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Crypt Above Marilyn Monroe Sold For $4.6 Million

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August 25th, 2009 by Castina

Tagged as: Marilyn Monroe

Someone just spent a lot of money to spend eternity lying on top of screen legend Marilyn Monroe. The crypt directly above final resting place of the dearly-departed sex symbol fetched more than $4.6 million in an online auction that ended Monday.

Marilyn Monroe

Earlier this month, The Los Angeles Times that the seller was Elsie Poncher, who was putting her late husband’s crypt up for auction to help pay off the $1.6 million mortgage on her Beverly Hills home.
The widow’s late husband, Richard Poncher, bought the crypt from Monroe’s former husband, Joe DiMaggio, during his 1954 divorce from Monroe. Poncher died 23 years ago at 81.

She has said that the remains of her husband will be moved sideways to a neighbouring plot to make room for the new occupant.

Monroe was buried in 1962 at a mausoleum in the Westood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Celebrities like Dean Martin, Natalie Wood, Truman Capote, and Farrah Fawcett are buried in the same park.


       



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