Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York

Calvary Cemetery is located in Woodside, Queens County, New York, and is a very popular eternal dwelling place for mobsters and politicians.

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Woodside - Queens County, New York

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Among those buried there are:

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• Vito Bonventre (1875 - 1930), mobster
• Anthony Carfano (1898 - 1959), mobster ("Little Augie Pisano")
• Lorenzo da Ponte (1749 - 1838), opera librettist
• Tess Gardella (1897 - 1950), actress who played "Aunt Jemima"
• Tex Guinan (1884- 1933), actress and saloon-keeper
• Patsy Kelly (1910 - 1981), actress
• Thomas Luchese (1899 - 1967), mobster
• Alfred E. Smith (1873 - 1944), Governor of New York State and Presidential candidate
• Robert Ferdinand Wagner (1877 - 1953), US Senator from New York State
• Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (1910 - 1991), Mayor of New York City
• Robert Wagner III (1944 - 1993), president of the New York City Board of Education, son of Mayor Robert Wagner, Jr., and grandson of Governor Robert Wagner.

See also:

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• List of United States cemeteries
• List of famous cemeteries