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Description of Pictures: While he wasn't here yet, this is the cemetery where Michael Jackson was buried in September.

From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/03/AR2009090303411_pf.html

Michael Jackson's Resting Place Among Greats
Forest Lawn Guards Singer's Privacy in Death
By Sue Manning
Associated Press
Friday, September 4, 2009
GLENDALE, Calif. -- Michael Jackson's life played out on a world stage, headlines screaming his every move, frenzy following his footsteps.
His death, memorial and investigation amplified the delirium and prolonged the anguish of family and fans. On Thursday, he was to be interred at Forest Lawn Glendale in a hidden monument in a mausoleum made of marble and mortar.
No marquees, no spotlights, no paparazzi. And yet, there were stars.
As Michael Jackson's family arrived more than an hour late for the pop singer's funeral, celebrities such as 77-year-old Elizabeth Taylor endured the hot summer night.
Temperatures hovered at 90 just before sunset, with some mourners fanning themselves with programs for the service. Other mourners included ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley, baseball star Barry Bonds, actors Macaulay Culkin and Mila Kunis, choreographer Kenny Ortega and the Rev. Al Sharpton.
A police escort ushered a motorcade of 31 cars from the Jacksons' Encino compound to Forest Lawn Glendale. Jackson's parents, Joe and Katherine, and the singer's children, 12-year-old Prince Michael, 10-year-old Paris Michael and 7-year-old Prince Michael II, known as Blanket, were in the front rows for the service.
Jackson will be enveloped by the grandeur of the grounds, the majesty of the buildings and the significance of history.
In the Great Mausoleum, he joins such Hollywood legends of yesteryear as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, W.C. Fields and Red Skelton, as well as "The Last Supper Window," a life-size stained-glass re-creation of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, and "Moses," a reproduction of Michelangelo's sculpture for the tomb ...More...

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1. GLEN_090719_006.JPG: Jean Hersholt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean Hersholt (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956) was a Danish actor who lived in the United States where he was a leading film and radio talent, best known for his 17 years starring on radio in Dr. Christian and for playing Shirley Temple's grandfather in Heidi. Asked how to pronounce his name, he told The Literary Digest, "In English, her'sholt; in Danish, hairs'hult." Of his total credits, 75 were silent films and 65 were sound films. He appeared in 140 films and directed four.
2. GLEN_090719_016.JPG: Jean Hersholt Actor - Cultural Leader - Humanitarian Danish by birth. American by adoption. Citizen of the world through his love for all mankind. Fames as an actor, best known as kindly Dr. Christian ... Writer and translator of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. Benefactor to his profession through the Motion Picture Relief Fund Motion Picture Country House and Hospital and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences... Honored at home and abroad for his cultural and philanthropic contributions to the world. Here in remembrance of him is Klods Hans. An original statue by Edvard Eriksen, inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen tale of the boy who went forth into the world to win a princess and a kingdom.... A fitting tribute to a great and warm hearted humanitarian. Friends here and abroad erected this Memorial.
3. GLEN_090719_054.JPG: Louis L'Amour From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Louis L'Amour (March 22, 1908 – June 10, 1988) was an American author. L'Amour's books, primarily Western fiction (though he called his work 'Frontier Stories'), remain popular, and most have gone through multiple printings. At the time of his death all 105 of his works were in print (89 novels, 14 short-story collections, and two full-length works of nonfiction) and he was considered "one of the world's most popular writers".
4. GLEN_090719_077.JPG: Aimee Semple McPherson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Aimee Semple McPherson (October 9, 1890 – September 27, 1944), also called Sister Aimee, was a Canadian-born evangelist and media celebrity in the 1920s and 1930s. She founded the Foursquare Church. McPherson has been noted as a pioneer in the use of modern media, especially radio, which she drew upon through the growing appeal of popular entertainment in North America. ... Reported kidnapping: On May 18, 1926 McPherson went with her secretary to Ocean Park Beach north of Venice Beach to go swimming. Soon after getting there McPherson was nowhere to be found and it was thought she had drowned. McPherson was scheduled to hold a service that day and her mother Minnie Kennedy preached the sermon instead, saying at the end, "Sister is with Jesus," sending parishioners into a tearful frenzy. Mourners crowded Venice Beach and the commotion sparked days-long media coverage fueled in part by William Randolph Hearst's Los Angeles Examiner and stirring a poem by Upton Sinclair to commemorate the tragedy. Daily updates appeared in newspapers across the country and parishioners held day-and-night seaside vigils. One parishioner drowned whilst searching for the body and a diver died from exposure. Kenneth G. Ormiston, the engineer for KFSG, had also disappeared. Some believed McPherson and Ormiston, who was married, had developed a close friendship and run off together. After about a month her mother received a ransom note (signed by "The Avengers") which demanded a half million dollars, or else kidnappers would sell McPherson into "white slavery". Kennedy later said she tossed the letter away, believing her daughter was dead. Shortly thereafter, on June 23, 1926 McPherson stumbled out of the desert in Agua Prieta, Sonora, a Mexican town across the border from Douglas, Arizona. She claimed she had been kidnapped, drugged, tortured and held for ransom in a shack, had escaped and walked through the desert for about 13 hours to freedom. However, her shoes showed no hint of a 13-hour walk in the desert but rather, carried grass stains. The shack was not found. McPherson had shown up fully dressed but had vanished wearing a bathing suit and was wearing a wrist watch (a gift from her mother) which she had not taken on the swimming trip. A grand jury convened on July 8, 1926 but adjourned 12 days later citing lack of evidence to proceed. Five witnesses claimed to have seen McPherson at a seaside cottage in Carmel-by-the-Sea. One claimed to have seen Mrs. McPherson at the cottage on May 5th (he later went to see her preach at Angelus Temple on August 8, to confirm she was the woman he had seen at Carmel). His story was confirmed by a neighbor who lived next door to the Carmel cottage, by a woman who rented the cottage to Ormiston (under the name "McIntyre"), by a grocery clerk and a Carmel fuel dealer who delivered wood to the cottage. The grand jury re-convened on August 3 and took further testimony along with documents from hotels, said to be in McPherson's handwriting. McPherson steadfastly stuck to her story, that she was approached by a young couple at the beach who had asked her to come over and pray for their sick child, that she was then shoved into a car and drugged with chloroform. However, when she was not forthcoming with answers regarding her relationship with Ormiston (now estranged from his wife), the judge charged McPherson and her mother with obstruction of justice. To combat the bad newspaper publicity McPherson spoke freely about the court trials on her private radio station. Theories and innuendo abounded, that she had run off with a lover, that she had gone off to have an abortion, recovering from plastic surgery or had staged a publicity stunt. Shortly after The Examiner reported that Los Angeles district attorney Asa Keyes had dropped all charges, he did so on January 10, 1927. The tale inspired a satirical song, "The Ballad of Aimee McPherson," popularized by Pete Seeger. The song claimed the kidnapping story was unlikely because a hotel love nest revealed "the dents in the mattress fit Aimee's caboose."
5. GLEN_090719_093.JPG: (On the left) Joe E. Brown (comedian) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Evans Brown (28 July 1892 – 6 July 1973) was an American actor and comedian. In 1902 at the age of 10, he joined a troupe of circus tumblers known as the Five Marvellous Astons which toured the country on both the circus and vaudeville circuits. He gradually added comedy into his act and transformed himself into a comedian. He moved to Broadway in the 1920s first appearing in the musical comedy "Jim Jam Jems".
6. GLEN_090719_098.JPG: Joe E. Brown 1891-1973 Beloved husband, understanding father and cherished friend. His courage in the face of trouble, his modesty in the rewards of triumph won the love and esteem of the people all over the world. His personal integrity and devotion to all people, reflected the love of the saviour into whose hands his life is given.
7. GLEN_090719_101.JPG: (Right of Joe E. Brown's marker) In memory of our beloved son and brother Captain Don Evan Brown Commander First Squadron Sixth Ferrying Group Air Transport Command United States Army Air Force Long Beach, California. Killed in line of duty October eighth, nineteen hundred forty two Palm Springs, California
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Wikipedia Description: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a privately-owned cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles, in the United States. It is the original location of Forest Lawn, a chain of cemeteries in Southern California (termed "memorial parks" by the company). The land was formerly part of Providencia Ranch.

History:

Forest Lawn was founded in 1906 as a not-for-profit cemetery by a group of businessmen from San Francisco. Dr. Hubert Eaton and C. B. Sims entered into a sales contract with the cemetery in 1912. Eaton took over the management of the cemetery in 1917 and is credited as being the "Founder" of Forest Lawn for his innovations of establishing the "memorial park plan" (eliminating upright grave markers) and being the first to open a funeral home on dedicated cemetery grounds. Eaton was a firm believer in a joyous life after death. He was convinced that most cemeteries were "unsightly, depressing stoneyards" and pledged to create one that would reflect his optimistic, Christian beliefs, "as unlike other cemeteries as sunshine is unlike darkness." He envisioned Forest Lawn to be "a great park devoid of misshapen monuments and other signs of earthly death, but filled with towering trees, sweeping lawns, splashing fountains, beautiful statuary, and ... memorial architecture" A number of plaques which state Eaton's intentions are signed "The Builder."

Most of its burial sections have evocative names, including Eventide, Babyland (for infants, shaped like a heart), Graceland, Inspiration Slope, Slumberland (for children and adolescents), Sweet Memories, Vesperland, Borderland (on the edge of the cemetery), and Dawn of Tomorrow. Packages for burial cover a wide spectrum of prices.

Statuary and art:

The six Forest Lawn cemeteries contain about 1,500 statues, about 10% of which are reproductions of famous works of art, in various locations. Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper has been recreated in sta ...More...
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