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 Final Resting Place of Iron Eyes Cody.

Iron Eyes Cody
April 3rd, 1907 - January 4th, 1999.
Actor who played many Indian parts. He appeared in "A Man Called Horse" and "Ernest Goes to Camp."
Abbey of the Psalms, Sanctuary of Memories, crypt 3301.

Iron Eyes Cody  was an actor born in Kaplan, Louisiana. He was born Espera DeCorti, the son of Sicilian immigrants Francesca Salpietra and Antonio DeCorti. He was not born a Native American, but he claimed to be part Cherokee and part Cree. Cody and his wife Bertha Parker adopted children that were Native American. Cody began his acting career at the age of 12 and continued to work until the time of his death. In 1996, the New Orleans Times-Picayune "exposed" his "true" heritage, but Cody denied it. He appeared in more than 200 films including A Man Called Horse (1970) and Ernest Goes to Camp in 1987. However, he's most famous for his "Crying Indian" role in the Keep America Beautiful public service announcement in the early 1970's, an ecology commercial in which he shows a tear after looking at a polluted river.  He is survived by his adopted son, the Native American flautist Robert "Tree" Cody.