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  Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery is located at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive in Los Angeles, California, on the south edge of the San Fernando Valley by Burbank (and on the north side of the Santa Monica Mountains from Hollywood).
The Forest Lawn Memorial Parks are recognized and serve as a cultural institution in the Los Angeles regional area.
Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills is a park dedicated to the preservation of American history, and hosts high-profile events such as an annual Veteran's Day ceremony attended by dignitaries and V.I.P.s.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Forest_Lawn,_Hollywood_Hills_Cemetery   (559 words)

  
 Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Forest Lawn was founded in 1917 by Dr. on the grounds of a 1913 cemetery.
Forest Lawn's 300 acres (1.2 kmandsup2) of intensely landscaped grounds and thematic sculpture were the inspiration for the biting commentary of Evelyn Waugh's satirical novel The Loved One, and Jessica Mitford's acerbic The American Way of Death.
Forest Lawn was also the name of a town in Alberta, Canada that was annexed by the city of Calgary in 1961.
www.butte-silverbow.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_Cemetery   (923 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Forest Lawn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Forest Lawn was founded in 1917 by Dr. Hubert Eaton on the grounds of a 1913 cemetery.
Some of the inspiration at Forest Lawn is patriotic rather than pious, such as the Court of Freedom, with its large mosaic of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence, and a 13 ft (4 m) high statue of George Washington.
Forest Lawn's 300 acres (1.2 km²) of intensely landscaped grounds and thematic sculpture were the inspiration for the biting commentary of Evelyn Waugh's satirical novel The Loved One, and Jessica Mitford's acerbic The American Way of Death.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Forest-Lawn   (862 words)

  
 List of cemeteries in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery, Los Angeles - resting place for Liberace, Buster Keaton, Bette Davis; Lucille Ball was originally interred here, but her remains were relocated to Jamestown, New York in 2002.
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia, is where Allman Brothers Band guitarist Duane Allman and bassist Berry Oakley are buried.
The Moravian Cemetery in New Dorp on Staten Island is the final resting place for several members of the Vanderbilt family.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_United_States_cemeteries   (1746 words)

  
 Forest Lawn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Forest Lawn was founded in 1917 by Dr. Hubert Eaton, a firm believer in a joyous lifeafter death, who was convinced that most cemeteries were "unsightly, depressing stoneyards," and pledged to create one that wouldreflect his optimistic beliefs, "as unlike other cemeteries as sunshine is unlike darkness".
Forest Lawn's 300 acres (1.2 km²) of intensely landscaped grounds and thematic sculpture were the inspiration for the bitingcommentary of Evelyn Waugh 's satirical novel The Loved One, and Jessica Mitford 's acerbic The American Way of Death.
The Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery is a second park solely dedicated to thepreservation of American history.
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 Learn more about List of famous cemeteries in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Highgate Cemetery, London - the tomb of Karl Marx, topped with a huge bronze bust, is here; Highgate is notable for its "Egyptian catacombs", where John Galsworthy, George Eliot, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti were buried.
Hollywood Forever Memorial Park Cemetery, Hollywood, California - burial place of Mel Blanc, Rudolph Valentino, Bugsy Siegel, John Huston, Jayne Mansfield, and the Chandler family of Los Angeles Times fame.
Punchbowl, Honolulu - military cemetery of the Pacific, in the Punchbowl Crater of an extinct volcano known as Puowaina, Hawaiian for "Hill of Sacrifice."
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_famous_cemeteries.html   (1123 words)

  
 Dorothy Lamour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In 1936 she moved to Hollywood and began appearing regularly in films for Paramount Pictures, first in bit parts.
Dororthy Lamour died at her home in North Hollywood, California at the age of 81.
She is interred in the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
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 Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills: Stars' Graves   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Forest Lawn memorial parks are renowned for the many movie stars buried there, so I suppose it's appropriate that this Forest Lawn in the Hollywood Hills overlooks Disney Studios, Universal Studios, and Warner Bros.
Located near Griffith Park, this Forest Lawn is only ten minutes west of the larger Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, and it shares much in common with its larger sibling.
The cemetery is located about a mile north of the Lucy-Desi Museum in Jamestown.
www.seeing-stars.com /Buried2/ForestLawnHollywood1.shtml   (1934 words)

  
 Forest Lawn Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Forest Lawn Cemetery (Buffalo), a cemetery in Buffalo, New York.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), in Los Angeles, California.
Forest Lawn, Alberta, a former Canadian town annexed by Calgary in 1961.
www.karr.net /encyclopedia/Forest_Lawn   (299 words)

  
 Donald O'Connor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
His boyish looks did not allow him to take a romantic lead, except when appearing with a bigger star such as Ethel Merman (in Call Me Madam) or Bing Crosby (with whom he appeared in his first film at the age of eleven).
However, he did have a separate Hollywood career in the late 1930s, in which he played such incongruous roles as Beau Geste.
Donald O'Connor is buried in the Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.
www.lexington-fayette.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Donald_O'Connor   (349 words)

  
 Forest Lawn Cemeteries: The Best and the Brightest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
No cemeteries do a better job at avoiding the depressed cemetery feel than California's five Forest Lawn cemeteries (which, since they are technically considered to be one cemetery spread over several locations, makes Forest Lawn the largest cemetery in the US, about 1,200 acres).
Consequently, the Forest Lawn cemeteries are filled with reminders of life, particularly the vibrancy and life that can be found in great art.
Obtained by the founder of the Forest Lawn Cemeteries in 1944, the painting is presented in a superb multimedia display in the Hall of the Crucifixion building.
www.thecemeteryproject.com /fdp-forest-lawn.htm   (503 words)

  
 Article - San Diego Union Tribune - Graveyard groupies In
April 30, 1998 GLENDALE -- Outside Forest Lawn's exclusive Great Mausoleum, where inside Carole Lombard, in a white gown designed by famous fashion designer Irene, rests next to Clark Gable and Jean Harlow's crypt is inscribed "Our Baby," the graveyard groupies pored over their most wanted dead celebrities list.
Forest Lawn prohibits photo taking inside the mausoleums, and cemetery officials frown on any celebrity grave beholding, whatsoever.
Smith, whose job title is "director of undertakings" also hands out maps of cemeteries, but doesn't go there because "it wouldn't be cool to drive through with a tour and someone is burying their mother." McHale and the others usually go about their business quietly, even bringing flowers for long-forgotten stars.
www.hollywood-underground.com /huarticle1.htm   (1242 words)

  
 lawn
A lawn is a cultivated, mowed field planted with grass and sometimes clover.
Lawns are typically planted near homes, often as part of gardens.
Lawns are also a common feature of public parks and the playing surface for most outdoor sports including golf, tennis, football, soccer, bowling, and others.
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 Forest lawn, buffalo cemetery forest lawn ny, forest lawn glendale california   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Forest Lawn's 300 acres (1.2 km²) of intensely landscaped grounds and...
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery Gates of Forest Lawn Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California is the original Forest Lawn.
Forest Lawn Cemetery, 400 SW Walters Road, Gresham, OR, 97080, Forest Lawn Cemetery is a member of Alderwoods Group Inc. www.alderwoods.com.
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 Forest Lawn Cemetery - Encyclopedia, History and Biography
Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California;
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California;
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Forest_Lawn_Cemetery   (106 words)

  
 McLean Stevenson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He guest starred in shows such as Square One TV, The Love Boat, Different Strokes, Hollywood Squares, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
His screen credits include the Disney movie The Cat from Outer Space as a friend of Dr. Frank Wilson, (played by actor Ken Berry) who found a cat whose spaceship had crashed and needed a bar of gold bullion to get back home.
He died in 1996 from a heart attack and was interred in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/McLean_Stevenson   (810 words)

  
 Definition of Oak Lawn
Lawn signs are often also placed near polling places o...
As a [[rule of thumb]] it is said that each lawn sign in a district represents six votes.
Lawn served as vice-president and chief of operations...
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 Forest Lawn Glendale: Stars' Graves   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
And while their intentions may be noble, in my opinion, Forest Lawn's "no-tell" policy is a true disservice to the memory of the celebrities buried here.
Yet Forest Lawn's restrictive policy means that in death, these immortal stars simply disappear into a vast, anonymous sea of gravestones...
Then, from the cemetery's main entrance, use the map to drive to the northeast corner of the park, where you'll find the Court of Freedom, with its large mosaic, and a 13-foot high statue of George Washington...
www.seeing-stars.com /Buried2/ForestLawnGlendale.shtml   (677 words)

  
 Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in (Click link for more info and facts about Glendale, California) Glendale, California is the original Forest Lawn.
The (Click link for more info and facts about Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery) Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery is a second park solely dedicated to the preservation of (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American history.
The main gates of Forest Lawn - Glendale (above, right), claimed to be the world's largest wrought-iron gates, are located at 1712 S. Glendale Avenue, (Click link for more info and facts about Glendale, California) Glendale, California.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/F/Fo/Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_Cemetery.htm   (2333 words)

  
 Lawn Sprinklers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Located in Orlando, Sprinkler Repair, Inc. specializes in a variety of irrigation and landscaping services for lawn maintenance and water conservation efforts throughout the Central Florida area.
Organic lawn management Articles and Information -   Current Article   Organic lawn management Organic lawn management is chemical inputs such as pesticides or artificial fertilisers.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery Articles and Information -   Current Article   Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, original Forest Lawn.
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 The Political Graveyard: Los Angeles County, Calif.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
Cremated; ashes interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Original interment at Evergreen Cemetery; reinterment in 1924 at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
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 Richard Farnsworth - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Having been diagnosed with terminal cancer, Farnsworth committed suicide by shooting himself at his ranch in Lincoln, New Mexico[?].
He is interred with his wife in the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
Richard Farnsworth has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street.
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 LA Weekly: 3: Best Of...
Quiet L.A.
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He added the serene, feng shui—designed tea room adjacent to his popular West Hollywood restaurant two years ago, and the place has become a veritable temple to the hot drink.
If cemetery wandering is your idea of a solitary good time, Forest Lawn—Hollywood Hills offers plenty of peace and quiet.
They never got to tour the country with a rock band, never got to see their pimpled mugs on an album cover, never got to stand on this hill and marvel at the sheer ugliness of the Universal City skyline.
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 Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills - part 3: Stars' Graves   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He made "Hurricane" with Dorothy Lamour and "Arabian Nights" with Sabu (both of whom are also buried here at Forest Lawn Hollywood); he starred as Ali Baba in "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," as Robin Hood in "Prince of Thieves" and in the 1950's TV series "Ramar of the Jungle."
His lawn grave (#1310) is located on the next level up from Stan Laurel's, on the lawn right behind Stan (but farther in to the west), about three markers down from the next low, stone wall.
His lawn grave is two rows in from the sidewalk on the right (south) side (same as Conrad) and two spaces up from that second short set of steps.
www.seeing-stars.com /Buried2/ForestLawnHollywood3.shtml   (1408 words)

  
 forest lawn - Biosphere
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 Andy Gibb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Andy Gibb died at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, England, of heart failure.
His body was brought back to Los Angeles, California for interrment in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery.
This page was last modified 20:20, 6 Jun 2005.
www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Andy_Gibb   (339 words)

  
 Forest Hills, Washington, DC Definition / Forest Hills, Washington, DC Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Forest Hills, Washington, DC Definition / Forest Hills, Washington, DC Research
Forest Hills is a quiet residential neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, DC.
It is the home the Van Ness campus of the University of the District of Columbia and Howard University Howard University is a historically fl college in Washington, D.C. It was established by a congressional charter in 1867, and much of its early funding came from the Freedmen's Bureau....
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