Vincent Fumo

Vincent Fumo

male, 66 years old
Vincent Joseph "Vince" Fumo, United States Democratic Party, democratic party, villanova university, Buddy Cianfrani, Vincent Joseph Fumo…SouthPhiladelphia
Vincent Joseph "Vince" Fumo (born May 8, 1943) is a State Senator, lawyer and businessman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the...
Zoe Strauss

Zoe Strauss

female, 39 years old
Whitney Biennial, from Philadelphia, photographer, SouthPhiladelphia, American, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia…Philadelphia Public Art Project, philadelphia art museum
Zoe Strauss is an American photographer. Born in Philadelphia, Strauss was given a camera for her 30th birthday and started taking pictures of life...
Chubby Checker

Chubby Checker

male, 68 years old
musician, The Twist, singer, The Fly, platinum disc, golden record…SouthPhiladelphia, Philadelphia music groups, South Carolina musician, born in Spring Gulley, South Carolina
Chubby Checker is the stage name of Ernest Evans (born October 3, 1941), an American Rock and Roll singer best known for popularizing the dance The...

Anna C. Verna

female
Democrat, Anna Cibotti Verna, Philadelphia City Council, Political progressivism, SouthPhiladelphia, progressive…from Philadelphia
Honorable Anna Cibotti Verna is President (2000-present) of the Philadelphia City Council on which she has served since 1975 as the representative...
Pat Martino

Pat Martino

male, 65 years old
mainstream jazz, hard bop, Pennsylvania musician, post bop, Post-bop guitarist, Soul-jazz guitarist…SouthPhiladelphia
Pat Martino (born Pat Azzara, August 25, 1944, in South Philadelphia) is an Italian-American jazz guitarist and composer within the post bop, soul...
Toots Shor

Toots Shor

male, deceased (1977)
buried at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, from New York City, Bernard "Toots" Shor, SouthPhiladelphia, Burials at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania…born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bernard "Toots" Shor was, during the 1940s and 1950s, the proprietor of a legendary restaurant, Toots Shor's Restaurant, in Manhattan. He was known...
Salvatore Testa

Salvatore Testa

male
Salvatore "Salvie" Testa, Philadelphia crime family, Philip "Chicken Man" Testa, Caporegime, SouthPhiladelphia, Italian-American
Salvatore "Salvie" Testa (d. 1984) was a Philadelphia gangster who served as a hitman for the Scarfo Crime Family. Testa was the son of Philip...

Philip Testa

male, deceased (1981)
the Philadelphia crime family, Philip "Chicken Man" Testa, Nicodemo ("Little Nicky") Scarfo, SouthPhiladelphia, Italian-American, Scarfo crime family
Philip "Chicken Man" Testa (April 21, 1924 - March 15, 1981) was an American Mafia figure known for his brief leadership of the Philadelphia crime...
Diane Renay

Diane Renay

female, 63 years old
from Philadelphia, Pete DeAngelis, Renee Diane Kushner, Danny and the Juniors, Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks, At the Hop…SouthPhiladelphia
Diane Renay (born Renee Diane Kushner on July 13, 1945 in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American pop singer, best known for her 1964 hit...
Johnny Grande

Johnny Grande

male, deceased (2006)
Bill Haley & His Comets member, musician, accordionist, Italian-American, Country and Western, Bill Haley & His Comets…SouthPhiladelphia, from Philadelphia, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
John A. Grande, better known as Johnny Grande, was a member of Bill Haley's backing band, The Comets. Born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he...