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Mark a forgotten grave.(Trends & Events)(Friends of the Woodlawn Cemetery seek to preserve neglected gravesites of deceased American entertainers)

American Theatre,  January, 2004  

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Bronx, N.Y.: Quick! Name the top 10 neglected gravesites of popular entertainers in America. (Bet you David Letterman hasn't come up with this one yet.) According to the Friends of the Woodlawn Cemetery, the many theatrical notables whose mausoleums are rotting in disrepair or whose graves have remained unmarked include Ziegfeld girls and actresses Marilyn Miller and Olive Thomas Pickford; actor-producer George M.

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