Fixed a couple errors and re-uploaded. Thanks to all you wonderful and observant viewers for keeping me honest! I kept all your lovely comments from the earlier version in my heart.
I noticed on Karl Malden’s stone that it looked like there was a space for his wife, so I thought either: 1) he married someone MUCH younger than he, or, 2) she is VERY old. So, I looked it up and Karl’s wife, Mona, just recently died on July 13, 2019 at the age of 102!!! Wow! I hope they’re reunited and resting peacefully.
I love Westwood. So many stones feature funny phrases that always send me laughing. Ex: "There Goes The Neighborhood" or " I'm a Writer, But Then, Nobody's Perfect" and my favorite, " I Will NOT Be Right Back After This Message." I love em.
I absolutely LOVE how you speak of the deceased. You show a lot of respect, and you do your homework. I would love to see videos on cemeteries outside of Hollywood. There's many celebrities and dignitaries interred in other areas. I enjoy spending time in these places as a connection to the past. I think it would be a wonderful project.
When I watched the segment on Farrah Fawcett's final resting place, it brought back a fond memory. My ex was a fan of Farrah's (he had a hugh crush on her), so for Christmas I bought him the now-iconic red swimming suit poster of Farrah. When he opened it, his eyes lit up. It was one of the best (and most appreciated) gifts I ever got for him. Thanks Graveyard Tour guys for bringing back such a great memory!
I really want to visit this cemetery. Just about every single iconic actor from the 70's and 80's is buried here. It's still hard to believe that some of these actors like Peter Peter Falk, Jack Klugman, and George C Scott are gone now. It's almost like they live with us forever through their work.
RIP Doris Roberts.... I was fortunate enough to have met her when she was still alive. I was working at Austin Airport at the time and she was flying out. Everybody Loves Raymond was one of my all time favorite TV shows, due to her. Her death really saddened me.
Another nice video. I was at Westwood back in '95 specifically to visit Marilyn. I remember WW being difficult to find as I kept driving past that narrow rode that leads to it its entrance. So many great buried here. If I were rich & famous, I'd choose this location, too. Thanks again Arrhur. Never stop. 👏👏👏👏
I always learn things from these videos and find them very interesting. It is said that 'no-one is truly dead as long as there is somebody alive to remember them'. We remember them :)
I really think this is the best cemetery In LA, just for its size and ease in finding graves. I loved it . We visited in 2012 and can't wit to go back. Great job on this edition !!
Walter Matthau also played neighbor George Wilson in one of my favorite childhood movies Dennis The Menace 😊 Thank you Arthur for your hard work and the great memories you bring 😊
So heartbreaking to see the grave of Sage Stallone. My heart aches for his parents, Sylvester and Sasha. There is no greater heartbreak than for a parent to bury a child. RIP Sage Stallone, you were so, so young.
I'm addicted to this series more or less shedding light on some actors and entertainers from yesteryear that alot of us never heard of. Also the ones we do know and the summarization of their careers, i find very interesting
First let me say that these tours you have created are absolute masterpieces! They are done with taste and knowledge. As a funeral director, I am fascinated by theses cemeteries and those that are resting there. I have a few questions. The first one being were there any cemeteries that gave you a hard time filming there and second, which one would you like to be buried in?
JohnnySwayzeShow he had a joke about it. “I get no respect at all. I bought a burial plot. The guy said there goes the neighborhood.” Awesome that they put it on his headstone.
BorikenW it's human curiosity I think. I like them too. And death is part of life. It comes to us all. I have also watched post mortem videos. People dead in their caskets etc. Now those videos are creepy. If you can handle them you should check them out. There's a few on YT.
Janet Leigh worked with both Tony Curtis and Kirk Douglas in 1958 in a fantastic movie called,"The Vikings". Released two years before Psycho. And seven years before that in 1953,her and Tony Curtis starred in "Houdini" Another wonderful film.
I always wondered where the phrase “I’m ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille” came from..... no idea it was from a movie about that director!!!! Learn something new every day
So many great memories from so many of these stars. Loved all in the family! Loved Farrah Fawcett in the burning bed and small sacrifices she was a great actress! And Rodney don’t even get me started! Huge fan of him! Loved him in Easy Money! When I first saw it I cried laughing so hard! So many greats! I wish we could go back in time and have them all back again! They will be forever missed but never forgotten! True legends! Thank you for visiting and remembering all these stars that brought us so much joy!
It's amazing to me how so many are connected. I learned of those that I didnt know have passed and learned of parents of those today. Hollywood is one big circle.
Funnily enough Peggy Lee did a remake of Fanny Brice's song My Man on one of her albums. I always thought that was Peggy's song but this video has told me otherwise! Love that I learn new things with this channel. I love it!
You don't realize how truly tiny this cemetery is until you're actually there. But SO much to see. I need to go back because I missed so many of these graves.
Yes we did! I also lost my father in 2016. Its been 4yrs 2month now and seems like it was just the other day. We spent alot of money on his grave and had the black granite headstone sent to Georgia to have stenciling done by an artist who worked for Disney. We also purchased him a black granite bench that sits at foot of his grave. He has best looking grave in the cemetery he is at . Something I'm so proud of my mother for doing. We aren't wealthy by no means so it was really special for her to do that
The most interesting class I took in college was "Death & Dying," a Sociology class. While Death has been around since the beginning of life, dying is a relatively new phenomenon. The class did address the fact that funerals and cemeteries are for the living, not the dead. And yes the question was asked on the first day of class: "have your ever had a student die while attending your class?" Answer? "Not in class, bit yes, during the semester. I did, as I will you give an A posthumously if you die sometime e during this semester. A class like that does make one think. What to do with my corpse? Nothing is permanent. My science Professor spoke of how in billions of years the Sun will expand and envelope Mercury and burn the Earth to a crispy critter and nothing will remain. In Egypt, the socked away all the I important people in the Valley of the Kings. Hoping mankind would leave them alone for eternity. What happened? Some yardbird stumbles upon the opening of grave sites and start digging up Pharoahs and put them "ON TOUR!!!!" The very last thing the folks in Egypt thousands of years ago wanted. Which made me start thinking. What is going to happen to all these graves featured in Hollywood Graveyard? No, not in our lifetime. But say 10, 20, 30 generations from 2020? As sick as the world is today, who knows what they will come up with? But since we know what all these entertainers look and sounded like with pictures, records, and video, I can see a new genre category of entertainment for future fans. Some of your already see where I'm going. They were entertainers, their families long gone (like the Egyptians) to protest, dig em up!!! Take them out of the Mausoleum and open em up to see how time has treated these people? Not just stars, but regular folks too. As long as we have pictures and a back story to tell of who they were when they were here. Oh I know some of you will be appalled at the mere suggestion, but who knows what the social morals of this place will be in a couple a 300 to 900 years? If we haven't had some major catastrophe that wiped everything out and or all these cemeteries and Mausoleums torn down (because the land was too valuable and needed because of population growth) or bodies used as a fuel supply? George Carlin asked "why are we saving up all the dead bodies just for one spot in town? Let's start digging these people up!!! Recycling these people! Talk about Urban Renewal!!!!!" I guess my real question is: WHAT REALLY WILL BE THE INEVITABLE FATE OF ALL THE HUGE CEMETERIES AND THEIR BEAUTIFUL MAUSOLEUMS SCATTERED ACROSS OUR COUNTRY?
Thank you for taking the time to edit this maaaarvelous post. I love the snip its of the actors/actresses movies or shows and the information you attach. I really love the presentation, your voice and your time. Peace on Earth and Love.
I'm a fan of the Muppets and you just taught me something I didn't know about Ms. Piggy at 5:02 thanks! :D Now I have something I can share with my mom since she loves Frank Oz's characters lol xD
Didn't know about Doris Roberts death. She sure was a very unique actress to say the least. And needless to say Farrah Fawcett is sadly missed every day.
I passed by Brian Keith on Yorkville Ave. in Toronto a couple of years before he died. I was going to say hi but he seemed to want to be alone. I didn't want to bother him.
Your videos make me want to do something similar in my neck of the woods- Philadelphia. But, not necessarily for the famous. More for those who have done amazing things, and enriched others- so they may not be forgotten. Have you even seen the man that cleans the grave stones of military veterans for free? Amazing. CBS Sunday Morning covered him.
Just wanted to add here how much I am enjoying your Famous Grave Tours. Very well taped, the narratives are very interesting and informative, and the video clips that are provided for most of the deceased are very clever and help to keep things a little more on the lighter side. Maybe sometime, you could include Billie Holliday and Karen Carpenter for a future Grave Tour? Keep up the good work - it's a lot of ground to cover and you do an awesome job!
Your tours are fascinating! I don't feel morbid seeing these final resting places of beloved actors and actresses because it's done so respectfully. Lots of interesting info too.
Jack Klugman was brilliant on the OC, he certainly deserved a scene clip here. As did Doris Roberts, she was hilarious on ELR. And boy am I big fan of “O’Conner”, one of the best (if not thee best) versatile television actors ever .......
I saw the first part earlier today, and this cemetery is filled with some of the greatest and most influential people that have ever lived. Farrah Fawcett played herself in one of my favorite shows, "Johnny Bravo". Also, I learned that she passed away the same day as Michael Jackson, but her death was overlooked, as the world was focused on his death. All of these people were so amazing. I know they're entertaining Heaven now.
I watch your videos on my Firestick so I rarely comment. Your videos are amazing. I love that you dig deep into Hollywood (and beyond). Movies aren't made JUST by actors! Keep them coming! I am going to see if I can discover some famous people resting in peace here in Florida.
I didn't know Florence Henderson had passed away. I always enjoyed her role on the Brady Bunch. Now she is with her close friend Ann B David that played Alice on the Brady Bunch. I always loved Rodney Dangerfield performances.
A note on the George C Scott segment. The scene you showed of Scott (Paton) addressing his men in front of the giant flag, was the first scene in the movie. Actually it was the very last scene filmed. Scott was a great actor. We'll probably never see the likes of him again.
It was because of that twisted sob Hitchcock didn't alarm her and her reactions were partly genuine. She was initially aware that her character was gonna be murdered and it was supposed to happen in bed after the shower. But we all know how the "Notorious" master of thriller and suspense rolls.
I'm surprised Peggy Lee's epitaph wasn't, "is that all there is?" That was the title of one if her top hits. Listen to the song, you'll get the connection. '-)
Westwood village is a fascinating little place; I've been there many times. If you go for a visit then best bring a map of the cemetery. There are many online which can be used to pinpoint certain graves.
I loved Doris Roberts in Grandma's Boy that was made by Adam Sandler. She played that role really well though it was a bad movie, its one of them its so bad, its good movies. Walter Matthau I really loved too. I loved Grumpy and Grumpier Old Men along with Jack Lemmon and Burgess Meredith. I especially loved Rodney Dangerfield and Carrol O Connor. May they all Rest in Peace.
I wouldn't call Grandma's Boy a bad movie. It's considered a cult classic now. It was one of those movies that was critically panned when it was released but now is a legend in it's own right. In a sea of stoner movies, it stands out for being well-cast and absolutely hysterical. Doris, Shirley Knight, and Shirley Jones steal the show though. ;)
Still can't believe Farrah Fawcett is gone and in that graveyard.Miss her and i cried when i heard she passed away.There'll be no more another Farrah Fawcett.
James Coburn such a great actor in "flicks" loke "Cross of Iron," "The Great Escape," (which his character was one of the lucky ones to get away, and in "Payback" thanks for finding & showing his final reating place
I love this cemetery. Just a note that Alexander Courage, before television, was one of the main orchestrators/arrangers at MGM during their great musicals period.
I really enjoyed this one , well done. I knew almost all of them. My favorites wereMarilyn Monroe Dean Martin Farrah fawcett Jack lemmon and sage Stallone.R.I.P all🙏🕊️🕊️🌟💖
I can honestly say I'm shocked you skipped Hugh O'Connor (Carroll O'Connor's son). He was famous in his own right as an actor who starred in the TV series "In The Heat of The Night" along with his father. Hugh tragically took his own life in 1995 after calling his father and said he felt like he couldn't beat his drug addiction and felt he couldn't face another rehabilitation program. Carroll then called the police who arrived just as Hugh committed suicide. He is actually buried in Rome in the mausoleum at the Pontifical North American College, and the marker here is his cenotaph. After Hugh's death, Carroll O'Connor was successful in lobbying the state of California to pass a legislation that allows family members of an addict or anyone hurt by the actions of a drug dealer (including employers) to sue for reimbursement of medical treatment and rehabilitation costs. This law is known as The Drug Dealer Civil Liability Act/The Hugh O'Connor Memorial Law and it went into effect in 1997 and is now law in 17 states. If you ever remake this video, please include him!
I am also aware of the omission of the tragedy of Hugh O'Connor who was the adopted son of Carroll O'Connor. However, I prefer to view the totality of Arthur Dark's exemplary work since no one can presume to know all the stories about all the people who happen to be laid to rest at each respective cemetery. The insightful mind will recognize that Arthur Dark has provided the world with a rich viewing experience and brought to our attention many people who would have gone unrecognized for their contributions when they were alive.
JoeB0y16. Carroll was famous for always saying...after Hugh's death..."Do anything, WHATEVER you have to do...to get in between your kid....and drugs...WHATEVER you have to do..." I'm a Bail Agent, and an Opioid Addiction Counselor, in the SE U.S., and people hire me to go get in between their kids, and drugs...and their dealers....alot of the time. And alot of the time, it's well known people that want me to get to their kids, before the law does...or to their dealers, before the law does, to make sure they get the message to forget this specific person, for good...
I am such a fan of yours, Mr. Dark!! What an absolutely fabulous job you do. I am riveted to every film you make. But we can’t leave out Jack’s incredible performance in “The Days of Wine and Roses” with Lee Remick...his best work.
