Seen old footage of Marilyn's funeral 60 years ago & this cemetery has certainly changed since then with add-ons & the skyscrapers in the background tho the chapel looks the same. That would have been a sad day when Marilyn died. Also on Peter Falk's grave, 'Just one more thing' should have been on his stone.

I was glad to see Don Knotts because he is from my home town..Thanks

Bettie Page. My uncle had a calendar of her in his work shop back in the early 60's. I fell in love.

I met Theodore Bickel around 1998. He was performing in Fiddler On The Roof in San Francisco while I was performing in the cast of the Phantom of the Opera. My show ran 5 years during which time I met Betty Garrett and John Travolta. Betty Garrett's son was married to one of our cast members and John Travolta came to see our show because he was being considered for the role of the Phantom in the movie. His wife, Kelly Preston, was with him. You really found a plethora of famous gravesites. Good job!💕🙂

So many great celebrities, while they're now gone, I'm thankful that their memories will live on forever in movies, TV shows, & Music. I did saw Leonard Nimoy at the 2006 Star Trek Convention, but never met him in person. 🙂

Michael Landon was a very good actor. You have done him proud with this video. Thank you for another great vid,

@jbenziggy

4 жыл бұрын

2012turok , NUFF thank you!!!

@CaliforniaFly

3 жыл бұрын

I liked him in "I was a Teenage Werewolf" and just about everything else he was in. RIP

@annamatlock1309

3 жыл бұрын

@@jbenziggy you met Michael Landon

I grew up watching The Steve and Eydie Gorme' Show with my Dad he loved watching that show. Oh ! The memories. I sure miss those days. But you bring it all back. Now ! I wish I could go back. Now days, SUCK compared to the good ole days.

My folks always got a kick out of my statement that Richard Basehart was handsome. My uncle never let me live it down Thanks for showing it to us.Also loved Lorne Green. He had a hit with a spoken word record about Johnny Ringo. Anything with a Beatle name in it was bound to be a hit.

@sandraponce9895

Жыл бұрын

I always thought Richard Basehart had one of the most beautiful and magnificent voices...

Back in the early '90's, I read in a magazine, or something, where a woman drove out to Westwood Village Cemetery one day. After finding Marilyns grave, she said that she, "laid down along side her grave and said her name three times out loud ... Marilyn,,, Marilyn,,, Marilyn", at which time, the ground beneath her began to rumble and shake, as if Marilyn was responding to her name being said. Funny, because, Marilyn isn't even in the ground, but is in the wall of an outdoor, open mausoleum/crypt, on the 2nd tier from the bottom. She must've been laying on Burt Lancaster or Mel Torme and irritating them, by calling them Marilyn. We were out at Westwood back in 2002 or 2004, etc, and found the cemetery very quiet and empty, which surprised me; considering how many celebrities are buried there. Finding the cemetery was tough though, since it's surrounded by buildings.

I didn’t realize the Brian Keith tragedy ...I completely bypassed that...I recall Anissa’s death, and Sebastian Cabot’s, But had no clue about the daughter and her daddy! Ty

Loved Michael Landon wonderful man and actor.

@jbenziggy

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah he has a special place in my heart too! Thanks for watching!

We visited Westwood Cemetery years ago. One of the workers told us they have to replace the front of Marilyn Monroe’s crypt at times as it is discolored from all the hands touching it. I left a dime in the crack of Dean Martin’s crypt. I wanted to see his more than any other’s. I really liked watching him on tv. I thought he was “swav” and a great partner with Jerry Lewis. He suffered greatly with the loss of his son, Dino, who died tragically when the jet he was flying crashed.

@mshappyapple8663

2 жыл бұрын

It's from all the lipstick kisses on it. It discolors the front from time to time so they have to clean it. I've never heard of them replacing it.

@ritacatalinich

Жыл бұрын

Eydie Gorme what wonderful singer & her husband Steve Laurence another wonderful singer with a beautiful voice , they were so in love he is still alive & must be quite old now .I wonder how he keeps now days as I said he would be in his 90s , so many artist are there all these wonderful people who entertained us are gone .I used to see these artists when I was a child on TV when we had great artists ! Times have changed haven’t they what a lovely era which was also in the early 60s when TV was full of singers with there shows or being guests on shows . I don’t know but those days are gone & I wish the world was more like that , these artist were so talented we will never see these kind again how sad .I enjoy seeing where all these people are resting these days .I hope they are all having a good time together if there is another dimension to this planet.

@ 19:35, when you asked "what if they get hit by an earthquake ".... what an incredibly serious and eerie thought!!

Richard Basehart narrated a wonderful documentary on the Vietnam War. Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War. He did a excellent job

Very informative; your video kept me spellbound. I especially appreciate how well you dealt with the subject of death, graves and cemeteries with respect and reverence. Thank you for giving all of these "special" people a fitting eulogy.

I’ve been on a Dragnet Binge Of late..learning that Jack Webb’s show began in the early 50s...I didn’t catch his name, but you named so many that I never knew thharr they had passed.

Sheldon Leonard is more famously known as a TV producer of such shows as I Spy, The Real McCoys, Lassie, My Favorite Martian, The Joey Bishop Show, The Bill Dana Show.

I graduated in 1979, I sure do miss those famous people and those good old days. Thanks so much.

@jbenziggy

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, fellow class of 1979er!

Since Walker and Bob did not maintain my a friendships that of any type, my guess is the Captains Tale is close, but Walken absolutely knows!

The melody played while showing M.Landon reminded me of the music from the movie "Charoits of the Gods" ... I'd heard he drank and smoked himself to death & ruled his film sets with a heavy heavy hand ...but it seems his family loved him...i certainly hope so..as a fan i always liked hm...

I was an extra yrs ago for Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and a couple films. Also Landon had a ranch not far from my place here in Chico.

@stevemccoy8138

4 жыл бұрын

Did you know a stunt man by the name Jack Casey?

@robertforrest7956

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevemccoy8138 Yes I do. Many yrs back.

@stevemccoy8138

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertforrest7956 ,Wow he was a very good friend of my Wife's family,and Curly Davis,was Jack's good friend. Mr Davis sometimes helped with the horses and stock, stunts,etc. He was also my wife's Grandpa.

@robertforrest7956

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevemccoy8138 wow, small world.

@gabeguedea2499

3 жыл бұрын

Where exactly was the ranch located? My family has a ranch out in Sage above hemet/Temecula and a neighboring ranch of 1000+ acres was rumored to me an “old Hollywood stars”

Sorry Jeff...Dean Martin WAS NOT a drunk /lush....he sipped other drinks that were not alcohol....he had to.....his production company would not have allowed it...How do I know...I'm an actor since 1967. I like your videos. Thank you

Enjoyed this! We went to Westwood and will be putting that video out soon. Amazing how many celebs are buried there in such a small hidden cemetery!

@kittygonzalez2827

Жыл бұрын

I think Michael Landon was truly my first crush! Ahhhhh❤

Where are the graves of Tony Curtis , Shirley Temple , John Wayn , Paul Newman , Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire , James Dean ? Would love to see them ❤️

I love your history hunters channel and also like where the actors that I grew up with where there rested place is and you tell us about them and I might learn something that I didn't know Thanks for doing this and your history hunters channel

Steve McQueen's daughter Terry is buried there. Age 38, died after a respiratory failure after a liver transplant 1998

Minnie Riperton is Maya Rudolph’s mother.

I love your videos Mr Benzigger, you show such knowledge and respect of each and every subject. Thank you so much for taking us along. God bless you.

Shouldn't have any problem finding Jolsons grave site!! Seeing M.Landon grave site is very sad. A Good hearted man. Farrah , Marilyn , Eva nd Natalie are names that recount beauty inside and out.

I worked 16 years for playboy when I lived in Chicago. Exciting times.

@Sierralovescharles

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

Yes. The Captain of that boat KNOWS....Mr. Killer Wagner allowed Natalie to drown and refused to look for her at that moment in time. Chris...lives back East and doesn't speak of what he knows!

This was great. Only a few names I did not know. Sad to see so many gone. Seems like yesterday I was watching them on TV. And what fascinating details with those names. Glad you found Jeff Chandler. And so happy to see "Das Limpet" on Don's marker! I could wax lyric on so many, but won't! Glad you did this episode, & that it came up in the rotation.

I enjoyed the video. My memory does include the talented Eydie Gorme of Blame it on the Bossa Nova fame a #1 hit of the 60s. She was the cousin of Neil Sedaka. The gentleman who asked if you were looking for it sounded like Davie Johnson may have meant actor David Janssen of the Fugitive. Just a guess.

You would think some of these wonderful actors would have more elaborate graves.

@mshappyapple8663

2 жыл бұрын

Peter Falk is in a grave the same as Matthau, O'Connor, Fawcett and some others - same layout against the wall. It's on the left side toward the back and has a fence around it. They are also separate plots but I can't remember if they are separated by hedges or not. It's been a while since I lived in LA.

@mshappyapple8663

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe they didn't want elaborate graves. Many of them just thought of themselves as regular human beings and did what they did for a living. I met Karl Malden and he invited me out to lunch! He was a wonderful person and so down to Earth.

I love learning about Hollywood history

@jodybeard7715

2 жыл бұрын

I love your videos I've been watching them all day learning a lot about famous stars

Again, you got me tickled about the squirrel and bird!! You are a hoot. Thanks for this edition.

Been there many times. I was interesting to get a bit more information about so many of the folks laid to rest at this location. It is such a comparatively small cemetery to those in the LA basin. Though I’d venture to say more persons of well known status within its bounds than any other cemetery location. Funny story about the fellow above Marilyn. Hugh had always wanted to be next to her. I am surprised that Joe D. Didn’t keep his place above her though. It is said that he always loved her. It is said that She and Joe spent their wedding night at a hotel in Paso Robles, CA. On their way back to LA from SF. A side story of the Jolson grave site. A co-worker years ago, shared he once worked at the cemetery where Jolson is at. That the Jolson grave was able to be lowered into an underground chamber in the evenings. Sometimes the mechanism would ‘stick’ and they’d get called out “Jolson is stuck again” go deal with it. Keep up the good work.

Love the famous folks tours! Thanks for sharing...

Steve and Edie have a great Christmas song, go figure as two Jewish folks. I discovered it a few yrs ago. It's a hoot with a whistling solo. Michael Landon, he was a great guest on Johnny's till almost the end. The Little House theme was a nice touch, got to me. Eve Arden is memorialized in Grease, as the principal. Donna Reed had a nice sitcom in her name too.

RIP to all!🙏 I think you have noted some trivia I was not aware of, well done! So glad you covered Dinah, & Edie. Thank you

Well Done!!Thankyou

I like your show the way you do it! It's perfect.

You do a good job in a respectful way, thank you.

Great tour Jeff,thanks.

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that very much. Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you!

I'm told Coburn's remains (ashes) and those of his wife are in the foundation of that stone bench bearing their names.

Great vlog. I've seen other vlogs on cemeteries but yours is by far the best. I grew up in the Culver City/West Los Angeles area so recognized much of the area. Thanks so much - well done.

I had no idea, Thanks again.

Very well done, You put much work into this video. Bravo and thank you.

@jbenziggy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much! We appreciate you watching and commenting!

Great video and research.

@jbenziggy

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Love that tune

So interesting! I love watching all of your videos. I also live in Waterford and purchased the book you published about our town from the museum. Thank you for all you do.

@jbenziggy

5 жыл бұрын

Susan Keene thank you! More videos are in the works! Another should be coming out this week!

Thank you Jeff, good work, I sure did like this video

@jbenziggy

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you! This was an early one so I made plenty of mistakes.

Damn I should have waited for the video to play out and I'd have seen that you've covered the ones I've mentioned in my previous covered awesome video though keep em coming please

From Arizona sending you many thanks for this vlog, missing these great stars.

I really like the way you splice scenes together. Thanks

@jbenziggy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Blake. This was one of my first videos and I see how I would do things differently today. We're improving but I appreciate you saying you liked this! Please subscribe to my channel! Thanks, Jeff

Wish you would do a tour of burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee; her Beverly Hills Mansion, studios where she filmed, Orpheum, Burbank, & Folly theatres where she performed onstage., and her grave site.

HOGANNNN! I would love to hang out with that crazy party guy. And not to get crazy with some of the accusations. Just to talk. And a lot of the other people you mentioned. Glad to find another older video from you. Cheers 🍻

Ty history guy love ur posts ur great😂🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Just love your back round stuff

@jbenziggy

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Britt! Nice to know you enjoyed this!

It was a good video for the ones you actually showed, i would have liked to see the others but you only showed pics of the actors

Great job.

Hello, 2021, Love the Video Mr.J.Benzzi. in Hollywood Grave yard.I Miss All the Celebrity Actors /Actresses. Rip-God Blessings. Ms.Pretty

Crazy I've been watching bonanza . I love them oldies

@mshappyapple8663

2 жыл бұрын

They are all gone now, even Pernell Roberts. Time sure flies.

Love watching your videos.

@jbenziggy

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that! This one is a real oldie!

I really enjoy your video. Well done.

@jbenziggy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

What did you do before we had cell phone? You actually asked someone that spoke English! And lived in that neighborhood! Road maps were a common practice

Very interesting thankyou

Only bad thing about Hillside Memorial Park is don’t go there on a Saturday, the cemetery is traditionally Jewish and with Saturday being the Jewish Religions Day of the Sabbath, no one is allowed in there as I have seen it closed up driving by there on the 405 Freeway as it can be easily seen from there. I also found out online that Moe Howard’s daughter is now next to him in a crypt right beside. Westwood is where you can find the highest number of past Hollywood Stars and Celebrities as the place is very small and concentrated together there. I have even found out that people who work in the office buildings around there, most don’t even know this cemetery/memorial park is there, as it most likely is very hidden away from the public view. I remember Richard Basehart doing a speech at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics when they were in Los Angeles and a short time later after they were done, he passed away. I really liked Bettie Page and I have a wall picture of her too, she was the forerunner of things that we have today in society.

Was thinking biggest stars in the world and all that’s left is a brass plaque Live your life enjoy it only go around once

Your newest video brought me here. I'm sorry I missed this one but another great one. This a great one but I've noticed your newer ones are more polished. Love the channel.

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that. Yeah, we have learned so much since we did this video! Experience is the greatest teacher! Thanks so much for being a fan of our work.

@georgesawtooth2214

2 жыл бұрын

@@jbenziggy Do you guys not have a Patreon account? I would love to contribute to your effort.

Mel Torme was known as The Velvet Fog

Loved Steve and edie

Very Good!!!

@jbenziggy

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

ENJOYED THIS VIDEO VERY WELL DONE VERY INTERESTING

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Alan!

Lorene Green was also in the original Battlestar Galactica as Commander Adama

Richard Anderson who played Oscar Goldman is also buried at Westwood

Dang Jeff you should have told me. I go to all of these places all the time!! I just visited Westwood a week or so ago!

@jbenziggy

5 жыл бұрын

Do I know you? LOL

Very interesting but wish you could talk about how some stars died so young.

This video I liked it a lot ,keep up the great work. WOW very interesting 1st class very kool great info.,, AAAAAAAAAAA++++++++++++ again great

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

I cannot tell you how much I really enjoyed your comment, John. I can just hear of the enthusiasm in your words. Thank you for being a fan of History Hunters!

Your very good at this job.

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Ed! ❤️

Great Video!

@jbenziggy

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the visit! I appreciate your comment, Todd!

@toddgilbert2485

Жыл бұрын

@@jbenziggy You're very welcome!

Good video but amongst the people you mentioned there's also burt lancaster roy orbison kirk douglas and Heather orourke from the movie poltergeist

I always thought the same thing - in a major quake.....they'll be all out in the open

My favorite actress is Dona Reed.

@jbenziggy

Жыл бұрын

She was a great one! I love watching the chemistry between her and Jimmy Stewart in "It's A Wonderful Life" in that phone call scene.

GODBLESS

John Cassavettes and Dominique Dunne are in there too

Another interesting video, but I do have one question. Why is George C Scott in a unmarked grave? Didn't he have any family, children, grandchildren? You would think someone would have put up a marker. I find that incredibly sad that no one did, not even a friend that would have thought to.

Good show

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Gary!

Frank Zappa graduated high school herein Lancaster, CA. A.V. High School still has school books with his pictures.

Love your videos! How do you keep from getting copy right claims on the music you play? I just walk by a store playing music and I get one every time! Thanks.

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Amy! Thanks for enjoying our videos. I find that TV theme songs are generally okay to use. I have had some of my early videos demonetized for copyrighted music but I learned I don't want to do that. I use a lot of music from the KZread audio library for creators. If I do use a song I try to keep it under 9 seconds, which usually doesn't trigger any problems. If I am talking over incidental background music that usually doesn't create any problems (I think it depends on how loud it is). Hope this helps.

@amyxplores810

2 жыл бұрын

@@jbenziggy Thank you so much! Blessing to you and your family.

He needs to go to Hollywood Graveyard and study up on the various types of graves, if he doesn’t know. Otherwise he did a great video. Author Dark can really give him some insight of various types of graves.

@jbenziggy

Жыл бұрын

I don't watch other people's graveyard videos as I don't want any of it influencing what I do.

no one who lives here worries about big earthquakes...I believe the 94 one was bad but....bodies didn't move!

B.Keith did kill himself..... He had no choice.... His father Robert K. was was a solid actor too...RIP & thanks for the memories.

👍👍👍

Rip Kenny Rogers ❤💔😢 On mama's family they sing candyman on there

@jbenziggy

4 жыл бұрын

April Jackson for sure! I mention him in my video on the Back to the Future filming location where I saw Kenny on another occasion.

Donah shore is in carthel city forest lawn & mama papa music

I remember Eve Arden!

@zelphx

Жыл бұрын

OMGOSH!!! Bettie Page! She was a watcha call: "DIFFERENT".

We must be close to the same age....it’s always amazed me how just about every trip that people think is bizarre, is my idea of “bucket list” trips! I don’t get to really take those since my hubby and I divorced, and I’m in Lake County now, still trying to get on with life after the Valley Fire destroyed my Beautiful little cabin built by my Grandfather in the 30s! There is some interesting history around this area, for sure...Kelseyville....sure, let’s name a town after a murderer and rapist! Lol ...land the same lack of logic hasn’t missed a single generation yet. I do think I have actually put roots down here, which still feels more serene that Fresno. What was once my vacation destination my entire life is still spiritually connected...if only I had been able to get the insurance after my aunts sudden death! But Grandpa built it o n pillar and post...and I was shopping for any broker who would ok it! Then those fires all started to become blatantly obvious to the country..land insurance companies...THE Valley Fire, 09/12/2015. We know now what they were covering up..l.lmy letters to BROWN AND OES were unfortunately ignored, regarding the Errors pointed out by my father under Reagan...Dad was CDO, OES DIRECTOR FOR THE STATE, REGION 5 And held a secret Position beyond that. Brown ignored it and I wi as was literally threatened by a local politician because of my “unreceived” letter warning of major errors ..like one way in and out..not notifying entire communities of the fire, nobody but Me...1 person 5 foot 3 and 100 lbs in my 50s to rescue an elderly couple and their paraplegic son, plus 3 dogs and embers were burning me! Their son died the following day from the sever fear and sttress of thee entire situation...They refused to name him a victim of the Valley Fire because he didn’t die that very day! He had been taken care of by his Octogenarian parents for nearly 2 decades, .......Coincidence? Lol...and the corruptions continue to ooze! I just would like my small basic place back. I miss my deer. I still own the property' but politicians wrote their new codes, and although I was guaranteed Grandfathered status, one cannot now live in a travel trailer on their own property unless they have a permanent dwelling. Well the money I had saved from FEMA, my retirement and SOC SEC would have sufficed, until I’m forced to pay $850 per month to rent a space for my 17 ft Toy hauler. They threatened horrible things that they would do to me. My family Founded Anderson Springs, and my taxes ...l.since they started have never been late in that piece of property..the place was built back when taxes were designated by the number of closets one had...there were no closets in there for that reason! Lol😂

Great video. I just ran across it. I thought I had watched all your videos! Too bad you can’t get into the old Ponderosa Ranch in Tahoe to film. It’s a shame it closed and some rich guy is just sitting on the property and doing nothing. I heard that he was going to develop it into houses or some type of resort. But nothing has happened, last I heard.

@jbenziggy

4 жыл бұрын

Are you reading my mail? Ha ha. I am working on a Ponderosa Ranch video this week. No, I'm not kidding. I hope to be done with it this weekend.

@melissajensen3166

4 жыл бұрын

History Hunters , OMG! That’s funny. See, great minds think alike! Your only 5 years older than me, I think it’s a generation thing. People of our generation seem to like and appreciate the same things. Most of the time. I can’t wait for this. Keep up the great work.

Vic Morrow is also buried here.