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Maria Callas

b. 2 December 1923, d. 16 September 1977.
The ashes of Maria Callas were scattered into the Aegean Sea, off Greece, after they were stolen (and later recovered) from Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris, France. 
Cause of death: heart failure

Karen Carpenter

b. 2 March 1950, d. 4 February 1983.
Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park, Thousand Oaks, California, USA.
Cause of death: heart failure brought on by anorexia nervosa

Cleopatra

b. early months of 69 BC, d. 12 August 30 BC.
Her body has not been found, although the remains of her palace have been located in the harbor of Alexandria and are being excavated.
Cause of death : suicide (snakebite)

Claudette Colbert

b. 13 September 1903, d. 30 July 1996.
St. Peter Parish Church Cemetery, Speightstown, Barbados.
Cause of death : series of strokes

Joan Crawford

b. 23 March 1904, d. 10 May 1977.
Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York, USA.
Cause of death: cancer and acute coronary occlusion

Dalida

b. 17 January 1933, d. 3 May 1987.
Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris, France.
Cause of death: suicide (barbiturates)

Bette Davis

b. 5 April 1908, d. 6 October 1989.
Forest Lawn (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, California, USA.
Cause of death: breast cancer

Diana, Princess of Wales

b. 1 July 1961, d. 31 August 1997.
Spencer Estate Grounds at Althorp on the Lake Island, Great Brington, England.
Cause of death: car accident

Princess Diana died in an underpass in central Paris. Pedestrians cannot visit the spot because of the traffic. Coincidentally, the location above the spot of her demise is a plaza (Place de l'Alma) with a replica of the torch from the Statue of Liberty. Admirers have turned this torch into an informal memorial to Princess Diana.

Marlene Dietrich

b. 27 December 1901, d. 6 May 1992.
Friedhof III, Berlin-Friedenau, Germany.
Cause of death: natural causes

Irene Dunne

b. 20 December 1898, d. 4 September 1990.
Calvary Cemetery (Main Mausoleum, Block 353), Los Angeles, California, USA
Cause of death: heart failure

Kay Francis

b. 13 January 1905, d. 26 August 1968.
Her body was cremated and the ashes disposed of by the undertaker. We do not know of any memorial/plaque that is dedicated to Kay.
Cause of death : cancer

Greta Garbo

b. 18 September 1905, d. 15 April 1990.
Cause of death: natural causes
Her cremated remains were stored in a New York City mortuary until 17 June 1999, when they were buried alongside her parents in Stockholm, Sweden.

Ava Gardner

b. 24 December 1922, d. 25 January 1990.
Sunset Memorial Park, Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, USA
Cause of death: bronchial pneumonia

Judy Garland

b. 10 June 1922, d. 22 June 1969.
Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York, USA
Cause of death: accidental ovedose

Greer Garson

b. 29 September 1904, d. 6 April 1996.
Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas, USA
Cause of death: heart failure

Jean Harlow

b. 3 March 1911, d. 7 June 7 1937.
Forest Lawn (Glendale), Glendale, California, USA
Cause of death: Kidney disease secondary to Scarlet Fever of childhood

Rita Hayworth

b. 17 October 1918, d. 14 May 1987.
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, USA.
Cause of death: Alzheimers disease

Audrey Hepburn

b. 4 May 1929, d. 20 January 1993.
Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland.
Cause of death: colon cancer

Katharine Hepburn

b. 12 May 1907, d. 29 June 2003.
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA.
Cause of death: natural causes

Billie Holiday

b. 7 April 1915, d. 17 July 1959.
St. Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, New York, USA.
Cause of death: effects of heroin addiction

Miriam Hopkins

b. 18 October 1902, d. 9 October 1972.
Oak City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia, USA.
Cause of death: heart attack

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Phyllis Hyman

b. 6 July 1951, d. 30 June 1995.
Her cremated remains were given to her father. He passed away several years ago - so she's likely with one of her sisters.
Cause of death : suicide (overdose of pills)

Grace Kelly

b. 12 November 1929, d. 14 September 1982.
Cathedral of St. Nicholas, Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Cause of death: cerebral Hemorrhage after a car crash

Jackie Kennedy Onassis

b. 28 July 1929, d. 19 May 1994.
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
Cause of death: lymphoma

Vivien Leigh

b. 5 November 1913, d. 7 July 1967.
She was cremated, and her ashes were scattered on the lake at her home, Tickerage Mill, near Blackboys, East Sussex, England.
Cause of death : chronic pulmonary tuberculosis

Jeanette MacDonald

b. 18 June 1901, d. 14 January 1965.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, California, USA
Cause of death: heart attack

Eva Perón

b. 7 May 1919, d. 26 July 1952.
Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Cause of death: uterine cancer

Princess Margaret

b. 21 August 1930, d. 9 February 2002.
Cremated. Windsor Castle (St. George's Chapel), Windsor, England
Cause of death: heart problems brought on by stroke

Eleanor Roosevelt

b. 11 October 1884, d. 7 November 1962.
Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Hyde Park, New York, USA
Cause of death : natural causes

Romy Schneider

b. 23 September 1938, d. 29 May 1982.
Boissy-sans-Avoir, France.
Cause of death : cardiac arrest

Norma Shearer

b. 10 August 1902, d. 12 June 1983.
Forest Lawn (Glendale), Glendale, California, USA
Cause of death: Alzheimer's disease and pneumonia

Wallis Simpson

b. 19 June 1896, d. 24 April 1986.
Windsor Castle (Frogmore), Windsor, England.
Cause of death : natural causes

Dusty Springfield

b. 16 April 1939, d. 2 March 1999.
Cremated. Half of Dusty Springfield's ashes were scattered off the coast of Ireland. The other half were interred in the grounds of St Mary's Church, Henley-on-Thames, UK.
Cause of death : breast cancer

Gloria Swanson

b. 27 March 1899, d. 4 April 1983.
Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, Manhattan, New York, USA
Cause of death : stroke

Lana Turner

b. 8 February 1920, d. 29 June 1995.
Her cremated remains were given to her family.
Cause of death : throat cancer

Queen Elizabeth I

b. 7 September 1533, d. 24 March 1603.
Westminster Abbey, London, England
Cause of death : cancer

The tomb inscription reads in translation : Consorts both in throne and grave, here we rest two sisters, Elizabeth and Mary, in hope of our resurrection.

Queen Mary

b. 26 May 1867, d. 24 March 1953.
Windsor Castle (St. George's Chapel), Windsor, England
Cause of death : natural causes

Queen Victoria

b. 24 May 1819, d. January 22, 1901.
Windsor Castle (Frogmore), Windsor, England
Cause of death : cerebral haemorrhage

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