Hollywood Forever Cemetery - Famous Celebrity Grave Tour / Movie Star History & MUCH MORE
A visit to Hollywood Forever in Southern California . Located next to Paramount Studios it is the resting place of many movie stars , celebrities and notable names .
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today's adventure brings us to the
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Hollywood Forever Cemetery very
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interesting place I'm just going to
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spend a day roaming around the premises
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checking out some of the celebrity
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graves notable names and the layout of
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the land just a mellow day I point out
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some of the fascinating things that I
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find interesting it's not going to be a
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full tour
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piece by piece of every single spot here
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but we'll get to quite a bit of it I'm
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inviting you to join me shall you
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upon entering there is a shop that sells
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guide maps for only $5 you can purchase
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one and wander around at your own
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timeframe this old hearse is pretty
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amazing Rolls Royce no longer in use but
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it is kept here as a reminder of days
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gone by everywhere you wander out here
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you'll find peacocks you know
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don't fight it's not always accessible
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but I'm gonna try to get into that dome
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area just past the chapel
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if the doors open wow this is incredible
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inside some writing there on the ledge I
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think I could walk up they're also
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located on the second floor Jerry Siegel
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the co-writer of Superman
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Margaret Whitley the mother of Hollywood
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back in 1886 as the story goes she was
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here with her husband who was down on
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the far left of this hallway and that's
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where this area got its name they were
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here on honeymoon HJ Whitley and his
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wife he's located next to this beautiful
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stained-glass Pete Stanley was known as
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the piano man so next to his final
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resting place is a Steinway a miniature
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went right there the far end
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looks as if
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the door is open here at the Judy
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Garland pavilion even though she passed
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on in June of 1969 people still come to
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honor her there's a painting down there
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bottle of wine and some coins looks like
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we're having pretty good luck today
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nearly everything is open and accessible
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under the Talmadge name there are three
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sisters here
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the first Constance followed by Natalie
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who was the wife of Buster Keaton and
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Norma which goes down in history as the
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first person to place her hand and
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footprints in front of the Chinese
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Theater the founder of Paramount
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Pictures also went in with Cecil B
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DeMille to create the first film feature
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in this area Jesse Lasky passed away in
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1958 his greatness never lacked
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simplicity as stated there imagine
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directing two classics that go on to
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live on forever we can thank this man
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for that very thing Victor Fleming Gone
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with the Wind and Wizard of Oz in the
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same year 1939 pretty amazing laid to
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rest here with his wife and daughter
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Lily and gray was the mother of
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Charlie's second wife placed here with
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her grandson who shares the name of his
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famous father throughout the entire
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1970s there was a television litter
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campaign and you might remember iron
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eyes Cody pictured here who was very
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prevalent and became very popular
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through those TV ads late next to his
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wife who passed away 20-plus years
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before he did his last appearance on
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film was in Ernest goes to camp always
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loved that movie if you decide to come
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out here and check out anything in this
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mausoleum do so before 4 p.m.
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signage on the door states that's when
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that's when they close this section up
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should also mention there are public
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restrooms next to the chapel just behind
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this little veranda area if if you need
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them there aren't too many of us that
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haven't seen a cartoon where the
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characters are voiced by this guy
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stating that's all folks the man of a
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thousand voices of course Woody
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Woodpecker and Bugs Bunny even though
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he's been gone since 89 his legacy will
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always live on next to him as his wife
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Estelle who passed away in 2003 a
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shining star and within eyeshot of mel
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is this headstone of one of the Golden
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Girls Estelle Getty it's really the only
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one in this section along these hedges
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that's elevated just a bit very good
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sized tombstone here people have placed
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many many rocks along the top of it
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2008 it should also be noted that you
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are allowed to park here on property and
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there's a really good view of that
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iconic sign up there on the mountain
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next to harold and fred is carl also
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known as alfalfa from the our gang
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series very young his life was taken
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over a dog over $50 for a reward for a
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dog
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he was shot just over 31 years old about
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to head into another enclosed area just
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below the paramount studios water tower
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you see it there peeking up over the
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roofline very well-known in the mob
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world Bugsy Siegel who was just 41 years
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old when he was gunned down at his
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girlfriend's house says In loving memory
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from the family and he's in the same
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section as a movie location that I am
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very familiar with and you might be too
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in Rocky 3 when they were saying goodbye
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to Mickey I'm standing in the same spot
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the camera was looking straight down
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that way there is a piano here it's seen
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better days but it is still it is still
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playable slightly out of key but right
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down at the end there was the final
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moments of Mickey and the rocky series
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Wow right here to be exact Stallone and
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company we're standing in front of that
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doorway on the far right
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it's a very sad moment for for anyone
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that's a fan of that series of films it
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appears that's the only key that works
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look that one does too but it kind of
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stuck these palm trees lining the roads
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through here are a nice touch as well
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very beautiful the cathedral mausoleum
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looks as if this is accessible at the
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moment as well Wow look at these statues
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over in the corner as Valentino himself
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which is one of the most popular graves
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out here you can see lots of kisses
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lipstick marks left there on the side of
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the marble sitting caddy corner to
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Rudolph's spot is Peter Finch from the
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movie Network gave that famous speech
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where he was yelling I'm mad as hell and
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I'm not gonna take this anymore
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william desmond taylor who was born
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William tanner was a notable director
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who was murdered in February of 1922 and
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to this day it's still a cold case no
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one knows what really happened and not
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too far from there is Peter Lorre just
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adjacent someone has left some coins in
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the shape of of a smiley face next to
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his photos interesting sidenote
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remember earlier when I pointed out the
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mother and father of Hollywood and how
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they named the town the same is also
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rumored about harvey wilcox and his wife
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around the same timeframe and there is a
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road named after Wilcox in Los Angeles
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but which one can truly say they named
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this area that's a mystery back outside
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now here against this section of the
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building is Mickey Rooney now I know
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he's been in a heck of a lot of things
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but I will always remember him as Lampe
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from peach dragon states here that
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Hollywood will always be his home true
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in life and now true in death in memory
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of Toto on the complete opposite side of
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the property from Judy Garland and this
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is not the grave per se of the dog
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that was covered over by a freeway quite
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a ways from here they had built this
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just as an homage as a memory of Toto I
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saw Chris Cornell perform watts with
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Soundgarden end of July 1994 at the edge
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concert field in Orlando Florida I
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remember that night very well
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at Cornell's funeral chester bennington
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stood on these very stairs and sang his
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rendition of hallelujah it wasn't much
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later that he passed on
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those stairs are located right here at
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this section of water and at the end of
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it
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is Douglas Fairbanks Jr and senior where
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they are laid to rest with once again
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that Paramount Studios water tower
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looming over their names are inscribed
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right up there and on this side state's
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good night sweet princess and flights of
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angels sing thee to thy rest
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there's also a couple lipstick marks
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right here as well looking from the
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opposite direction notice there's a
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pyramid there in the center of the
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strength always hanging around our
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Turtles right now they're perched on
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that log but if they were to swim over
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try to get to dry land a little bridge
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staircase has been built for them to
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crawl up onto the grass for Tyrone
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powers funeral a lot of Hollywood elite
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showed up to pay their respects
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including the likes of Jimmy Stewart
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Henry Fonda and many others some resting
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ducks there on the ground but they could
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use Judy's bench if they so decided
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that's why it's here a place for us to
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come and remember how much you loved us
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all love to you always your friends
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that's pretty cool located right here
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along the peaceful water
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born in 1866 Hannah Chaplin is the
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mother of one of the most famous silent
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film stars of all time some shoes have
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been placed here at Virginia raps ed
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Stone who suffered a very horrific fate
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at a party of Fatty Arbuckle the case
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has been examined very closely and no
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one really knows what happened with this
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one either there are a couple of
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honorable mentions so honorable in fact
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that headstones have been placed in
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their honor Jayne Mansfield is actually
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buried in Pennsylvania but they have
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this called a Cenotaph as an Amash you
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got to use the stairs gonna use those
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stairs use the stairs that's what
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they're there for
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yeah the stairs they're right over here
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to your right
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No okay fine
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as well as how do you make Daniel from
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Gone with the Wind have said that one of
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her final wishes was to be laid to rest
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here but sign of the times back then it
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was not allowed and when the cemetery
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changed hand a few years later they
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asked the family if they wanted to move
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her body here but they decided against
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it instead they built this monument in
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her honor
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dedicated October 26 1999 Johnny Ramone
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rockin out here by the waterway and from
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what I heard his ashes were to be or are
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interned here nonetheless that's a
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pretty impressive statue
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I saw the Ramones as well back in the
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early 90s it was pretty fantastic I
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could safely say I'm very happy that I
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was able to see them perform before they
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broke up
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keeping up with the same topic I feel so
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safe flying honoré here is didi and
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placed down below where it states okay I
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got a go now are some lighters
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cigarettes and even some guitar picks
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and while this is very very decorated
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take a look at the cherub to the far
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left it's wearing a guitar belonging to
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Bianca born to love lived to rock nice
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you got to love this
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the DeMille family plot and on the far
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right is that famous director of the Ten
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Commandments Cecil B I'm always reminded
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me of Sunset Boulevard that famous lied
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I'm ready for a my close-up mr. DeMille
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Janet Gaynor later in life added the
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Gregory she was the first to ever win a
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Best Actress Academy Award in 1929
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for three different films prior to that
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ceremony that's some serious history
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right there Anton Yelchin also died at a
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very young age tragically there is no
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end date just says forever
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he wants to live on forever I do believe
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that's supposed to be King Kong right
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there just above fail Ray's head sound
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star of the 1933 classic a 2004 when she
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passed on they dimmed the lights of the
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Empire State Building for 15 minutes in
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mama I rain sporting some sweet shades
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not only was she perfect States
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she was Italian Don Adams touched our
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hearts as Maxwell Smart secret agent 86
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and the sixties TV series get smart
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filled the world with laughter that will
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forever be remembered on the opposite
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side of the lake from the DeMille family
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plot is the cone family plot and Harry
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who is an integral part of the Columbia
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Pictures organization
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is here and I mentioned the dimille's
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because their plot is very similar in
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style to this one got some very sharp
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fangs and a plastic spider next to those
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shoes and flour here at vampira's spot
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and she is located just at the forefront
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of Darren McGavin the father from
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Christmas Story and Billy Madison our
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Ock it's tough to see the etching from a
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distance get a little closer here born
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1922
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until 2006
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this very tall monument as high as the
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trees is for Griffith J Griffith if
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you've heard of the observatory or
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Griffith Park this is who it was named
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for an interesting fact he spent two
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years in prison for shooting his wife
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true story
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Florence Lawrence the Biograph girl also
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known as the first movie star back in
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the silent film era they rarely used
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their names in the credits that changed
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here with Florence she had a very tragic
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ending as well in 1938 when she poisoned
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herself she's located at the far end of
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this historic Chapel just past that rock
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formation with these circular patterns
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and the pavement
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quite a few cats on site
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currently enjoying a meal
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well maybe they just enjoyed the meal
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this one's still still enjoying but the
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other ones have finished out
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and they're just watching from afar one
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could easily mistake this bus for
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Vincent Price but in actuality it's
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Kasparian Avitus 1940 the 1995
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