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Resting Places of the Stars
by Victor Parachin
When in the Los Angeles area, you can do your own grave hunting seeking out the final resting places of various Hollywood stars. Here’s a quick guide.
- Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, 712 S. Glendale Ave., Glendale. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily; until 5 p.m. after Oct. 29. Jimmy Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Mary Pickford, Spencer Tracy, Dorothy Dandridge.
- Forest Lawn Memorial-Park Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily; 5 p.m. after Oct. 29. Bette Davis, Liberace, Scatman Crothers, Jack Webb.
- Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 Centinela Ave., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Closed Saturdays and Jewish holidays. Al Jolson, Michael Landon, Dinah Shore, Lome Greene, Moe Howard.
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles. 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Rudolph Valentino, John Huston, Cecil B. DeMille, Tyrone Power, Mel Blanc.
- Holy Cross Cemetery, 5835 Slauson Ave., Culver City. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Bing Crosby, Bela Lugosi, John Candy, Lawrence Welk, Jimmy Durante.
- Mount Sinai Memorial Park, 5950 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles. 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday to Friday. Phil Silvers, Irwin Allen, “Mama” Cass Elliot, Totie Fields, Lee J. Cobb
- Westwood Village Memorial Park, 1218 Glendon Ave., Los Angeles. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., daily. Marilyn Monroe, Truman Capote, Natalie Wood, Dean Martin, Jim Backus.
Read the accompanying article on grave hunters.
Victor Parachin is a freelance writer living in Tulsa, OK.