How Old Was Carroll O'connor on All in the Family
Seeing Stars: Final Resting Places of the Stars
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Just exterior this Gardens area, between the Gardens and the road, is a grassy strip with a Row of 7 lawn graves, all with large, upright, slab-style headstones.
At the far east end of this row of backyard graves, you volition find what I believe may well exist the grave of Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas (1916-2020) , who died in 2020 at the age of 103 (which almost certainly makes him the longest-living star to be buried here in Westwood.)
The first occupant of this grave was Kirk'south son, Eric Douglas (see the photo to the right) , who unfortunately had died young of an overdose, in 2004. And equally of February 2020, it'due south simply Eric'south name that you will observe on the headstone.
But these graves hold up to iv family members. As an example, Carroll O'Connor'southward nearby headstone lists not only Carroll O'Connor's name, only also that of his late son Hugh, and his widow Nancy (who is yet among the living). What appears to be a single grave tin actually serve every bit a family plot.
And so, I doubtable that Kirk was probably buried here likewise, in the same grave as his son, and there is probably room left for Kirk'due south widow every bit well. ( Merely we won't know for certain until his proper name is added to the marker - and that could take up to a year, if Jewish tradition is followed).
Kirk Douglas was one of the biggest stars of Hollywood's Golden Age (not to mention the father of role player Michael Douglas), probably best known for the starring role in the epic 1960 gladiator moving picture "Spartacus".
Other memorable roles included that of Vincent van Gogh in the 1956 film, "Lust for Life". But his long career spanned half dozen decades, from 1946 until his final screen advent in 2008 (at age 92).
With a square jawline and a trademark dimpled chin, Kirk Douglas'southward characters in the movies tended to exist rugged males who, despite beingness the leading man, were often rather unsympathetic people, sometimes downright heels, such as his ruthless studio exec in the 1941 drama, "The Bad and the Beautiful" (opposite Lana Turner) and the unscrupulous boxer in the same year's "Champion".
AFI listed him in the top 20 of their "Greatest Hollywood Screen Legends" of all time, forth with the likes of Bogart, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart.
Kirk ha a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (in 1981), and was nominated three times for a Best Thespian Oscar. Finally, In 1996, The he was awarded him a special lifetime achievement University Honour, saluting his fifty twelvemonth career.
Just two spaces to the right (west) of the Douglas grave, you will come across a lone bare headstone.
Here, in this unmarked grave plot near the adjourn, is Oscar-winning player George C. Scott (1927-1999) .
Best known for his part equally "Patton," George C. Scott starred in over 75 productions, including "The Hustler," "Dr. Strangelove," "Anatomy of a Murder," "The Infirmary," "Firestarter," "Taps," "Hardcore," "The Changling," and exceptional TV versions of "Jane Eyre," "Inherit the Current of air" and "A Christmas Carol." And who could forget his eccentric 'Sherlock Holmes' in "They Might be Giants"?
Ironically, he may exist most remembered for an award he refused to accept; he made headlines when he turned downwards the 1971 Oscar for "Patton," because he didn't feel that he was in competition with other actors. Unfortunately, his grave even so doesn't have a marker. However, I've confirmed that he is located immediately to the left of Walter Matthau's grave. Information technology's the only remaining infinite there which still has a blank headstone.
Another resident at Pierce Bros is 'Oscar Madison' himself, comic actor Walter Matthau (1920-2000) . Oftentimes playing a crotchety sort, Walter was wonderfully paired with Jack Lemmon for "The Odd Couple," and again, nearly 30 years afterward, for "Grumpy Quondam Men." He was the cantankerous 'Mr. Wilson' in 1993's "Dennis the Menace," the reluctant passenger vehicle in "The Bad News Bears," an aging vaudeville comic feuding with partner George Burns in "The Sunshine Boys," 
and the grouchy 'Horace Vandergelder ' to Barbra Streisand's 'Dolly Levi' in "Hello Dolly." He as well starred in "Cactus Blossom," "Plaza Suite" and "Kotch."
His grave has a large marble headstone - it'southward located right forth the adjourn, on the south side of the master route, just north of the new Memorial Gardens area, and just to the right (west) of (unmarked) George C. Scott.
And in July of 2001, almost a year to the day, Walter's lifelong friend and boyfriend actor Jack Lemmon (1925-2001) was also buried at Pierce Bros.
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau made 10 movies together, starting time with the classic 1968 one-act "The Odd Couple," and including "The Fortune Cookie," "The Front Page" and (virtually the end of their lives) "Grumpy Onetime Men." (Jack even directed Walter in "Kotch".)
So the fact that they ended up together at Pierce Bros. is more advisable.
But Jack Lemmon was an outstanding actor in his own right, starring in comedies such as "Mr. Roberts," "Bell, Book and Candle," "The Apartment," "Irma La Douce," "Adept Neighbor Sam," and "The Out-of-Towners," all the same as well brilliant in dramas such as "The Days of Wine and Roses," "Salve the Tiger," "The China Syndrome" and "Missing." And who tin can forget "Some Like It Hot," with Jack in drag opposite Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe? He was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won two, becoming the first player to win both a Best Histrion and a Best Supporting Thespian Oscar.
Those in omnipresence at his July 1 funeral here included Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Kevin Spacey, Sidney Poitier, Shirley MacLaine, Gregory Peck, director Billy Wilder and the sons of both Lemmon & Matthau.
Jack Lemmon was buried in a new row of graves on the lawn between Walter's location and the chapel archway. If yous're facing Walter'southward grave, just turn right and walk west forth the curb, and look to your left (south) until you lot spot a long hedge. Walk around the hedge and you'll find a row of big marble headstones (identical to the kind above Walter'southward grave) up on the backyard a few paces.
A joker to the final, his headstone reads
"Jack Lemmon in..."
Only to the left (e) of Jack Lemmon, in the very next grave, is veteran histrion Carroll O'Connor (1924-2001) , Goggle box'due south "Archie Bunker" on the smash hit sitcom "All in the Family."
Debuting in 1971, at the peak of the threescore'due south anti-war movement, "All in the Family" was revolutionary for its day. At a fourth dimension when most sitcoms were lightweight comedies such equally "The Brady Bunch", "Family" was breaking taboos left and correct, dealing with controversial, electric current issues ranging from Watergate to rape, and tackling hot targets from the KKK to the Jewish Defense League with abrupt political satire, sexual frankness and occasional bathroom humour. It attacked bigotry by making it look ridiculous.
Only information technology was Carroll O'Connor'southward portrayal of 'Archie Bunker' that made the show work.
Carroll appeared in almost 50 productions, including the office of 'Sheriff Bill Gillespie' in the TV series "In The Heat of the Dark", plus the movies "Cleopatra," "Hawaii" and "Kelly's Heroes." It's a tribute to his acting ability that he was all-time known worldwide as the lovable bigot Archie, who Rob Reiner called "the unmarried nearly indelible graphic symbol in the history of American television." It was piece of cake to forget that Carroll was actually a liberal in real life when he took on the fiery persona of that died-in-the-wool, cigar-chomping, Nixon-loving bourgeois from Queens, 
who called his son-in-law 'Meathead' and told his wife 'Edith' to "Stifle!". Yet Archie developed as a surprisingly complex character, sympathetic despite his obvious faults. The testify was a tremendous striking.
Carroll died of a heart assail in June of 2001. His funeral was held at the nearby St. Paul the Campaigner Church in Westwood. His grave is located directly between those of Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder. [ Too buried hither is Carroll'due south adopted son,
And what do Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, and Ray Walston all have in common? They all starred in landmark films for the bang-up director Baton Wilder (1906-2002) .
Baton Wilder directed, produced and/or wrote such classics equally "Some Similar Information technology Hot" (with Marilyn and Jack), "The Vii Yr Itch" (with Marilyn's famous blowing skirt scene), "The Apartment" (for which Jack won an Oscar), "The Fortune Cookie" (with Matthau & Lemmon), "Kiss Me Stupid" (with Dean Martin and Ray Walston), "Irma la Douce" (with Jack again), 
plus "Sunset Blvd.," "The Lost Weekend," "Sabrina," "Stalag 17," "Double Indemnity," "Ball of Burn down," "Ninotchka" and "I, Two, Three".
He was nominated for an Academy Award over xx times, and won seven Oscars - for "Sunset Blvd.," "The Lost Weekend" and "The Apartment."
He died in March of 2002, less than a year afterward he attended Jack's funeral here. Billy was buried just ii graves down (to the east) from Jack Lemmon (and immediately to the left of Carroll O'Connor) in the aforementioned row of new graves with marble headstones.
His headstone bears the punchline from his all-time-known film, "Some Like Information technology Hot".
This item row of graves, that already included stars Jack Lemmon, Carroll O'Connor and Baton Wilder, gained even more than luster in 2011, when Television'south "Columbo", Peter Falk (1927-2011) , was buried here too.
You lot'll find his grave backside a wrought iron debate (but clearly visible), but to the left of Billy Wilder.
Peter Falk was best known as the rumpled raincoat-wearing Lieutenant Columbo, whose bumbling, absentminded demeanor masked a slap-up heed, and whose unassuming, polite (just relentless) methods caused his frequently-brilliant adversaries to underestimate him equally an incompetent pest - much to their own disadvantage.
Between 1972 and 1994, he was nominated for x Emmy awards (for All-time Histrion) for playing that beloved detective character, and won four of them. 
Likewise "Columbo" (and many other Television receiver appearances), Falk appeared in a number of movies, including i of the funniest (and strangest) comedies you'll always meet: 1979'due south "The In-Laws", as well as "It'south a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", "Murder By Death", and as the grandfather/narrator in "The Princess Bride".
He was a favorite of director John Cassavetes (also buried at Westwood), and starred in several of Cassavetes' movies, including "Husbands" and "A Adult female Nether the Influence".
He was nominated for ii Academy Awards, for "Murder Inc." and "Pocketful of Miracles".
In Oct of 2004, stand up-up comic Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004) was buried at Pierce Bros. Best known for his famous line "I don't get no respect!", merely at Rodney's funeral, comics Adam Sandler and Jim Carrey were pallbearers, while Jay Leno, Tim Allen, Chris Rock, Jon Lovitz, Louie Anderson, George Lopez, and others celebs attended.
Besides his stand-up career, Rodney likewise appeared in several movies, well-nigh notably "Caddyshack" and "Back to School"- unremarkably playing a loveable simply disgruntled slob with a tendency to insult people with his outrageous style. He also played the Devil in "Petty Nicky", and had a rare dramatic role as an calumniating father in "Natural Born Killers."
His grave is easy to find. Information technology's correct at the curb, on the south side of the park, in front end of the markers of Jack Lemmon, Baton Wilder and Carroll O'Connor. And the epitaph perfectly matches Rodney'due south screen persona: "There Goes The Neighborhood."
Also located near the curb, to the left of Rodney Dangerfield and to the right of George C. Scott, is the grave of showman Merv Griffin (1925-2007) .
Merv was best known as a talk show host, back in the Gilt Age of talk shows, going upward confronting Johnny Carson himself.
"The Merv Griffin Show" (with British sidekick Arthur Treacher) ran from 1962 to 1986, and certainly gave "The This night Show" a run for its money.
Mr, Griffin was also a successful singer, and an occasional actor. He won 17 Emmys and had a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
But as an off-photographic camera entrepreneur, Merv created two of the biggest hit TV game shows to ever grace the airwaves: "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" (he even wrote their memorable theme songs), and endemic the Beverly Hilton hotel, amassing a fortune estimated at $1 billion.
Just to the right of Merv, likewise near the curb, is the grave of actress Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009) .
Farrah was best known every bit one of TV'south original "Charlie's Angels", equally well equally for her marriage to "Six Million Dollar Homo" player Lee Majors, and her long relationship with actor Ryan O'Neal.
And who tin can forget that famous poster of Farrah in a ruby swimsuit, that fabricated her America's favorite pivot-upward in the 1970's?
In addition to "Angels", Farrah also starred in a number of topical dramas, including "Extremities" and "The Burning Bed".
She and Ryan O'Neal reunited in her final days, and there was even talk of an upcoming marriage, but alas, Farrah died of cancer before that could happen.
She also had the misfortune of dying on the same day as Michael Jackson, and the massive mourning for that superstar eclipsed media coverage of her own passing.
In Jan of 2001, veteran graphic symbol histrion Ray Walston (1914-2001) had his memorial service at Pierce Bros. Ray Walston was known more recently for his work as a estimate on the TV series "Spotter Fences," but is peradventure best known for his lead role in the TV series "My Favorite Martian" (in which he co-starred with Beak Bixby), not to mention his memorable role equally the teacher 'Mr. Hand' in "Fast Times at Ridgemont Loftier," and his classic performance as the Devil in the Broadway musical "Damn Yankees." Unfortunately, Ray wasn't buried at Pierce Bros, they just handled the funeral. He was cremated, and his ashes were returned to his home in Beverly Hills. - In January of 2008, a memorial service for player Heath Ledger (star of "Brokeback Mountain" and "A Knight's Tale") was held at Pierce Bros. His trunk was flown in to Westwood from Manhattan, after his tragic expiry at age 28. But he was to exist buried in his abode of Perth, Australia.
- Many expected that Zsa Zsa Gabor , who died in late 2016, would be buried here at Pierce Bros, where her sis, Ava Gabor, is already interred. Withal, there seemed to exist a dispute in the family unit about that, and at her funeral in Beverly Hills, Zsa Zsa's husband displayed an urn containing her ashes, and declared that she would be taken to Republic of austria and buried side by side to her begetter. So, as far as I know, her ashes are either resting in Austria, or else perhaps still sitting on the mantle of her husband's (and her one-time) dwelling house in Bel-Air.
A terminal resting place among the stars here at Pierce Bros Westwood Memorial Park volition reportedly toll $forty,000 or more than. In fact, Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner paid a hefty sum ($75,000) 20 years ago to purchase the catacomb just to the left of Marilyn Monroe (click here to read almost Marilyn's grave) - who was his first Playboy "Playmate." But information technology costs nothing to visit.
If you need assistance finding a detail grave, don't be afraid to ask the people in the function - on the due south side of the park. They are usually very helpful. (In fact, I've been told that they sometimes hand out copies of my own map of the park.)
Click hither to see my map of the park.
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Parking: There is a round driveway/road which leads through the cemetery grounds. (Exist certain to bear to your correct when you approach the cemetery's wrought-fe gates, or else you volition end up in a parking garage meant for the local part towers.)
Hours: Daily: 8 AM - 5 PM.
Getting at that place: The cemetery is hard to find, hidden away in Westwood, immediately south of Wilshire Boulevard on Glendon Avenue, between Malcom (on the e) & Wellworth Avenues (on the south). The simply access is from the east side of Glendon Avenue, up a small driveway between the pink-rock skyscraper on the southeast corner of Glendon & Wilshire and the parking garage just south of that skyscraper. (Don't misfile this small park with the huge Veteran'due south cemetery located n of Wilshire, near the 405.) / From Rodeo Drive, take Wilshire Boulevard due west (virtually two and a half miles) to Glendon Avenue (which is i cake before Westwood Boulevard), and turn left (s) on Glendon. Then immediately turn left (e) up the driveway, then turn right again (southward) into the gates of the minor cemetery. (If you expect advisedly, you lot will spot a small, square pink-stone sign off Glendon reading "Pierce Bros Westwood Village Memorial Park.") / From the San Diego (405) Motorway, accept the Wilshire Boulevard exit and go east on Wilshire 1 half mile to Glendon Artery (the showtime street east of Westwood Boulevard).
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