Inglewood Park Cemetery

Inglewood Park Cemetery, founded in 1905, is at 720 E. Florence Avenue in Inglewood, California. [http://www.inglewoodparkcemetery.org/heritage.html] , A number of notable people, including entertainment and sports personalities, have been interred or entombed here.

List of notable and celebrity burials at Inglewood Park

(Note: This is a partial list. See also .)

Use the following links to find someone.

A

*George Adams (1910-1979), King of Gypsies
*Margaret Queen Adams (1874-1974), First woman deputy in the nation
*Coit Albertson (1880-1953), actor
*Lloyd Avery II (1969-2005), actor who is known for shooting Ricky Baker on "Boyz n the Hood".

B

*Chet Baker (1929-1988), jazz trumpeter/vocalist
*Reginald Barker , film director
*Ricky Bell (1955-1984), football player
*Edgar Bergen (1903-1978), ventriloquist
*Frances Bergen (1922-2006), actress
*Wally Berger (1905-1988), baseball player
*Paul Bern (1885-1937), director, ex-husband of Jean Harlow
*Richard Berry (1935-1997), singer, songwriter
*Margaret Booth (1898-2002), author
*Lyman Bostock (1950-1978), baseball player, died from an accidental gunshot wound
*Fletcher Bowron (1887-1968), Los Angeles mayor and judge
*Tom Bradley (1917-1998), Los Angeles mayor
*Charles Brown (1922-1999), singer
*Nacio Herb Brown (1896-1964), composer, ex-husband of Anita Page
*John Gillespie Bullock (1871-1933), department store founder

C

*Bebe Moore Campbell (1951-2006), author
*Cesare Cardini (Caesar Cardini; 1896-1956), credited as creator of Caesar Salad
*Norman Spencer Chaplin (1919-1919), infant son of Charlie Chaplin, nicknamed "The Little Mouse"
*Ray Charles (1930-2004), singer
*James Cleveland (1931-1991), gospel singer, arranger and composer
*Johnnie Cochran (1937-2005), trial lawyer
*Ray "Crash" Corrigan (1902-1976), actor
*Pee Wee Crayton (1914-1985), guitarist, blues singer
*Sam Crawford (1880-1968), baseball Hall of Famer

D

*Julian Dixon (1934-2000), U.S. Congressman
*Badja Djola, actor
*William Duncan (1879-1961), actor

E

F

*Louise Fazenda (1895-1962), actress
*Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), jazz singer
*Curt Flood (1938-1997), baseball player
*Lowell Fulson (1921-1999), blues musician

G

*Hoot Gibson, actor
*Jim Gilliam, baseball player
*Betty Grable, actress, World War II pin-up girl
*Ferde Grofe, composer

H

*Kenneth Hahn, local politician
*Jester Hairston, actor, musician, arranger
*Lois Hall (1926-2006), actress
*Robin Harris, actor, comedian
*Helen Humes, jazz singer
*Flo Hyman, volleyball player

I

J

*Bud Jamison, actor
*James J. Jeffries, world heavyweight boxing champion

K

*Robert Kardashian, attorney
*Cecil Rhodes King, U.S. Congressman

L

*Allan "Rocky" Lane, actor
*Walter Lang, film director
*Lucille LaVerne,actress, voice of the Queen/Witch in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
*Gypsy Rose Lee, actress, burlesque dancer

M

*D'Urville Martin, actor, producer and director
*"Scotty Mattraw", actor, voice of Bashful in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
*Fred McMullin, baseball player
*Louis Meyer, race car driver
*Cleo Moore, film actress
*Ernest "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison, actor

O

*Fred Offenhauser, automotive inventor

P

*LaWanda Page, actress and comedian
*John Parsons, race car driver
*George H. Peck, real estate broker & developer
*Billy Preston, Soul Musician
*George W. Prince, U.S. Congressman

Q

R

*Robert Riskin, screenwriter
*Sugar Ray Robinson, World Champion boxer
*Cesar Romero, actor, The Joker on Batman

*Evelyn Selbie, actress
*Frank L. Shaw, Los Angeles mayor
*Charles A. Siringo, author
*Myrtle Stedman, actress
*Slim Summerville, actor

T

*Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor
*Big Mama Thornton (Willie Mae Thornton), singer/songwriter

U

V

W

*T-Bone Walker, blues musician
*Bobby Wallace, baseball Hall of Famer
*Lalomie Washburn (1941-2004), singer songwriter
*Theron Warth (1911-1973), director
*Larry Williams, singer and actor
*Paul Williams, architect
*Arthur Winston (1906-2006), centenarian
*John Downey Works, U.S. Senator
*Syreeta Wright, singer and songwriter

X

Y

*Carleton G. Young, actor

Z

ee also

*List of United States cemeteries
*List of famous cemeteries (non-US)

External links

* [http://www.inglewoodparkcemetery.org/home1.html Inglewood Park Cemetery]