Mountain View Cemetery
Men and women interred at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, Alameda County, California.
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Irving Pichel was born on 24 June 1891 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Destination Moon (1950), Dracula's Daughter (1936) and Tomorrow Is Forever (1946). He was married to Violette Wilson. He died on 13 July 1954 in Hollywood, California, USA.Plot: Wilson family plot- Actor
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Marcus Foster is known for Twilight (2008), Marcus Foster: I Was Broken (2011) and I Was Broken (2012).- Music Department
John Glascock was born on 2 May 1951 in Islington, London, England, UK. He is known for The Last Experience and The Lively Arts (1969). He died on 17 November 1979 in England, UK.- Actor
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Mac Dre was born on 5 July 1970 in Vallejo, California, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Fruitvale Station (2013), Blindspotting (2018) and All Day and a Night (2020). He died on 1 November 2004 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.- Actor
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Henry J. Kaiser was born on 9 May 1882 in Sprout Brook, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Hawaii Five-O (1968), Celebrity Ghost Stories (2008) and Off Madison (2009). He was married to Alyce Chester and Bess Fosburgh. He died on 24 August 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.Plot: Main Mausoleum, Second Floor- Fred Korematsu was born on 30 January 1919 in Oakland, California, USA. He was married to Katherine Korematsu. He died on 30 March 2005 in Larkspur, California, USA.
- Ernie Lombardi was born on 6 April 1908 in Oakland, California, USA. He died on 26 September 1977 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.
- Bernard Maybeck is known for The Cover Girl Murders (1993).Plot: Main Mausoleum Urn Garden, Plot 359
- Frank Norris was born on 5 March 1870 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Greed (1924), Moran of the Lady Letty (1922) and Life's Whirlpool (1916). He was married to Jeanette Black. He died on 25 October 1902 in San Francisco, California, USA.Plot: Section 12
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- Glenn Burke was born on 16 November 1952 in Oakland, California, USA. He died on 30 May 1995 in San Leandro, California, USA.Plot: Plot 76. Grave 3171.
- Elizabeth Short was born July 29th, 1924, in Medford, Massachusetts, to Phoebe and Cleo Short. When she was five her father disappeared; his car was later found near a lake, apparently abandoned, which led to the belief that he had committed suicide. However, he later appeared at home and apologized to his wife for leaving the family like that. Nevertheless, she wouldn't take him back, and he left the family again and moved to the West Coast.
Elizabeth developed a passion for movies in her youth, and when she turned 19 she decided to visit her father in California. She stayed with him for a while, but it wasn't long before he kicked her out for "not doing anything with her life"; apparently he also wasn't enamored of the fact that Elizabeth was dating a lot of different men.
After moving out, Elizabeth traveled to Santa Barbara where she was arrested for underage drinking and sent back home to Massachusetts. She returned to southern California in 1946.
On January 15th, 1947, her body was found cut in half in a vacant lot in Leimert Park. It was assumed that she had died the previous day. The press named the crime "The Black Dahlia murder", mostly because of Elizabeth's dark hair and her practice of often times wearing black or dark clothing.
The murder started one of the most intense investigations in Los Angeles history, but although the police said they did have suspects, no arrests were ever made. The case still remains unsolved. - Actor
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Popular leader of society dance bands, based on the West Coast from 1924. After 1931, Weeks achieved national exposure through sponsored radio programs such as "The Lucky Strike Magic Carpet Show", "The Florsheim Shoe Hour" and "The Eddie Cantor Camel Show". He had a knack for attracting high profile vocalists, including Dale Evans, Bob Crosby and Tony Martin. This pretty much guaranteed packed houses at such top venues as The Top of the Mark in San Francisco, the Cocoanut Grove and Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles and the Roosevelt in New Orleans. Weeks had recording contracts with Decca, Brunswick and Columbia, his best-selling album (named after his perennial tag line) was "Dancin' with Anson". He also composed several songs, including "Senorita" and the band's theme "I'm Writing You This Little Melody".
In 1941, at the height of his popularity, Weeks was involved in a bus accident on a mid-western highway. He suffered multiple injuries, particularly to his right arm. Forced to give up band leading, he went on to dabble in car sales and sold real estate in Santa Rosa, California. In the late 50's and following a string of operations, he reemerged, more or less rehabilitated, fronting a seven-piece orchestra. The band enjoyed lengthy residencies at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco and the Sacramento Inn for several more years. Weeks retired for good after a heart attack in the mid-1960's and died of emphysema in February 1969 at the age of 72.Plot: 48, Lot 151, Grave 2- Actress
Violette Wilson was born on 12 June 1896 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Irving Pichel. She died on 29 June 1964 in La Cañada, California, USA.Plot: Wilson family plot- Donald A. Glaser was born on 21 September 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was married to Lynn Bercovitz and Ruth Bonnie Thompson. He died on 28 February 2013 in Berkeley, California, USA.