Life Is Better On Vacation: Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Address: 6000 Santa Monica Blvd.
Date: Feb 2014
Website: www.hollywoodforever.com

Right in the middle of Hollywood is a cemetery that is worth visiting. The beautifully maintained grounds are a great place for a relaxing stroll. There are many famous people who have chosen this as their final resting place. A few notables we visited were Don Adams of Get Smart fame, and Johnny Ramone of The Ramones, whose bust rises out of his gravestone to forever strum away.

One grave we had planned to visit was that of Mel Blanc, best known for being just about every voice you hear in the Looney Tunes cartoons. We had expected to find him in "The Garden of Legends" so we wandered around the pond checking each grave in hopes the next was his. Eventually we gave in and asked a groundskeeper for assistance. He did not know where to find Mel, but did let us know that the flower shop has maps available. Off to the flower shop where just a quick look at a map and we were on to plot #34.

This took us back to "The Garden of Legends" which was still looking lovely with the sun shining and geese swimming in the waters. Some time passed and again it was back to the flower shop, where maps cost $5.00. G. Mel Blanc resides in plot #84 (you see how that happened?) and has a simple gravestone that states That's All Folks.