Final Resting Places: Orange County\ s Dead and Famous

Barry, who lives in the county, details 24 graveyards in Orange County, California, that are home to the graves of famous people whose lives impacted its historical and cultural growth, like Florence Griffith-Joyner, John Wayne, Linda Marie Brown, Bobby Hatfield, Eddie Cochran, Lefty Williams, Marie Callender, and Nicole Brown Simpson. He profiles entertainment, sports, crime, and political celebrities, with description of the cemeteries, some b&w photos, contact information, and directions to the graves. Public, private, and Catholic cemeteries and historic graveyards are included, such as the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library, Mission San Juan Capistrano, the Old Mission Cemetery, the Yorba Cemetery, Fairhaven Memorial Park, Pacific View Memorial Park, and Forest Lawn Memorial Park-Cypress. The final chapter discusses five events from which most of the participants are buried in Orange County, including the Battle of Tomato Springs, the Center Street Shoot Out, and the Crash of Pan Am Flight 103. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)