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  Westwood Village Memorial Park: Stars' Graves
It is a small, intimate park, where the stars' graves are fairly easily located (unlike the massive Forest Lawns), yet there are numerous major celebrities buried here.
The Westwood Village Memorial Park is a very small, quiet, well-kept cemetery, with a single circular road which allows visitors to drive directly into the park.
To the south side of this grassy oval are offices; the northern and eastern borders of the park are lined by walls of outdoor crypts.
www.seeing-stars.com /Buried2/PierceBros.shtml   (1343 words)

  
  Official Athletic Site of the University of California, Los Angeles
Westwood Village is an urbane niche within the sprawl of Los Angeles, a place where people get out of their cars to walk, explore, linger, and be with each other.
Westwood is one of the best places in all of L.A. "to see Stars." With a remarkable collection of renowned cultural institutions, Westwood is one of the nation's major centers for the arts and culture.
Westwood also is site of the historic Los Angeles National Cemetery, the nation's second largest veteran's cemetery, known as the "Arlington of the West." For more than 70 years, Westwood Village has served as the "Gateway to UCLA." The Village reflects the intellectual energy that emanates from Westwood's world-renowned university and famed medical center.
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 WESTWOOD
Westwood is host to UCLA, with its acclaimed Medical School, emergency and teaching hospitals, as well as the renowned Medical Plaza that houses some of the world's finest medical specialists and equipment.
Westwood also hosts the Federal Building, the Veteran's Memorial Cemetery, The Wadsworth VA and Hospitals, and Wadsworth Theatre.
Westwood's Wilshire high-rise complexes include both commercial (a financial hub) and some 25 residential full-service condominium complexes known as the Wilshire Corridor, which begins about 3 blocks east of Westwood Blvd and continues east, to Comstock Avenue.
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 Westwood Homes For Sale
The winding two-mile section of Wilshire Boulevard to the east of Westwood Village is dominated by residential high-rises, and is variously known as the Millionaire's Mile, the Golden Mile or the Wilshire Corridor.
Westwood is also home to the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, the last resting place of many of Hollywood's biggest stars.
Located in the northern central portion of Los Angeles' West Side, Westwood is bordered by Brentwood on the west, Bel-Air on the north, Century City and Beverly Hills on the east, West Los Angeles on the southwest, Rancho Park on the southeast, and unincorporated Sawtelle on the south and southwest.
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 Los Angeles cemeteries get respect   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The memorial park is a good place to start a trip to the three most significant graveyards in the Los Angeles area.
Despite its small size, the 112-year-old memorial park is packed with celebrities, from crooner Dean Martin to rock guitarist Frank Zappa, movie mogul Darryl F. Zanuck to actress Eva Gabor.
The 300-acre Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale holds the remains or memorials of dozens of Hollywood legends: Bogart, Stewart, Harlow, Gable, Flynn.
www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/travel/articles/0219dead0219new.html   (1768 words)

  
 San Diego Source > News > LA cemeteries a who's who of celebrities
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park is a good place to start a trip to the three most significant graveyards in the Los Angeles area.
Despite its small size, the memorial park is packed with famous celebrities, from crooner Dean Martin to rock guitarist Frank Zappa, movie mogul Darryl F. Zanuck to "Green Acres" star Eva Gabor and "In Cold Blood" author Truman Capote.
Rescued from bankruptcy, the former Hollywood Memorial Park reopened in 1998 with a new name and a new mission that included embracing its position as a tourist attraction.
www.sddt.com /News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20060117co   (1028 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - LA cemeteries a who's who of celebrities
Cemetery operators have to walk a fine line, said Donna Steward, family-service counselor at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park.
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park is a good place to start a trip to the three most significant graveyards in the Los Angeles area.
Despite its small size, the memorial park is packed with famous celebrities, from crooner Dean Martin to rock guitarist Frank Zappa, movie mogul Darryl F. Zanuck to "Green Acres" star Eva Gabor and "In Cold Blood" author Truman Capote.
www.usatoday.com /travel/destinations/2005-12-28-la-cemeteries_x.htm   (1099 words)

  
 Westwood Village Memorial Park - part 5: Stars' Graves
In 1999, Pierce Bros unveiled a new Memorial Gardens section, located east of the chapel and office, in the southeast corner of the park.
Just outside this Memorial Gardens area, between the Gardens and the road, is a grassy strip with a a small number of lawn graves.
The cemetery is difficult to find, hidden away in Westwood, immediately south of Wilshire Boulevard on Glendon Avenue, between Malcom (on the east) and Wellworth Avenues (on the south).
www.seeing-stars.com /Buried2/PierceBros5.shtml   (2715 words)

  
 Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery = Gee, we mark a movie idol's remote crypt wall.
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery = Gee, we mark a movie idol's remote crypt wall.
Joe DiMaggio, responsible for the funeral arrangements, chose Westwood for its obscurity.
And for an interactive map of the cemetery showing the location of the celebrity graves, click here.
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 Studio for Southern California History
This cemetery is over 100 years old, but until 1962, no "famous" burials had taken place yet.
In 2005, he was recognized by the L.A. Firefighters Museum for his research leading to the discovery that the first fireman killed in the line of duty was also the first African-American fireman in the department's history.
The tragic victim lay an unmarked grave at Evergreen Cemetery for over 100 years until a ceremony in which the Stentorians, the Black firefighters fraternal organization, put a new marker on his final resting place.
www.socalstudio.org /calendar/walking_tours/westwood.htm   (632 words)

  
 Westwood cemetery may become historical landmark   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Westwood Village Memorial Park, also deemed the cemetery of the Stars, is the burial site for celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, Natalie Wood and Truman Capote.
Along with its celebrity register, the park’s physical evolution over time serves as a historical and architectural record for Westwood, said those pushing for it to be deemed a national monument.
The cemetery, established in 1888 and located south of Wilshire Boulevard on Glendon Avenue, began as a burial ground for Civil War soldiers and early pioneer families.
www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /news/2002/aug/19/westwood-cemetery-may-become-h/print   (429 words)

  
 Downtown Oberlin Walking Tour of Civil War Monuments
The Oberlin Cemetery Association was formed that day and charged with the duty of locating suitable grounds for a new cemetery.
Following clearance, the cemetery was surveyed and mapped by H.B. Allen, Esq., a skilled engineer who was experienced in the formation of rural cemeteries.
In comparison with other cemeteries, Westwood’s monuments are generally simple and plain; however, upon closer inspection, the inscriptions document who these people were that settled here during the formative decades.
www.oberlin.edu /external/EOG/CivilWarTour/Stop11.html   (3619 words)

  
 Celebrities still draw the crowds at Los Angeles-area cemeteries
Despite its small size, the 112-year-old memorial park is packed with famous celebrities, from crooner Dean Martin to rock guitarist Frank Zappa, movie mogul Darryl F. Zanuck to "Green Acres" star Eva Gabor.
There is no southern wall of the Memorial Park — the graves back up right to the workshops and sound stages of Paramount Studios.
It's still an operating cemetery; on the day of my visit the lanes were filled with cars parked for a funeral.
www.statesman.com /travel/content/travel/stories/11/20CELEBRITYCEMETERY.html   (1186 words)

  
 Christopher A. Joseph & Associates: News
Over the summer, the cemetery owners got the OK to expand in a hotly contested process that draw media coverage from around the world.
Another was that the proposed 8-foot wall on the property line be built along with the mausoleums and that the wall connect with existing side walls of one homeowner's side walls.
One of the issues raised by the homeowners was why "Building A," the larger of the two mausoleums, can't be built to face the existing mausoleums, rather than face the houses that abut the cemetery.
www.cajaeir.com /newsarchives/item.php?id=25   (412 words)

  
 House Listings In Westwood
Westwood is the place for many movie premieres and has many vintage movie theatres like Art Deco Crest and Mann Bruin, so you want to explore entertainment, this is a great area to live.
Westwood, for awhile was known to have it’s troubles, much like L.A., but over the years Westwood’s good name has been shining and Westwood is once again a good place to live.
Westwood reality companies will let you know where you best bet is to start your search for that perfect home or apartment and they will also tell you the best schools that are located in the area.
www.articledashboard.com /Article/House-listings-in-Westwood/45736   (1418 words)

  
 George C. Scott at AllExperts
As a young man, Scott joined the U.S. Marine Corps (1945-1949), and was assigned to the prestigious 8th and I Barracks in Washington, D.C. In that capacity, he served as a ceremonial guard at Arlington National Cemetery and he taught English literature and radio speaking/writing at the Marine Corps Institute.
George C. Scott died on September 22, 1999 at the age of 71 from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.
He was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California.
en.allexperts.com /e/g/ge/george_c._scott.htm   (959 words)

  
 Marilyn Monroe
Monroe's funeral services were held three days after her death at Westwood Memorial Park - the second funeral held in the new chapel.
Bleachers were set up outside the north wall of the cemetery to accommodate the press, and hundreds of fans stood quietly outside the cemetery gates.
In fact, cemetery employees complain about the difficulty they have trying to remove the lipstick marks left by adoring fans on her marble crypt.
www.cemeteryguide.com /monroe.html   (1813 words)

  
 Find A Grave - Westwood Memorial Park
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Her Broadway debut came in 1934, when she was cast in the stage play "Ziegfeld Follies," before entering radio in 1945 on "The Danny Kaye Show." CBS President William S. Paley offered her the title role on a new series called "Our Miss Brooks." She was a sensation.
Born in Minneapolis and raised in San Diego, Lew Ayres was a college dropout, dance-band musician, still in his teens, when he was discovered by Hollywood talent scouts and made his film debut in The Sophomore (1929) and appeared opposite Greta Garbo in The Kiss that same year.
www.findagrave.com /php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=8440   (1055 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Travel: Visitors gravitate to the stars at rest
The elaborate gravesite of Cecil B. DeMille is at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.
To Forest Lawn Memorial Park, 1712 S. Glendale Ave., Glendale, Calif., take the California Route 2 Freeway north, exit left onto San Fernando Road and turn right on South Glendale Avenue.
It's still an operating cemetery — on the day of my visit the lanes were filled with cars parked for a funeral.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/travel/2002927087_lacemeteries16.html?syndication=rss   (1083 words)

  
 Westwood Office Space
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Westwood office space rentals have you close to Millionaire’s Mile.
Whatever your need from a Westwood office space to a Westwood virtual office space, packages of all sorts are available.
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 Janis Joplin - Kozmic Blues Biography
The last recordings she completed were Mercedes-Benz and a birthday greeting for John Lennon on 1 October; Lennon later told Dick Cavett that her taped greeting arrived at his New York home after her death.
She was cremated in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California, and her ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.
The album Pearl, released six weeks after her death, included a version of Nick Gravenites' song "Buried Alive In The Blues", which was left as an instrumental because Joplin had died before she was able to record her vocal over the backing track.
www.janisjoplin.net /biography   (961 words)

  
 Roy Orbison
On December 6, 1988, at the age of 52, he suffered a fatal heart attack while visiting his mother in the Nashville, Tennessee suburb of Hendersonville.
[1] At the direction of his second wife, Barbara, Roy Orbison was interred on December 15, 1988, in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California.
His two sons and their mother, Claudette, who predeceased him, had been laid to rest at his request in the Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.
www.allthingsorbison.com /biography   (2213 words)

  
 What role for Marilyn Monroe if she was alive? - theage.com.au
The 40th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death came around last Monday, and she drew quite a crowd at Westwood Village Memorial Park cemetery.
They were thronging eight deep at the memorial service held next to her wall crypt.
The normal celebrity admirers, the fan club presidents and the tourists were mixed in with the more ghoulish specimens of vigil-keepers, plaque-polishers and those of both sexes who make a steady living as "Marilyn tribute artists".
www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/08/11/1028158047437.html   (492 words)

  
 ETonline.com: Anna Nicole's Son Remembered in Mexia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sources tell ET that ANNA NICOLE SMITH is considering burying her late son, DANIEL, in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery beside the crypt of MARILYN MONROE.
Although Anna Nicole is still in the Bahamas and her young son's body remains in the islands awaiting burial, family members, including his father, BILLY SMITH, attended a memorial service at a local church on Saturday in Mexia, Texas.
It was on September 10 that Daniel, while visiting his mom and his baby sister DANNIELYNN in Nassau, tragically died in her hospital room of what turned out to be a lethal combination of prescription drugs.
www.etonline.com /celebrities/spotlight/37394/index.html   (395 words)

  
 Daniel to lay alongside Marilyn? | Metro.co.uk
Anna Nicole Smith is considering burying the body of her late son, Daniel, alongside the crypt of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe.
American reports say the former playboy model, who once lived in a former home of Monroe's, is toying with the notion of laying Daniel to rest in, Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, along side the resting place of Monroe.
A memorial service was held for Daniel over the weekend in Texas, where his father Billy Smith attended.
www.metro.co.uk /fame/article.html?in_article_id=20881   (436 words)

  
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 News | TimesDaily.com | TimesDaily | Florence, AL   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Capote died, according to the coroner's report, of "liver disease complicated by phlebitis and multiple drug intoxication" at the age of 59 on August 25, 1984, in the home of his old friend Joanne Carson in Los Angeles, ex-wife of late-night TV host Johnny Carson, on whose program Capote had been a frequent guest.
He was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, leaving behind his longtime companion, author Jack Dunphy.
Henry Memorial Short Story Prize and was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
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