Why Are So Many Celebrities Buried at This Hollywood Cemetery? | Lost LA | KCET
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 Published On Jan 29, 2024

Lost LA host Nathan Masters and UCLA's Eric Avila get a tour from historian Karie Bible to learn how the film industry's arrival to Los Angeles in the 1920s transformed Hollywood Forever — a cemetery whose history is intertwined with that of movie studios like Paramount and RKO Pictures.

Countless movie stars, rock idols, industry titans and other famous people are now laid to rest at this graveyard — including the likes of Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Burt Reynolds, Rudolph Valentino, Marion Davies, Douglas Fairbanks, Johnny Ramone and Chris Cornell.

Watch the full episode "Eternal City: Los Angeles Cemeteries" on YouTube    • Eternal City: Los Angeles Cemeteries ...  

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