Kensico Cemetery

Kensico Cemetery, located in Valhalla, Westchester Co., New York, was founded in 1889, when many New York City cemeteries were becoming full, and rural cemeteries were being created near the railroads which served the city. Initially 250 acres (1 km²), it was expanded to 600 acres (2.4 km²) in 1905, and reduced to 461 acres (1.9 km²) in 1912 when a portion was sold to the neighboring Gate of Heaven Cemetery.

Related Topics:
Valhalla - Westchester Co., New York - New York City - Gate of Heaven Cemetery

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Many entertainment figures of the early nineteenth century were buried here. The cemetery has a special section for members of the the Actors Fund of America and the National Vaudeville Association, some of whom died in abject poverty.

Related Topics:
Actors Fund of America - National Vaudeville Association

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Notable burials include:

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• Wendy Barrie (1912?1978), actress
• Ed Barrow, (1868-1953), hall of fame baseball manager and executive
• Henri Bendel, (1868-1936), fashion designer, famed for the Bendel bonnet
• Paul Bonwit, (1862-1939) founder of Bonwit Teller department store
• Evangeline Booth, (1865-1950), evangelist, daughter of Salvation Army founder
• Billie Burke, (1885-1970), actress, played "Glinda the Good" in The Wizard of Oz
• Paddy Chayefsky, (1923-1981), screenwriter, winner of three Academy Awards
• Harry Cooper, (1904-2000), hall of fame golfer
• Peter DeRose (1896-1953), Hall of Fame composer
• Tommy Dorsey, (1905-1956), swing-era trombonist
• Sherman Edwards, (1919-1981), Tony Award winning composer and songwriter
• Judith Evelyn (1913-1967), stage actress
• Geraldine Farrar, (1882-1967), opera singer
• Harry Frazee, (1880-1929), owner of the Boston Red Sox who sold Babe Ruth
• Fred Friendly, (1915-1998), broadcaster
• Lou Gehrig, (1903-1941), baseball player who gave his name to Lou Gehrig's disease
• Al Hodge, (1912-1979), actor
• Danny Kaye, (1913-1987), comedic actor
• William Van Duzer Lawrence (1842-1927), founder Sarah Lawrence College
• Herbert H. Lehman, (1878-1963), politician
• Dorothy Loudon, (1933-2003), Tony Award winning actress
• Anne Nichols, (1891-1966), playwright and screenwriter
• David Graham Phillips, (1867-1911), jounalist and novelist
• Harriet Quimby, (1875-1912), pioneer aviatrix
• Sergei Rachmaninoff, (1873-1943), composer, pianist and conductor
• Ayn Rand, (1905-1982), author
• David Sarnoff, (1891-1971), broadcaster and head of RCA
• Fay Templeton, (1865-1939), Broadway star
• John North Willys, (1873-1935), automobile manufacturer
• Florenz Ziegfeld, (1869-1932) producer of the Ziegfeld Follies

See also: List of famous cemeteries

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