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Inglewood Park Cemetery is a cemetery at 720 East Florence Avenue in Inglewood, California, United States. It was founded in 1905 in the Inglewood city limits. A number of notable people, including entertainment and sports personalities, have been interred or entombed here.
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Notable interments/funerals
(Note: This is a partial list. See also Category:Burials at Inglewood Park Cemetery.)
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- Margaret Queen Adams (1874-1974), first woman deputy sheriff in the United States
- Jewel Akens (1933-2013), singer
- Coit Albertson (1880-1953), actor
- Curtis Amy (1929-2002), musician
- Joseph H. August (1890-1947), cinematographer
- Lloyd Avery II (1969-2005), actor
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B
- Gertrude Baines (1894-2009), supercentenarian
- Chet Baker (1929-1988), musician
- Reginald Barker (1886-1945), director
- Earl Battey (1935-2003), baseball player
- Beals Becker (1886-1943), baseball player
- Ricky Bell (1955-1984), NFL running back
- George Bennard (1873-1958), composer
- Edgar Bergen (1903-1978), actor and ventriloquist
- Frances Bergen (1922-2006), actress
- Wally Berger (1905-1988), baseball player
- Paul Bern (1885-1932), director, screenwriter and producer
- Richard Berry (1935-1997), singer and songwriter
- Elmer Booth (1882-1915), actor
- Margaret Booth (1898-2002), film editor
- 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
- Layne Britton (1907-1993), makeup artist
- Charles Brown (1922-1999), singer
- Nacio Herb Brown (1896-1964), composer
- Robert L. Burns (1876-1955), Los Angeles City Council member, 1929-45
- Jheryl Busby (1949-2008), former CEO of Motown Records
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- Bebe Moore Campbell (1951-2006), author
- Caesar Cardini (1896-1956), credited as creator of Caesar Salad
- Ray Charles (1930-2004), musician
- Thornton Chase, first western Baha'i, Annual memorial in September draws large crowds.
- James Cleveland (1931-1991), gospel singer, composer, arranger
- Johnnie Cochran (1937-2005), trial lawyer
- Anthony Cornero (1899-1955), bootlegger, builder of Stardust Resort & Casino in Paradise, Nevada
- Ray "Crash" Corrigan (1902-1976), actor
- Willie Covan (1897-1989), dancer, actor
- Al Cowens (1951-2002), baseball player
- Pee Wee Crayton (1914-1985), guitarist, blues singer
- Sam Crawford (1880-1968), baseball player
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- Julian Dixon (1934-2000), U.S. Congressman
- Badja Djola (1948-2005), actor
- Robert DoQui (1934-2008), actor
- William Duncan (1879-1961), actor
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E
- Dock Ellis (1945-2008), baseball player
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F
- Louise Fazenda (1895-1962), actress
- Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), singer
- Curt Flood (1938-1997), baseball player
- Clara Shortridge Foltz (1849-1934), First female lawyer on the West Coast.
- Byron Foulger (1899-1970), actor
- Lowell Fulson (1921-1999), blues musician
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- Hoot Gibson (1892-1962), actor
- Jim Gilliam (1928-1978), baseball player
- Betty Grable (1916-1973), actress, singer and dancer
- Leroy Milton Grider (1854-1919), Los Angeles real estate man
- Ferde Grofé (1892-1973), composer
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- Kenneth Hahn (1920-1997), county supervisor and city council member
- Jester Hairston (1901-2000), actor, musician, arranger
- Lois Hall (1926-2006), actress
- Robin Harris (1953-1990), actor and comedian
- Helen Humes (1913-1981), singer
- Flo Hyman (1954-1986), volleyball player
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J
- Bud Jamison (1894-1944), actor
- James J. Jeffries (1875-1953), world heavyweight boxing champion
- Etta James (1938-2012), singer
K
- Robert Kardashian (1944-2003), attorney
- Kirk Kerkorian (1917-2015), businessman
- Cecil R. King (1898-1974), U.S. Congressman
- Jerry Knight (1952-1996), musician
- Fred Kohler (1888-1938), actor
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 and burlesque dancer
- Lillian Leitzel (1892-1931), acrobat
- Evan Lewis (1869-1941), Los Angeles City Council member
- Walter Lindley (1852-1922), Los Angeles physician and educational leader
M
- D'Urville Martin (1939-1984), actor, producer and director
- Lee Maye (1934-2002), baseball player
- Fred McMullin (1891-1952), baseball player
- Louis Meyer (1904-1995), race car driver
- Cleo Moore (1928-1973), actress
- Juanita Moore (1914-2014) actress
- Ernest "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison (1912-1989), actor
- Herbert Mundin (1898-1939), actor
- Don Myrick (1940-1993), musician
N
- Gordon W. Norris (1907-1961), poet laureate of California
O
- Fred Offenhauser (1888-1973), automotive inventor
P
- LaWanda Page (1920-2002), actress and comedian
- George H. Peck (1856-1940), real estate broker & developer
- Lawrence Phillips (1975-2016), NFL running back
- Billy Preston (1946-2006), singer and songwriter
- 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
- Sylvester (1947-1988), singer.
T
- Richard Talmadge (1892-1981), actor and film director
- David Torrence (1864-1951), Scottish-born actor
- Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas (1931-1980), actor
- Big Mama Thornton (1926-1984), singer and songwriter
- David Townsend (1955-2005), musician
V
- Joseph W. Vance (1841-1927), military officer
W
- T-Bone Walker (1910-1975), 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), musician, record producer, and businessman
- Parke Wilson (1867-1934), baseball player
- Arthur Winston (1906-2006), centenarian
- John Downey Works (1847-1928), U.S. Senator
- Syreeta Wright (1946-2004), singer
Y
- Carleton G. Young (1907-1971), actor
- Lee Thompson Young (1984-2013), actor (service held here; buried in South Carolina)
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