Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Hollywood Forever Cemetery is located at 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood, California, adjacent to the north side of Paramount Studios. The Beth Olam Cemetery can be found in one section of the cemetery set aside for members of Hollywood's the Jewish community.

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Hollywood, California - Paramount Studios - Jew

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The cemetery was founded in 1899 as the Hollywood Memorial Park. On the verge of its closure in a bankruptcy proceeding, the Forever Network purchased it in 1998, renamed it "Hollywood Forever", and restored and refurbished it.

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1899 - Bankruptcy - 1998

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Among those interred or entombed in the cemetery are a number of important personalities, famous persons, including men and women from the entertainment industry, et cetera, and their relatives. Some of the tombs are quite lavish.

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Burials continue to occur there from time to time, including Fay Wray's funeral in 2004.

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Fay Wray - 2004

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