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After searching the Internet for
information on Carole Landis, visiting many websites, reading several
books, and viewing more of her films it seemed that a journey to her
grave site would be appropriate. Below are two photos of her grave at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA.
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Pallbearers are actors
Cesar Romero, Pat O'Brien, and Willard Parker; William Nye, her
personal make-up man and devoted friend; Lou Wasson, golf pro and
husband of Florence Wasson; and director Eddie Sutherland (a
last-minute substitute for Dick Haymes, whose return to California was
delayed). As the ceremony ends, Harrison and Lilli Palmer leave through
a side door to a waiting limousine. After the ceremony, 1,500 file past
the bier for a last glimpse. When they have departed, the family-Clara,
Lawrence, Dorothy, and Dorothy's daughter-kneel at the casket. Clara
faints, and it takes seven minutes to revive her. When she is revived,
the pallbearers carry the casket to a hearse, which takes the body to
the Hillside of the Everlasting Love, Plot 814, where a huge crowd has
already gathered. Sightseers are ordered off the concrete vault lid.
Pushing and shoving erupt here, too. Romero and O'Brien try to shield
Mrs. Ridste. Schmidlapp cannot get close to the gravesite. As soon as
graveside services end, the onlookers fight over the flowers. "The most
revolting thing I've ever seen," says Bishop Pyman. From Glamour Girls of the Silverscreen
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