{"id":127,"date":"2020-06-14T23:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T23:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartreis.com\/123repete3\/?p=127"},"modified":"2022-06-27T16:14:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T16:14:36","slug":"crossed-sticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartreis.com\/123repete3\/heroes\/crossed-sticks\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossed Sticks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For some strange reason, I have a strong connection to the Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park<\/a>.\u00a0 It’s a gem of a cemetery in the middle of Downtown L.A surrounded by high rises.\u00a0 What a final resting place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We placed my nephew’s ashes there.  My ex-wife’s parents’ ashes are there.  I’ve been there many times.  Fascinating place.  Almost hallowed ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have an inordinate number of celebrities buried there.  The list is long (you can look it up<\/a>): Marilyn Monroe, Mel Torm\u00e9, Natalie Wood, Bob Crane, Walter Matthau, Eddie Albert, Darryl, F Zanuck, Cornel Wilde, Donna Reed, Sammy Cahn, and on and on.  Touring Pierce Brothers Westwood is like walking down the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  Only quieter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crazy story about Marilyn Monroe: her burial site is behind a large marble slab on a wall, tucked into a quiet, out of the way corner of the cemetery.  The slab is covered with lip prints.  Fans come every day to kiss the marble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marilyn’s grave is marked.  The one next to it isn’t.  There is an urban legend that Hugh Hefner bought the space next to Marilyn’s.  I guess that’s nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day, I was reviewing the various columbaria (for several reasons…see above).\u00a0 I looked down at the floor and there was a small vase with two cross drumsticks in it.\u00a0 It was September 30.\u00a0 I looked up at the tarnished brass plaque on the marble wall:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BUDDY RICH
ONE OF A KIND
1917-1987<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(also check out my other Buddy Rich post, “If Looks Could Kill”<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buddy Rich on Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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