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Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica

Woodlawn Cemetery, Elks Pavilion
Woodlawn Cemetery was founded and deeded to the city by Mayor Juan José Carrillo in 1884.

Woodlawn Cemetery, Mortuary & Mausoleum, formerly Ballona Cemetery, is located at 1847 14th Street, alongside Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica, California, United States. The cemetery is owned and operated by the city of Santa Monica.[1] The cemetery has an eco-friendly section, whose first burial was Tom Hayden, former husband of actress Jane Fonda.

Notable burials

Doug McClure Grave
  • Hughie Mack (1884–1927), actor
  • Doug McClure (1935–1995), actor
  • Micole Mercurio (1938-2016), actress
  • Bess Myerson (1924–2014), actress, Miss America, political activist
  • Red Norvo (1908–1999), jazz musician
  • Lynne Overman (1887–1943), actor
  • Christabel Pankhurst (1880–1958), British suffragette
  • Jimmy Phipps (1950–1969), Vietnam Medal of Honor recipient
  • Janos Prohaska (1919–1974), actor, stuntman
  • Bill Raisch (1905–1984), actor
  • Sally Ride (1951–2012), astronaut and physicist
  • Blanche Robinson (1883–1969), pianist & composer
  • Irene Ryan (1902–1973), actress and comedian
  • Hayes "Big Ed" Sanders (1930–1954), Olympic boxing champion
  • E. C. Segar (1894–1938), cartoonist, creator of "Popeye"
  • Jimmie Shields (1905–1974), interior designer
  • Hal Smith (1916–1994), actor who played Otis Campbell on The Andy Griffith Show
  • May Sutton (1886–1975), U.S. and Wimbledon tennis champion
  • Sándor Szabó (1906–1966), wrestler
  • William Tuttle (1912–2007), make-up artist
  • Jesse Unruh (1922–1987), California assembly speaker, state treasurer

References

  1. ^ "Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery".
  2. ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171745800/tom-hayden

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