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Established
  
October 31, 1956

Type
  
Public

Founded
  
31 October 1956

Country
  
United States

Website
  
Official Site

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Location
  
Cathedral City, California

Owned by
  
Palm Springs Cemetery District

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Desert Memorial Park is a cemetery in Cathedral City, California, United States, near Palm Springs. Opening in 1956 and receiving its first interment in 1957, it is maintained by the Palm Springs Cemetery District. The District also maintains the Welwood Murray Cemetery in Palm Springs. In 2001, the first American memorial specifically honoring LGBT veterans was dedicated in the cemetery.

Contents

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Notable interments

Among those buried here are:

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  • Chris Alcaide (1923–2004), actor
  • Dorothy Arnold (1917–1984), actress, former wife of Joe DiMaggio
  • Busby Berkeley (1895–1976), motion picture director
  • Sonny Bono (1935–1998), record producer, singer, actor, and politician; first husband of Cher
  • Lorraine Brox (1900–1993), one of the Brox Sisters singing group
  • Velma Wayne Dawson (1912–2007), puppeteer and creator of Howdy Doody
  • Brad Dexter (1917–2002), actor
  • Alex Dreier (1916–2000), broadcaster and actor
  • Jolie Gabor (1896–1997), mother of the Gabor sisters
  • Magda Gabor (1915–1997), one of the Gabor sisters
  • Louis Galen (1925–2007), philanthropist and banker
  • Neva Gerber (1894–1974), silent film actress
  • Bill Goodwin (1910–1958), television announcer
  • Irving Green (1916–2006), founder of Mercury Records
  • Earle Hagen (1919–2008), composer
  • Claude Harmon (1916–1989), golfer
  • Josephine Hill (1899–1989), actress
  • Roy W. Hill (1899–1986), philanthropist
  • Eddy Howard (1915–1963), singer
  • Betty Hutton (1921–2007), singer and actress
  • Jennings Lang (1915–1996), film producer
  • Andrea Leeds (1914–1984), actress
  • Diana "Mousie" Lewis (1919–1997), actress
  • Frederick Loewe (1901–1988), composer
  • Patrick Macnee (1922-2015), actor
  • Marian Marsh (1913–2006), actress
  • David J. McDonald (1902–1979), labor leader
  • John "Bloody" McNally, (1903–1985), NFL football player
  • Cameron Mitchell (1918–1994), actor
  • John J. Phillips (1887–1983), United States Congressman
  • William Powell (1892–1984), actor
  • William David Powell (1925–1968), TV writer
  • Marjorie Rambeau (1889–1970), actress
  • Pete Reiser (1919–1981), baseball player
  • Jilly Rizzo (1917–1992), restaurateur
  • Frank Scully (1892–1964), author
  • Ginny Simms (aka Virginia E. Eastvold) (1913–1994), actress
  • Anthony Martin Sinatra (1892–1969), father of Frank Sinatra
  • Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), singer and actor
  • Jimmy Van Heusen (1913–1990), composer
  • Philip "Mickey" Weintraub (1907–1987), MLB player
  • Ralph Young (1923–2008), singer and entertainer

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    References

    Desert Memorial Park Wikipedia
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