Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven
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The Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven, approximately 25 miles north of New York City, was established in 1917 at 10 West Stevens Ave. in Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York as a Roman Catholic burial site. Amongst its famous residents is baseball immortal Babe Ruth and his wife, Claire Ruth (1900-1976) whose grave has an inscription from Cardinal Spellman and is almost always adorned by a large number of baseballs, bats, and caps.
Some of the notables interred here are:
- Anton Bilotti (1906-1963), composer, author
- James Cagney (1899-1986), actor
- Bob Considine (1906-1975), journalist, author
- Anna Held (1873-1918) major Broadway actress
- Dorothy Kilgallen (1913-1965), journalist, television personality
- Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963), composer and songwriter
- Billy Martin (1928-1989), Major League Baseball player/manager
- Sal Mineo (1939-1976), actor
- Condé Nast (1873-1942), publisher
- Westbrook Pegler (1894-1969), Pulitzer prizer winning journalist
- Babe Ruth (1895-1948), Hall of Fame baseball player
- Dutch Schultz (1902-1935), mobster
- Jimmy Walker (1881-1946), mayor of New York City