Forest Lawn Cemetery

- Forest Lawn Cemeteries have more than 1,500 statues spread over 7 "memorial parks"
- Over 60,000 people have been married in one of the three wedding chapels at Forest Lawn including Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman and Regis Philbin and his wife Joy
- First to open a funeral home on dedicated cemetery grounds
- Pioneered concept of "memorial park for the living
- Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Samy Davis, Jr., Chico Marx, Don Drysdale, Jean Harlow, Dorothy Dandridge, Spencer Tracy, Theda Bara and others buried at Glendale or Hollywood Hills Forest Lawn "parks'
- Evelyn Waugh's book, "The Loved One" inspired by Forest Lawn
- Jessica Mitford's non-fiction critique, "Ther American Way of Death" also inspired another British writer, Jessica Mitford

Forest Lawn Cemetery is located in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles and is the final resting place for several Hollywood celebrities including Lucille Ball, Bette Davis, Liberace, John Ritter, Ed McMahon and David Carradine.
Pop music icon Michael Jackson was buried there on September 3, 2009 more than two months after his death.
History

Forest Lawn Cemetery is a chain of Southern California "'memorial parks"' founded in 1906 as a non-profit burial ground. One of the founders originated the concept of a "memorial park", a beautiful place for the living instead of a dreary cplace filled with lop-sided gravestones. In the last century a cavalcade of Hollywood and other celebrities have been laid to rest here.
Geography

Forest Lawn Cemetery has seven locations in: Glendale, Hollywood Hills, Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Coachella, Indio, and Palm Desert. Each "'memorial park"' is filled with sprawling lawns, statuary reproductions of great art (such as Michelangelo's "'David"' and "'Moses"') and splashing fountiains laid out in a park-like setting with no upright gravestones to mar the serene scenery.

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  Edgar Evans and Robert Eckerle officiating. Burial with Military Honors will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery under the direction of Hixson Funeral Home of Leesville. (February 10, 2010)
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- Cemetery completes flight 3407 plaque
  
  FOREST LAWN RELEASE: In readiness for the first year's observance on February 12, 2010, of the crash of Flight 3407 in Clarence, New York, Forest Lawn ... (February 09, 2010)
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- The Entertainers and Writers of Forest Lawn
  
  All have an artistic connection to the Western New York community, and all are buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery. And on February 14th at 2PM, you can learn ... (February 08, 2010)
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- Land trust solicits funding to buy peak near Hollywood sign
  
  ... or Quimby, fees; fees paid to the city for development of the nearby Forest Lawn cemetery; the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy; and the Tiffany & Co. ... (February 09, 2010)
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- Guest: Many Wept During Jackson's Funeral
  
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- Star-filled Mausoleum Awaits Michael Jackson
  
  Michael Jackson will share eternity with the likes of Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields, entombed alongside them in a grand marble mausoleum that will be all but off-limits ...
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- The Entertainers and Writers of Forest Lawn | City | Buffalo Rising
  
  All have an artistic connection to the Western New York community, and all are buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery. And on February 14th at 2PM, you can learn about them and many other WNY artists at Forest Lawn's second Sunday in ... (February 08, 2010)
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- Dr. Conrad Murray Visits Michael Jackson's Tomb At Forest Lawn ...
  
  Dr. Conrad Murray was spotted at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park where Michael Jackson is buried on Wednesday paying his respects. He currently awaits being charged in connection with the death of the King of Pop. ... (February 06, 2010)
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- ohnotheydidnt: Conrad Murray at Forest Lawn: The Breakdown w/video
  
  Kudos to Entertainment Tonight and The Insider for broadcasting you-have-to-see-it-to-believe-it footage they obtained of impending manslaughter defendant Dr. Conrad Murray paying a visit Forest Lawn Glendale, the cemetery whe... (February 06, 2010)
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  By the way, I was there with the MJFSC at Forest Lawn on February 3. While there, coincidentally, I was told by a cemetery source that the multi-paged family approved guest list was nixed once photos of MJ's crypt, taken by a... (February 07, 2010)
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