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FL Cathedral City

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May 27, 2013
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Riverside Co Riverside Co

FL Cathedral City

May 27, 2013
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111105-0906VictoriaDraves (Victoria Draves won 5 US diving championships, and gold medals in both platform and springboard diving in the 1948 Olympics.)

111105-0912JaneWyman (Jane Wyman was a singer, dancer, and character actress, and was nominated for the Best Actress oscar for Johnny Belinda (1948). She later had a leading role in the TV series Falcon Crest. She was the first wife of Ronald Reagan.)

111105-0916GuyMadison (Actor Guy Madison worked as a telephone lineman before joining the Coast Guard in 1942. In the mid-late 40's he began appearing in romantic comedies and dramas, then was cast in The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, which ran for seven years.)

111105-0920JohnPhillips (John Phillips was a singer, guitarist, songwriter and promoter. Known as Papa John, Phillips was a member and leader of The Mamas & The Papas. Father of Mackenzie, Chynna, and Bijou.)

111105-0926IrvRobbins (Irv Robbins was one-half of Baskin-Robbins 31 Flavors ice cream.)

130525-1142RockHudsonEtAl (Rock Hudson was an actor in Giant, Ice Station Zebra, The Martian Chronicles and TVs Dynasty. He was the first big name to die from AIDS. Actor George Nader appeared in Carnival Story, Sins of Jezebel and Away All Boats in the '50's. His longtime partner, Mark Lincoln Miller, became Hudson's personal secretary.)

130525-1146DinahShore (Dinah Shore was a singer, and the first female talk-show host. She took her first name form her favorite song. She also has a marker at Hillside cemetery in Culver City.)

130525-1150CharlesRogers (Buddy Rogers acted in Wings, My Best Girl, River of Romance, Along Came Youth, Working Girls, This Reckless Age, Best of Enemies, This Way Please, Sing for Your Supper, and An Innocent Affair. He was actress Mary Pickford's third husband, until her death. He was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1986 at the Academy Awards, and founded a children's symphony orchestra in nearby Coachella CA.)

130525-1155MichaelRizzitello (Michael Rizzitello worked in the mafia, first for the Colombo family in New York, then in California. He was convicted of armed robbery in 1962, and convicted of fraud in 1976. Three other criminal trials ended with acquittals. His last conviction was in 1988 for attempted murder. He died of cancer while serving 33 years.)

130525-1157DorothyKamenshek (Dotty Kamenshek was considered by some to be the best player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). A seven-time All Star, she led the league twice in batting, hitting .316 in 1946 and .306 in 1947, while stealing 109 bases in 1946. She later earned a degree in physical therapy, and retired as chief of physical therapy for Los Angeles County Children's Services in 1980.)

130525-1169GeorgeMontgomery (George Montgomery was a college boxing champion, then acted in a series of B-western films. He later became an artist, sculptor and interior designer. He was married to Dinah Shore.)

130525-1172PhilHarrisAliceFaye (Phil Harris was a bandleader and singer, and appeared on the Phil Silvers show. He married actress Alice Faye, and they performed the Phil Harris-Alice Faye show on the radio, playing themselves. Harris later provided voices in some Disney movies. They were, at one time, honorary Mayor and Mayoress of Palm Springs.)

130525-1187HaroldRobbins (Harold Robbins wrote over 25 best-sellers, selling over 750 million copies in 32 languages. A Stone For Danny Fisher was adapted into the Elvis Presley movie, King Creole. In March 1965, he had three novels on the British paperback bestseller list - Where Love Has Gone at No.1, The Carpetbaggers at No.3 and The Dream Merchants at 6th.)

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