Harry Chandler was an American newspaper publisher and investor who became owner of the largest real estate empire in the US. He helped developed much of the San Fernando Valley and the Hollywood Hills (Hollywoodland), which the Hollywood sign was built to advertise. He died in September of 1944 of a heart attack.

Atlas Missile Grave Marker

Fun Fact: Carl Morgan Bigsby, whose grave this marks, had nothing to do with the missile itself; he was a graphic designer, not an engineer.

Inside the Mausoleums

Taken at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Buddhist Section

Taken at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Mel Blanc was an American voice actor and comedian. He was best known for his work as a cornucopia of characters from classic Warner Bros. cartoons, such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, and many, many more. 

Blanc died on July 10, 1989 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. As part of Bugs Bunny’s 50th anniversary, Mel Blanc had filmed an Oldsmobile commercial with his son, Noel Blanc. At the end of shooting, Noel noticed that his dad had a heavy cough. They drove to the doctor, who said that Mel could either stay in the hospital overnight, “just to be safe”, or that they could bring an inhaler home. Mel Blanc chose the former, and while at the hospital, due to the fact that someone had forgot to put bed rails on his hospital bed, he fell out of bed and broke his hip, which released fat emboli into his brain, causing a stroke. He had died within 48 hours.

- Mel Blanc’s Wikipedia Article

Paramount Studios Water Tower, watching silently over the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Sculpture

Watson