Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City)

Mausoleum in California, near Palm Springs

Forest Lawn Cemetery

Details
Established| 1992
Location|

69-855 E. Ramon Road
Cathedral City, California

Country| United States
Coordinates| 33°48′55″N 116°26′29″W﻿ / ﻿33.8154°N 116.4413°W﻿ / 33.8154; -116.4413
Type| Private
Owned by| Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries
Website| Forest Lawn Cathedral City
Forest Lawn Burial Site Locator
Find a Grave| Forest Lawn Cemetery

Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City), renamed from Palm Springs Mortuary & Mausoleum in 2005, is a mausoleum in Cathedral City, California near Palm Springs.[1] It is operated by Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries.

## Notable interments

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Among those interred here are:

* Elisabeth Brooks, also known as Elisabeth Brooks Luytes (1951–1997), actress
* Shirley Burkovich (1933–2022), baseball player
* John Conte (1915–2006), actor, television station owner
* Frantisek Daniel (1926–1996), writer, producer, director
* Mack David (1912–1993), composer
* Victoria "Vicki" Draves (1924–2010), Olympic athlete
* Alice Faye (1915–1998), singer and actress
* L. Wolfe Gilbert (1886–1970), composer
* Phil Harris (1904–1995), singer, bandleader, and actor
* Billy Herrington (1969–2018), model, pornographic film actor
* Rock Hudson (1925–1985), actor (cenotaph, ashes scattered at sea)
* Dorothy Kamenshek (1925–2010), baseball player
* Francis Lederer (1899–2000), actor
* Gavin MacLeod (1931–2021), actor
* Guy Madison (1922–1996), actor
* George Montgomery (1916–2000), actor
* George Nader (1921–2002), actor (cenotaph is marked here, but his ashes were scattered at sea)
* Papa John Phillips (1935–2001), singer, songwriter, composer
* Michael Rizzitello (1927–2005), mobster
* Harold Robbins (1916–1997), novelist
* Irv Robbins (1917–2008), co-founder of Baskin-Robbins
* Charles 'Buddy' Rogers (1904–1999), actor, musician, humanitarian, third husband of Mary Pickford
* Hank Sanicola (c. 1914–1974), pianist, music publisher, manager and businessman, close friend of Frank Sinatra
* Dinah Shore (1916–1994), singer, actress and talk show host
* Jerry Vale (1930–2014), singer
* Ken Venturi (1931–2013), professional golfer and golf broadcaster, close friend of Frank Sinatra
* Nancy Wilson (1937–2018), singer
* Donald Woods (1906–1998), Canadian actor
* Jane Wyman (1917–2007), actress

Barbara Ann Walton (1947-2023)

## See also

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* Coachella Valley Public Cemetery – in nearby Indio, California
* Desert Memorial Park – across the street from Forest Lawn
* List of cemeteries in California
* List of cemeteries in Riverside County, California

## References

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1. ^ 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. 245–6. ISBN 978-0762741014. OCLC 70284362.