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welcome to Hollywood graveyard where we
set out to remember and celebrate the
lives of those who lived to entertain us
by visiting their final resting places
today we continue our tour of Westwood
Village Memorial Park where we'll find
such stars as Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau
Farrah Fawcett and many more join us
won't you
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continuing our tour of Westwood Village
Memorial Park we find ourselves in the
southern part of the cemetery in an area
known as the garden of serenity
appropriately named with these beautiful
fountains and flowerbeds here will also
find a chapel where the funerals for
many of the stars here took place
including Marilyn Monroe if you haven't
done so already be sure to check out
part 1 we'll pick up our tour right
where we left off at the end of part 1
in the southeast corner here we find
Karl Malden one of Hollywood's great
character actors he can be seen in such
classic films as on the waterfront and
Patton and won an Oscar for a supporting
role in a streetcar named desire he also
made his mark on television in the
popular 70s crime series the streets of
San Francisco Malden was the president
of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences from 1989 to 1992 along the
road on the east side is Eric Douglas
Eric was an actor the son of Krypto
glass and the brother of Michael Douglas
while he never did achieve the same
level of success as other members of his
family he did have a minor career as an
actor and a stand-up comedian he made
his film debut alongside his father in a
gunfight and can also be seen in the
golden child he died of an accidental
drug overdose at just 46 next to Eric is
the unmarked grave of legendary actor of
stage and screen George see Scott if a
role called for rough edges and gravitas
Hollywood called George C Scott his
career began on stage shining in many of
his early roles including Richard the
third
on-screen he's perhaps best remembered
for his title role in Patton I will be
proud to lead your wonderful guys into
battle anytime anywhere
that's all other notable roles include
anatomy of a murder dr. Strangelove and
as Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol
he was the first actor to refuse an
academy award which he went for Patton
famously referring to the whole thing as
a meet parade next along this Row is
actual Walter Matthau known for his role
as Oscar in The Odd Couple films with
his frequent co-star Jack Lemmon the
idea is that unless we come to some
other arrangement I'm gonna kill you
that's the irony of it what's wrong
asking something wrong with this system
that's what's wrong I don't think that
two single men living alone in a big
eight room apartment should have a
cleaner house than my mother he can also
be seen in Grumpy Old Men and the
sunshine boys in 1967 he won an Oscar
for his role in the fortune cookie dan
Castellaneta the man who provides the
voice of Homer on The Simpsons stated
that originally the voice of Homer was
just an impression of Matthau next we
find a future grave of Erin Winkler as
of filming mr. Winkler is still alive he
is one of Hollywood's great producers he
is the man we have to thank for the
rocky franchise which earned him an
Oscar and other legendary films like
Raging Bull and Goodfellas more recently
he produced the wolf of wallstreet
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let's head into the garden area just
past the fountain on the right is James
Coburn an actor who often played tough
guys in action in western films like The
Magnificent Seven he won an Oscar for
his role in affliction and younger
audiences will recognize him as the
voice of water noose on Monsters Inc do
that she's seen too much you both by the
fountain to the east we find Peggy Lee
she was a popular jazz singer and
songwriter whose career spans 60 years
she was nominated for 12 Grammy Awards
winning in 1969 she also lent her voice
and wrote songs for films like Disney's
lady in the
but I love him yes he's alive
Nonna's miss Peggy Lee she was the
inspiration for the Muppets character
Miss Piggy in the garden to the south as
the niche of actress and comedienne
Fanny Brice her career began on stage in
the Ziegfeld Follies where she was often
featured singing her signature song my
man she also found great success on the
radio as the creator and star of the
popular series the baby Snooks show she
was portrayed by Barbra Streisand in a
musical and film funny girl a role
returned Streisand and Oscar back the
way we came right next to the stairs we
find a woman who was mom to millions
Florence Henderson who played matriarch
Carol Brady on the popular 70s TV series
The Brady Bunch
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further along this wall on the bottom is
another of Hollywood's beloved moms
Doris Roberts she was a popular actress
who won five Emmys for her role on
Everybody Loves Raymond she was also a
philanthropist supporting animal rights
and the children with AIDS Foundation
near the middle of the east wall is
Alexander Courage he was a composer
mainly for television he will forever be
remembered as the man whose music took
us to that final frontier
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these are the voyages of the Starship
Enterprise its five-year mission to
explore strange new worlds to seek out
new life and new civilizations to boldly
go where no man has gone before
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just down into the left is actress Janet
Leigh she can be seen in films like
Touch of Evil and Bye Bye Birdie but her
place in Hollywood history was cemented
in one of the most spine-chilling scenes
ever put to film in Alfred Hitchcock's
Psycho
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she was married to actor Tony Curtis
their daughter is actress Jamie Lee
Curtis right next to Janet is another
popular actor Jack Klugman he can be
seen in many television programs of the
50s through the 70s including The
Twilight Zone
Quincy Emmy and his Oscar in the TV
version of The Odd Couple the role
played on film by Walter Matthau the
role earned him a Golden Globe and two
Emmys in the center lawns the grave of
author Ray Bradbury he is best known for
his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and
for his science fiction and horror
collections many of his stories were
made into film or TV episodes including
I sing the body electric on The Twilight
Zone and the Halloween tree which earned
him an Emmy Bradbury is considered one
of the greatest twentieth-century
American writers and his work was
influential on many artists including
Steven Spielberg on the wall just north
of Ray is band leader Les Brown he was a
jazz musician - his big band Les Brown
and his band of renown entertained
audiences for over 60 years
the band was also the house band for the
Steve Allen show and the Dean Martin
show if you watched our tour of Forest
Lawn Glendale you'll remember our visit
to two of the three Andrews Sisters here
we find the third patty Andrews The
Andrews Sisters were a popular trio who
sang swing and boogie-woogie in close
harmony in the 30s and 40s they were one
of the most popular singing groups of
all time
it means I could say in the early 50s
Patti broke from the group to pursue a
solo career but would reunite with her
sisters several years later to the left
we find actor Brian Keith he is perhaps
best remembered for his role as uncle
bill on the popular TV comedy family
affair a role which earned him three
Emmy nominations he can also be seen in
Disney's The Parent Trap later in life
he suffered from emphysema and lung
cancer he died of a self-inflicted
gunshot wound at the age of 75 his
daughter Daisy who had a brief career as
an actress had committed suicide two
months earlier at just 27 she is
interred here with her father if you
watched our tour of Forest Lawn
Hollywood Hills you'll recall our visit
to TVs Nelson family Ozzie Harriet and
younger son Ricky are interred there
here we find the elder son David he
starred with his family in the
quintessential e-50 sitcom The
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet he can
also be seen in the big circus and his
final film appearance in cry-baby
he created the popular game show
Jeopardy seven seconds contestants good
luck
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the correct response who was Merv
Griffin did you get it right not only
did he create the show he even wrote
that iconic theme music in addition to
Jeopardy he also created wheel of
fortune and hosted his own talk show the
Merv Griffin Show from 1965 to 1986 his
epitaph cleverly reads I will not be
right back after this message
next to Griffin is actress Farrah
Fawcett she burst onto the scene in the
70s TV series Charlie's Angels
her iconic hairstyle would inspire a
generation of girls and her infamous red
bathing suit poster would adorn the
walls of nearly every boy in the 1970s
becoming the best-selling poster ever
some of her film roles include Logan's
Run and Saturn three five years before
her death Farrah led a monarch butterfly
release ceremony to commemorate our next
star rodney dangerfield rodney was one
of the most popular stand-up comedians
of the 20th century famous for his
catchphrase I get no respect tell me God
beat them to it
Halloween my wife said the kids are
dressed like me
I may not tell you
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I know you know when you're rugby well
last Halloween a kid try to pull my face
off
and my kid they flip my coin is here has
to kiss me goodnight
we clear - I told my old man never took
me to the zoo
he said they want you to come and get
you
well that's the story of my life no
respect he can also be seen in several
comedies including Caddyshack and easy
money list at around to the garden to
the south on the right we find legendary
actor Jack Lemmon in his grave Jack
played the neurotic neat-freak Felix to
Walter Matthau slavish Oscar in The Odd
Couple other films include some like it
hot Glengarry Glen Ross and the
apartment which earned him an Academy
Award nomination I love you miss Kubek
three Queen did you hear what I said
Miss Q Blake I absolutely adore you shut
up and deal
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it's fitting the jack and his frequent
on-screen partner Walter Matthau are
buried so close to one another next to
Jack is actor in comedian Carroll
O'Connor he is perhaps best remembered
for his role as Archie Bunker in the TV
sitcom all in the family
fans of Family Guy might note some
inspiration taken from that show he can
also be seen as chief Gillespie on in
the heat of the night next we find one
of the great writer directors of
Hollywood's golden age Billy Wilder he
was working in Berlin during the 20s and
30s when the rise of the Nazi Party
drove him to leave Germany first to
Paris then eventually to Hollywood
his first hit was the 1944 noir film
Double Indemnity considered by many as
one of the seminal films of the genre in
that era along with another of his
legendary films Sunset Boulevard always
will be
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cameras and those wonderful people out
there in the dark right mr. DeMille I'm
ready for my close-up
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the versatile filmmaker also shown in
comedy with films like some like it hot
the 7-year itch and the apartment
starring Jack Lemmon which earned Wilder
Oscars for producing writing and
directing at the end of this garden is
Peter Falk he will forever be remembered
for his role as lieutenant Columbo on
the long-running crime drama Columbo his
character ranked number 7 on TV guides
list of 50 greatest TV characters the
role earned him four Emmys and a Golden
Globe younger audiences will remember
him as the lovable grandpa reading the
story of The Princess Bride that's right
When I was your age television was
called books and this is a special book
it was the book my father used to read
to me when I was sick and I used to read
a deal across from Peter is Sam Simon
one of the men who developed and brought
the world The Simpsons the
longest-running scripted TV series ever
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on his gravestone is Bart Simpson with
his dog Santa's Little Helper
Sam was a strong advocate for animal
rights and started his own foundation
the Sam Simon foundation to rescue
shelter cats and dogs later in life one
of his most cherished companions was a
rescue dog named Columbo there's a
monument for Columbo here ironic given
the proximity to Peter Falk if you're a
fan of soap operas then you may
unknowingly be a fan of William J Bell
he created and wrote The Young and the
Restless and the bold and the beautiful
he also wrote over 2,000 episodes of
Days of Our Lives
finally we passed the chapel and head
around to the next garden east
here we find sage Stallone son of
Sylvester Stallone he made his acting
debut alongside his father as Rocky
Balboa jr. in rocky v in addition to
acting he was also a budding filmmaker
his directorial debut a short film
called Vick won the 2006 Boston Film
Festival best snoo filmmaker award his
promising career was cut far too short
when he died at the age of 36 of
coronary artery disease the exact date
of his death is unknown and that
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