What is Westlawn Cemetery?
'''Westlawn Cemetery''' is a [[Jewish cemetery]] located in [[Norridge, Illinois|Norridge]], a suburb of Chicago in [[Illinois]]. The cemetery covers {{convert|72|acre|ha}} and roughly 46,000 people are buried there. ==Notable burials== *[[Jack Ruby]], convicted of the murder of [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], who at the time was under arrest for the assassination of US President [[John F. Kennedy]]<br>(His conviction was later reversed. He died awaiting a new trial, still ''legally'' presumed innocent.)<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/01/us/phil-burleson-61-jack-ruby-s-lawyer.html New York Times]-June 1, 1995</ref><ref>[http://www.history.co.uk/this-day-in-history/November-22 www.history.co.uk]-this-day-in-history/November-22 </ref> *[[Abe Saperstein]], creator of the Savoy Big Five, precursor of the [[Harlem Globetrotters]] *[[Shel Silverstein]], poet, author, satirist, and cartoonist *[[Gene Siskel]], movie critic ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Cemeteries in the United States]] [[Category:1937 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:1930s establishments in Illinois]] {{US-geo-stub}}