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Frank James “Gary” Cooper
Cenotaph

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Frank James “Gary” Cooper

Birth
Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
Death
13 May 1961 (aged 60)
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Cenotaph
Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
'Grotto' Section (former gravesite location)
Memorial ID
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Hollywood film star known as Gary Cooper was once buried in 1961, in the 'Grotto' Section of Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. A requiem mass was held on May 18, 1961 at the Church of the Good Shepherd, attended by many of Cooper's friends, including James Stewart, Henry Hathaway, Joel McCrea, Audrey Hepburn, Jack L. Warner, John Ford, John Wayne, Edward G. Robinson, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Fred Astaire, Randolph Scott, Walter Pidgeon, Bob Hope and Marlene Dietrich. In May 1974, after his family relocated to New York, Cooper's remains were exhumed and reburied in Sacred Hearts Cemetery in Southampton, New York.
Burial here

Hollywood film star known as Gary Cooper was once buried in 1961, in the 'Grotto' Section of Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. A requiem mass was held on May 18, 1961 at the Church of the Good Shepherd, attended by many of Cooper's friends, including James Stewart, Henry Hathaway, Joel McCrea, Audrey Hepburn, Jack L. Warner, John Ford, John Wayne, Edward G. Robinson, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Fred Astaire, Randolph Scott, Walter Pidgeon, Bob Hope and Marlene Dietrich. In May 1974, after his family relocated to New York, Cooper's remains were exhumed and reburied in Sacred Hearts Cemetery in Southampton, New York.

Gravesite Details

Now unmarked (previously marked) former gravesite, located along stone lawn perimeter.


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