LIncoln in Los Angeles

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(05-08-2014 07:41 AM)Rsmyth Wrote:  Great cemetery to visit. I was there in the late 70's for a few hours but could have spent a few days. After taking pictures of most of the big Hollywood stars i ran out of film (pre-digital) at the grave of Alfalfa. Hattie McDaniel who starred in Gone With the Wind and died in 1951 was not allowed burial in the park but Bugsy Siegel was. The times (for the most part) are a changing.

The cemetery itself is lovely but that particular part of Hollywood has kind of gone to seed. There was a lot of buzz around Hollywood Forever Cemetery a few weeks ago when Mick Jagger's girlfriend was interred there after she committed suicide in NYC.

It broke my heart to learn that the great Hattie McDaniel was denied burial because of the color of her skin, but gangster/criminal Bugsy Siegel was welcomed.

What a world.