Hollywood Remains to Be Seen
A Guide to the Movie Stars' Final Homes
By Mark Masek
Direct, step-by-step directions to find your favorite stars,
celebrities and notable people in cemeteries Follow me on Twitter/X and/or Facebook for cemetery updates, daily deathiversaries, news and photos. The Book
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Latest update: April 9, 2024
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Recent Stories Behind the Stones:
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LAPD Memorial Street Signs
Cemetery quiz: Whose Grave Is It Anyway?
Next book: Chicago Remains to Be Seen
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-Jim Tipton, Find-a-Grave.com
-Madison Michele, TV Guide Network
-Wayne Stevens, CKLW Radio,
-Miriam Hernandez,
KABC-TV
-Troy Taylor, president of the
American Ghost Society
-John Murphy, The Movie World Radio Show,
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Dark Delicacies book store
-Rick Muenchow,
Suite101.com
-Mike Harden,
Columbus (OH) Dispatch
-Paul Lasley,
KTLA Morning News,
-Jim Bresnahan, WREL Radio,
-University of Illinois Alumni magazine
-Jim Cates, KMAJ Radio,
Topeka, KS
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-Edith Smith,
Valdosta (GA) Daily Times
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Hotel Bel-Air magazine
-Karen McHale,
Hollywood-Underground.com
-Jennifer Herrick
Also featured in
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Marilyn Monroe memorial service - Aug. 5, 2012
Hollywood Underground dinner - Oct. 1, 2005
Marilyn Monroe memorial service - Aug. 5, 2002
Milton Berle memorial service - April 1, 2002
Photos from recent Grave Tours
Photos from recent Book Signings
Hey, look! I'm in the library! And so is my book.
Anthony Bourdain is a huge fan of "Hollywood Remains to Be Seen." Huge fan. (Actually, I have no idea. I met him when he was filming an episode for one of his TV shows on a Dearly Departed Tour, and I gave him a book, and he was kind enough to pose for a photo with me. Very nice guy, and surprisingly knowledgeable about infamous celebrity deaths.)
Awww, shucks ...
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Robert Williams
Peggy Shannon
Gail Russell
Marion Parker
Lillian Leitzel and Alfredo Codona
Joe Penner
The Empire Day disaster in Long Beach
about people who deserve to be remembered.
Some of them are famous, but most of them are not.
If you're a fan of true crime or history, you'll enjoy them and learn something.
More than 200 officers of the Los Angeles Police Department have been killed in the line of duty
since the department was formed in 1869. In 2014, the city launched a project to honor
these officers, by placing special memorial signs at the location where each officer fell,
or at the LAPD Police Academy. These are the stories of the men and women
who risked their lives every day to serve and protect the citizens of Los Angeles,
and made the ultimate sacrifice.
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