WORLD PREMIERE: HERE LIES RAMON NOVARRO (Episode 5)

Go behind the sign to Halloween Eve 1968. Two young hustlers ring the doorbell at 3110 Laurel Canyon Drive. A gracious 69-year-old man greets them. Once upon a time in Hollywoodland, the old man was one of the greatest Latin heartthrobs to have ever lived. Now frail and looking older than his age, the man invites the hustlers inside - "a burly young man of 22 and a slender twink of 17--his murderers." By morning, the old man would be dead, badly beaten, and having choked to death on his own blood. The bludgeoned body was that of actor Ramon Novarro.

Go behind the sign to Calvary Cemetery... in the search of Ramon Novarro's grave.

HERE LIES NATALIE WOOD.

CLICK HERE for DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: HERE LIES NATALIE WOOD. (Issue #18) The unauthorized guide to Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary.

RIVER PHOENIX... IS DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD

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The Death of Dominique Dunne

"𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚒𝚜𝚝" 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝙳𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎, 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝙴𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚣, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝙳𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝙶𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚗 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎, 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛, 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎 "𝙰𝚗 𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚆𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚠𝚘𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚗 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗." 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚊𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚎? 𝙹𝚘𝚊𝚗 𝙵𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙳𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎! 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡-𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢. 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎. 

DEATHIVERSARY: PEG ENTWISTLE (Sept 16, 1932)

𝟾𝟾 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝟸𝟺-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛-𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝙿𝚎𝚐 𝙴𝚗𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚞𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚞𝚐𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝙲𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗 𝙳𝚛. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝙷𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜, 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗. 𝙿𝚎𝚐 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚞𝚐𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚍, 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝙿𝚎𝚐 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚜 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚖𝚊𝚗'𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 "𝙷" 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎: "𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚍, 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍. 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸𝚏 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚘, 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗. 𝙿.𝙴." 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚞𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜.

HERE LIES NATALIE WOOD.

“𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜. 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎.” -𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝚆𝚘𝚘𝚍

Have you visited the Pierce Brothers Westwood Memorial Park & Mortuary where Natalie Wood is buried? Dead in Hollywood: Here Lies Natalie Wood. (Issue 18) tells the story of the final resting place of Wood with a bunch of never-before-seen photos of Wood’s gravesite.

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DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: BEHIND THE SIGN (ISSUE 20)

20 Tinseltown Tinglers coming soon…

Catch You On the Flip Side

DEATHIVERSARY: FARRAH FAWCETT (June 25, 2009)

Upstaged in death by Michael Jackson’s death.

Farrah Fawcett’s grave at Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, CA. Photo taken by me last week.

DEATHIVERSARY: MICHAEL JACKSON (June 25, 2009)

BEHIND THE SIGN: EPISODE 1 - THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN GIRL (PEG ENTWISTLE)

I’m sure you are busy watching and rewatching “Behind the Sign: Episode 3,” but I’m happy to announce that episodes 1 & 2 are now on Youtube. Catch up on Episode 1 below! And find out what lies behind the sign… I had no idea when putting this episode together that Ryan Murphy’s new TV show “Hollywood” would feature Peg Entwistle’s story. But here she is, the Hollywood Sign Girl…

The Crucifixion of George Michael

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BEHIND THE SIGN (EPISODE ONE) - OUT TONIGHT!!!

Stay tuned to this website for the world premiere episode of DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: BEHIND THE SIGN!

Eight-Inches (Jayne Mansfield)

𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍: 𝙹𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍 & 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎 𝙱𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕. 𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝟷𝟿. 𝚂𝚘𝚘𝚗. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢.

Behind the Sign...

BIRTHIVERSARY: SHARON TATE (January 24, 1943)

Sharon Tate would’ve turned 77 yesterday. Her unborn son, Paul, would have been 51 this year.

COMING SOON: JAYNE MANSFIELD (A MOSTLY TRUE STORY)

𝚁𝙴𝙿𝙾𝚁𝚃𝙴𝚁: 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚡 𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕?

𝙹𝙰𝚈𝙽𝙴 𝙼𝙰𝙽𝚂𝙵𝙸𝙴𝙻𝙳: 𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐.

Friday the 13th: Richard Ramirez Takes L.A.

Dead in Hollywood: Marilyn of Avalon

Pick up a copy of our latest issue of the fanzine Dead in Hollywood: Marilyn of Avalon (Issue #11). We’ll be tabling at tomorrow’s 2019 Long Beach Zine Fest. If anyone is in Long Beach, CA tomorrow stop by and say hi. I’d love to meet more of you! We’ll be at Expo Arts Center 4321 Atlantic AveLong Beach, CA 90807 from 11am-5pm.