CITY

Population:
41155 (2000 census)

County:
Riverside County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
College of the Desert	1958

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
U.S. Filter Corporation

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Josh Homme	Guitarist	17-May-1973		Guitarist for Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age
Nick Oliveri	Bassist	21-Oct-1971		Queens of the Stone Age

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William Asher	Film Director	8-Aug-1921	16-Jul-2012	Beach Blanket Bingo
John Bromfield	Actor	11-Jun-1922	18-Sep-2005	U.S. Marshal
Edgar Buchanan	Actor	20-Mar-1903	4-Apr-1979	Uncle Joe Carson on Petticoat Junction
Jean Carson	Actor	28-Feb-1923	2-Nov-2005	Fun girl Daphne
Linda Christian	Actor	13-Nov-1923	22-Jul-2011	Ex-Wife of Tyrone Power
Donald J. Cram	Chemist	22-Apr-1919	17-Jun-2001	Synthesis of molecules
Ellen Drew	Actor	23-Nov-1915	3-Dec-2003	If I Were King
Tom Fears	Football	3-Dec-1922	4-Jan-2000	NFL Hall of Fame Wide Receiver
Virginia Field	Actor	4-Nov-1917	2-Jan-1992	Waterloo Bridge
John Ford	Film Director	1-Feb-1894	31-Aug-1973	How Green Was My Valley
Rochelle Hudson	Actor	6-Mar-1916	17-Jan-1972	Rebel Without a Cause
Barbara Kent	Actor	16-Dec-1907	13-Oct-2011	Flesh and the Devil
Lew Landers	Film Director	2-Jan-1901	16-Dec-1962	The Raven
Rowland V. Lee	Film Director	6-Sep-1891	21-Dec-1975	Son of Frankenstein
Marian Marsh	Actor	17-Oct-1913	9-Nov-2006	Svengali
Mike McCormack	Football	21-Jun-1930	15-Nov-2013	NFL Hall of Famer, coach
Alvy Moore	Actor	5-Dec-1921	4-May-1997	Hank Kimball on Green Acres
Joseph Pevney	Film Director	15-Sep-1911	18-May-2008	Man of a Thousand Faces
Jerry Vale	Singer	8-Jul-1932	18-May-2014	Romantic ballad singer
Ralph Waite	Actor	22-Jun-1928	13-Feb-2014	John Walton, Sr. on The Waltons

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