Talk:Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)

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Pretty sure Rick James was buried in Forest Lawn in Buffalo, not the one in Hollywood.

This site says otherwise:http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12177357. Here's a list of notabl;es buried in the one in Buffalo, though it may be too old for recent interments. [1]. Cheers, -Willmcw 23:03, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

Here are some reference sites that show that he was buried in Forest Lawn in Buffalo, rather than in California (where there were indeed services held at Forest Lawn in Hollywood-hence the confusion): http://www.nndb.com/people/167/000025092/ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1490143/20040812/story.jhtml http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9276693 http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,14715,00.html (make sure to read the final paragraph) map

[edit] Forest lawn before 1917

Forest lawn -Why the importance to the jewish Community and the film industry?

Carl laemmle thought the area was too small for this his ideas of "Universal City". Between 1914 and1915 "Universal City assets where moved to the lankershism Location.


Forest lawn / (Providence Water and Land Ranch) land continued to be used by movie companies until 1917

The Providence Ranch land was then used by lasky Studios which later merged with Famous Players

"Jesse L. Lasky died in 1958 and was interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood. His son, Jesse Lasky, Jr. (1908-1988), was a successful author and screenwriter."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_(Hollywood_Hills)