Los Angeles, Inglewood Park Cemetery

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Address:
West Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Inglewood Park Cemetery was founded in 1905 in Inglewood, California. A number of notable people, including entertainment and sports personalities, have been interred or entombed here.

Notable interments/funerals

A

  • Margaret Queen Adams (1874–1974), first woman deputy sheriff in the United States
  • Coit Albertson (1880–1953), actor
  • Curtis Amy (1929–2002), musician
  • Joseph H. August (1890–1947), cinematographer
  • Lloyd Avery II (1969–2005), actor

B

  • Gertrude Baines (1894–2009), supercentenarian
  • Chet Baker (1929–1988), musician
  • Reginald Barker (1886–1945), director
  • Earl Battey (1935–2003), baseball player
  • Beals Becker (1886–1943), baseball player
  • Ricky Bell (1955–1984), NFL running back
  • George Bennard (1873–1958), composer
  • Edgar Bergen (1903–1978), actor and ventriloquist
  • Frances Bergen (1922–2006), actress
  • Wally Berger (1905–1988), baseball player
  • Paul Bern (1885–1932), director, screenwriter and producer
  • Richard Berry (1935–1997), singer and songwriter
  • Elmer Booth (1882–1915), actor
  • Margaret Booth (1898–2002), film editor
  • Lyman Bostock (1950–1978), baseball player
  • Fletcher Bowron (1887–1968), Los Angeles mayor and judge
  • Tom Bradley (1917–1998), Los Angeles mayor
  • Byron B. Brainard (1894–1940), Los Angeles City Council member
  • Layne Britton (1907–1993), makeup artist
  • Charles Brown (1922–1999), singer
  • Nacio Herb Brown (1896–1964), composer
  • Robert L. Burns (1876–1955), Los Angeles City Council member, 1929–45
  • Jheryl Busby (1949–2008), former CEO of Motown Records

C

  • Bebe Moore Campbell (1951–2006), author
  • Caesar Cardini (1896–1956), credited as creator of Caesar Salad
  • Ray Charles (1930–2004), musician
  • Thornton Chase, first western Baha'i, Annual memorial in September draws large crowds.
  • James Cleveland (1931–1991), gospel singer, composer, arranger
  • Johnnie Cochran (1937–2005), trial lawyer
  • Anthony Cornero (1899–1955), bootlegger, builder of Stardust Resort & Casino in Paradise, Nevada
  • Ray "Crash" Corrigan (1902–1976), actor
  • Pee Wee Crayton (1914–1985), guitarist, blues singer
  • Sam Crawford (1880–1968), baseball player

D

  • Julian Dixon (1934–2000), U.S. Congressman
  • Badja Djola, (1948–2005), actor
  • William Duncan (1879–1961), actor

F

  • Louise Fazenda (1895–1962), actress
  • Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996), singer
  • Curt Flood (1938–1997), baseball player
  • Clara Shortridge Foltz (1849-1934), First female lawyer on the West Coast.
  • Byron Foulger (1899–1970), actor
  • Lowell Fulson (1921–1999), blues musician

G

  • Hoot Gibson (1892–1962), actor
  • Jim Gilliam (1928–1978), baseball player
  • Ronald Goldman (1968–1994), murder victim
  • Betty Grable (1916–1973), actress, singer and dancer
  • Leroy Milton Grider (1854–1919), Los Angeles real estate man
  • Ferde Grofé (1892–1973), composer

H

  • Kenneth Hahn (1920–1997), county supervisor and city council member
  • Jester Hairston (1901–2000), actor, musician, arranger
  • Lois Hall (1926–2006), actress
  • Bernie Hamilton (1928–2008), actor
  • Robin Harris (1953–1990), actor and comedian
  • Helen Humes (1913–1981), singer
  • Flo Hyman (1954–1986), volleyball player

J

  • Bud Jamison (1894–1944), actor
  • James J. Jeffries (1875–1953), world heavyweight boxing champion
  • Etta James (1938–2012), singer

K

  • Robert Kardashian (1944–2003), attorney
  • Cecil R. King (1898–1974), U.S. Congressman

L

  • Allan "Rocky" Lane (1909–1973), actor
  • Walter Lang (1896–1972), film director
  • Lucille La Verne (1872–1945), actress
  • Gypsy Rose Lee (1911–1970), actress and burlesque dancer
  • Lillian Leitzel (1892–1931), acrobat
  • Evan Lewis (1869–1941), Los Angeles City Council member
  • Walter Lindley (1852–1922), Los Angeles physician and educational leader

M

  • D'Urville Martin (1939–1984), actor, producer and director
  • Fred McMullin (1891–1952), baseball player
  • Louis Meyer (1904–1995), race car driver
  • Cleo Moore (1928–1972), actress
  • Juanita Moore (1914–2014) actress
  • Ernest "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison (1912–1989), actor
  • Don Myrick (1940–1993), musician

N

  • Gordon W. Norris (1907–1961), poet laureate of California

O

  • Fred Offenhauser (1888–1973), automotive inventor

P

  • LaWanda Page (1920–2002), actress and comedienne
  • George H. Peck (1856–1940), real estate broker & developer
  • Billy Preston (1946–2006), singer and songwriter
  • George W. Prince (1854–1939), U.S. Congressman

R

  • Robert Riskin (1897–1955), screenwriter
  • Sugar Ray Robinson (1921–1989), World Champion boxer
  • Cesar Romero (1907–1994), actor

S

  • Evelyn Selbie (1871–1950), actress
  • Blanche Sewell (1898–1949), editor
  • Frank L. Shaw (1877–1958), Los Angeles mayor
  • Charles A. Siringo (1855–1928), author
  • Myrtle Stedman (1855–1938), actress
  • Slim Summerville (1892–1946), actor
  • Sylvester (1947–1988), singer.

T

  • David Torrence (1864–1951), Scottish-born actor
  • Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas (1931–1980), actor
  • Big Mama Thornton (1926–1984), singer and songwriter
  • David Townsend (1955–2005), musician

V

  • Joseph W. Vance (1841–1927), military officer

W

  • T-Bone Walker (1910–1975), musician
  • Bobby Wallace (1873–1960), baseball Hall of Famer
  • Lalomie Washburn (1941–2004), singer songwriter
  • Larry Williams (1935–1980), singer and actor
  • Paul Williams (1894–1980), architect
  • Murry Wilson (1917–1973), father of Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys
  • Parke Wilson (1867–1934), baseball player
  • Arthur Winston (1906–2006), centenarian
  • John Downey Works (1847–1928), U.S. Senator
  • Syreeta Wright (1946–2004), singer

 

Y

  • Carleton G. Young (1907–1971), actor
  • Lee Thompson Young (1984–2013), actor

Sources: wikipedia.org, wikimapia.org

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