Danny Kaye

Birth Name:

David Daniel Kaminsky

Birth Date:

January 18, 1911

Birth Place:

New York, New York

Death Date:

March 3, 1987

Place of Death:

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

Age:

Cause of Death:

Complications of heart failure, internal bleeding, and hepatitis C

Cemetery Name:

Kensico Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Show Business

Danny Kaye, the rubbery-faced, gibberish-spouting comedian, was one of the world’s most successful entertainers of the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s. Kaye’s silly patter, funny walks and air of innocence and likability propelled him from the Catskill borscht circuit to stardom on the Broadway stage, in New York and London nightclubs and then on to Hollywood, where he became known to countless millions around the world. Kaye starred in 23 films, notably Wonder Man (1945), The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), The Inspector General (1949), Hans Christian Andersen (1952), White Christmas (1954), and The Court Jester (1955).

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Kensico Cemetery

273 Lakeview Avenue

Valhalla, New York, 10595

USA

North America

Map:

Map of Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York

Grave Location:

Valhalla Plot , Section 19, Lot 1

Grave Location Description

As you enter the cemetery take the middle road, Tecumseh Avenue, for about a half mile. Look for the lake on your right and park 100 feet after you drive through the intersection with Mohegan Avenue. Look to your left for the large bench surrounded by shrubs with a large tree behind to shade the final resting place of Danny Kaye and his wife Sylvia Fine Kaye.