Coachella Valley Public Cemetery
| Coachella Valley Public Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 33°40′11″N 116°13′02″W / 33.6697455°N 116.2172288°W[1] |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | Coachella Valley Cemetery District[2] |
| Find a Grave | Coachella Valley Public Cemetery |
| The Political Graveyard | Coachella Valley Public Cemetery |
The Coachella Valley Public Cemetery is a cemetery in the Coachella Valley of California.[3] It is near Indio and La Quinta.
Notable interments
Among those buried here are:
- Frank Capra (1897–1991), American film director during the 1930s and 1940s. Filmed the 1937 Lost Horizon in Palm Springs, with some scenes shot in Tahquitz Canyon.[4] He died in La Quinta.
- Jacqueline Cochran (1906–1980), pioneer American aviator, considered to be one of the most gifted racing pilots of her generation
- "Desert Steve" Ragsdale (1882–1971), eccentric founder of Desert Center, California
- Tommy Shepard (1923–1993), trombonist
- John William Van Druten (1901–1957), English playwright and theatre director
- Stan Wrightsman (1910–1975), jazz pianist
See also
- Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City)
- Desert Memorial Park
- List of cemeteries in California
- List of cemeteries in Riverside County, California
References
- ^ USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
- ^ California Association of Public Cemeteries, Members
- ^ 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. 247–8. ISBN 978-0762741014. OCLC 70284362.
- ^ Lost Horizon at the American Film Institute Catalog