist, his remains were cremated at the request of his family and spread over the mountains in Washington State, where the bodies of several of his victims had been discovered.
62. George Nader
Actor | Robot Monster
Born in Pasadena, California, George Nader became interested in acting while still in school and appeared in several productions at the Pasadena Playhouse. This led to several small parts in movies before earning the lead role in the ridiculous 3-D thriller Robot Monster (1953). The movie was bad ...
A longtime Palm Springs resident, Nader is survived by Mark Miller and three cousins. Following a private service, Nader was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea.
63. Woody Guthrie
Soundtrack | Paper Towns
Charley and Nora Guthrie named their son after the Democrat elected president that year. Woodrow Wilson Guthrie knew hard times as a youngster (his house burned down, his sister Clara burned to death, his father's small-town business and political careers never went anywhere, his mother suffered ...
He was cremated and his ashes were scattered off Coney Island. The family scattered the ashes of Marjorie in the same place when she died.
64. Quentin Crisp
Actor | Orlando
Quentin Crisp was born Denis Pratt on Christmas Day, 1908, in the London suburb of Sutton. He was the youngest of four children; his father a lawyer; his mother a former nursery governess. In his autobiographical work, "The Naked Civil Servant", he describes a difficult childhood in a rigorously ...
After his death in the Manchester, England suburb Chorlton-cum-Hardy, he was cremated and his ashes were flown back to the United States and scattered over New York City.
65. Charles Addams
Writer | The Addams Family
Charles Samuel Addams, or Chill as his friends called him, was born on January 7, 1912, in Westfield, New Jersey. Records show at the time of his birth the Addams' lived on Summit Avenue. They moved several times before taking up permanent residence in 1920 on Elm Street and stayed there until 1947...
Upon his death, he was cremated and his ashes were interred at the Charles Addams Estate Grounds, Sagaponeck, Suffolk County, New York in the family pet cemetery.
66. Robert Surtees
Cinematographer | Ben-Hur
Robert L. Surtees began his working life as a portrait photographer and retoucher, before becoming camera assistant at Universal in 1927. He spent a lengthy apprenticeship (15 years) working under such experienced cinematographers as Hal Mohr, Joseph Ruttenberg and Gregg Toland. Between 1929 and ...
Upon his death, he was cremated and his ashes were scattered over Point Lobos in Monterey, California.
67. Archie Moore
Actor | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Archie Moore (born Archibald Lee Wright; December 13, 1913 or 1916- December 9, 1998) was an American professional boxer and the longest reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion of all time (December 1952 - May 1962). He had one of the longest professional careers in the history of the sport, ...
68. Chester Drescher
Actor | The Nanny
Chester Drescher was born in 1982 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Nanny (1993) and Cadillac Man (1990). He died in 2000.
Chester was a pomeranian, belonging to Fran Drescher, who played C.C. Babcock's dog on The Nanny, who seemed to like Nanny Fran Fine better than he did C.C. When Chester died, Drescher had him cremated and placed in a small ceramic box, inscribed, "I just love ya, that's all," which she keeps in her kitchen on her black marble countertop, surrounded by pictures and candles.
69. Raul Cortez
Actor | O Rei do Gado
Raul Cortez was born on August 28, 1932 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He was an actor and casting director, known for The King of the Cattle (1996), Terra Speranza (2002) and Her Own Destiny (2004). He was married to Tânia Caldas and Célia Helena. He died on July 18, 2006 in São Paulo, São Paulo...
He was cremated. Close to 120 million people attended his deathwatch. This was just in 10 hours
70. Leo Ford
Actor | The Lucky Ones
Leo Ford is known for The Lucky Ones (2008), Mind Games (2014) and Waiting for Beckett (2005).
Leo's funeral service in LA included chanting by members of Santa Monica Siddha Meditation Center. He was cremated and his ashes sent to San Francisco, where after a wake at Josie's Bar they were scattered near the Golden Gate Bridge. A tree was planted in India in his name.
71. Henry Miller
Actor | Reds
Henry Miller was born on December 26, 1891 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Reds (1981), Quiet Days in Clichy (1970) and Quiet Days in Clichy (1990). He was married to Hoki Tokuda, Evelyn Byrd (Keven) McClure, Janina Martha Lepska, June Edith Smith and Beatrice ...
Was cremated; his ashes were scattered off Big Sur, California.
72. Damon Runyon
Writer | Guys and Dolls
Born out of wedlock in Manhattan, Kansas, but grew up in Denver. A close friend of fellow New York sportswriter--and former western gunfighter--William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson, who knew the Runyan family in Denver. In the late teens and early 1920s both Ed Sullivan and Walter Winchell worked as ...
After his death, as requested in his will, he was cremated and his ashes scattered over Manhattan by his son from a plane piloted by his old friend, legendary flier Eddie Rickenbacker.
73. Jon King
Actor | Interception
Jon King is known for Interception (2009), Disorder (2009) and Everyone's a V.I.P. To Someone (2009).
Cremated and ashes scattered off coast of Florida.
74. Alan Freed
Soundtrack | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Alan Freed was an American disc jockey, music writer, and early promoter of rock and roll. He initially gained notoriety in the late 1940's while working for radio stations in Ohio, eventually leading to work in New York City. He was instrumental in bringing African-American artists directly to ...
Upon his death, he was cremated. His ashes are interred at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.
75. Frank Inn
Frank Inn was a legendary animal trainer whose menagerie won a total of 40 Patsy Awards, the animal kingdom's equivalent of the Oscar. The Patsy Award is given out by the American Humane Association's Hollywood branch and stands for Picture Animal Top Star of the Year. It was first given out in ...
He kept the cremated remains of Benji, Arnold, the dog Tramp from My Three Sons and other animals in urns at his home and had requested that the remains be placed in his casket when he died, his daughter Kathleen said.
76. Paul Tibbets
Self | The Ken Murray Show
Paul Tibbets was born on February 23, 1915 in Quincy, Illinois, USA. He was married to Andrea P. Quattrehomme and Lucy Frances Wingate. He died on November 1, 2007 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Died in his Columbus, Ohio, home at the age of ninety-two. He had suffered small strokes and heart failure in his final years and had been in hospice care. Tibbets laid down in his will that there should be no funeral service after his death and no headstone for fear this might lead to demonstrations at his grave. He wanted to ensure that his resting place could never be a pilgrimage site for opponents of the use of nuclear weapons. Tibbets asked to be cremated, and have his ashes dispersed into the waters of the English Channel.
77. Dom DeLuise
Actor | The Cannonball Run
As might be said for the late and great comedians Harvey Korman and Madeline Kahn, it seems that Mel Brooks was the only director on the planet who knew how to best utilize this funnyman's talents on film. Brooks once remarked that, whenever he cast Dom in one of his films he'd add an extra two ...
His ashes were interred with his parents.
78. Alexander Moissi
Actor | Die Königsloge
Alexander Moissi was born on April 2, 1879 in Trieste, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor and director, known for Die Königsloge (1929), Der junge Goethe (1919) and Figaros Hochzeit (1920). He was married to Johanna Terwin and Marie Urfus. He died on March 23, 1935 in Lugano, Switzerland.
Was cremated in Vienna, Austria and buried near Lake Lugano in Morcote, Switzerland.
79. Joseph W. Stilwell
Self | The Stilwell Road
Joseph W. Stilwell was a four-star general in n the US Army during World War II. He headed the US campaign against Japanese forces in both Burma and China, the Chinese Nationalist government having such confidence in him that they gave him command of its forces in that theater.
Born in Palatka, FL, ...
Body was cremated, and ashes were scattered over the Pacific Ocean.
80. Richard Llewellyn
Writer | How Green Was My Valley
Welsh novelist and playwright Richard Llewellyn was born Richard David Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd in Pembrokeshire, Wales. He attended school in Cardiff and London, and when he was 16 he spent two years in Italy learning hotel management. While there he got work with an Italian film company, learning ...
He left instructions that upon his death his remains should be cremated and that he should have no grave. There is no monument to his memory, but a plaque on the wall of the ruined Six Bells public house in the Welsh village of Gilfach-goch commemorates him and his association with the area, said to be the inspiration for his novel "How Green Was My Valley" (1940).
81. Eddie Mercado
Actor | Dito sa aking puso
Eddie Mercado was an actor, known for Dito sa aking puso (1972), Ikaw naman ang iiyak (1996) and Masquerade (1967). He was married to Marivic Mercado and Marivic. He died on September 18, 2006 in Parañaque City, Philippines.
He expired around 3:30 pm on September 18, 2006, at the Parañaque Medical Center due to multiple organ failure. He was cremated at the Trinity Funeral Homes, and his ashes was buried at the Alabang New Christian Life Center.
82. Scott O'Dell
Writer | The Black Pearl
Scott O'Dell was born on May 23, 1898 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a writer, known for The Black Pearl (1977), The Mysterious Cities of Gold (1982) and Island of the Blue Dolphins (1964). He was married to Elizabeth Hall and Jane Dorsa Rattenbury. He died on October 15, 1989 in Mount ...
Was cremated, and has his ashes cast at sea.
83. Cesar Ramirez
Actor | Huwag Mo Akong Limutin
Cesar Ramirez was born in 1929. He was an actor, known for Huwag Mo Akong Limutin (1960), Suicide Susy (1962) and Tres muskiteras (1954). He was married to Alicia Vergel. He died on July 18, 2003 in Quezon City, Philippines.
Cremated on July 29 after the 1 p.m. Mass at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina City.
84. Louis Mann
Actor | The Sins of the Children
Louis Mann was born on April 20, 1865 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Sins of the Children (1930), The March of Time (1930) and Actors' Fund Field Day (1910). He was married to Clara Lipman. He died on February 15, 1931 in New York City, New York, USA.
Had his remains cremated because he had a lifelong fear of being buried alive.
85. Dennis Murphy
Writer | The Todd Killings
Dennis Murphy was born on August 27, 1932 in Salinas, California, USA. He was a writer, known for The Todd Killings (1971), Eye of the Devil (1966) and The Sergeant (1968). He was married to Daryl Leslie Timmons, Ashley Susanna Justice and Kelly Murphy. He died on October 6, 2005 in San Francisco, ...
Cremated and ashes scattered on the Big Sur, California coast.
86. Iceal Hambleton
Iceal Hambleton was born on November 16, 1918 in Rossville, Illinois, USA. He is known for Bat*21 (1988) and Dangerous Missions (1999). He was married to Gwendolyn Hamble. He died on September 19, 2004 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Cremated and Ashes interned (with Gwen) at VA hospital in Joliet, Illinois.
87. Alan Rudkin
Self | A Question of Sport
Alan Rudkin was born on November 28, 1941 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. He died on September 22, 2010 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.
He was cremated at Springwood Crematorium in Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
88. Joseph Marchese
Actor | Why Russians Are Revolting
Joseph Marchese was born on September 11, 1927 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Why Russians Are Revolting (1970) and Eye on Entertainment (2005). He died on February 11, 2010 in the USA.
He was cremated privately.
89. George Kistiakowski
Self | The Late Great Planet Earth
George Kistiakowski was born on November 18, 1900 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was married to Elaine Mahoney, Irma E. Shuler and Hildegard Moebius. He died on December 7, 1982 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
His body was cremated, and his ashes were scattered on Cape Cod, near his summer home.
90. Felice Orlandi
Actor | Another 48 Hrs.
Felice Orlandi was born on September 18, 1924 in Avezzano, Abruzzo, Italy. He was an actor, known for Another 48 Hrs. (1990), Bullitt (1968) and Killer's Kiss (1955). He was married to Alice Ghostley. He died on May 21, 2003 in Burbank, California, USA.
91. R.G. Armstrong
Actor | Predator
A golden career was reflected in his name. Robert Golden Armstrong ("Bob" to his friends) was born in Birmingham, Alabama on April 7, 1917. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While there, he was frequently performing on stage with the Carolina Playmakers. After graduating,...
92. Harry Bernsen
Producer | Three the Hard Way
Harry Bernsen was born on June 14, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer, known for Three the Hard Way (1974), Fools' Parade (1971) and Take a Hard Ride (1975). He was married to Jeanne Cooper. He died on May 31, 2008 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
According to his ex-wife's autobiography, he was cremated. Ashes are with his family.
93. William Asher
Director | Bewitched
William Asher was born on August 8, 1921 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Bewitched (1964), Fireball 500 (1966) and Beach Blanket Bingo (1965). He was married to Meredith Coffin, Joyce Bulifant, Elizabeth Montgomery and Danni Sue Nolan. He died ...
94. Grant Feasel
Self | The NFL on CBS
Grant Feasel was born on June 28, 1960 in Barstow, Georgia, USA. He was married to Cyndy Feasel. He died on July 15, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
95. Dick Clark
Actor | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Dick Clark was born and raised in Mount Vernon, New York on November 30, 1929, to Julia Fuller (Barnard) and Richard Augustus Clark. He had one older brother, Bradley, who was killed in World War II. At the age of 16, Clark got his first job in the mailroom of WRUN, a radio station in Utica, New ...
Cremated: Ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean.
96. Davy Jones
Actor | The Monkees
Davy Jones left home to become a jockey. While he was an apprentice, he was encouraged to go into acting and got a role in a production of "Peter Pan". From there, he played on Coronation Street (1960) and The Pickwick Papers (1952) before landing the role of "The Artful Dodger" in "Oliver!". This ...
Cremated in Florida. His ashes were interred in England.
97. Art Linkletter
Actor | Champagne for Caesar
Art Linkletter was born on July 17, 1912 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was an actor and producer, known for Champagne for Caesar (1950), Philippine Adventure (1964) and The Jack Benny Program (1950). He was married to Lois Marguerite Foerster. He died on May 26, 2010 in Bel-Air, California...
Cremated. AShes with family.
98. Paul Child
Actor | The Homecoming
Paul Child was born on January 15, 1902 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The Homecoming (2020). He was married to Julia Child. He died on May 1, 1994 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Cremated upon his death at a nursing home in Lexington, Massachusetts. He and Julia were members of the Neptune Society.
99. Nolan Miller
Costume_designer | Dynasty
Nolan Miller was born on January 8, 1933 in Burkburnett, Texas, USA. He was a costume designer and actor, known for Dynasty (1981), Mr. Mom (1983) and Honey West (1965). He was married to Sandra Stream. He died on June 6, 2012 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
His wishes were that friend, Joan Collins would scatter his ashes in Venice, Italy.
100. Dennie Moore
Actress | The Women
Dennie Moore was born on December 30, 1902 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Women (1939), The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951) and The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939). She died on February 22, 1978 in New York City, New York, USA.
Cremated. Ashes scattered over New York City.
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