Sunday, August 5...50th Anniversary
of Marilyn much too early demise.
I had almost given up on making it to the
services. My good friend Larry
emailed me and was shocked that I wasn't
going...services begin at noon and it is 11:15....showered quickly and ran down
to my car...yes, ran...drove over Oxnard to the 405 Freeway also known as
Nightmare Alley...incredible timing...NO traffic on the freeway made it to
Westwood in 20 minutes....drove to Westwood Village Memorial Park. I
drove up to the gate expecting no parking...guard saw my handicapped sticker and
directed me to a spot right in front of ceremony. I know that MM was guiding me through this. I
was actually 10 minutes early. I took pics by MM 's crypt, in front of an MGM
logo with MM in the center replacing Leo the Lion and visited Natalie Wood,
Merv Griffin, Bob Crane, Rodney Dangerfield all buried there. Merv's tombstone
says No I will not be back in a few minutes Farrah Fawcett is also buried there but only
her name on the tombstone. My good friends, Kathleen Hughes (MM replaced
her in Two Tickets to Tomahawk) and
her husband Stanley Rubin who produced River of No Return spoke and I then
decided to leave…very hot…I looked at
the car parked next to me and it was theirs.
Hadn’t seen them for a while so decided to wait until they came out. There was a reception at the Presbyterian
Church around the corner so when the Rubins didn’t come out, I went over there and I was so glad I went….a
big room filled with MM fans, all ages, sizes…all loved her. Food was great, received yet another MM Tee
shirt, notecards. Etc. Greg Schreiner, Founder
of Marilyn Remembered who produces this event every year…yes, every year….does
such an outstanding job…the program is a masterpiece of MMemorobila in glorious
Technicolor & B&W designed by Michelle[O1]
Justice & Rick Carl…all the staff is great. Scott Fortner who also did the video tribute
actually told late comers that he would bring out the souvenir book before we
left and DID IT! They sold it at the reception for a mere $10
if you wanted an extra copy. I should have bought several!!!
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