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{{Short description|Cemetery in Westchester County, New York}}
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| name = Ferncliff Cemetery
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| caption = Secor Road outside Ferncliff Cemetery in [[Hartsdale, New York]]
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| established = {{start date and age|1902}}
| country = United States
| location = [[Hartsdale, New York]], US
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| graves = >48,000
| website = [http://www.ferncliffcemetery.com Ferncliff Cemetery Association]
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'''Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum''' is a cemetery in [[Hartsdale, New York]], United States, about {{convert|25|mi}} north of [[Midtown Manhattan]]. It was founded in 1902, and is [[non-sectarian]]. Ferncliff has columbariums, a crematory, a small chapel, and a main office located in the rear of the main building.

==Mausoleums==
[[Image:FerncliffMausoleum.jpg|thumb|Ferncliff Mausoleum in the cemetery]]
[[File:Ferncliff Cemetery Westchester County, New York.jpg|thumb|The main gates to the cemetery]]
Ferncliff Cemetery has three community [[mausoleum]]s that offer what ''[[The New York Times]]'' has described as "lavish burial spaces". This cemetery includes [[columbarium]]s. As of 2001, a standard crypt space in the mausoleums was priced at $15,000. The highest-priced spaces were private burial rooms with bronze gates, crystal chandeliers, and stained-glass windows, priced at $280,000.<ref name=ChineseSuburbs/>

===Ferncliff===
The Ferncliff Mausoleum, aka "The Cathedral of Memories", is the cemetery's oldest mausoleum, constructed in 1928. It has classic architecture, but the corridors are dark without glass panes to admit natural light. [[Ed Sullivan]] and [[Joan Crawford]] are two of the most famous interments in the main mausoleum. [[Judy Garland]] was interred here from her death in 1969 until 2017 when her family moved her remains to [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]] in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://people.com/movies/judy-garlands-remains-hollywood-forever-cemetery/|title=Judy Garland's Remains Moved From New York Burial Place to L.A.'s Hollywood Forever Cemetery|last1=Gomez|first1=Patrick|last2=Mizoguchi|first2=Karen|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=January 26, 2017|access-date=February 6, 2017}}</ref>

===Shrine of Memories===
The Shrine of Memories is Ferncliff's second mausoleum and was constructed in 1956. "Shrine of Memories" is a more contemporary structure than "Ferncliff Mausoleum". It has many panes of glass to admit natural light, and there is a painting of [[Christopher Columbus]] in the main hall of the building. [[Basil Rathbone]] is one of the most famous interments in "Shrine of Memories".

===Rosewood===
Rosewood is Ferncliff's most recently completed community mausoleum, having been constructed in 1999. Joseph J. Mangan was the architect of Rosewood. Singer [[Aaliyah]] and her father Michael Haughton have a private room in Rosewood. [[Cab Calloway]] is interred with his wife Zulme "Nuffie".

==Ground burials==
The cemetery is also known for its in-ground burials in sections located in front of the mausoleums. Ferncliff is one of the very few cemeteries that does not permit upright headstones in its outdoor plots. All outdoor grave markers are flush with the ground. This feature facilitates maintenance of the cemetery grounds. However, there are several upright headstones that were placed before this policy was instituted. [[Malcolm X]] and the most famous ground burials, in plot Pinewood B.

==Notable burials==
* [[Aaliyah]] (1979–2001), singer, actress, model, dancer; her father Michael Haughton (1951–2012), lies above her<ref>{{cite web | url=https://people.com/music/aaliyah-biographer-denies-promoting-book-outside-her-gravesite/ | title=Aaliyah Unofficial Biographer Denies Promoting Book at Cemetery After Singer's Mom Slams 'Individual' | last=DeSantis | first=Rachel | date=25 August 2021 | website=People}}</ref>
* [[Arthur W. Aleshire]] (1900–1940), congressman
* [[Paul Althouse]] (1889–1954), opera singer
* [[Diane Arbus]] (1923–1971), American photographer
* [[Harold Arlen]] (1905–1986), composer
* [[Tommy Armour]] (1895–1968), Hall of Fame professional golfer
* [[José Asensio Torrado]] (1892-1961), general of the Republican Army of Spain
* [[Leopold Auer]] (1845–1930), violinist
* [[Arleen Auger]] (1939–1993), opera singer
* [[Albert E. Austin]] (1877–1953), U.S. Congressman from Connecticut
* [[Arthur Baer]] (1886–1969), journalist
* [[James Baldwin (writer)|James Baldwin]] (1924–1987), novelist, essayist
* [[Richard Barthelmess]] (1895–1963), actor
* [[Béla Bartók]] (1881–1945), composer, pianist, scholar (remains were exhumed and moved to [[Budapest]] in 1988)
* [[Charles A. Beard]] (1874–1948), educator, historian
* [[Mary Ritter Beard]] (1867–1958), historian
* [[Ouida Bergère]] (1886–1974), actress and screenwriter
* [[Joseph P. Bickerton Jr.]] (1878–1936), attorney, theatrical producer
* [[Sherman Billingsley]] (1900–1966), restaurateur, owner of [[Stork Club]]
* [[Ray Bloch]] (1902–1982), composer, songwriter and arranger
* [[Clint Blume]] (1898–1973), baseball player
* [[Ballington Booth]] (1857–1940), social reformer ([[Volunteers of America]])
* [[Maud Booth]] (1865–1948), co-founder of Volunteers of America
* [[Irène Bordoni]] (1895–1953), actress, singer
* [[Connee Boswell]] (1907–1976), singer
* [[Peaches Browning]] (1910–1956), actress
* [[John Brownlee (baritone)|John Brownlee]] (1900–1969), Australian baritone
* [[Adolph Caesar]] (1933–1986), actor
* [[Cab Calloway]] (1907–1994), musician
* [[Northern Calloway]] (1948–1990), actor
* [[Anthony Campagna]] (1884–1969), real estate developer
* [[Salvatore Cardillo]] (1880–1947), composer
* [[Hattie Carnegie]] (1880–1956), fashion designer
* [[Thomas Carvel]] (1906–1990), founder of [[Carvel (franchise)|Carvel Ice Cream]]
* [[Boris Chaliapin]] (1904–1979), artist, portrait painter, the son of Russian opera singer [[Feodor Chaliapin]], brother of actor [[Feodor Chaliapin Jr.]]
* [[Mady Christians]] (1900–1951), actress
* [[Mike Coppola (mobster)|Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola]] (1900–1966), Mafioso
* [[Alexander Cores]] (1900–1994), violinist, Dorian String Quartet
* [[Joan Crawford]] (c. 1905–1977), actress
* [[Ossie Davis]] (1917–2005), actor
* [[Lya De Putti]] (1897–1931), actress
* [[Ruby Dee]] (1922–2014) actress
* [[Jack Donahue]] (1888–1930), actor and dancer
* [[O. L. Duke]] (1953–2004), actor
* [[Charles Evans (businessman)|Charles Evans]] (1926–2007), business leader, older brother of Robert
* [[Robert Evans]] (1930–2019), film producer
* [[Midhat Frashëri|Mid'hat Bey Frashëri]] (1880–1949), [[Albania]]n diplomat, writer, politician (reburied at [[Tirana]], Albania, 2018)
* [[Lew Fields]] (1867–1941), actor and comedian
* [[John Flanagan (sculptor)|John Flanagan]] (1865–1952), American sculptor
* [[Michel Fokine]] (1880–1942), choreographer
* [[Donald Foster (actor)|Donald Foster]] (1889–1969), actor
* [[Nahan Franko]] (1861–1930), musician
* [[Anis Fuleihan]] (1900–1970), musician
* [[Betty Furness]] (1916–1994), actress, consumer advocate, and commentator
* [[Jane Gail]] (1890–1962), actress
* [[Maria Gay]] (1879–1943), [[Catalans|Catalan]] opera singer
* [[Lawrence Otis Graham]] (1961–2021), lawyer and author
* [[Minnie Gentry]] (1915–1993), actress
* [[Ernst Gräfenberg]] (1881-1957), physician and namesake for the [[g-spot]]
* [[Johnny Gunther]] (1929–1947), son of [[John Gunther]] and subject of ''[[Death Be Not Proud (book)|Death Be Not Proud]]''
* [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] (1895–1960), librettist
* [[Annette Hanshaw]] (1901–1985), singer
* [[Renee Harris (producer)|Renee Harris]] (1876–1969), theatre producer
* [[Moss Hart]] (1904–1961), playwright and director
* [[Kitty Carlisle|Kitty Carlisle Hart]] (1910–2007), actress and singer
* [[Irene Hayes]] (1896–1975), businesswoman; founded Irene Hayes Wadley & Smythe and [[Gallagher's Steakhouse]]
* [[Hans Heinsheimer]] (1900–1993), music publisher, author, journalist
* [[Robert Holland (executive)|Robert Holland]] (1940–2021), business executive
* [[Karen Horney]] (1885–1952), psychiatrist
* [[Alberta Hunter]] (1895–1984), singer and songwriter
* [[Jam Master Jay]] (1965–2002), DJ for [[Run-DMC]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oddthingsiveseen.com/2012/09/the-new-york-grimpendium-ferncliff.html | title=The New York Grimpendium: Ferncliff Cemetery }}</ref>
* [[Jerome Kern]] (1885–1945), composer
* [[Juliana Young Koo]] (1905–2017), American-Chinese diplomat
* [[Wellington Koo]] (1888–1985), diplomat, statesman; Ambassador of Republic of China  
* [[H. H. Kung|Hsiang-Hsi Kung]] (1880–1967), Minister of Finance and Industry of Republic of China
* [[Alan Jay Lerner]] (1918–1986), composer and playwright
* [[Avon Long]] (1910–1984), actor, singer, and dancer
* [[Marion Lorne]] (1883–1968), actress
* [[James Male]] (c. 1896–1947), lawyer and member of the [[New York State Assembly]]
* [[Moms Mabley]] (1894–1975), comedian
* [[Michael Malloy]] (1873–1933), murder victim
* [[Hugh Marlowe]] (1911–1982), actor
* [[Elsa Maxwell]] (1883–1963), columnist, society figure
* [[Jeffrey Miller (shooting victim)|Jeffrey Miller]] (1950–1970), victim of the [[Kent State shootings]] and subject of [[John Filo]]'s iconic photo of the event
* [[Ludwig von Mises]] (1881–1973), economist and philosopher
* [[Thelonious Monk]] (1917–1982), musician<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/thelonious-monk-will-change-your-life-even-from-the-grave | title=Thelonious Monk Will Change Your Life, Even from the Grave | newspaper=The Daily Beast | date=10 October 2017 | last1=Jones | first1=Malcolm }}</ref>
* [[Khalid Abdul Muhammad]] (1948–2001), black nationalist and separatist
* [[Ona Munson]] (1903–1955), actress
* Dwight Arrington "[[Heavy D]]" Myers (1967–2011), rapper and actor<ref>{{cite web | url=https://popcrush.com/heavy-d-funeral-jay-z-usher-diddy/ | title=Jay-Z, Usher + More Bid Farewell to Heavy D at Private Funeral | last=Fitzgerald | first=Trent | date=19 November 2011 | website=PopCrush}}</ref>
* [[Nat Nakasa]] (1937–1965), South African writer; his remains were repatriated to South Africa on August 19, 2014 for reburial at Chesterville, Durban, South Africa, in September 2014
* [[Dagmar Nordstrom]] (1903–1976), pianist, composer, one of the [[Nordstrom Sisters]]
* [[Frederick O'Neal]] (1905–1992), actor
* [[William Oberhardt]] (1882–1958), artist, portrait painter, illustrator, sculptor
* [[David M. Potts (politician)|David M. Potts]] (1906–1976), U.S. Congressman, House of Rep. (NY)
* [[Leopold Prince]] (1880–1951), lawyer, New York State Assemblyman, judge, conductor
* [[Anne Eisner Putnam]] (1911–1967), painter
* [[Otto Rank]] (1884–1939), psychiatrist
* [[Vincenzo Rao]] (1898–1988), [[Lucchese crime family]] mobster
* [[Connie Rasinski]] (1907–1965), animator
* [[Basil Rathbone]] (1892–1967), actor
* [[Sharon Redd]] (1945–1992), singer
* [[Dana Reeve]] (1961-2006), actress, singer, activist                                                                                                                                                                          
* [[Charles Revson]] (1906–1975), founder of [[Revlon]] Cosmetics
* [[Peter Revson]] (1939–1974), racecar driver
* [[Paul Robeson]] (1898–1976), actor, singer, and civil rights activist
* [[Gene Rodemich]] (1890–1934), pianist and bandleader
* [[Arsenio Rodríguez]] (1911–1970), Cuban composer and bandleader
* [[Sigmund Romberg]] (1887–1951), composer
* [[Jerry Ross (composer)|Jerry Ross]] (1926–1955), songwriter
* [[Diana Sands]] (1934–1973), actress
* [[Friedrich Schorr]] (1888–1953), opera singer
* [[Gerlando Sciascia]] (1934–1999), [[Bonanno crime family]] [[caporegime]], Rizzuto clan [[caporegime]]
* [[Malik Sealy]] (1970–2000), NBA guard ([[Minnesota Timberwolves]])
* [[Betty Shabazz]] (1936–1997), philosopher; wife of [[Malcolm X]]
* [[Malcolm Shabazz]] (1984–2013), grandson of Malcolm X
* [[Toots Shor]] (1903–1977), restaurateur
* [[Leo Sirota]] (1885–1965), pianist, teacher, and conductor
* [[Otto Soglow]] (1900–1975), author and cartoonist (''[[The New Yorker]]'')
* [[Daisy Allen Story]] (1858–1932), ninth President General of the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]]
* [[Zhang Youyi]] (1900–1988), first wife of Chinese poet [[Xu Zhimo]] 
* [[Soong Ai-ling]] (1889–1973), eldest of the three [[Soong sisters]]<ref name=ChineseSuburbs>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/06/nyregion/for-chinese-bliss-is-eternity-in-the-suburbs.html|title=For Chinese, Bliss Is Eternity in the Suburbs|first=Winnie|last=Hu|date=May 6, 2001|newspaper=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[Soong Mei-ling]] (1898–2003), First Lady of the [[Republic of China]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/06/14/2003174995|title=Taiwan Quick Take|work=Taipei Times|page=3|date=Jun 14, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/30/nyregion/an-epitaph-for-madame-chiang-kai-shek-mama.html|title=An Epitaph for Madame Chiang Kai-shek: 'Mama'|first=Joseph|last=Berger|newspaper=New York Times|date=October 30, 2003}}</ref>
* [[T. V. Soong]] (1894–1971), financier and diplomat; chairman of [[National Bank of China]] and brother of the Soong sisters
* [[Alfred Steele]] (1901–1959), board chairman of [[Pepsi]], married to [[Joan Crawford]]
* [[Preston Sturges]] (1898–1959), writer and director
* [[Ed Sullivan]] (1901–1974), columnist and television host
* [[Anya Taranda]] (1915–1970), model and showgirl
* [[Diana Trilling]] (1905–1996), author and literary critic
* [[Lionel Trilling]] (1905–1975), literary critic
* [[Judy Tyler]] (1932–1957), actress
* [[Lenore Ulric]] (1892–1970), actress
* [[Myrtle Vail]] (1888–1978), actress
* [[Raymond Walburn]] (1887–1969), actor
* [[David Warfield]] (1866–1951), actor
* [[Cornell Woolrich]] (1903–1968), author, screenwriter
* [[Malcolm X]] (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz; born Malcolm Little, 1925–1965), human rights leader
* [[Hilda Yen]] (1904–1970), Chinese society figure, aviator and diplomat, [[Baháʼí Faith]]
* [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] (1889–1939), composer
* [[Whitney Young]] (1921–1962), social reformer ([[National Urban League]])
* [[Josefa Zaratt]] (1871–1962), Puerto Rican doctor

==Cremations==
Ferncliff Cemetery has the only crematory in Westchester County, New York, and performs approximately 10% of the cremations in New York state. Because of local ordinances, no additional crematories can be constructed in Westchester County.

People whose remains were cremated and inurned at Ferncliff, but whose ashes were taken somewhere else include:
* [[Alan Freed]] (1921–1965), radio DJ known as "The Father of Rock & Roll". His ashes were moved to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
* [[Jim Henson]] (1936–1990), [[The Muppets|Muppets]] creator. His ashes were sprinkled at his [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]], ranch.
* [[John Lennon]] (1940–1980), singer and songwriter ([[The Beatles]])
* [[Christopher Reeve]] (1952–2004), actor (cremated only)
* [[Nelson Rockefeller]] (1908–1979), Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States. His ashes were sprinkled on his estate.
* [[Nikola Tesla]] (1856–1943), scientist of electrotechnics. His ashes were placed in the [[Nikola Tesla Museum]], [[Belgrade]].

==See also==
* [[List of cemeteries in the United States]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.ferncliffcemetery.com Ferncliff Cemetery Association]
* {{Find a Grave cemetery|64525|Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum}}
* {{GNIS|949992}}

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[[Category:1902 establishments in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Cemeteries in Westchester County, New York]]
[[Category:Mausoleums in the United States]]
[[Category:Cemeteries established in the 1900s]]
[[Category:Greenburgh, New York]]