Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills

Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills

View from Griffith Park
Details
Established 1952
Location Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A
Country United States
Coordinates 34°08′42″N 118°19′12″W / 34.145°N 118.320°W / 34.145; -118.320Coordinates: 34°08′42″N 118°19′12″W / 34.145°N 118.320°W / 34.145; -118.320
Type Public
Owned by Forest Lawn
Number of graves 119,216
Website Official website
Find a Grave Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills is one of the six Forest Lawn Southern California cemeteries. It is located at 6300 Forest Lawn Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90068, in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is on the lower north slope at the east end of the Santa Monica Mountains range that overlooks North Hollywood, Universal City, and Burbank, and the overall San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles.

Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills is a park dedicated to the preservation of American history and hosts high-profile events such as an annual Veterans Day ceremony attended by dignitaries and other VIPs. Los Angeles Magazine described it as a "theme-park necropolis", paraphrasing Jessica Mitford, indicating "Forest Lawn’s kitsch was just a sophisticated strategy for lubricating the checkbooks of the grieved."[1]

Features

The park features such sights as:

Court of Liberty

A section of the Birth of Liberty mosaic

Lincoln Terrace

Plaza of Mesoamerican Heritage

A large Aztec calendar replica in the plaza

History

The first Forest Lawn, in Glendale, was founded in 1906 by businessmen who hired Dr. Hubert Eaton, a firm believer in a joyous life after death. He believed that most cemeteries were "unsightly, depressing stoneyards," and pledged to create one that would reflect his optimistic beliefs and be "as unlike other cemeteries as sunshine is unlike darkness." He envisioned Forest Lawn to be "a great park devoid of misshapen monuments and other signs of earthly death, but filled with towering trees, sweeping lawns, splashing fountains, beautiful statuary, and... memorial architecture".[2]

Before it was a cemetery, Forest Lawn was a filming location used by directors such as Carl Laemmle and Cecil B. DeMille. The climactic battle scenes for D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation were filmed there. The alternate names of the filming site are Providencia Flats, Nestor Ranch, Oak Ranch, Oak Crest Ranch, Universal Ranch/Universal City, Lasky Ranch, and Paramount Ranch until November 1927.

When Eaton (self-proclaimed as "The Builder") made known his desire to open a second Forest Lawn location in the Hollywood Hills, the local residents protested vehemently. To circumvent the protesters, Mr. Eaton sent his staff to the county morgue to claim 6 "John Does" and buried them at the corners of the property in the dark of night. In the morning, the protesters had no power because, by law, the property was now a cemetery.

California Health & Safety Code, Section 7003 “Cemetery” means either of the following: (a)Any of the following that is used or intended to be used and dedicated for cemetery purposes: (1)A burial park, for earth interments. (2)A mausoleum, for crypt or vault interments. (3)A crematory and columbarium, for cinerary interments. (b)A place where six or more human bodies are buried.

The new mortuary and cemetery opened in 1952.

Notable interments

Interred or entombed in the Hollywood Hills cemetery are many famous people, particularly from the entertainment industry.

Contents :

A

B

C

D

Bette Davis' tomb

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

Stan Laurel's memorial marker, with the Birth of Liberty mosaic in background

M

N

O

P

Q

R

Lou Rawls's tomb
John Ritter's grave

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ehrenreich, Ben (1 November 2010). "The End. – Features". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "The Builder's Creed", March 2009
  3. ↑ "Steve Allen (1921 - 2000) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  4. ↑ "Matthew Michael Ansara (1965 - 2001) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  5. ↑ "Lucille Ball (1911 - 1989) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  6. ↑ "Lucille Ball (1911 - 1989) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  7. ↑ NEWHAN, ROSS (1993-07-01). "Campanella Remembered : Funeral: In private Hollywood Hills service attended by about 200, Hall of Fame catcher is eulogized as "a gentle giant."". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  8. ↑ "Roy Campanella (1921 - 1993) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  9. ↑ "Laraine Day (1920 - 2007) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  10. ↑ "Animator Jim Duffy dies at 75, He was key figure at L.A.'s Klasky Csupo". Variety Magazine. 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
  11. ↑ "Annette Funicello (1942 - 2013) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  12. ↑ "Hughie Gibb (1916 - 1992) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  13. ↑ "Benji I (1957 - 1975) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  14. ↑ Westbrook, Caroline (January 9, 2016). "Motorhead Fans Around the World to Pay Respects to Lemmy as His Funeral Takes Place". MetroUK.
  15. ↑ "Jack Marshall (1921 - 1973) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  16. ↑ "Charles David Menville (1940 - 1992) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  17. ↑ Dillon, Nancy (December 24, 2009). "Brittany Murphy's family, friends gather for somber Christmas Eve funeral". New York Daily News.
  18. ↑ "Reynaldo Rey (1940 - 2015) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  19. ↑ "Roberta Sherwood (1913 - 1999) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  20. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6080144
  21. ↑ "Fred Stone (1873 - 1959) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
  22. ↑ "Tamara De Treaux (1959 - 1990) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  23. ↑ "Bill Williams (1915 - 1992) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  24. ↑ "Roy "The Big Moosketeer" Williams (1907 - 1976) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  25. ↑ "Arnold the Pig (1964 - 1972) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  26. ↑ Daily Advocate, October 2, 1914 Page 6

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