County
Celebrities from Essex County
1,793 Memorials
0 Funeral Homes
80 Cemeteries
44 Places
Essex County: 15 memorial pages
of people who were born or died here, or were laid to rest here
FC
Memorial
Freddy Cannon
12/04/1936 – 07/17/2026
89 years
American rock and roll singer
Oxnard
1
JC
Memorial
Joanne Chory
03/19/1955 – 11/12/2024
69 years
American plant biologist and geneticist
San Diego
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JM
Memorial
James McLane
09/13/1930 – 12/13/2020
90 years
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder
Ipswich
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JW
Memorial
Jack Welch
11/19/1935 – 03/01/2020
84 years
American executive: General Electric CEO
Manhattan
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FJ
Memorial
Fernando José Corbató
07/01/1926 – 07/12/2019
93 years
American computer scientist
Newburyport
2
VB
Memorial
Verna Bloom
08/07/1938 – 01/09/2019
80 years
American actress
Bar Harbor
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Family Tree
GD
Memorial
Gardner Dozois
07/23/1947 – 05/27/2018
70 years
American science fiction editor
Philadelphia
11
WF
Memorial
Warren Frost
06/05/1925 – 02/17/2017
91 years
American actor
Middlebury
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WS
Memorial
Whitney Smith
02/26/1940 – 11/17/2016
76 years
founder of vexillology, the study of flags
Peabody
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Family Tree
TG
Memorial
Tammy Grimes
01/30/1934 – 10/30/2016
82 years
American actress and singer
Lillian Booth Actors Home
2
Family Tree
JU
Memorial
John Updike
03/18/1932 – 01/27/2009
76 years
American novelist, poet
Danvers
14
Family Tree
MN
Memorial
Maila Nurmi
12/11/1922 – 01/10/2008
85 years
Finnish American actress
Los Angeles
3
RG
Memorial
Robert Goulet
11/26/1933 – 10/30/2007
73 years
Canadian-American singer and actor
Los Angeles
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BD
Memorial
Brad Delp
06/12/1951 – 03/09/2007
55 years
American rock musician
Atkinson
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FH
Memorial
Frederick Herzberg
04/18/1923 – 01/19/2000
76 years
American psychologist
Salt Lake City
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