Hollywood Forever Cemetery for Educators

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Gravesite of American actress Hattie McDaniel in Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California. Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American to win an Academy Award. McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy in the incredibly popular 1939 film Gone with the Wind.

Mel Blanc grave at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. "That's All Folks!" Man of 1000 Voices. Beloved Husband and Father. 1908-1989. Mel Blanc is buried in Beth Olam Cemetery, the Jewish section of Hollywood Forever Cemetery (formerly Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery). Mel Blanc was the voice of Looney Tunes cartoons until his death in 1989.

Johnny Ramone's grave at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Johnny Ramone was born John William Cummings in Long Island, New York, on October 8, 1948. He died in Los Angeles, California, on September 15, 2004. Johnny Ramone was guitarist and songwriter for American punk rock band The Ramones.

Hart-Whitney family mausoleum at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.

Whitney-Hart tombstone at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. Marion Mead Whitney: Ohio, 1835; Los Angeles, 1910. Orison C. Whitney: Vermont, 1826; Sierra Madre, 1921. Cornie Whitney Hart: Pennsylvania, 1863; Sierra Madre, 1932.

Rudolph Valentino grave at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Rudolph Valentino, silent screen star, was born Rudolfo Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla in Castellaneta, Italy, on May 6, 1895. This iconic Italian-American movie star died in New York, New York, on August 23, 1926.

Irish-American actor Tyrone Power's grave at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Tyrone Power was born Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr., in Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 5, 1914. He died of a heart attack on November 15, 1958, in Madrid, Spain. Tyrone Power (1914-1958) starred in such films as The Mark of Zorro, Blood and Sand, Lloyd's of London, Alexander's Ragtime Band, and Captain from Castile. There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, it's not come; If it be not to come, it will be now; If it be not now, yet it will come: The readiness is all; Good night, sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. "Hamlet," William Shakespeare. Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr., (1914-1958), also starred in such films as The Black Swan, Prince of Foxes, The Black Rose, Jesse James, Marie Antoinette, and Witness for the Prosecution.

Hollywood Forever Cemetery Formerly Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90038 Hollywood Forever Cemetery in California is the final resting place of many prominent persons from the American entertainment industry. Click on any image to enlarge it. Learning Extension: Have students research the roles these figures (and others) played in the American entertainment industry, a leading sector of the U.S. economy.

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