Beth David Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located at 300 Elmont Road in Elmont, in Nassau County, New York, United States.

Description The cemetery was established in 1917. As of 2012, there were approximately 245,000 burials in the cemetery.

Notable interments Iris Apfel (1921–2024), fashion designerLegendary Style Icon and Designer Iris Apfel Dies at 102, Leaving Behind a Colorful Legacy Sam Ash (1897–1956), violinist and founder of Sam Ash Music Abe Axler (1901–1933), mobster Eduard Bloch (1872–1945), personal physician to the family of Adolf Hitler Rube Bloom (1902–1976), musician Dori Brenner (1946–2000), actress Joseph Brody (1877–1937), composer Joyce Brothers (1927–2013), psychologist Ed Chalpin (1935–2019), record executive and producer Barbara Craddock (1940–2005), dancer and choreographer Bill Creston (1932-2024), filmmakerObituary of William Creston Happy Foreman (1899–1953), baseball player Noah Greenberg (1919–1966), conductor Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975), composer Israel J. Hochman (1875–1940), bandleader and music arranger Sol Kaplan (1919–1990), composer Andy Kaufman (1949–1984), comedian and actor Martin Landau (1928–2017), actor Jay Larkin (1950–2010), television executive Sam Levenson (1911–1980), humorist Chuck Low (1928–2017), actor Sidney Lumet (1924–2011), film director Jackie Mason (1928–2021), comedian and actor Jack Newfield (1938–2004), journalist Mitchell Parish (1900–1993), lyricist Robert Plotnik (1943–2018), owner of "Bleecker Bob's" record shop Doc Pomus (1925–1991), musician Mnachem Risikoff (1866–1960), rabbi and scholarRabbi Menachem Risikoff Saul Rogovin (1923–1995), baseball player Elyakim Rosenblatt (1933–2019), Orthodox rabbi Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (1923–1983), politician Frank Russek (1875/1876-1948), businessman Aaron Schechter (1928–2023), Orthodox rabbi Walt Singer (1911–1992), football player Solomon Smulewitz (1866–1943), Yiddish vaudeville singer and songwriter Harry Strauss (1909–1941), mobster Herbert Tenzer (1905–1993), politician Abe Vigoda (1921–2016), actorAbe Vigoda mourned at The Godfather-themed funeral Larry Wachtel (1930–2007), radio commentator Leibele Waldman (1907–1969), composer and actor Herman Wouk (1915–2019), authorHerman Wouk

See also

Montefiore Cemetery New Montefiore Cemetery

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