Ferncliff Cemetery

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Founded in 1903, the non-sectarian Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum is located on Secor Road in the village of Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York, about 25 miles north of New York City.

Some of the well-known persons interred here are:

• Tommy Armour (1894-1968), professional golfer
• Leopold Auer (1845-1930), violinist
• Bela Bartok (1881-1945), composer
• Peaches Browning (1910-1956), actress
• Michael Coppola (1900-1966), Mafioso, inspired a relative to make a movie
• Joan Crawford (1908-1977), actress
• Alan Freed (1922-1965), disc jockey, Rock and Roll pioneer
• Judy Garland (1922-1969), singer, actress
• Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960), composer, lyricist
• Aaliyah (1979-2001), singer
• Alberta Hunter (1895-1984), pioneer "Blues" singer, songwriter
• Jackie "Moms" Mabley (1899-1975), comedian
• Hugh Marlowe (1911-1982), actor
• Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell (1965-2002), Rap musician
• Thelonious Monk, (1917-1982), Jazz musician
• William Oberhardt, (1882-1958), portrait painter, sculptor
• Lya de Putti (1899-1931), silent film actress
• Basil Rathbone (1892-1967), actor "Sherlock Holmes"
• Peter Revson (1939-1974), F1 driver, millionaire playboy
• Paul Robeson (1898-1976), important black singer, actor, activist
• Diana Sands, (1934-1973), actress
• Betty Shabazz (1936-1997), black activist, widow of Malcolm X
• Hajj Malick El Shabazz, black activist known as "Malcolm X"
• Toots Shor (1903-1977), restauranteur to Broadway stars
• Preston Sturges (1898-1959), film director
• Ed Sullivan (1901-1974), television variety show host
• Judy Tyler (1933-1957), actress, Elvis' co-star in Jailhouse Rock
• Cornell Woolrich (1903-1968), novelist
• Whitney M. Young, Jr, (1921-1971), black activist

See also: List of other famous cemeteries