POV
Dearly
Departed
Celebspotting is
de rigueur
inLosAngeles, but leave the
hiding inbushes to the
paparazzi. Instead, checkout
thesehistoricandscenic
cemeterieswith lushgardens,
artmuseumsanddearly
departeddenizenswho remain
to tell Tinseltown’sstar-
studdedstory.
—KIMBERLEYLOVATO
ILLUSTRATION
BENJAMIN CONSTANTINE
28
OCTOBER2015
AMERICANWAY
HOLLYWOODFOREVER
CEMETERY
>
With views of theHollywood
sign and a year-round cultural
calendar of concerts and
outdoormovies, it’s nowonder
studioheads and stars likeCecil
B.DeMille, RudolphValentino
and
TheWizardofOz
pooch
Totodecided to stay.
6000SantaMonicaBlvd.
FORESTLAWNMEMORIAL
PARKGLENDALE
Spend adaybrowsing the
world-class art gallery, replica
Michelangelo sculptures and
picturesque chapels, then search
forClarkGable, Elizabeth
Taylor,HumphreyBogart,
JimmyStewart,WaltDisney
andMichael Jackson.
1712S.GlendaleAve.
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FORESTLAWN
HOLLYWOODHILLS
Fan favorites likeFreddiePrinze,
GeneAutry,DavidCarradine
andBetteDavis dwell near
GriffithPark, where anexact
replicaof Boston’sOldNorth
Church and anAmericanHis-
toryMuseumwith a copyof the
LibertyBell areopen to visitors.
6300ForestLawnDrive
HOLYCROSSCEMETERY
>
Halloween fans canpay respects
toCountDraculahimself, Bela
Lugosi, at this idyllicgarden
speckledwithponds, waterfalls
and a volcanic stonegrotto.
It’s also thepermanent resting
spot of RitaHayworth, Bing
Crosby, JohnCandy andJimmy
Durante.
5835WestSlausonAve.
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PIERCEBROTHERS
WESTWOODVILLAGE
MEMORIALPARK
This two-acreoasis hidden
behindhigh-rises and amovie
theater sheltersTrumanCapote,
Burt Lancaster, BillyWilder,
DeanMartin andMarilyn
Monroe (whose funeral ar-
rangementsweremadeby Joe
DiMaggio).
1218GlendonAve.
DIDYOU
KNOW?
Theempty
cryptnext to
Marilyn’swas
purchased
by
Playboy
founderHugh
Hefner for
$75,000.
DIDYOU
KNOW?
BothRay
Bolgerand
JackHaley,
co-starsin
TheWizard
ofOz
,are
buriedhere.
DIDYOU
KNOW?
In1940,
Ronald
Reagan
married
JaneWyman
here,at the
WeeKirko’
theHeather
chapel.
