Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary

Coordinates: 34°03′30″N 118°26′26″W / 34.05833°N 118.44056°W / 34.05833; -118.44056
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Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary
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Established1880s as unnamed cemetery
1905 as Sunset Cemetery
1926 name officially changed to Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Location
1218 Glendon Avenue
Westwood, Los Angeles 90024
CountryUnited States
Coordinates34°03′30″N 118°26′26″W / 34.05833°N 118.44056°W / 34.05833; -118.44056
TypePrivate
Owned byService Corporation International
Websitepbwvmortuary.com
Find a GravePierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary
DesignatedMay 16, 2003
Reference no.731

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary is a cemetery and mortuary located in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles. It is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in Westwood, with an entrance from Glendon Avenue.[1]

The cemetery was established as Sunset Cemetery in 1905, but had been used for burials since the 1880s. In 1926, the name was officially changed to Westwood Memorial Park and was later changed again to Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary.[1]

Although it is the resting place of some of the entertainment industry's greatest names, it also contains the graves of many uncelebrated people. For example, when Marilyn Monroe died in 1962, Joe DiMaggio, responsible for Monroe's arrangements, chose Westwood not because of its celebrities but because it was the resting place of her mother's friend, Grace Goddard, and Goddard's aunt, Ana Lower, both of whom had cared for Monroe as a child.[2]

Hayedeh and Mahasti, two famous Iranian sisters and singers, who have been in exile for many years, have been laid to rest in this cemetery.

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Headstone of Ray Bradbury, May 2012, prior to his death

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Rodney Dangerfield's humorous tombstone at Pierce Brothers Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery.
Rodney Dangerfield's humorous tombstone at Pierce Brothers Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery.

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The Armand Hammer Family Tomb in Westwood Memorial Park
Hayedeh's grave

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Dean Martin's crypt.
Marilyn Monroe's crypt.

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Inscription at Heather O'Rourke's crypt.
Heather O'Rourke's crypt

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Unmarked grave of Frank Zappa, cemetery view looking southeast

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary". Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  2. ^ The Studio for Southern California History. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d Bahn, Paul (April 14, 2014). The Archaeology of Hollywood: Traces of the Golden Age. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780759123793. Retrieved October 14, 2018 – via Google Books.
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  17. ^ Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries, p. 218
  18. ^ "Walter and Carol Matthau gravesite at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, 1218 Glendon Avenue, Los Angeles, California". Library of Congress.
  19. ^ "Burial Crypt Next to Hugh Hefner and Marilyn Monroe on Sale for $2 Million in Los Angeles".
  20. ^ https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112281183
  21. ^ Haring, Bruce (December 23, 2023). "Ryan O'Neal Cause Of Death Revealed". Deadline. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
  22. ^ "Obituary for Heather O'Rourke (Aged 12)". Scrantonian Tribune. February 6, 1988. p. 19.
  23. ^ Royce, Brenda Scott (October 14, 1990). Donna Reed: A Bio-bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313268069. Retrieved October 14, 2018 – via Google Books.
  24. ^ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1353874:60525?tid=&pid=&queryId=81d96f99-eb01-4364-a0e4-9ffb776b64cb&_phsrc=kqG5&_phstart=successSource
  25. ^ a b Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries, p. 221
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