Gregory Peck was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s. He died at age 87 of bronchopneumonia with his wife, Veronique, by his side. Gregory Peck is entombed in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels mausoleum in Los Angeles. His eulogy was read by Brock Peters whose character, Tom Robinson, was defended by Peck's Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird.