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Woodlawn Cemetery
Webster Avenue & East 233rd Street, New York, NY 10470
+1 718 920 0500 / +1 877 496 6352
site: Woodlawn Cemetery
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This famous resting place of the rich and famous was opened in 1863. It is the final home of some of the best known art, music, and business icons in New York history. Duke Ellington lies here, as well as department store magnate R.H. Macy. Miles Davis, F.W. Woolworth, Bat Masterson, George M. Cohan and Irving Berlin are all here as well. The cemetery sponsors free bus and walking tours, by appointment. Tours are free.

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