31705 DA VALL DRIVE
CATHEDRAL CITY
Originally established on Halloween day 1956 (how’s that for spooky?), this 60-acre cemetery is home to myriad distinguished souls, most notably Frank Sinatra, who was interred, alongside a bottle of Jack Daniels and a pack of cigarettes, in Section B-8 on May 20, 1998. His famous eternal neighbors include Sonny Bono, Busby Berkeley, William Powell, and Suzanne Somers. It was also here that actor Tom Neal staged a post-conviction photo shoot while awaiting sentencing for the slaying of his third wife in the hopes of garnering sympathy with the judge and the public at large. In a truly callous twist, Neal posed not at the gravesite of his wife, though – she was buried over 120 miles away – but a young child who had been killed in a robbery.
