Deaths in the 2000s
23,000+ memorials
Richard Kinon
1924–2004 (age 80)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Richard Kinon (1924–2004) was an American television director and producer whose career included episodes of Dynasty b...
Virginia O'Brien
1919–2001 (age 82)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Virginia O'Brien (1919–2001) was a big-band singer and film actress noted for her deadpan performances, and she was in...
Allen Paulson
1922–2000 (age 78)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Allen Paulson (1922–2000) was an American aviation entrepreneur who co-founded Gulfstream Aerospace and was buried at ...
Armando del Moral
1916–2009 (age 93)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Armando del Moral (1916–2009), a Spanish-born Hollywood journalist and publicist, was laid to rest at Forest Lawn Memo...
Laura Devon
1931–2007 (age 76)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Laura Devon (1931–2007) was an American actress and singer who appeared in television and film before being buried at ...
Lawrence Cook
1930–2003 (age 73)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Lawrence Cook (1930–2003) was an American actor best known for his role in The Spook Who Sat by the Door and was burie...
Perry Lafferty
1917–2005 (age 88)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Perry Lafferty (1917–2005) was an American television executive and producer involved with shows like The Tonight Show...
Peter McWilliams
1949–2000 (age 51)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Peter McWilliams (1949–2000) was an American author and activist noted for his self-help books and advocacy for medici...
William Brice
1921–2008 (age 87)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
William Brice (1921–2008) was an American painter known for his abstract landscapes who contributed to the Los Angeles...
Henny Backus
1911–2004 (age 93)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Henny Backus (1911–2004) was an American actress and comedian, married to Jim Backus, and she rests at Westwood Villag...
Bart Burns
1918–2007 (age 89)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Bart Burns (1918–2007) was an American actor who appeared in film and television before his burial at Westwood Village...
George Tyne
1917–2008 (age 91)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
George Tyne (1917–2008) was an American stage and screen actor and director who is interred at Westwood Village Memori...
Portland Mason
1948–2004 (age 56)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Portland Mason (1948–2004) was an American actress and the daughter of James Mason who was buried at Westwood Village ...
Kelly Troup
1962–2002 (age 40)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Kelly Troup (1962–2002) was laid to rest at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery after a life spanning four decades...
Renata Vanni
1909–2004 (age 95)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Renata Vanni (1909–2004) was laid to rest at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery after a long life that concluded ...
Fred Sledge Smith
1933–2005 (age 72)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Fred Sledge Smith (1933–2005) spent his life until his death in Los Angeles and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Par...
Marguerite Bradbury
1922–2003 (age 81)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Marguerite Bradbury (1922–2003) rests in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery after eight decades of life.
Paula Murad Coburn
1955–2004 (age 49)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Paula Murad Coburn (1955–2004) was buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery after a life connected to Kingsto...
Haskell Boggs
1909–2003 (age 94)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Haskell Boggs (1909–2003) was laid to rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Park after living most of his years in Jones.
Elly Bloch
1915–2007 (age 92)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Elly Bloch (1915–2007) was interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery following a long life.
Edmund DiGiulio
1927–2004 (age 77)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Edmund DiGiulio (1927–2004) was buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery after nearly eight decades.
Norman Katkov
1918–2009 (age 91)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Norman Katkov (1918–2009) was laid to rest at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery after a life spanning the better...
Donald Kahn
1918–2008 (age 90)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Donald Kahn (1918–2008) was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park after ninety years.
Margaret Hayden Rector
1916–2002 (age 86)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Margaret Hayden Rector (1916–2002) rests at Forest Lawn Memorial Park following a life of eighty-six years.
Robert Wayman Rector
1916–2007 (age 91)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Robert Wayman Rector (1916–2007) was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park after living in California for many decades.
Johnny Flamingo
1934–2000 (age 66)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Johnny Flamingo (1934–2000) was laid to rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Park after a life that began in Houston.
Ernie Stewart
1909–2001 (age 92)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Ernie Stewart (1909–2001), originally from Rocksprings, was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Sutton Roley
1922–2007 (age 85)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Sutton Roley (1922–2007) was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park after a life that included Belle Vernon.
Orval Lee Jaggers
1916–2004 (age 88)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Dardanelle-born evangelist Orval Lee Jaggers (1916–2004) broadcast his sermons across the United States before being l...
George W. Dickerson
1913–2002 (age 89)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Galion native George W. Dickerson (1913–2002) was an American college football coach best remembered for his ties to t...
Karo Derderian
1927–2007 (age 80)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Hamadan-born Karo Derderian (1927–2007) spent his later years in California and is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Pa...
Ian Hornak
1944–2002 (age 58)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Philadelphia-born Ian Hornak (1944–2002) was an American painter who co-founded the Hyperrealist movement before being...
Joan Barclay
1914–2002 (age 88)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Minneapolis-born Joan Barclay (1914–2002) was an American film actress known for numerous B pictures and is buried at ...
Brian Clewer
1928–2008 (age 80)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
London-born Brian Clewer (1928–2008) made his home in Southern California and now rests at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Caro Jones
1923–2009 (age 86)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Caro Jones (1923–2009) was an American casting director whose work on stage and screen earned her a place at Forest La...
Connie Cezon
1925–2004 (age 79)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Oakland-born Connie Cezon (1925–2004) was an American film and television actress remembered for comedic roles before ...
Dorothea Holt Redmond
1910–2009 (age 99)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Los Angeles native Dorothea Holt Redmond (1910–2009) was an American illustrator and production designer who shaped Ho...
Drake Sather
1959–2004 (age 45)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Seattle-born Drake Sather (1959–2004) was an American comedy writer and producer whose credits included television and...
Duane Allen
1937–2003 (age 66)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Alhambra native Duane Allen (1937–2003) spent his life in California and is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Elizabeth Harrower
1918–2003 (age 85)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Alameda-born Elizabeth Harrower (1918–2003) was an American film and television actress remembered for character parts...
James Coburn
1928–2002 (age 74)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Laurel-born James Coburn (1928–2002) was an Oscar-winning American actor whose career spanned action and western films...
Billy Wilder
1906–2002 (age 96)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Sucha Beskidzka-born Billy Wilder (1906–2002) was an Austrian-American filmmaker celebrated for classics like "Some Li...
Bettie Page
1923–2008 (age 85)
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Nashville-born Bettie Page (1923–2008) was an American pin-up model and cult icon who rests at Westwood Village Memori...
Jack Nimitz
1930–2009 (age 79)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Jack Nimitz (1930-2009) was a Washington, D.C.-born American jazz baritone saxophonist celebrated for his work with Stan...
John Collins
1913–2001 (age 88)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
John Collins (1913-2001) was a Montgomery-born American jazz guitarist whose understated rhythms and work with Nat King ...
Johnny Sekka
1934–2006 (age 72)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Johnny Sekka (1934-2006) was a Dakar-born actor who broke ground for African performers with television and film roles o...
Rod Dedeaux
1914–2006 (age 92)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Rod Dedeaux (1914-2006) was a New Orleans-born college baseball coach who led USC to ten national championships and guid...
Lincoln Kilpatrick
1932–2004 (age 72)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Lincoln Kilpatrick (1932-2004) was a St. Louis-born actor whose character roles on stage, television, and film spanned d...
Michael Evans
1920–2007 (age 87)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Michael Evans (1920-2007) was a Sittingbourne-born actor who enjoyed success on both British and American stages, includ...
Pat McCormick
1927–2005 (age 78)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Pat McCormick (1927-2005) was a Lakewood-born comedian and actor known for his deadpan persona on television variety sho...