- Desert Memorial Park
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Desert Memorial Park Details Year established October 31, 1956 Country United States Location Cathedral City, California Coordinates 33°49′04″N 116°26′34″W / 33.8177965°N 116.4427901°WCoordinates: 33°49′04″N 116°26′34″W / 33.8177965°N 116.4427901°W[1] Type Public Owned by Palm Springs Cemetery District Website Official Site Find a Grave [1] The Political Graveyard [2] Desert Memorial Park is a cemetery in Cathedral City, California, United States, near Palm Springs. It is maintained by the Palm Springs Cemetery District (a Special District established under California's Special District Law[2]). The District also maintains the Welwood Murray Cemetery in Palm Springs.[3]
Notable interments
Among those buried here are:[4]
- Chris Alcaide (1923-2004), American actor
- Busby Berkeley (1895-1976), American motion picture director
- Sonny Bono (1935-1998), American record producer, singer, actor, and politician
- Lorraine Brox (1900-1993), one of the Brox Sisters singing group
- Velma Wayne Dawson (1912-2007), American puppeteer and creator of Howdy Doody
- Brad Dexter (1917-2002), American actor
- Alex Dreier (1916-2000), broadcaster and actor
- Jolie Gabor (1900-1997), mother of the Gabor sisters
- Magda Gabor (1918-1997), one of the Gabor sisters
- Louis Galen (1925-2007), American philanthropist and banker
- Bill Goodwin (1910-1958), American television announcer
- Irving Green (1916-2006), founder of Mercury Records
- Earle Hagen (1919-2008), American composer
- Claude Harmon (1916-1989), American golfer
- Josephine Hill (1899-1989), American actress
- Roy W. Hill (1899-1986), philanthropist
- Eddy Howard (1915-1963), American singer
- Betty Hutton (1921-2007), American actress
- Andrea Leeds (1914-1984), American actress
- Diana "Mousie" Lewis (1919–1997), American actress
- Frederick Loewe (1901-1988), American composer
- Marian Marsh (1913-2006), American actress
- Cameron Mitchell (1918-1994, American actor
- John J. Phillips (1887-1983), United States Congressman
- William Powell (1892–1984), American actor
- William David Powell (1925-1968), American TV writer
- Marjorie Rambeau (1889-1970), American actress
- Pete Reiser (1919-1981), American baseball player
- Jilly Rizzo (1917-1992), American restaurateur
- Ginny Simms (aka Virginia E. Eastvold) (1913-1994), American actress
- Anthony Martin Sinatra (1892-1969), father of Frank Sinatra
- Frank Sinatra (1915-1998), American singer and actor
- Jimmy Van Heusen (aka, James Van Heusen; originally, Edward Chester Babcock) (1913-1990), American composer
- Ralph Young (1923-2008), American singer and entertainer
See also
- Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City)
- List of cemeteries in California#Riverside County
References
- ^ USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
- ^ Kimia Mizany and April Manatt, California Senate Local Government Committee, What's So Special About Special Districts? A Citizen's Guide to Special Districts in California (Third Edition) 2002
- ^ Palm Springs Cemetery District
- ^ Palm Springs Cemetery District "Interments of Interest"
Categories:- Mausoleums in the United States
- Cemeteries in Riverside County, California
- Burials at Desert Memorial Park
- Cathedral City, California
- Burial monuments and structures
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