WHEELING THROUGH AMERICA: 10 BARRIER-FREE TREASURES FROM BIG CITIES TO NATIONAL PARKS TO EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN part 5

PIERCE BROS WESTWOOD VILLAGE MEMORIAL PARK

Of all the final resting places of the stars in Tinseltown, nothing comes close to boasting so many luminaries in such little space as Pierce Bros.

Hidden behind a cluster of Westwood Village high rises this cemetery accommodates wheelchair-using visitors with paved paths and level ground.

Above ground crypts host Marilyn Monroe, Truman Capote and Dean Martin – his marker inscribed with “Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime."

Interred celebs who met untimely deaths include: Frank Zappa, Bob Crane, Roy Orbison, Natalie Wood, Minnie Ripperton and Dorothy Stratten. Classic pairings include Odd Couple Jack Lemon and Walter Matthau plus Family Affair’s Brian Keith and Sebastian Cabot.

Baby Boomer favorites at rest are: Carroll O’Connor, Burt Lancaster, George C. Scott, Robert Stack and Rodney Dangerfield – with his apropos epitaph: “there goes the neighborhood.”

Pierce Bros Westwood Village Memorial Park, Los Angeles California, 310-474-1579. Best unofficial website: www.seeing-stars.com/Buried2/PierceBros.shtml

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