I did a little online research after reading your comment about Joe DiMaggio and the roses for Marilyn Monroe's grave. It's true that Joe DiMaggio stopped delivering the roses in 1982. He stopped delivering them for a couple of reasons. The main reason is that they were being stolen. The second reason had to do with the cost. The cost to deliver roses twice a week in 1962 was around $200 a month.. By 1982 it was well over $1,000 a month. The older he got the more thrifty he was with his money.
Great comments about funeral etiquette. When my father died in June 1983, I was very angry at the way his funeral was handled. He was a veteran of the Korean war and he wanted to be buried in his uniform which he had kept in good condition. For some reason it didn't happen. He had an open casket ceremony and I was appalled at the clothes they dressed him in. They dressed him almost like a clown in a bright yellow tie and mismatched clothes. I took the tie off him.
I was there last October. I saw the graves of Eva Gabor, Merv Griffin, and Eddie Albert; plus some other celebrity graves as well. I'm a big Green Acres fan, and I wanted to pay my respects to Eva, Merv, and Eddie. Eva was the idol of my youth. Both she and Merv Griffin were my two favorite lovebirds of the 80's and 90's.
Thank you for taking the time to explain the rules of military burials.l. It's possible that the rule regarding military uniforms was explained to my Aunt Ineta. She was the one who handled my father's burial arrangements. She was too upset to stay more than a few minutes. Even though I wasn't happy about the clothes, I am pleased with the headstone and cemetery.
This is ettiquite from a long-time undertaker. Please show respect: Dress with RESPECT, in a suit or appropriate clothes, for the deceased, and the family, at the funeral, don't walk on graves, at the cemetery,, and YIELD to funeral processions, in your car. Next time it might be you in the back of my Hearse. Thank you
Interesting, but Steve Goldstein is wrong about Marilyn. My family goes back to 1861 in Los Angeles and I grew up in the Westwood Area. Prior to Marilyn's Death, she was seen hanging out in the Westwood Cemetery. THIS IS TRUE and Documented. She found the location to be quiet and she could get away from the crowds and drama.
Well, Marilyn was not creepily "hanging out" in a cemetery. She was there to visit her Aunt Ana, and orhers close to her growing up. Before Marilyn, Westwood was a down and out small cemetery, and if known about a tremendous future investment. Had she been entombed elsewhere, I dare say such valuable land would have been sold, and the few graves there moved., but Marilyn made it world famous and a hugely popular Los Angeles tourist spot.
Beautiful piece, very interesting. So many people gone but their works live on. On film your forever young and alive. Reality, unfortunately, is much harsher.
I never have seen this, you did a great job in presentation I would love to visit one day for a Bucket List Wish. How do they do triple burials in those small plots?
One other thing- These reasons are speculations made by people who were close to Joe DiMaggio. He was very touchy about his marriage to Monroe and never talked about her to anybody.
This is a bit dated. Liz Taylor was NOT buried here - she is at Forest Lawn in Glendale. Minnie Ripperton is another young burial here. She was a singer known mostly for "loving you". Also Marilyn Monroe's florist, Parisian is not on Santa Monica but is on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood. And this cemetery is well known these days - tourists a plenty! Since this was filmed, burials include David Nelson, Richard Dawson, and Peter Falk. Check it out on the seeing-stars website.
Yes, I attended Jackie Wilson's Wake at what used to be the Morris Funeral Home on Oakland Ave, & his funeral at Russell Street Missionary Baptist Church. He's buried at Westlawn Cemetery, as quite a few other Famous people are, particularly from the Motown era.
I want to see the Lincoln movie too. All the reviews have been good. The film depicts the last four months of Lincoln's life. I doubt if they'll mention all the creepy post death stuff. I've read books about every President but Lincoln is the most fascinating. The Library of Congress website has a lot of material on him. You can read the scanned originals of every letter he received in the mail as President. It's a great site for historical information.
I worked a security detail in there guarding Marilyn Monroe's grave site 7 or 8 years ago overnight. A mentally disturbed guy was climbing the fence sleeping in there illegally and defacing her headstone. I worked 2 nights in there while they were installing a security/camera system.
To let others know, sometime after this video was long since filmed, there had been a couple of changes made at Westwood Village. For instance, the simple memorial ground plague to Don Knotts had been replaced by a larger one elaborately engraved with several of the movie characters that Don had portrayed in his career. As for the crypt right next door to Marilyn Monroe...it is now occupied by Hugh Hefner according to his wishes.
I plan to visit Eva Gabor's Merv Gtiffin's, and Eddie Albert's graves the next time that I go out to Los Angeles. I was a big Green Acres fan and I want to pay my respect to these three wonderful pep
The thing that gets me is that if you open those caskets, those peoples bodys Are THERE. Its like damn, you can actually open the casket and see 'em laying there. But, we are civilized, so we have to put the dead away... hee, hee...hee, hee, heee....ha, ha, haa...awwwwGotChAH!!!!
Weird to be at ANY famous grave....I've been to: Jim Morrison/Elvis/Chopin/Oscar Wilde/Jimi Hendrix/Uncle Sam/Edith Piaf/Thomas Jefferson/Jefferson Davis/Jeb Stuart and Leroi Moore RIP great people. There's an aura every time.
Very well done and sad. Weird when vid was made Taylor and Bradbury were still alive-but gone now. Also, cute the way some people joke around (with something funny on the tombstone) even after death. On my tombstone I'm going to have printed---- "I told you I was sick!"
A Krenwinkle I wonder, though, if Jeannie was buried nearby to Dean after she died last year (2016), since they were reconciled during the last few years of his life (although they didn't re-marry).
His daughter Claudia, (d. 2001) sons Ricci (d. 2016) Dean Paul (d. 1987) and Jeanne died of cancer 3 weeks after Ricci. But Find A Grave doesn't say where she is.
this might be a silly question, but every time I have gone to this cemetery I asked myself why are all of the graves either so close together or not aligned in typical rows like other cemeteries? it looks like hey just bury the dead where ever there's a free spot and in whatever position fits. Is it over crowded?
Thanks for posting the video! At 1:10 is that a photograph pointing roughly north east? And is that UCLA? I just moved here and love learning about history! Thanks again!
the forest lawns aren't accepting of fans inside, you have to find your way around. Westwood is small, you just have to be respectful. As should be in any cemetery, dress respectfully, and find your own way around..
I visited here last summer. Only 4 other visitors at that time and some guy mowing the lawn. No cost to get in. If all these people were still alive you wouldn’t get within 200ft of them and would have to pay a lot of money. Funny how your value goes down when your dead.
I don't blame Keith. He was tired of the Hollywood grind and when she died he felt his own curtain coming down. He had a long varied career in many genres
Does anyone know the name of the author wrote the book who's all buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Send the name of the correct a book or I could you please tell me what its titled.
Alls Luv they do........so they keep building UP. They used the utility area, place for lawn mower etc and is now the tiny area to the right....so now, all they can do is build UP and build a stair to it. SOMEHOW?
Brian's daughter Daisy who died by suicide is buried near him. Also Sage Stallone is buried there and I'm sure Sly has bought several plots in his private place there..that surrounds his son...That also makes it easier if Sly goes first!....his girls and wife won't have to worry about where to bury him..
Military "retired" Veterans are not authorized to wear the Military Uniform for burial. The Funeral Director should have explained that to you. Only "active" duty Military personnel are buried in US Military attire. Your retired Military Veteran may where their Uniform while living at specified patriotic functions & to funerals in honor of a Veteran, & then the uniform must meet specific standard, but they can not be buried in it per Military regulations.
A lot of people didn't know that there was an unkown husband that the studio forced her to annull. So he picked up where Di Maggio left off, hence the white roses.
i'd love to be buried next to natalie wood,but i don't have the money nor does my family,but she was so pretty and i always felt like i knew her...r.i.p. natalie
***** You can see Liz's grave but not Michaels........Her tomb at Westwood i'm sure is sold by her kids...that's far too much money to just let slip by.
However, I do agree that you & your family were not treated with respect by the Funeral Director. They probably didn't know until the last minute that they were not authorized to fulfill the Military attire request. They should have contacted you & asked you to provide alternative attire instead of dressing him shabbily in mismatch clothes from who knows where! That was rude & so inconsiderate. I would have provided other clothing & made them correct that immediately.
For the guy below who "doubts you can just visit this cemetery", I used to eat my lunch in this cemetery every day, it was a short distance from the radio station where I had a show (Classical KKGO-FM). It is a very peaceful spot. Anyone can visit this cemetery. This guy doesn´t know that the fuck he is talking about!
Allah "God" says in Quran : ((Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has attained [his desire]. And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion. (185) )) Surah 3 - Verse 185
Funny that both Kirk Douglas and Walter Matthau-two Jews who came from practicing backgrounds- do not have plots in a Jewis place. So many are buried at Hillside, and Edward G Robinson is buried in an Othodox cemetery in New York. Douglas ran away from Judsism in his young days, but Matthau is a surprise!
Kerri Caye, we Jews are so few that when some like Kirk deny it most of their life it is a turnoff. You need to be one to understand. Only after his stroke did he return, but Westwood is a return back to his denial days; sorry!
Cool story, but PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, pay more respect to the dead by learning proper cemetery etiquette. i.e. don't walk or stand on top of people's graves. 2:24 - 2:28
I did a little online research after reading your comment about Joe DiMaggio and the roses for Marilyn Monroe's grave. It's true that Joe DiMaggio stopped delivering the roses in 1982. He stopped delivering them for a couple of reasons. The main reason is that they were being stolen. The second reason had to do with the cost. The cost to deliver roses twice a week in 1962 was around $200 a month.. By 1982 it was well over $1,000 a month. The older he got the more thrifty he was with his money.
Great comments about funeral etiquette. When my father died in June 1983, I was very angry at the way his funeral was handled. He was a veteran of the Korean war and he wanted to be buried in his uniform which he had kept in good condition. For some reason it didn't happen. He had an open casket ceremony and I was appalled at the clothes they dressed him in. They dressed him almost like a clown in a bright yellow tie and mismatched clothes. I took the tie off him.
I was there last October. I saw the graves of Eva Gabor, Merv Griffin, and Eddie Albert; plus some other celebrity graves as well. I'm a big Green Acres fan, and I wanted to pay my respects to Eva, Merv, and Eddie. Eva was the idol of my youth. Both she and Merv Griffin were my two favorite lovebirds of the 80's and 90's.
Lovebirds indeed? That was a Hollywood lavender romance if there EVER was one.
I have visited this memorial park several times.It is truly beautiful! I would suggest to anyone visiting LA to see it.
Thank you for taking the time to explain the rules of military burials.l. It's possible that the rule regarding military uniforms was explained to my Aunt Ineta. She was the one who handled my father's burial arrangements. She was too upset to stay more than a few minutes. Even though I wasn't happy about the clothes, I am pleased with the headstone and cemetery.
This is truly a beautiful video. Thank you for making and sharing it.
Bettie Page is here also..love that she is there since she is such an icon like marilyn. =)
This is ettiquite from a long-time undertaker. Please show respect: Dress with RESPECT, in a suit or appropriate clothes, for the deceased, and the family, at the funeral, don't walk on graves, at the cemetery,, and YIELD to funeral processions, in your car. Next time it might be you in the back of my Hearse. Thank you
Interesting, but Steve Goldstein is wrong about Marilyn. My family goes back to 1861 in Los Angeles and I grew up in the Westwood Area. Prior to Marilyn's Death, she was seen hanging out in the Westwood Cemetery. THIS IS TRUE and Documented. She found the location to be quiet and she could get away from the crowds and drama.
Well, Marilyn was not creepily "hanging out" in a cemetery. She was there to visit her Aunt Ana, and orhers close to her growing up. Before Marilyn, Westwood was a down and out small cemetery, and if known about a tremendous future investment. Had she been entombed elsewhere, I dare say such valuable land would have been sold, and the few graves there moved., but Marilyn made it world famous and a hugely popular Los Angeles tourist spot.
Rodney Dangerfield's epitaph is perfect for his character. No respect!
Beautiful piece, very interesting. So many people gone but their works live on. On film your forever young and alive. Reality, unfortunately, is much harsher.
...I live in Eddie Alberts previous house, just off Woodrow Wilson Drive, Hollywood. Nice to know his history.
that's great...I hope you kept his garden.
1:15 what a cool photo! Nicely done, thank you for the memories.
I go to this cemetery so much, that it is home away from home.
Celebrity watching is here, but this place is ...
SO PEACEFUL.
George Vreeland Hill
This may shock you but you have to be dead to be a permanent resident in any cemetery.
Well thanks for clearing that up
I never have seen this, you did a great job in presentation I would love to visit one day for a Bucket List Wish. How do they do triple burials in those small plots?
Brian Keith was a wonderful actor whose death was tragic. His dad was that fine actor Robert Keith who was so good in Men in War
What a great, short fascinating piece.
One other thing- These reasons are speculations made by people who were close to Joe DiMaggio. He was very touchy about his marriage to Monroe and never talked about her to anybody.
thank you for posting
This is a bit dated. Liz Taylor was NOT buried here - she is at Forest Lawn in Glendale. Minnie Ripperton is another young burial here. She was a singer known mostly for "loving you". Also Marilyn Monroe's florist, Parisian is not on Santa Monica but is on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood. And this cemetery is well known these days - tourists a plenty! Since this was filmed, burials include David Nelson, Richard Dawson, and Peter Falk. Check it out on the seeing-stars website.
Yes, I attended Jackie Wilson's Wake at what used to be the Morris Funeral Home on Oakland Ave, & his funeral at Russell Street Missionary Baptist Church. He's buried at Westlawn Cemetery, as quite a few other Famous people are, particularly from the Motown era.
that was such a lovely piece!
Wonderful video!
Man, If there was a Baywatch 1960 or 61 Marilyn would have been THE first Baywatch Babe.
Jim, Jimi, Janis, ... Brian, John, & Johnny be Good, ... Barbara & Roy, I'll see you in Rock & Roll Heaven ... Pray for my Soul ! Rest in Peace !
yeah i seen she was in forest lawn memorial park and thanks i was unaware westboro wanted to picket her funeral. it does not surprise me though.
I want to see the Lincoln movie too. All the reviews have been good. The film depicts the last four months of Lincoln's life. I doubt if they'll mention all the creepy post death stuff. I've read books about every President but Lincoln is the most fascinating. The Library of Congress website has a lot of material on him. You can read the scanned originals of every letter he received in the mail as President. It's a great site for historical information.
I worked a security detail in there guarding Marilyn Monroe's grave site 7 or 8 years ago overnight. A mentally disturbed guy was climbing the fence sleeping in there illegally and defacing her headstone. I worked 2 nights in there while they were installing a security/camera system.
I was there ,beautiful ,and peaceful..
To let others know, sometime after this video was long since filmed, there had been a couple of changes made at Westwood Village. For instance, the simple memorial ground plague to Don Knotts had been replaced by a larger one elaborately engraved with several of the movie characters that Don had portrayed in his career. As for the crypt right next door to Marilyn Monroe...it is now occupied by Hugh Hefner according to his wishes.
They all followed Marilyn that is amazing.
Wow, you're really getting me excited! You can read letters he got! I'm off the the Library of Congress(website)!!
That's a good one. "I told you I was sick!" lol.
I plan to visit Eva Gabor's Merv Gtiffin's, and Eddie Albert's graves the next time that I go out to Los Angeles. I was a big Green Acres fan and I want to pay my respect to these three wonderful pep
Well done, Alexa. x
What a great, but sad, video.
couldnt agree more.
Marilyn is without doubt the most famous, and recognisable, female in the world today and a visit to Westwood is a great experience.
The thing that gets me is that if you open those caskets, those peoples bodys Are THERE. Its like damn, you can actually open the casket and see 'em laying there. But, we are civilized, so we have to put the dead away... hee, hee...hee, hee, heee....ha, ha, haa...awwwwGotChAH!!!!
Weird to be at ANY famous grave....I've been to: Jim Morrison/Elvis/Chopin/Oscar Wilde/Jimi Hendrix/Uncle Sam/Edith Piaf/Thomas Jefferson/Jefferson Davis/Jeb Stuart and Leroi Moore RIP great people. There's an aura every time.
Very well done and sad. Weird when vid was made Taylor and Bradbury were still alive-but gone now. Also, cute the way some people joke around (with something funny on the tombstone) even after death. On my tombstone I'm going to have printed---- "I told you I was sick!"
i might have to make a visit to that place....
nice video.
Yes, that is true, Christmas Day 1995. Many sites would say that ex-wife Jeannie was at his side, but this is not true; Dino was alone.
A Krenwinkle I wonder, though, if Jeannie was buried nearby to Dean after she died last year (2016), since they were reconciled during the last few years of his life (although they didn't re-marry).
His daughter Claudia, (d. 2001) sons Ricci (d. 2016) Dean Paul (d. 1987) and Jeanne died of cancer 3 weeks after Ricci. But Find A Grave doesn't say where she is.
this might be a silly question, but every time I have gone to this cemetery I asked myself why are all of the graves either so close together or not aligned in typical rows like other cemeteries? it looks like hey just bury the dead where ever there's a free spot and in whatever position fits. Is it over crowded?
Thanks for posting the video! At 1:10 is that a photograph pointing roughly north east? And is that UCLA? I just moved here and love learning about history! Thanks again!
No..UCLA is nearish...check it out on the google map
Groovy
Buddy Rich is there too.
FYI, Liz Taylor was not buried here. She is buried in Forest Lawn in Glendale.
You forgot Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills; they have plenty of celebrities buried there as well.
Marilyn Monroe was not jewish, she married Arthur Miller, her second husband in a jewish ceremony two days after they had a rushed civil ceremony
Damn! He must have been Really paranoid about someone tampering with his fathers body. Wow, that is a very interesting bit of fact.
Elizabeth Taylor didn't end up there, but at Forest Lawn in Glendale.
All these people are there now.
Dean Martin passed away on Christmas of 1995?
tastefully done
Baywatch 1953 more like it...she could work alongside of Bettie Page.. WOW!
why isn't elizabeth taylor at this cemetary?
6:35 R.I.P. Robert Crane.
the forest lawns aren't accepting of fans inside, you have to find your way around. Westwood is small, you just have to be respectful.
As should be in any cemetery, dress respectfully, and find your own way around..
Elizabeth Taylor not there...she is in Forest Lawn, Glendale.
your right wikipedia is not always correct. She was listed Christian Science and had a Christian burial
Wow, I just didnt know that. I want to see the Lincoln movie and I wonder if they're gonna mention that. Thats alot of hate.
I visited here last summer. Only 4 other visitors at that time and some guy mowing the lawn. No cost to get in. If all these people were still alive you wouldn’t get within 200ft of them and would have to pay a lot of money. Funny how your value goes down when your dead.
I have been there twice. Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin among many other famous people.
I don't blame Keith. He was tired of the Hollywood grind and when she died he felt his own curtain coming down. He had a long varied career in many genres
I think Houdini's widow put an end to the seances.
Ronald Turgeon 1943 she put an end to it.......she died that year..buried in Westchester, NY
Does anyone know the name of the author wrote the book who's all buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Send the name of the correct a book or I could you please tell me what its titled.
***** Forest Lawn Memorial-Park: The Unauthorized Guide by Mark Masek
Only reason i want to visit LA is for the cemeteries
I meant these three wonderful people.
How did that happen? Everybody's dead.
With only 2 acres, how do they not run out of space?
Alls Luv they do........so they keep building UP. They used the utility area, place for lawn mower etc and is now the tiny area to the right....so now, all they can do is build UP and build a stair to it. SOMEHOW?
Alexa...you're wrong....LOUD CITY? HARDLY...................
Brian's daughter Daisy who died by suicide is buried near him. Also Sage Stallone is buried there and I'm sure Sly has bought several plots in his private place there..that surrounds his son...That also makes it easier if Sly goes first!....his girls and wife won't have to worry about where to bury him..
Would that be Mr. Keith's adopted child? I understand that Brian and His First Wife had a SON who tragically died of pneumonia around 12 years of age.
Military "retired" Veterans are not authorized to wear the Military Uniform for burial. The Funeral Director should have explained that to you. Only "active" duty Military personnel are buried in US Military attire. Your retired Military Veteran may where their Uniform while living at specified patriotic functions & to funerals in honor of a Veteran, & then the uniform must meet specific standard, but they can not be buried in it per Military regulations.
A lot of people didn't know that there was an unkown husband that the studio forced her to annull. So he picked up where Di Maggio left off, hence the white roses.
Robert Slatzer
What is the name of the man buried on top of Marilyn?
Tanja Nelson Richard Poncher...go to Findagrave.com and enjoy
+Tanja Nelson "Lucky?" lol
i'd love to be buried next to natalie wood,but i don't have the money nor does my family,but she was so pretty and i always felt like i knew her...r.i.p. natalie
isnt westwood where most of the actors live.
Elizabeth Taylor is not here right?
***** But she is still not there though. s
Romania Cole-Versini Forest Lawn Glendale, Mausoleum, go to find a grave.com and enjoy...
***** You can see Liz's grave but not Michaels........Her tomb at Westwood i'm sure is sold by her kids...that's far too much money to just let slip by.
marilyn was not Jewish. Methodist.
However, I do agree that you & your family were not treated with respect by the Funeral Director. They probably didn't know until the last minute that they were not authorized to fulfill the Military attire request. They should have contacted you & asked you to provide alternative attire instead of dressing him shabbily in mismatch clothes from who knows where! That was rude & so inconsiderate. I would have provided other clothing & made them correct that immediately.
For the guy below who "doubts you can just visit this cemetery", I used to eat my lunch in this cemetery every day, it was a short distance from the radio station where I had a show (Classical KKGO-FM). It is a very peaceful spot. Anyone can visit this cemetery. This guy doesn´t know that the fuck he is talking about!
I read on Wikipedia that she was jewish.
how old can a joke get? good nite.
Allah "God" says in Quran : ((Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has attained [his desire]. And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion. (185) )) Surah 3 - Verse 185
QaTaR0Gas well yes, I do enjoy the taste of delusion. Tastes like crabcakes with saffron mayo
Funny that both Kirk Douglas and Walter Matthau-two Jews who came from practicing backgrounds- do not have plots in a Jewis place. So many are buried at Hillside, and Edward G Robinson is buried in an Othodox cemetery in New York. Douglas ran away from Judsism in his young days, but Matthau is a surprise!
Why is that funny? People, even Jews, can decide where to be buried!!
well Kirk will be buried here at Westwood next to his son and Walter's already here.
Mettre en francais
:D
Omg these comments Joe DiMaggio stop buy flowers for MM is bcaz of the funeral home
Kerri Caye, we Jews are so few that when some like Kirk deny it most of their life it is a turnoff. You need to be one to understand. Only after his stroke did he return, but Westwood is a return back to his denial days; sorry!
Alexa is hot
Liz Taylor got buried at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills not far from MJ tomb
yes...except..you can stand by Liz's and can't by Mikes.
Cool story, but PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, pay more respect to the dead by learning proper cemetery etiquette.
i.e. don't walk or stand on top of people's graves. 2:24 - 2:28
don't have to be famous to be buried here
correct...she isn't a great host..............
I was ready to say, why you gotta be rich & famous?
Marilyn was jewish, it isn't? why are these flowers next her grave?