Stumbled into this sight, midly interesting. http://www.findagrave.com http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=city&FScityid=1103
Hofheinz, Roy Mark b. April 10, 1912 d. November 22, 1982 Businessman. Legendary Houston politician, developer, and entrepeneur. Brought major league baseball to Houston. As "Father of the Astrodome", he created the concept of domed stadiums and luxury boxes. Briefly owned Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. (Bio by: Joel Berry) Forest Park West Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Great find! I never knew Gene Tierney, Johnny Keane and Dickey Kerr were buried in Houston. A couple of years ago, several blues musicians and I had a wake/party at Lightnin' Hopkins' grave at Forest Park Lawndale...similar to what occurs at Jim Morrison's grave in Paris.
Cool. I just saw "Eight Men Out" for the umpteenth time last week. Still a great baseball flick, and I really like John Sayles' movies, especially "Lone Star".
Hughes, Howard b. December 24, 1905 d. April 5, 1976 Businessman. Born in Houston, Texas, he studied at the California Institute of Technology and inherited his father's tool company at the age of 18, in 1923. Later in 1926 he started producing films like "Hells Angels" (1930), "Scarface" (1932) and others. While shooting "Hells Angels," he got his pilots license and soon after that started his own aircraft company, Hughes Aircraft, where he was into designing, building and flying, and set many world air speed records from 1935-1938. His most...[Read More] (Bio by: Phantomht) Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Plot: Oakdale Section
J. Edgar Hoover had the physician who pronounced Hughes dead take fingerprints from Hughes' corpse and send them to the FBI to compare with fingerprints on file before he would accept that it really was Hughes.
