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string(156) "Grave of Mark Sandman. Mark Sandman was born on September 24, 1952 and died in Giardini del Principe, Palestrina, Italy due to Heart attack on July 3, 1999."
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string(174) "Grave of Bunk Johnson. Bunk Johnson was born on December 27, 1885 and died in 638 Franklin Street, New Iberia, Louisiana due to Lingering effects of a stroke on July 7, 1949."
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Gertrude Caroline Ederle was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in five events. On August 6, 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Among other nicknames, the press sometimes called her "Queen of the Waves".
Cemetery Information:
Final Resting Place:
Woodlawn Cemetery
4199 Webster Avenue
Bronx, New York, 10470
USA
North America
Map:
Grave Location:
Locust, Section 88
Grave Location Description
As you drive through the main entrance off Jerome Avenue, continue straight on Central Avenue until you come to Lawn Avenue. Turn left on Lawn Avenue (with the massive lawn area and Jay Gould mausoleum on your right. Drive 300 feet and stop and look to your left, four rows from the road, for the bench-shaped monument for the final resting place of Gertrude Ederle.
Grave Location GPS
40.891974, -73.872243
Photos:
Read More About Gertrude Ederle:
Videos Featuring Gertrude Ederle:
The First Woman to Swim Across the English Channel - Unladylike2020
Gertrude Ederle's Early Life of Career and Later Life Biography
Extraordinary Women - Inspiring Story of Gertrude Ederle
Gertrude Ederle swims the English Channel in 1926
Gertrude Ederle, 1st Ticker-tape Parade in 1926, NY
Trudy's Welcome Home (1926)
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