Coachella Valley Public Cemetery
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Established1927
Location
CountryUnited States
| Coachella Valley Public Cemetery District | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1927 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 33°40′11″N 116°13′02″W / 33.6697455°N 116.2172288°W[1] |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | Coachella Valley Public Cemetery District[2] |
| Website | Official website  |
| Find a Grave | Coachella Valley Public Cemetery District |
| The Political Graveyard | Coachella Valley Public Cemetery District |
The Coachella Valley Public Cemetery is a cemetery in the Coachella Valley of Southern California.[3] Located in Unincorporated Riverside County, it is near the east valley cities of Coachella, Indio, and La Quinta.
Among those buried here are:
- Frank Bogert (1910–2009), Westerns movie star and Mayor of Palm Springs
- Frank Capra (1897–1991), film director
- Jacqueline Cochran (1906–1980), aviator
- Al McCandless (1927–2017), politician
- Benjamin Montoya (1935–2015), U.S. Navy rear admiral
- Alan O'Day (1940–2013), singer-songwriter
- Tommy Shepard (1923–1993), trombonist
- John Van Druten (1901–1957), playwright and theatre director
- Stan Wrightsman (1910–1975), jazz pianist