Johnny Grant

Johnny Grant

male, deceased (2008)
Army Air Corps, Hollywood Walk of Fame, telethon, American, Hollywoodhistoryandculture, Television producer…Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Johnny Grant is a radio personality, television producer and the honorary mayor of Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, which is an unpaid and...
Black Dahlia

Black Dahlia

female, deceased (1947)
from Massachusetts, actress, Hollywoodhistoryandculture, unsolved murder, American, murder victim
Elizabeth "Betty" Short, was an aspiring actress, today better known as the Black Dahlia. She was the victim of a gruesome and unsolved murder at...
Louella Parsons

Louella Parsons

female, deceased (1972)
From Freeport, Illinois, convert to Roman Catholicism, American, columnist, Radio personality, writer…Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hollywoodhistoryandculture
Louella Parsons (August 6, 1881 - December 9, 1972) was an American gossip columnist. She was born Louella Rose Oettinger in Freeport, Illinois,...
Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper

female, deceased (1966)
Hollidaysburg, film actor, Hollywood Walk of Fame, quaker, stage actor, columnist…Hollywoodhistoryandculture
Hedda Hopper (May 2, 1885 - February 1, 1966) was an American actress and gossip columnist, whose long-running feud with friend turned arch-rival...
Joe E. Brown

Joe E. Brown

male, deceased (1973)
Palm Springs, stationmaster, Around the World in Eighty Days, Around the World in 80 Days, Vaudeville performer, Cameo appearance…Hollywoodhistoryandculture, hollywood canteen, Hollywood Walk of Fame
Joseph Evans Brown was an actor and comedian from Holgate, Ohio. In 1902 at the age of 10, he joined a troupe of circus tumblers known as the Five...

Henry Willson

male, deceased (1978)
Hollywoodhistoryandculture, Cinema of the United States, Beefcake
Henry Willson (31 July 1911 - 2 November 1978) was a Hollywood talent agent, who played a role in popularizing the beefcake craze of the 1950s....
Rona Barrett

Rona Barrett

female, 73 years old
from New York City, Jewish person, Jewish, syndicate, Businessman, journalism…Hollywoodhistoryandculture
Rona Barrett (born October 8, 1936) is an American gossip columnist and businesswoman. She currently runs the Rona Barrett Lavender Company in...
Georgette Bauerdorf

Georgette Bauerdorf

female, deceased (1944)
unsolved murder, American, Hollywoodhistoryandculture, murder victim, Georgette Elise Bauerdorf
Georgette Elise Bauerdorf (May 6, 1924-October 12, 1944) was a twenty-year-old oil heiress who was strangled in her home at the El Palacio...

Shirley Thomas

female, deceased (2005)
cancer death, University of Southern California, NASA, Academic, Non-fiction writer, university of sussex…Hollywoodhistoryandculture
Shirley Thomas Ph.D. (1920 - July 21 2005, Los Angeles, California), was a radio/television actress/writer/producer, author, and professor at the...

Irene Diamond

female, deceased (2003)
philanthropist, American, Hollywoodhistoryandculture, National Medal of Arts, President Clinton, Aaron Diamond
Irene Diamond (May 7 1910 - January 21, 2003) was a Hollywood talent scout and later in life a prominent philanthropist. She was married to...