Mrinalini Sarabhai

Dancer -- via the Hindustani Times.

Lee Abramson

Composer and musician -- via legacy.com.

Andy Dog Johnson

Artist -- via The The.

Pierre Des Ruisseaux

Poet -- via La Presse.

Else Marie Pade

Composer -- via Fact Mag.

Frank Sullivan

Former MLB pitcher; two-time All Star best known for his play with the Red Sox -- via MLB.

Johnnie Mendell

Singer and songwriter -- via legacy.com. AKA John Mendel.

Meg Mundy

Actress -- via 

Anthony Read

TV writer and producer -- via the Guardian.

Antonella Steni

Actress -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Ettore Scola

Director -- via the New York Times.

Leila Alaoui

Photographer -- via the New York Times.

Royal Parker Pollokoff

Kids' TV host -- via the Baltimore Sun.

James R. Fonseca

Guitarist -- via Billboard.

Tridsaddee Sahawong

Actor -- via the Bangkok Post. AKA Por.

Sheila Sim

Actress -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Best remembered as the lead player in Powell and Pressburger's "A Canterbury Tale."

Olamide David

Actor -- via Pulse Nigeria.

Michel Tournier

Writer -- via RFI.

James Bellah

Actor and writer -- via legacy.com.

Doris Wiss

Actress -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Johnny Rogers

Saxophonist -- via the Telegraph.

Geethapriya

Director and lyricist -- via the New Indian Express. AKA Lakshman Rao Mohite.

Peggy Anderson

Writer -- via the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Joannis Avramidis

Sculptor -- via Der Standard.

Francisco X. Alarcon

Poet -- via El Tecolote.

Anil Ganguly

Director -- via Indian Express.

Andrzej Kotkowski

Director -- via sfp.org.pl.

Gunnel Vallquist

Writer and translator -- via inmemoriam.org.

Umberto Raho

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

John Mansbridge

Art director -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Dallas Taylor

Drummer for CSN & Y; later a drug and alcohol counselor -- via Hollywood Life.

Pablo Manavello

Composer, guitarist, singer, and songwriter -- via Billboard.

Carina Jaarnek

Singer -- via SVT. AKA Eva Carina Kvistborg Jaarnek, Kina Jaarnek.

Hubert Giraud

Musician, composer, and songwriter -- via PanArmenian.

George Grant

Singer with the Castelles -- via The Blog. Great historical data and interpretation from David Hinckley! Grant was the lead tenor, pioneering the high, aching style later perfected by Frankie Lymon. The Castelles have been referred to as the founders of the Philadelphia style of vocals.

Dale "Buffin" Griffin

Drummer; co-founder of Mott the Hoople -- via BBC News.

Robin Banks Stewart

TV writer -- via the Telegraph.

Peter Rice

Stage and costume designer -- via the Telegraph.

Kjell Sandved

Writer and photographer -- via the Washington Post.

Photo Essay: Inside the the Tower of Memories

An empty crypt in the basement of the Tower of Memories.

Tower exterior, 7777 W. 29th Ave., Lakewood, CO. This seven-story mausoleum was built between 1926 and 1948; it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

"There is no heat or facilities," said the man at the entry booth. We grew up near it; it was brightly lit at night and could be seen for miles. We oriented ourselves by it. 

The entryway -- early views of the 180 acres that comprise Crown Hill Cemetery.

The early design for the Tower was Gothic, but delays resulted in it being completed in Modernist style.

The cavernous halls, 20 feet high, are ice-cold. Some niches are glass-fronted, and cover floor to ceiling. The urns of the dead are accompanied by photos and keepsakes.

A striking stained-glass window with Masonic adornments. The Bible verse quoted at bottom, "And the glory of the Lord filled the house" (Chron. II, 7:1) refers to the dedication of the First Temple.

Angels in the basement.

A very unique cat stained-glass window. At lower left, "I am the way, (the) truth, and the life" (John 14:6)

There is evidence of relatives' visits -- cards, artificial flowers, balloons, little totems. I recognized the name of auto dealer Doug Spedding ("There's a nice surprise for you/At Spedding Chevrolet/Off the Boulder Turnpike/On the Valley Highway!") A tiny auto adorned his plaque.

I met an older man and his son, who were also visiting. "How about that Bronco game?" the old man asked immediately, without introduction, and we went on for a couple of minutes about the victory the day before. The siblinghood of old Bronco fans appears to transcend even the proprieties of the death house.

An empty, sample crypt in the basement.