Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City)
| Forest Lawn Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1992 |
| Location | 69-855 E. Ramon Road Cathedral City, California |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 33°48′55″N 116°26′29″W / 33.8154°N 116.4413°W |
| Type | Private |
| Owned by | Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries |
| Website | Forest Lawn Cathedral City Forest Lawn Burial Site Locator |
| Find a Grave | Forest Lawn Cemetery |
Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City), renamed from Palm Springs Mortuary & Mausoleum in 2005, is a mausoleum in Cathedral City, California near Palm Springs.[1] It is operated by Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries.
Notable interments
[edit]Among those interred here are:
- Elisabeth Brooks, also known as Elisabeth Brooks Luytes (1951–1997), actress
- Shirley Burkovich (1933–2022), baseball player
- John Conte (1915–2006), actor, television station owner
- Frantisek Daniel (1926–1996), writer, producer, director
- Mack David (1912–1993), composer
- Victoria "Vicki" Draves (1924–2010), Olympic athlete
- Alice Faye (1915–1998), singer and actress
- L. Wolfe Gilbert (1886–1970), composer
- Phil Harris (1904–1995), singer, bandleader, and actor
- Billy Herrington (1969–2018), model, pornographic film actor
- Rock Hudson (1925–1985), actor (cenotaph, ashes scattered at sea)
- Dorothy Kamenshek (1925–2010), baseball player
- Francis Lederer (1899–2000), actor
- Gavin MacLeod (1931–2021), actor
- Guy Madison (1922–1996), actor
- George Montgomery (1916–2000), actor
- George Nader (1921–2002), actor (cenotaph is marked here, but his ashes were scattered at sea)
- Papa John Phillips (1935–2001), singer, songwriter, composer
- Michael Rizzitello (1927–2005), mobster
- Harold Robbins (1916–1997), novelist
- Irv Robbins (1917–2008), co-founder of Baskin-Robbins
- Charles 'Buddy' Rogers (1904–1999), actor, musician, humanitarian, third husband of Mary Pickford
- Hank Sanicola (c. 1914–1974), pianist, music publisher, manager and businessman, close friend of Frank Sinatra
- Dinah Shore (1916–1994), singer, actress and talk show host
- Jerry Vale (1930–2014), singer
- Ken Venturi (1931–2013), professional golfer and golf broadcaster, close friend of Frank Sinatra
- Nancy Wilson (1937–2018), singer
- Donald Woods (1906–1998), Canadian actor
- Jane Wyman (1917–2007), actress
Barbara Ann Walton (1947-2023)
See also
[edit]- Coachella Valley Public Cemetery – in nearby Indio, California
- Desert Memorial Park – across the street from Forest Lawn
- List of cemeteries in California
- List of cemeteries in Riverside County, California
References
[edit]- ^ Brooks, Patricia; Brooks, Jonathan (2006). "Chapter 8: East L.A. and the Desert". Laid to Rest in California: a guide to the cemeteries and grave sites of the rich and famous. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press. pp. 245–6. ISBN 978-0762741014. OCLC 70284362.