Where Are Famous People Buried Trivia
Where Are Famous People Buried Trivia is a online guide to more than 33 profiles of the lives,
deaths, and final resting places of memorable figures from sports,
music, film, television, literature, politics, and more... The
W-Alphabetical Listings include:
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Porter
Wagoner
was an American country music singer.
Famous for his flashy Nudie suits and blond pompadour, Wagoner
introduced a young Dolly Parton to his long-running television show.
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Samuel Hamilton Walker was a Texas Ranger captain and military officer
of the Republic of Texas and the United States armies. Walker served in
several armed conflicts, including the Indian and the Mexican-American
wars.
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Bill
Walsh
was an American head football coach of
the San Francisco 49ers and Stanford University, during which time
he popularized the West Coast Offense. Walsh went 102-63-1 with the
49ers, winning ten of his fourteen postseason games along with six
division titles, three NFC Championship titles, and three Super
Bowls. He was named the NFL's coach of the year in 1981 and 1984.
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Jay
Ward
was an American creator and producer of animated
television cartoons. He is known for producing animated series based
on characters such as Crusader Rabbit, Rocky & Bullwinkle,
Dudley Do-Right, Peabody and Sherman, Hoppity Hooper, George of the
Jungle, Tom Slick and Super Chicken.
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George
Washington
George Washington served as the first President of
the United States of America (1789–1797), and led the Continental
Army to victory over the Kingdom of Great Britain in the American
Revolutionary War (1775–1783).
- Muddy
Waters McKinley
Morganfield, better known as Muddy Waters, was an blues
musician and is generally considered "the Father of Chicago
Blues".
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John
Wayne (Marion Robert [Michael] Morrison) was
an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning American film actor.
He epitomized rugged masculinity and has become an enduring American
icon. He is famous for his distinctive voice, walk and physical
presence. His career began in silent movies in the 1920s and he was
a major star from the 1940s to the 1970s.
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Dennis
Weaver was an Emmy
Award-winning American actor, best known for his work in television,
including roles on Gunsmoke, as Marshal Sam McCloud on the
NBC police drama McCloud and in Steven Spielberg's
feature-length directorial debut, the cult TV movie Duel
in 1971.
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Doodles
Weaver
was an American comedian on radio and
television. He was the brother of NBC-TV executive Sylvester
"Pat" Weaver and the uncle of actress Sigourney Weaver.
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Jack
Webb was an
Emmy-nominated American actor, television producer, director, and
writer who is most famous for his role as Sergeant Joe Friday in the
radio and television series Dragnet. He was also the founder
of his own production company, Mark VII Productions.
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Richard
Webb
was a film, television and radio actor.
He was born in Bloomington, Illinois.
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Lawrence
Welk
was a musician, accordionist,
bandleader, and television impresario, hosting The Lawrence Welk Show
from 1951 to 1982.
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William
Wellman was an American movie director, noted for directing the
film which received the first Academy Award for Best Picture, Wings
(1927).
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William C. Westmoreland
was an American General who commanded
American military operations in the Vietnam War at its peak from 1964 to
1968 and who served as U.S. Army Chief of Staff from 1968 to 1972.
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William Whipple, Jr.
(historical)
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Richard
Widmark (actor)
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
(writer)
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Ted Williams
(baseball player)
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Robert McAlpin Williamson
He
was a Republic of Texas Supreme Court Justice, state lawmaker and Texas
Ranger. Williamson County, Texas is named for him.
- Dick Wilson
(actor)
- Jackie Wilson
(singer)
- Justin Wilson
(chef)
- Woodrow Wilson (U.S. President
- Whip
Wilson (actor)
- Edward Winslow
(Colonial America)
- Josiah Winslow
(Colonial America)
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Shelly Winters
(actress)
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Grant Withers
(actor)
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Natalie Wood
(actress)
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Andrew
Wyeth (artist)
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N.C. Wyeth (artist)
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Jane Wyman
(actress)
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Tammy
Wynette (singer)
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