Sunday, July 05, 2009

Forest Lawn- Hollywood Hills

This weekend I went to Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills to do a little celebrity grave hunting.
The front of the cemetery is currently lined with news station trucks and satellites. Michael Jackson's body is being held here until his funeral on Tuesday. The news crews have been set up out front since last Wednesday.
The King of Pop and the Claymation Michael.
A private family funeral will be held here at 8 AM Tuesday morning, followed by a procession to the Staples Center in Downtown LA.
Inside I found the grave of Roy O. Disney, brother of Walt. Roy was in charge of the financial side of the Disney Studios, allowing Walt to focus on the creative.
Next to Roy is his wife, Edna.
After Walt died in 1966, Roy continued on with the plans to build Walt Disney World in Florida. The park opened in 1971, and Roy died shortly there after.
This statue of Roy and Edna can be seen at the Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, right across the street from the Disney Studios in Burbank. This also happens to be the hospital where Walt passed away. In 2003, actor John Ritter died here. He was filming "8 Simple Rules" at the Disney Studios when he collapsed and was rushed across the street.

The tomb of Bette Davis.

Piano player Liberace.
James Bond and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang producer Albert Broccoli.
Actor and Director Charles Laughton. He was married to the Bride of Frankenstein, Elsa Lanchester.
Actors Freddie Prinze and George Raft are side by side.

Woody Woodpecker creator Walter Lantz.


Actor Strother Martin from "Cool Hand Luke".
Animator Tex Avery

The great stone face, Buster Keaton.

Stan Laurel of "Laurel and Hardy" fame. The marker for Stan's wife is in front of the wall.

The television family, Ozzie and Harriet.
Their son, Ricky Nelson is two rows up.
His marker reads Eric Nelson.


Forest Lawn is very uptight. They refuse to give out information on the location of star graves. If you're caught with a book telling you where they are, they may take it from you or ask you to leave. The Hollywood Forever Cemetery is much friendlier to Celebrity grave hunters.

2 comments:

jriggity said...

Neat-o

that would be an interesting adventure...searching for famous gravesites.

thanks for the shareing.

jriggity

Ofelia said...

Liberace! Genius.... I wish I could have seen him in concert. But I get to hear all my parents records..Didn't know he was at this cemetary. Thanks for sharing this! So many celebrities.