According to cemetery grounds supervisor Daniel Ugarte, the crematory was in such disrepair that bricks began falling in around Elliot's remains. In July 1974, the crematory was shut down after singer Cass Elliot was cremated. In 1999 (the 47th anniversary of McDaniel's death), the cemetery's current owner dedicated a cenotaph in her honor at a prime location south of Sylvan Lake.
Hollywood Forever would be desegregated seven years later. Despite McDaniel's expressed wish, Roth would not allow the actress to be interred in the cemetery. At the time of McDaniel's death in 1952, Hollywood Memorial, like other cemeteries, was segregated.
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In the 1980s, the cemetery began to show signs of neglect and disrepair.Īctress Hattie McDaniel, best known for her role as Mammy in the epic movie Gone with the Wind (for which she became the first African American to win an Academy Award) had expressed a desire to be interred at Hollywood Memorial Park. At that time, the cemetery was known as Hollywood Memorial Park. He used the money from the cemetery's operations to pay for his personal luxuries. In 1939, he bought a 51% stake in the cemetery, which is the interment site of his parents. Jules Roth (1900–1998) was a convicted felon and millionaire. Part of the remaining land was set aside for the Beth Olam Cemetery, a dedicated Jewish burial ground for members of the local Jewish community. The cemetery sold large tracts to Paramount Pictures, which, with RKO Pictures, bought 40 acres (16 ha) by 1920. Wallace-formed a corporation known as the "Hollywood Cemetery Association. In 1897, the two men were the owners of a 60 acres (24 ha) tract of land near Hollywood in Los Angeles County. Samuelson and (first name unknown) Lombard. Hollywood's only cemetery, Hollywood Forever was founded in 1899 on 100 acres (40 ha) and called "Hollywood Cemetery" by F. A Masonic lodge on the site is often used as a music venue
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