Widow Selling Tomb Next To Marilyn Monroe
A widow is selling her husband’s burial spot — located directly above the final resting place of film legend Marilyn Monroe –on ebay.
Elsie Poncher has placed an advertisement on eBay to auction off the tomb in L.A.’s Westwood Village Memorial Park.
“Here is a once in a lifetime and into eternity opportunity to spend your eternal days directly above Marilyn Monroe,” the listing reads. “In fact the person occupying the address right now is looking face down on her.”
The burial plot is currently occupied by the late Richard Poncher, an entrepreneur who bought two tombs from baseball player Joe DiMaggio, Monroe’s ex-husband, after the pair divorced in 1954.
Monroe died at the age of 36 in 1962. Poncher died at the age of 81 in 1986.
On Sunday, Poncher told The Los Angeles Times that she hopes to raise enough money to pay off the $1.6 million mortgage on her Beverly Hills home.
“I can’t be more honest than that. I want to leave it free and clear for my kids,” the widow told the publication.
Bidding for the plot opened at $500,000 and had reached $2.5 million by Sunday afternoon.
The Westwood Village Memorial Park is home to many celebrities, including Dean Martin, James Coburn, Roy Orbison, Truman Capote, Natalie Wood, and Farrah Fawcett, who passed away in June.
Mrs. Poncher plans to have her husband’s remains moved into a crypt intended as her final resting place if the sale is successful, and she will be cremated.

