Hollywood Movie & TV Star Graves! Marilyn Monroe & Michael Landon & more!

[@danhutson3460]

One of the advantages of being born in 1955, was I grew up with watching what some would call classic TV. Many of the people you visited, I remember & those who were born beginning with the 2000's, missed out I believe. It's like what my sister & I remember about some of our close relatives have passed & my sister's grandchildren were cheated, as they were born after these died. Jeff, thanks for sharing!

[@marylouruss1087]

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

[@kittygonzalez2827]

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

[@gogoyubari366]

All great actors!

[@lesleysmith1852]

My first time to LA was in 2023 and i had a list of stars to visit at Westwood ~ Top of my list was Carroll OConnor~ My cousin Richard Basehart ~ June Foray who i could not find and Cecil Kellaway. I had to use the Find a grave GPS to find most ~ I hope to visit LA again because i really wanted to see John Ritter. Great Job ! Love your work!

[@lowbaritonewwj]

I met June Foray a few times, and worked with her on stage (with a good sized cast) bac in 2007

[@2012turok]

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

[@jbenziggy]

2012turok , NUFF thank you!!!

[@CaliforniaFly]

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

[@annamatlock1309]

@@jbenziggy you met Michael Landon

[@shelliebrowning960]

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.

[@rwisti11301962]

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

[@gogoyubari366]

Marilyn Monroe was so beautiful!

[@jbenziggy]

She was unparalleled!

[@pikemeredith5604]

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.

[@CaliforniaFly]

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

[@garyschultz7768]

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...

[@liberalliar9216]

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

[@ketotrucker6262]

Great video and research.

[@jbenziggy]

Thank you!

[@marcieconant5559]

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!💕🙂

[@greggwatkinsjr.4308]

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. 🙂

[@MrRJDB1969]

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.

[@marciachauvin3890]

Love watching your videos.

[@jbenziggy]

I appreciate that! This one is a real oldie!

[@robroiboi]

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.

[@tangie777uk]

Loved Michael Landon wonderful man and actor.

[@jbenziggy]

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

[@kittygonzalez2827]

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!

[@patrickbeck3285]

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.

[@floswason8776]

Loved Steve and edie

[@McAndrewTravels]

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]

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

[@debbiewilliams8762]

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

[@jbenziggy]

Glad you enjoyed it, fellow class of 1979er!

[@brittbrittingham9871]

Just love your back round stuff

[@jbenziggy]

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

[@wyodutch7992]

I had no idea, Thanks again.

[@robertforrest7956]

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]

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

[@robertforrest7956]

@@stevemccoy8138 Yes I do. Many yrs back.

[@stevemccoy8138]

@@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]

@@stevemccoy8138 wow, small world.

[@gabeguedea2499]

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”

[@kittygonzalez2827]

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.

[@jamestakacs]

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

[@maryellengrayberg9146]

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

[@jodybeard7715]

I love learning about Hollywood history

[@jodybeard7715]

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

[@pegschwalbach2500]

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.

[@jananderson672]

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]

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

[@alanatolstad4824]

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.

[@martynewell1181]

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

[@tinajoan]

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

[@161papa]

Great job.

[@danacalifornia9453]

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]

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]

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.

[@fountainbiker]

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

[@shadrana1]

Great tour Jeff,thanks.

[@jbenziggy]

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

[@johnvoorhees7881]

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 🍻

[@michaelgmoore5708]

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

[@ericcrawford3453]

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

[@normajean7332]

Well Done!!Thankyou

[@maryannanaya905]

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

[@Sierralovescharles]

Lol

[@patcurrie9888]

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.

[@GreeneEntertainment]

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.

[@prettyijandipe9133]

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

[@Ted_Michaels]

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

[@jbenziggy]

Thanks very much! We appreciate you watching and commenting!

[@GeorgeSawtooth]

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]

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.

[@GeorgeSawtooth]

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

[@bjbell52]

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.

[@SusanGK1]

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]

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

[@haroldinewhitewolf5549]

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

[@mshappyapple8663]

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

[@timbrantley6425]

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

[@jbenziggy]

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

[@ceciliabrown-cd7ri]

Love that tune

[@tomkiser1418]

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.

[@chocolatcats]

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

[@Ricky2400]

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

[@martinkirby3100]

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

[@riadijkstra1384]

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

[@nick9463]

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

[@martinkirby3100]

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

[@useruser2101]

I really enjoy your video. Well done.

[@jbenziggy]

Thank you very much!

[@tillitrueheart971]

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.

[@trishamorriston3737]

Mel Torme was known as The Velvet Fog

[@blakemiller138]

I really like the way you splice scenes together. Thanks

[@jbenziggy]

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

[@alanbower9296]

ENJOYED THIS VIDEO VERY WELL DONE VERY INTERESTING

[@jbenziggy]

Glad you enjoyed it, Alan!

[@karenvecchio2229]

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

[@mshappyapple8663]

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]

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.

[@pamelaattrux336]

Very interesting thankyou

[@Candygirl73]

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]

Do I know you? LOL

[@maryannanaya905]

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

[@rextrek]

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

[@trishamorriston3737]

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

[@edmcconnell2105]

Your very good at this job.

[@jbenziggy]

Thank you, Ed! ❤️

[@linapagliari8003]

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

[@chocolatcats]

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!

[@tomrobertson8362]

Minnie Riperton is Maya Rudolph’s mother.

[@chocolatcats]

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

[@carlthornton3076]

Very Good!!!

[@jbenziggy]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@MikMel0317]

John Cassavettes and Dominique Dunne are in there too

[@toddgilbert2485]

Great Video!

[@jbenziggy]

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

[@toddgilbert2485]

@@jbenziggy You're very welcome!

[@johnlacroix1639]

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]

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!

[@zelphx]

I remember Eve Arden!

[@zelphx]

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

[@ellahosokawa4663]

GODBLESS

[@nadiazahroon6573]

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

[@keithdancer1668]

Richard Anderson who played Oscar Goldman is also buried at Westwood

[@garyschultz7768]

Good show

[@jbenziggy]

Glad you enjoyed it, Gary!

[@floswason8776]

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

[@michaelmerta8956]

My favorite actress is Dona Reed.

[@jbenziggy]

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.

[@johnygarcia7636]

👍👍👍

[@amyxplores810]

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]

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 KZbin 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]

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

[@charlielaudico3523]

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

[@melissajensen3166]

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]

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]

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.

[@MARLONdaman]

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]

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

[@rebeccahernandez3460]

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.

[@chocolatcats]

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

[@paulatenney6494]

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

[@apriljackson1370]

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

[@jbenziggy]

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.

[@ericlomax1793]

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.