Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Historical cemetery in Westwood Village, Los Angeles, United States.
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery is a cemetery in Westwood Village, Los Angeles, in the United States. The park covers roughly one hectare and is surrounded by multistory buildings, with lawn areas, paved pathways, and wall crypts along the outer boundaries.
The cemetery was founded in 1905 under the name Sunset Cemetery and later expanded as Westwood neighborhood grew in the 1920s. After World War II, burials of well-known figures from the film industry began, bringing wider recognition to the site.
This memorial park sits just steps from the University of California campus and draws visitors who walk among graves of famous film stars. Headstones and wall crypts carry names found in Hollywood films and television productions spanning several decades.
The administration provides maps showing the location of well-known burial sites to help with orientation. Pathways are paved and wheelchair accessible, and shade can be found under trees along the main routes.
Hugh Hefner purchased the crypt directly next to Marilyn Monroe decades before his death in 2017. The bronze marker on that crypt carries a portrait and a recognizable logo that visitors spot immediately.
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