Inglewood Park Cemetery

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.

List of notable and celebrity interments at Inglewood Park

(Note: This is a partial list. See also Category:Burials at Inglewood Park Cemetery.)

A

• Margaret Queen Adams (1874–1974), first woman deputy sheriff in the United States
• Coit Albertson (1880–1953), actor
• Lloyd Avery II (1969–2005), actor

B

• Gertrude Baines (1894–2009), supercentenarian
• Chet Baker (1929–1988), jazz trumpeter/vocalist
• Reginald Barker (1886–1945), 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, second husband of Jean Harlow
• Richard Berry (1935–1997), singer, songwriter
• Barbara Billingsley (1915–2010), actress
• Margaret Booth (1898–2002), author
• 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
• Charles Brown (1922–1999), singer
• Nacio Herb Brown (1896–1964), composer, ex-husband of Anita Page
• Robert L. Burns (1876–1955), Los Angeles City Council member, 1929–45

C

• Bebe Moore Campbell (1951–2006), author
• Caesar Cardini (1896–1956), credited as creator of Caesar Salad
• Ray Charles (1930–2004), singer
• Thornton Chase, first western Baha'i, Annual memorial in September draws large crowds.
• James Cleveland (1931–1991), gospel singer, arranger and composer
• Johnnie Cochran (1937–2005), trial lawyer
• Anthony Cornero (1899–1955), bootlegger, builder of Stardust Resort & Casino in Las Vegas
• 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, (1948–2005), actor
• William Duncan (1879–1961), actor

F

• Louise Fazenda (1895–1962), actress
• Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996), jazz singer
• Curt Flood (1938–1997), baseball player
• Byron Foulger (1899-1970), actor
• Lowell Fulson (1921–1999), blues musician

G

• Hoot Gibson (1892–1962), actor
• Jim Gilliam (1928–1978), baseball player
• Betty Grable (1916–1973), actress, World War II pin-up girl
• 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, comedian
• Helen Humes (1913–1981), jazz 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), rock and roll 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, burlesque dancer
• Evan Lewis (1869–1941), Los Angeles City Council member

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), film actress
• Ernest "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison (1912–1989), actor
• Don Myrick (1940–1993), musician

O

• Fred Offenhauser (1888–1973), automotive inventor

P

• LaWanda Page (1920–2002), actress and comedian
• George H. Peck (1856–1940), real estate broker & developer
• Billy Preston (1946–2006), soul musician
• 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

T

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

W

• T-Bone Walker (1910–1975), blues 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), American baseball player
• Arthur Winston (1906–2006), centenarian
• John Downey Works (1847–1928), U.S. Senator
• Syreeta Wright (1946–2004), singer and songwriter

Y

• Carleton G. Young (1907–1971), actor

See also

• List of United States cemeteries

References

References to burials or entombments at this cemetery can be found in the articles if not listed below.

External links

• Inglewood Park Cemetery