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• Campanis, Al Sebastian    b. November 2, 1916  d. June 21, 1998
  Major League Baseball Player. Played for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943, then joined the navy in WWII. He returned in 1950, becoming a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers minor league system. He was General Manager for the LA Dodgers from 1968-1987. He was fired for a racial remark on the late-night television show, "Niteline." (Bio by: Graving Queen of the OC)
  Cause of death: Coronary artery disease
  Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
  Plot: Mausoleum, Unit 7, Crypt 520
   
• Collins, Samuel LaForte   b. August 6, 1895  d. June 26, 1965
  US Representative from California, 1933-37; member of California state legislature.
  Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
  Plot: West Lawn 4 Lot 815 Grave 6
  GPS coordinates: 33.5406303, -117.5514908 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Forester, C.S.    b. August 27, 1899  d. April 2, 1966
  Author. Born Cecil Louis Troughton Smith in Cairo, Egypt. His father was a minor British governmental officer in the Egyptian Ministry of Education. In 1901 his mother took her five children to London for. In 1915 Forester entered Dulwich College and then tried to enlist in the army but failed the physical. Forester studied medicine at Guy's Hospital before he abandoned his studies for writing. His first books were biographical but 'Payment Deferred', set during World War I, was a novel about a...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
  Plot: Cornoita Lawn Lot 22 Grave 12
  GPS coordinates: 33.5408287, -117.5509109 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Knott, Cordelia    b. January 23, 1890  d. April 12, 1974
  Businesswoman, Restauranteur. She was the wife of Knott's Berry Farm founder Walter Knott, and is best remembered for her famous chicken dinner restaurant, which is still in operation today. (Bio by: Greg Brown)
  Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
   
• Knott, Walter    b. December 11, 1889  d. December 3, 1981
  Businessman. He was the founder of the famous Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. (Bio by: Greg Brown)
  Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
   
• Nol, Lon    b. November 11, 1913  d. November 17, 1985
  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 until 1979, then moved to Southern Califonia. (Bio by: Graving Queen of the OC)
  Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
  Plot: Roselawn
   
• Russell, Andy    b. September 16, 1919  d. April 16, 1992
  Singer, Actor. Born in Los Angeles to Mexican immigrant parents, he began his career singing with Gus Arnheim's orchestra at the Cocoanut Grove and on the radio show "Your Hit Parade" in the 1940s. Possessed with a romantic baritone voice, he sang songs in English and Spanish, with his biggest hit being "Besame Mucho" (1945). For feature films, he appeared in "The Stork Cub" (1945), "Breakfast in Hollywood" (1946), "Make Mine Music" (1946) and "Copacabana" (1947). (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
  Plot: West Lawn 1 Lot 24
  GPS coordinates: 33.5414009, -117.5516968 (hddd.dddd)
   

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