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AL CAMPANIS

BASEBALL PLAYER
GENERAL MANAGER/L.A. DODGERS

BORN: NOVEMBER 2, 1916
KOS, DODECANESA ISLANDS, GREECE
DIED: JUNE 21, 1998
FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA
CAUSE: CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
LOCATION: MAUSOLEUM

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Al was born Allesandro Sebastian Campani. He played ball for the Dodgers in 1943 before leaving to join the Navy in WWII. When he returned, he became manger of the Dodgers' minor league. He became a scout in 1950, and the director of scouting from 1957-1968. He was General Manager from 1968-1987. In 1987, he was fired, for making a racial remark on "Niteline," with Ted Koppel, saying that black players lacked the necessities to become major league managers.

ANDY RUSSELL

SINGER
BORN: SEPTEMBER 16, 1919
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
DIED: APRIL 16, 1992
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
CAUSE: UNKNOWN
LOCATION: WEST LAWN 1, LOT 24

Andy was born Andy Rabajos in Los Angeles, California. He was a singer and actor with such hits as "Amor" which is on his tombstone. He replaced Frank Sinatra on "The Lucky Strikes Hit Parade" in 1947. He appeared on "Your Show of Shows" from 1950-1954 with Sid Caeser. He also recorded a hit in 1967 "It's such a pretty world today". As well as acted in the flim "The Stork Club", and many others. In his later years he did voice overs and acting work in Mexico.

C. S. FORESTER

AUTHOR
BORN: AUGUST 27, 1899
CAIRO, EGYPT
DIED: APRIL 2, 1966
FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA
CAUSE: COMPLICATIONS OF STROKE
LOCATION: CORNOITA LAWN, LOT 22, GRAVE 12

C. S. Forester was born Cecil Lewis Troughton Smith in Cairo, Egypt. He changed his name to Cecil Scott and becamne C. S. Forester. C.S. was more famous for the ten novals he wrote about "Haratio the Hornblower". He also wrote propaganda films in the 1940's and wrote the film "Eagle Squadron", as wells as many others.

LON NOL

PRESIDENT OF CAMBODIA

BORN: NOVEMBER 11, 1913
DIED: NOVEMBER 17, 1985
LOCATION: ROSELAWN

Lon Nol was President of Cambodia during the Vietnam war. He was a Cambodian General, Defense Minister of the Army and Premier from 1966-1967. He was over thrown by Pol Pot and was forced to exile in 1975. He settled in Hawaii till 1979, then moved to Southern Califonia.

FARMER, INVENTOR,
AND AMUSEMENT PARK OWNER

BORN: DECEMBER 11, 1889
DIED: DECEMBER 3, 1981
BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA
CAUSE: UNKNOWN
LOCATION: CORNOITA LAWN, LOT 15, GRAVE 21

Walter was raised in Pomona, California and later married his high school sweetheart Cordelia. In 1910 Walter worked in a mining town called Calico, this would be the little ghost town Walter would fashion Knott's Berry Farm after. Walter bought 10 acres of land in 1920 in Buena Park, Calif. He had a fruit and plant stand on the roadside.

Walter started experimenting with various friuts. When he cross bred the red raspberry, loganberry and the blackberry, he came up with a new berry. He named his new berry the boysenberry after his good friend Rudolph Boysen. In 1934 Walter and Cordelia opened up Knott's Chicken dinner. In 1940 Walter moved and assembled the Ghost town to give hungray customers something to do will waiting in line. In 1950 he bought the town of Calico outside Yermo, California. He fashioned most of Knott's Berry Farm arounded the businesses of Calico, the mine, the hotel, the church and so on. In 1966 he donated Calico to San Bernadio.

CORDELIA KNOTT

BORN: JANUARY 23, 1890
SAN BERNADION, CALIFORNIA
DIED: APRIL 23, 1974
BUENA PARK, CALFORNIA
CAUSE: UNKNOWN
LOCATION: CORNOITA LAWN, LOT 15, GRAVE 22

Cordelia started her chicken dinner business in her home in 1934. She served chicken and the works on her wedding china for only 65 cents. Later he and Walter started there amusement park. Knott's Berry Farm.