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Although she was cremated (at Hollywood Forever) she is in a lawn grave; her headstone reads "Ellen Naomi Cohen" at the top, with "Cass Elliott" below, flanked by music notes.
Her marker is right on the south edge of the lawn (next to the sidewalk), just a couple of spaces in from the east corner of the lawn. (Papa John Phillips
died in 2001 and is buried in Forest Lawn Cathedral City.)
Now, leave the courtyard where Cass is buried, turn to your right, and walk east a short distance until you come to the space between the two main courtyards of Tanach. There are two (outer) walls of crypts here, one on your left (east) and one on your right (west). Go to the wall on your left, and check the numbers at the base for crypt #52250. (See a map.)
![]() Don was known (sarcastically) as "Mr. Warmth", and he was king of the insult comics. Fearless in his scorching humor, he would poke fun at just about anyone in his audience, from Frank Sinatra to FDR's son. His humor often included racial, religious, and ethnic stereotypes that might be considered offensive by today's politically-correct standards, but which were considered hilarious at the time, especially since everyone knew that Don Rickles didn't mean it. Although his comedy stage character was an angry, irritable, rather nasty man who insulted everybody he met, the real Don Rickles was a nice guy; there was never any genuine hostility there, just a time-tested formula for getting outrageous laughs. And his audience was in on the joke; they knew it was just an act, and they came to his shows wanting to be insulted by him. And they weren't disappointed. ![]() Although Don was best known for his stand-up act in Vegas and for his appearances on "The Tonight Show", he actually started out hoping to be a serious actor. He appeared in a number of productions over the years. His first major movie was a 1958 submarine drama, "Run Silent Run Deep", in which he appeared alongside Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster. On TV, he was a regular on Dean Martin's celebrity roasts, a frequent guest on Johnny Carson's late night show, and briefly had his own TV sitcom, "CPO Sharkey". Along the way he popped up on dozens of other popular TV shows, ranging from "The Twilight Zone" to "The Andy Griffith Show". Most recently, in the popular animated "Toy Story" movies, Don played the voice of the irritable 'Mr. Potato Head'.
His life inspired the Showtime cable series
“Beggars and Choosers,” about life inside a TV network, produced
by his widow, Lily. His grave is somewhat tricky to find. From the Tanach
area, drive east up the road, and park where you encounter an intersecting
road (Moriah Road) on your left (north) side. Over on the right (south)
side of the street is a series of small garden courtyards. Check the
map, and go to section 12. As you reach the back of this section, you'll
see a waterfall on your left side, with stairs on both sides of it. Standing
in front of this waterfall, facing away from it, you'll see a sidewalk
on your left side, and a small patch of lawn left of it. Brandon Tartikoff
is buried in the center of this lawn (his large marker is easy to spot),
in grave #2056.
If you're a fan of the original "The Wild Wild West" TV show, then you know Ross Martin (1920-1981), who played 'Artemus Gordon' the secret agent with many disguises - partner and best friend of Robert Conrad's 'James West'. (In the 1999 movie version of the TV series, Ross' role was played by Kevin Kline.) His grave is located in the Temple Beth Hillel section, Plot #3628.
There are
two other familiar names buried here at Mount Sinai. Unfortunately, I haven't
been able to track down their graves just yet. They are:
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Getting there: The park is located between Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills and the Los Angeles Zoo, on the north side of Griffith Park (just a short distance from the east side of Universal Studios. / From Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, just go east on Forest Lawn Drive a short distance to the entrance to Mount Sinai, which will be on your right (south) side. (See directions for Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills.) |
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