Pardon My Hearse: A Colorful Portrait of Where the Funeral and Entertainment Industries Met in Hollywood (44 page)

Funeral Rule,
193
–194

Gable, Clark,
65

Gabor, Eldon,
52

Gaffney, Thomas,
261
–262

Garr, Teri,
216
–217

Gay, Frank “Bill”,
229

Gazetti, Dimitri,
166

Gehl, Sandra,
64

General Dynamics,
212

Gerber, Leon,
129

Glascock, Enoch,
249
–251

Glatt, Milton,
129

Goodbody Mortuary,
40
,
124

Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe
,
241

Gorshin, Frank,
216

Graham, Duane,
48

Grand View Cemetery,
200
,
203

Grauman’s Chinese Theatre,
5

Grave Line Tours,
65

grave robbers,
169
–170

Graves Registration,
114

The Great Escape
,
93

Greene, Milton,
240

Gregson, Richard,
166
–167

Griffith, Melanie,
209

Groman Mortuary,
14
,
129
,
179
–180

Guilaroff, Sydney,
77
,
80

Gurdin, Maria,
166
–167

Gutierrez and Weber Mortuary,
7
–8,
177

Gutierrez, Rick,
8

Gypsy funerals,
99
,
180
–183

Hagman, Larry,
150

Halverson, Bob,
182

Hamrock, Mary,
76

Hanks, Tom,
209

Hard Copy
,
247

Hard Rock Café,
156
–157

Hard to Kill
,
211

Hardball
,
153

Harmon, Kristin,
70

Harmon, Tom,
70

Hartman, Al,
186

Harvard University,
143

Hast, Ron,
4
–6,
21
,
35
,
46
–47,
56
,
60
,
70
,
120
,
137
,
161
,
171
–172,
181
,
190
,
194
,
201
,
219
,
222
,
226
,
236
,
243

articles in Mortuary Management,
193
–194

Abbott & Hast Company, beginning,
11
–15

babysitting Gregory and Michael,
122
–123

death,
267

first body pickup,
12
–16

first hearse purchase,
7
–10

living in Allan’s parents’ house,
11
–13,
24
–25

parents,
6
,
8

PR work,
40
,
83
,
131

trip to Death Valley,
9
–10

Hawn, Goldie,
217

hearses

hydraulic levelizers,
31

limousine-style,
148
–149

modifications to,
83
–87

rear-loading,
83

side-loading hearses,
43
–44,
83

Hefner, Hugh,
241

Hendricks, Jerry,
215

Hendrix, Jerry,
182

Hillside Cemetery,
129

Hockett, Guy,
72
,
78

Hollywood Christmas Parade,
41

Hollywood High School,
70

Hollywood Investment Company,
5

Hollywood Pictures Vehicles,
195
–196

Holman & Sons mortuary,
180

Holy Cross Cemetery,
32
,
69
,
127
,
242

Holy Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church,
60
,
166

Home of Peace Jewish Cemetery,
180
,
209

Hong Kong influenza epidemic,
116
–118

(The) House on Haunted Hill
,
50

Houston, Jimmy,
41
–42,
49
,
108

Howard, Geraldine,
4

Howard Be Thy Name
,
228

Hughes, Howard,
228
–234

death,
233
–234

Hurkos, Peter,
230

Ileto, Bernie,
157

Immigration and Naturalization Service,
237

In the Line of Fire
,
213

Inglewood City Council,
12
,
16

Inglewood Park Cemetery,
49
,
130
,
185
–186,
208

Inland Casket Company,
194

Intertourist Hotels,
206

Iserson, Kenneth,
22
,
36

Ivy Overholser Funeral Home,
26

Japanese funerals,
51
,
177
–178

Jasso, Drake,
39
,
242
–243,
246
,
248

Jeremiah Johnston
,
139

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),
235
–236

Jewish funerals,
127
–128,
179
–180

“Jim Wilson desk”,
112

Johnson, Bob,
11
–12,
32

Johnson’s Transfer,
11

Johnston, John “Liver-Eating”,
139

Jones, Isaac,
67
–68

Jones, Jennifer,
93
–94

Keach, Stacy,
151
,
196

Kennedy, John F.,
49
,
51
,
77
–78,
240

Kennedy, Robert F.,
77
,
119
,
240

KFWB,
38
–39

“Moo Cow Report”,
39
–40

King, Alan,
210

Klugman, Jack,
161

Knight Rider
,
150

Kovacs, Ernie,
90
–93

Kramer, Deidi,
93

Kreminski, Chris,
81

KRLA,
187

Lady Mobster
,
208
–209

Lamb Funeral Home,
199
–203

Lampros, Mike,
188

Lanza, Mario,
23
,
145

Laurens, Henry,
189

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
250
–251

LeBrock, Kelly,
211

Lee, Don,
55

Lenin’s Embalmers
,
52

Life After Death
,
240

LifeGem,
265

Lincoln, Abraham,
138

Lockheed-Burbank Airport,
150

Loewen Group,
266
–267

Lollobrigida, Gina,
91

Loren, Sophia,
90
–91

Lorenti, Don,
104
–105

Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office,
56
,
73
,
175

Los Angeles County Funeral Directors Association,
123

Los Angeles County Hall of Records,
175
–176

Los Angeles County Health Department,
16
–17,
19
,
35
,
160

Los Angeles City Jail,
19

Los Angeles County Medical Examiner,
73

Los Angeles Examiner
,
3
,
6

Los Angeles Mortuary,
159

Los Angeles Parent-Teacher Association (PTA),
220

Los Angeles Planning Commission,
30

Los Angeles Police Department,
33
,
129
,
171
–172,
201
,
241

Los Angeles Times
,
2

Love, Mike,
120

Lowe, Rob,
223
–224

Lucci, Susan,
208
–209

Lugosi, Béla,
69

Lulubell,
163
–164

Lurline
,
65

Lynn, Loretta,
30

Lystrup, Bill,
241

M Squad
,
18

Magnin, Edgar,
180

Malinow and Silverman Mortuary,
50

Malloy, David,
16
,
38
,
41
–42,
56
–57,
177

Malloy Mortuary,
16

(The) Man from U.N.C.L.E
.,
93

Manson, Charles,
19

Marcus Welby, MD
,
52

Marilyn: A Hollywood Farewell
,
243
–245,

Maritime Union,
133

Martini, Tony,
14

Marvin, Lee,
18

Matson Lines,
65

McAninch, Steve,
162

McCone, John,
49

McCone, Rosemary,
49

McGlynn’s Mortuary,
11
–12,
31

McGoohan, Patrick,
256
–258

McKinley, Maytor,
130

McKinley Varri,
130

McMillan, Jerry,
3
–4

McQueen, Steve,
93

Meier, John,
230

Merced General Hospital,
47

Mexican-American War,
109

Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer
,
151
,
196
–197

Miller, Arthur,
53
,
65

Miner, John,
240

Minor, Brett,
257
–258

Mission Nisei Mortuary,
177

(The) Misfits
,
65

Mitford, Jessica,
124

Monroe, Marilyn,
5
,
65
,
72
–81,
236
,
265

autopsy,
73
–74

falsies,
76
,
81
,
246
–247

Fox contract,
242
–243,
246

funeral,
78
–81,
94

funeral preparations,
75
–76

funeral security,
75
,
78
–81

movies about,
239
–248

Moonlighting
,
208

Moore, Terry,
228
–229

Mortuary Academy
,
214
–215

Mortuary Death Report,
34

Mortuary Management
,
141
–144,
191
,
193
–194,
244
,
250

covers of,
143
–144

Mostow, Jonathan,
215
–216

motorcycle escorts,
32
–33

Mount Sinai Mortuary & Cemetery,
127
–128

Movieland Wax Museum,
90
–91

Murphy, Eddie,
153

National Cemetery System,
138

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
261
–262

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB),
136

Neal, Patricia,
90

Nelson, Ricky,
70
,
110

Neptune Society,
189

Never So Few
,
91

Nimz, Steve,
120

Niven, David,
166

Nix, Paul,
156
,
232

Noguchi, Thomas,
19
,
73
,
159
–160,
240
–241

Nolte, Nick,
21

North Hollywood High School,
197

North Hollywood Medical Center,
225

North Mission Road
,
176

Novak, Kim,
70
,
92
,
226

O’Connor,
49

O’Sullivan, Maureen,
127

oil crisis (1973),
132
–133

Olive View Sanitarium and Hospital,
135

Oppenheimer, J. Robert,
6

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC),
132

(The) Outside Man
,
146
–147

Over My Dead Body
,
210

Owens, Gary,
39

Pacific Crest Cemetery,
169

Paramount Pictures,
153

Parker, William H.,
94
–95

Parker Center Police Building,
95

Petersen, William,
65

Photoplay
magazine,
93

Pierce, Clarence,
73
–74,
80
–81,
167

Pierce, James,
80
–81,
167

Pierce Brothers Mortuary,
10
,
74
,
76
,
192
,
204
–205

Plane crashes,
135
–137

(The) Player
,
212

Playboy Limo Service,
65

Playboy
magazine,
51
,
241
,
243

Poncher, Elsie,
241

Poncher, Richard,
241

Ponti, Carlo,
91

Porti-Boy Embalming Machine,
27

Presley, Elvis,
23
,
209

Presley, Priscilla,
209

Price, Vincent,
50

Quan, Ernie,
178

Queen Mary
,
247

Quick Draw McGraw
,
53
–54

Quincy, M.E
.,
161

Radford, Chris,
228
–233

Ramgate, Chase,
230

Ramirez, Gloria,
250
–251

Reade, Henry,
203
,
209

Reagan, Ronald,
166

Redford, Robert,
139
,
166
–167

Remington Steele
,
197

Resurrection Cemetery,
118

Reynolds, Burt,
69