The Necro Tourist traces the final resting places of storytellers, visionaries, and voices who shaped how America reads, sees, and listens. Explore the categories below and meet the creators whose work still echoes.
Famous Entertainment Graves Categories
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Famous Authors Graves (A-M)
Erma Bombeck
William S. Burroughs
Gwendolyn Brooks
Newspaper Columnist
Woodland Cemetery
Dayton, Ohio
Gwendolyn Brooks
William S. Burroughs
Gwendolyn Brooks
Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet 'Annie Allen'
Lincoln Cemetery
Blue Island, Illinois
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
Novelist
Bellefontaine Cemetery
St. Louis, Missouri
Irvin S. Cobb
William S. Burroughs
Author, Humorist
Oak Grove Cemetery
Paducah, Kentucky
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Novelist, Poet- "Sympathy"
Woodland Cemetery
Dayton, Ohio
Max Ehrmann
Author, Poet- "Desiderata"
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Terre Haute, Indiana
Harriet White Fisher Andrew
Author, 'Mustang'- "My Four Acre Farm"
Princeton Cemetery
Princeton, New Jersey
Oliver Wendall Holmes
Author, Poet- "Old Ironsides"
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Vaugh Kester
Alexander McGuffey
Author, Jounalist 'Cosmopolitan'
Mount Vernon Cemetery
Mount Vernon, Ohio
Alexander McGuffey
Alexander McGuffey
Alexander McGuffey
Educator, Author- "McGuffey Weekly Reader"
Spring Grove Cemetery
Cincinnati, Ohio
Margaret Mitchell
Alexander McGuffey
Margaret Mitchell
Author- 'Gone With The Wind'
Oakland Cemetery
Atlanta, Georgia
Famous Authors Graves (N-z)
William 'O'Henry' Porter
Author
Riverside Cemetery
Asheville, North Carolina
Edgar Allen Poe
Author- Raven, Tell Tale Heart
Westminster Burying Ground
Baltimore, Maryland
James Whitcomb Riley
James Whitcomb Riley
Author- The Old Swimmin'-Hole
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis, Indiana
Booth Tarkington
Tennessee Williams
James Whitcomb Riley
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis, Indiana
James Thurber
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Author- Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Greenlawn Cemetery
Columbus, Ohio
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Playwright
Calvary Cemetery
St. Louis, Missouri
Thomas Wolfe
Author
Riverside Cemetery
Asheville, North Carolina
Famous Artists Graves
Robert S. Duncanson
Robert S. Duncanson
Robert S. Duncanson
Painter
Woodland Cemetery
Monroe, Michigan
Frank Duveneck
Robert S. Duncanson
Robert S. Duncanson
World Re-known Painter
Mother of God Cemetery
Latonia, Kentucky
Charley Harper
Robert S. Duncanson
Artist
Spring Grove Cemetery
Cincinnati, Ohio
Alice Schille
Watercolorist Impressionist Painter
Greenlawn Cemetery
Columbus, Ohio
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Pop Art Cultural Artist
Saint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
Bethel Park, Pennsylvania
Andy Warhol
Famous Radio Graves
Alan Freed
Paul Harvey
(Cleveland DJ who coined phrase "Rock and Roll")
Lake View Cemetery
Cleveland, Ohio
Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey
(Paul Harvey Show)
Forest Home Cemetery
Forest Park, Illinois
Minnie Pearl
Minnie Pearl
(Grand Ole Opry)
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Franklin, Tennessee
Famous Directors Graves
D.W. Griffith
(Birth of a Nation)
Mt. Tabor Methodist Churchyard
Crestwood, Kentucky
