Musician/composer Frank Zappa is also buried at Westwood (Section D, #100). His unmarked grave is about 8 yards west of Roy Orbison, and just to the right of actor Lew Aryes.

Frank Zappa died on Dec. 4, 1993 from prostrate cancer. He was 52 years old.

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On August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her Brentwood home at the age of 36.

The official death report listed the cause of death as "acute barbiturate poisoning" and a "probable suicide." However, if you've listened to the Misfits song "Who Killed Marilyn?", it's obvious Glenn Danzig knows much more than he's letting on...

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On August 8, 1962, Monroe was interred in a crypt at Corridor of Memories #24, at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Lee Strasberg delivered the eulogy.

The crypt space immediately to the left of Monroe's was bought and reserved by Hugh Hefner in 1992.

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