more solemn memories

So, after our trip to United Hebrew last week, Drew and I both want to go to Beth David Cemetery.  We both have grandparents buried there.  I'm not sure when we're going, we have to coordinate with Drew's uncle....

Beth David was founded in 1917.  I was fascinated to discover that my family shares a final resting place with such notables as  Joyce Brothers, Andy Kaufman, Saul Rogovin, Martin Landau, Sidney Lumet, Abe Vigoda and Herman Wouk (who died earlier this year).

I am also told that notorious mobster Harry Strauss, a contract killer for Murder, Inc.,  was laid to rest at Beth David after his execution at Sing Sing in 1941.

I guess death is a great equalizer.

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  1. It's an equalizer in that no one can escape it.

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  2. Very moved by your account of the cemetery visit. Thank you for visiting my blog and commenting on the deer. I have a deer story involving Long Island. A college friend who moved to New York City years ago attended a wedding on Long Island. The afternoon before the wedding, a florist delivered potted plants and flowers to decorate the sidewalk leading up to the church. Overnight the deer came and ate all the decorations.

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  3. Humorist/author Sam Levenson is buried there, too. My late Aunt went to high school with him, or so I've been told, and the time frame would have been right. (she grew up in Brooklyn and lived in Brooklyn all of her life). My husband and I have been known to visit cemeteries to see the graves of famous people, but I am saddened at your recent series of cemetery visits for different reasons. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com

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  4. Alana, you’re correct. Levenson is there.

    Acting the tourist at a cemetery where the famous are buried is a different experience than visiting family.

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