Miles was my husband's Godfather....Thank you for show casing his grave and Duke Ellington discovered my mother in law who then toured and recorded with him, She recorded Sophisticated Lady amongst other's with him.. She sang under the name of Yvonne Lanauze and went on to sing under the name of Eve Smith. She is the last surviving member of Dukes troop now at 94 💙🎵🎶🎺👍🏽
@@randallbundy108 Maybe the family doesn't live close enough to the cemeteries to visit often. When we visit family at cemeteries we put flowers on graves that we notice no flowers are on their graves. Be Kind.
There are several people putting out videos like these, but I find yours to be the best. Why? I appreciate that not only are they polished and the music is beautiful, but you don't feel that you have to be in the shot. Though this is your baby, you understand that the entertainers, etc. are the stars of the show. Thank you, Mr. Dark. You have another lifelong fan and subscriber here.
I so appreciate your sensitivity and respect for all theses buried in the cemeteries you visit. Especially the respect for black performers who had to endure the racism that prevailed and still does is some parts of America. The music is sensitive and appropriate. You do a great service. Bless you.
Billie Holiday was absolutely amazing. I once watched a documentary about her. It said that Billie refused to sing and record “strange fruit” at first. Then it stated that she got so emotional whilst singing it live, she couldn’t go on stage to sing it, unless she was drunk and high on cannabis. Strange fruit is one of the most emotional and powerful songs I have ever heard.
As a camera operator I was fortunate to have Lois Nettleton perform in front of my camera for several years. She was a wonderful person. She is missed!
Maybe he could be a actor in. Horror movies count Dracula ,star as a caretaker of a grave yard or haunted cemetrys. Bound see a ghost then 💀😨😵😱👹👍👏👻👀👣👋 n.a.jj.😀.
Irving Berlin's gravesite so simple for the impact this great composer had on our country. You would walk right by it if you were in that cemetery. RIP Irving. Celia Cruz by comparison had a magnificent memorial as does so many others that many of us never heard of. Oh, well. Those who would know these old timers may not be the audience you need. We are certainly being educated with all the talent in this video containing all the biggies. Love the music.
I just love watching Hollywood graveyard! It's always a special treat for the soul. I am amazed by the amount of work and research you do before filming. Special thanks for Billie Holliday. She's one of my favorites.
I squealed with glee at the end of this video. Thank you for showing Celia Cruz's tomb. Her and her husband's work has been very important and dear to our Latin American identity.
Thank you for including Bert Williams! He was a trailblazer in American theater and entertainment. The quality, consistency and heart in your work is greatly appreciated, Mr. Dark!
Thank you for covering Miles Davis. Kind of Blue was a seminal work in American Popular Music and influenced diverse artists from the Allman Brothers, Pink Floyd, and Quincy Jones.
It wasn't explained here, but others have asked elsewhere: "Why does Miles Davis's grave read: 'Sir Miles Davis'? Was he knighted?" Indeed he was, annointed by the Knights of Malta.
I adore your tours and the respect that you show to every location and every grave. The movie bills, musical and movie clips just add to the overall experience. I've always had a passion for cemeteries. Your tours have lured me back to historical burial grounds and family plots with my camera to share photos with elderly members of my family that can no longer travel. Thank you.
As a writer and very amateur musician, this was my favorite tour, filled with geniuses of the word and music, especially jazz. Miles Davis and Duke Ellington’s graves gave me chills.
I thoroughly enjoyed this upload!!! I had no idea Miles Davis and Billie Holiday were buried in NY!! And my mom and aunts were good friends of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers. This was awesome!!
This is absolutely one of my favorite HG! I didn't know so many early African American artists were buried in NY. :) Many thanks Mr. Dark for your work and kind acknowledgements.
Arthur, you made my day and almost found this my request to visit and feature the grave of Celia Cruz, the greatest Reina de la Salsa. Whenever I visit New York I stop by her grave to set flowers, usually the cemetery caretaker open the mouselium gate so I can put the flowers on her crypt. Thank you for this Arthur, you are the best.
I loved the part at the end about Edgar Allan Poe. He is also one of my favorites. Your videos are definitely the best of any cemetery tours I have seen on the internet. Keep it up!
Thank you so much for doing Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. There as still a large number of stars and notables there that would be good fodder if you run out of cemeteries, i.e., Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Celeste Holm, Miles Davis, Nellie Bly, Ben Gazarra, Harry Carey, Fiorella LaGuardia, Damon Runyon, and many more! Also, thank you for your great narratives. Never boring. I thoroughly enjoy Hollywood Graveyard. Never miss it! Keep those episodes coming!
And just when you thought Arthur Dark could not get any better, he does! Arguably, this video contains the most significant celebrity people in United States history. To see the resting places of people like Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, George M. Cohen and Billie Holiday absolutely made my day. The closing section about Edgar Allan Poe could not get any better; except to see the actually resting place of Poe. Fear not! I'm sure that's coming in the future. Thank you, Arthur, for bringing some sunshine to a rainy day.
As much as I have loved the movies and the actors who made them, it's the music that we carry with us in our hearts and minds day to day. I can still get chills in 2018 from a George M. Cohan song written a hundred years ago.
Another cool Preminger tidbit was that he was who made the first strike against the Hollywood Blacklist by having the blacklisted Dalton Trumbo write Exodus and crediting him despite Trumbo’s status. This would lead to Kirk Douglas revealing Trumbo wrote Spartacus and would eventually help to end the blacklist all together.
Duke Ellington would be 119 years old now WOW, he died in 1974 at age 75, I just watched his last interview on the popular UK talk show, the Micheal Parkinson talk show, in 1973 on RUclips, what an extraordinary man. AND George M.She Cohan would have been 140 years old now. These legendary icons were once here.
Sir MIles Davis, Billie Holiday, The Strauss" & Herman Melville are my favorites. I really enjoy your commentary & the history you provide for each person.
Edger Allen Poe mother is buried in Virginia in a cemetery with a old church. She is laid to rest right across from my 6th great grandfather who is in same cemetery
This video was made almost 3 years before the passing of my mother. My mother wasn't enthusiast of music of all walks. And so to honor her we had her final resting place set on Heather avenue right before you make it to Miles Davis.. The sheer amount of information and work put into these videos is extraordinary thank you guys so much.
Hola Arthur, my mother is buried in St. Raymond cemetery another excellent vlog thank you thank you so much for going there to the bronx besos from Puerto Rico ❤👍👌
I got quite emotional when you were talking about the couple from the Titanic. Your videos are so well done, and very respectful. You do such a wonderful job.
I have watched this episode before. I’m watching again because of the new Billie Holiday movie on Hulu and the new Billie Holiday documentary ❤️ She is definitely a legend, but had a sad life
I watched this video a year ago, but I must have left the screen for a while because I don't remember this fabulous resting place or the amount of historically talented people that are here, especially the African Americans and their fight against extreme racism. Ironically, I watched this in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement. I could comment on every grave, but when I hear about the ways whites have demeaned and suppressed African-Americans in life AND in death, I shake my head and raise my hands to the heavens in disgust. People are people period. I've never understood how any human can think that another human is not worthy of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And I am so impressed with the entertainers who stepped up to defy racism.
Thank you Hollywood Graveyard. Just love your Tour's. It brings that extra something special seeing the clips of the deceased. Brings them back to life again for a little while. Thank you.
Thanks for the added extra on Poe’s Cottage. My mother grew up in the shadow of the cottage in the 1940’s. She would mention Poe and the cottage frequently. I grew to love his writings. I hope you you enjoyed your visit to the cottage.
The late Philip E. Leshin, worked with the late Lionel Hampton, played stand-up bass w/ Buddy Rich....he's also buried in NY (cremated) I knew Lionel, through my dad, well enough, that he came to my Bat Mitzvah. He was a wonderful man & his send-off was VERY musical!
So great knowing there are two more New York videos coming up. I love that these are longer videos. I'm sure even with five New York videos completed, there are still so many New York stories your fans would love to hear. I'm hoping you can make it back here Mr Dark. It's very early, but I'd like to wish you and your crew, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year.
I really appreciate the respect you show to EVERYONE!! I was not expecting to see so many people of color and to learn SO much!! (Not just with this episode but in so many others!) I've been watching episodes all day and night for about the past week! This has become one of my all time favorite shows! Thank you for putting so much into your work! :)
Thank you for the backstories of these people and the positive attitude that you portray this information. Many are forgotten and your work brings them back for future generations.
Without a doubt, the most knowledgeable and intelligent cemetery show available. How he does it has to be the research and time he puts in. Absolutely amazing!!
Thank you for making this episode. You have brought attention to many lesser-known or outright forgotten figures in American cultural history. Well done, well done!
Yet another wonderful video. You are always respectful to all of the deceased that you visit and share with us. A true gentleman and a great videographer. Thank you.
Ahhh so good! Loved the bonus at the end! Like how you don`t just show the grave,but also often show photos or play songs of the person you give the history on! Always a pleasure to see you put out a new video!
Would love more Hollywood Graveyard videos...Thank you Authur for sharing, Love cemeteries, and the history they hold. I really would love to see and know more. Please keep sharing😊👍
I actually live near Woodlawn Cemetery and work near St. Raymond's Cemetery. Your video was very informative and I recognized some of the graves because I went on a Woodlawn tour back in high school. I just started watching your channel, and I think I'll watch some more. Keep up the good work :)
I have been a fan for several years now. I think it is great that you bring the history of these many great entertainers out for us to learn about. It is sad that so many of them have simple graves that show the unknowing cemetery visitor no trace of their wonderful history; a history easily lost over time.
I love the graves in NY so beautiful and a great tribute to the artist except Duke Ellington's but, like in California, I thought some of the artists like Lawrence Welk's grave was so modest. Thank you always for all your films❤
ma'o, dead people don't choose their Tomb Stones! Family or loved ones do! The Tomb Stones are very expensive and I think that either the families took the money or were not alive to care! 😒
many of your videos have poignant or melancholy moments, many make me smile in remembrance, but the Strauss's end on the Titanic brought tears to my eyes, a sad but beautiful moment
Less metaphorically was the London Necropolis Railway, which provided service to Brookwood Cemetery for the living and the dead alike; all properly separated by social class.
Woah part 3!!! Your videos are seriously the best Sir Dark! Thanks to you videos I know more about past celebrities that one way or another they still entertain us till this day and years to come. Huge fan!!!🖤
Thank you again for your videoes sir. It is so important not only to remember the people who have passed on but to remember and recognise the sometimes shameful times in which they lived and during which they were required to battle with challenging circumstances. Blessings and peace to everyone
2 things I want to add......I wish that he had gone to Macy's to show the plaque that is there honoring Ida and Isador.....and I live near a Titanic museum in Tennessee and there is a room that is a replica of the Straus' room....in a case in that room is Isador's wedding ring
Hey dude if you can ever see my comment. I really love your show. Cause of your show you have opened my mind to more biographies to loook up cause of you I listen to older music as I did before but way more artists have entered my plasylists. Cause of your shows my knowledge has expanded indefinite. Please do not stop making these shows. I love them alot. You are awesome. You will go places far beyond bud. 🤙🤙🤙👊🏻👊🏻
I don't make very many comments on your videos....but I enjoy every one of them!! Your voice, narrative style and peaceful demeanor are perfect for these kinds of videos!! It would be so awesome to be able to explore these cemeteries with you, not in a creepy way, but you seem like a person who would be amazing to spend an afternoon with just getting lost in the magic of finding favourite celebrity gravestones!! RIP to all the souls represented in each of these videos!! Thank you so very much for what you do!!
M Soda and because someone lied and said Merlin raped her he is no longer amongst the living He was on Wendy Williams’ radio show three weeks before he was murdered 😢
You bring so much information about these wonderful lives from our past. If I was walking through these cemeteries, I would walk past so many. Thanks for bringing their gifts and memories back to life. Enjoyed your vlog once again.
I bought a book of Poe's poems from a Schoolastic Book Fair when I was in 6th grade. I chose it mainly because it was one of the only books I could afford. I read it cover to cover at least a dozen times :) Unfortunately, I loaned it to someone when I was in my 20s and never got it back :(
30:23. Otto Preminger had a child by Gypsy Rose Lee. He only found out about his son after she died. He later adopted him. Preminger had Alzheimer's disease when he died.
@Sue Taft First of all, you don't know how to spell. "Roumor" is not an English word. Second, you are total fake. Before this video, you never heard of Otto Preminger. Third, you are just plain ignorant and are fooling no one. Preminger's adoption of his son by Gypsy is well documented including family photos. People like you who pretend to know things positively sicken me. www.nytimes.com/1971/02/06/archives/preminger-is-seeking-to-adopt-his-son-by-late-gypsy-rose-lee.html
@Sue Taft Spelling is not grammar. (Note the correct spelling of grammar.) As far as your grammar is concerned, I don't have the time or the inclination to help you. Also, it comes as no surprise you do not care about improving your poor English skills. You can stay ignorant for all I care.
It’s interesting how someone so famous that virtually everyone knows is buried in such a small insignificant grave and yet those that aren’t so well known and didn’t make the iconic landmark impressions that someone more famous did have just incredible and huge tombstones , gravestones markers whatever you wanna call them. It seems a shame that some markers do not reflect the amount of celebrity with which they were known in life. I know it depends on the cost and the family‘s wishes but still deserve a little bit better recognition than the grave marker indicates. Burt Lancaster comes to mind in one of your previous videos. I thought it was a shame he had such a small and insignificant marker. Irving Berlin deserve a much bigger marker.
I completely disagree with the OP, just because they were famous doesn't make them anymore special than anyone else. I'm not sure how many people that are watching this video are from NYC, but these plots are very difficult to get because of the location. If a family purchases 3 plots, they're entitled to those 3 plots and that correlating space. They had the foresight to purchase it in advance and plan their deaths accordingly. Btw, some of these celebrities have no connection to this cemetery. For example, Celia Cruz was only buried in this cemetery because it was near Miles Davis. Aside from that there's no other connection and she didn't live in the area. Most of the people buried there spent the majority of their lives around the location of the cemetery. Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn and St John's Cemetery in Queens are the same way. I don't see why any person should have one huge memorial over another.
@@Marcel_Audubon people don't talk the way people expect them too. People can talk how they want, not everyone follows the new slang bandwagon, like a follower The slang today is Getting ridiculous anyways. Maybe he is old school. Nothing wrong with saying " Now that's what I'm talking about " when did that become a bad thing. Do you always have nothing else better to do than to be a troll and get your panties in ruff over someone saying something that is still relevant, I hear it still. People complain and make comments over someone saying something crazy. And yes people do say that's Bomb, it's still well known. Why are you bothered by what he says is beyond me. People don't say shit to appease you or get your approval, it's a fucking sentence. You must be miserable if your getting on his case over a fucking word saying....oh by the way.. This RUclips channel is hella bomb...now what?
I never had problems with the first download. Thank you for making sure it is right for everyone. I believe it shows how professional you are about your channel. I have enjoyed all episodes.
An incredibly well written video! I grew up just north of the cemeteries in this video and never knew of the amazing people who rest there. Thank you for sharing, and for the well written, informative and sensitive delivery of your videos.
You do such a fantastic job Mr. Dark. Your programs are the only I follow because they are respectful and full of great information. You have no ego in these awesome videos. Thank you and keep it up!
This has to be your best visit by far of any cemetery you’ve done ,so many interesting stories and very educational also ,thanks again for your great work. As always already looking forward to your next videos.
I know this may not be relevant with the theme of your tour @ Woodlawn, Mr. Dark. I remember visiting there with my daughter & found the grave of Oscar Meyer. I'm sure alot of these entertainers past & present enjoyed his famous "O.M. Hot Dogs." Keep up the good work. Big fan & TY for coming to my neighborhood.
I have just discover your videos & must say they are the very best I’ve watched. Not only are they very well produced, filmed but the historical comments are an amazing feature! Thank you so much! Happy New Year from Canada! 🎉🇨🇦👏👏👏
You hit home with this one! The Bronx is my home and many of my relatives are interred here in St Raymond's. Including very recently, my beloved mother. It is a very beautiful, well kept, expensive and yes very busy cemetery which is approaching capacity. A huge columbarium court, mausoleum, and chapel was recently added in order to accommodate the new trend of cremations and space saving wall crypts. As of 2018 a regular cremation niche started at $1200.00. A wall crypt ranged as high as $25,000.00 + dollars. And a regular no frills burial space with capacity of three was starting at an average $10,000.00 & up. Oh, and the eternal resident or the purchaser MUST be Catholic with Baptismal records for verification. Excellent work as always, THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Miles was my husband's Godfather....Thank you for show casing his grave and Duke Ellington discovered my mother in law who then toured and recorded with him, She recorded Sophisticated Lady amongst other's with him.. She sang under the name of Yvonne Lanauze and went on to sing under the name of Eve Smith. She is the last surviving member of Dukes troop now at 94 💙🎵🎶🎺👍🏽
That is just so cool!
I hope that you also often visit the grave site and show respect.. Why have grave yards for others to adorn when family doesn't?
@@randallbundy108 Maybe the family doesn't live close enough to the cemeteries to visit often. When we visit family at cemeteries we put flowers on graves that we notice no flowers are on their graves. Be Kind.
Thank you for sharing your family history with us - so cool!
How great to have such a role model in your family
There are several people putting out videos like these, but I find yours to be the best. Why? I appreciate that not only are they polished and the music is beautiful, but you don't feel that you have to be in the shot. Though this is your baby, you understand that the entertainers, etc. are the stars of the show. Thank you, Mr. Dark. You have another lifelong fan and subscriber here.
HOOAH!
Where is the grave of Dorothy Kilgallen? What's My Line panelist. I came across it sometime ago and now I cannot find it again.
@@TheClassicalElf 😂😂
Your obversation on this channel and and mr. Darks presentation is exactly Why I subbed. Having been subbed for a long rime
I so appreciate your sensitivity and respect for all theses buried in the cemeteries you visit. Especially the respect for black performers who had to endure the racism that prevailed and still does is some parts of America. The music is sensitive and appropriate. You do a great service. Bless you.
You've spoke what I have been feeling quite eloquently!! Thank you!!
The story of Ida and Isador Struass always makes me cry. I also loved seeing Celia Cruz's resting place. She's one of my mom's favorite singers.
Billie Holiday was absolutely amazing. I once watched a documentary about her. It said that Billie refused to sing and record “strange fruit” at first. Then it stated that she got so emotional whilst singing it live, she couldn’t go on stage to sing it, unless she was drunk and high on cannabis.
Strange fruit is one of the most emotional and powerful songs I have ever heard.
Billies voice was truly haunting 💔
RIP Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington!
I have the video Lady sings the Blues starring Diana Ross! I loved Duke Ellington and he and his great music portrayed in the movie, The Cotton Club!
As a camera operator I was fortunate to have Lois Nettleton perform in front of my camera for several years. She was a wonderful person. She is missed!
Isidor and Ida are among one of my favorite people I’ve learned about from the Titanic. The loyalty was strong with those 2.
If this Hollywood Graveyard thing doesn't work out Arthur, you could make a mint reading stories. I think your voice is quite soothing.
Maybe he could be a actor in. Horror movies count Dracula ,star as a caretaker of a grave yard or haunted cemetrys. Bound see a ghost then 💀😨😵😱👹👍👏👻👀👣👋 n.a.jj.😀.
Doesn't work out? Its an absolute success!
Me too
Absolutely ! Love his voice !
Celia Cruz was such a beautiful singer I always admired her.
Irving Berlin's gravesite so simple for the impact this great composer had on our country. You would walk right by it if you were in that cemetery. RIP Irving. Celia Cruz by comparison had a magnificent memorial as does so many others that many of us never heard of. Oh, well. Those who would know these old timers may not be the audience you need. We are certainly being educated with all the talent in this video containing all the biggies. Love the music.
Celia Cruz's final rest place was my favorite and I always loved her music
I just love watching Hollywood graveyard! It's always a special treat for the soul. I am amazed by the amount of work and research you do before filming. Special thanks for Billie Holliday. She's one of my favorites.
This channel has taken the stigma of cemeteries away from me. Thank you for the uploads of these peaceful and beautiful consecrated grounds.
I'm sure you hear this all the time, but your content needs to be a Netflix or Amazon prime show! It's so good!
Yess
Agreed
I squealed with glee at the end of this video. Thank you for showing Celia Cruz's tomb. Her and her husband's work has been very important and dear to our Latin American identity.
Thank you for including Bert Williams! He was a trailblazer in American theater and entertainment. The quality, consistency and heart in your work is greatly appreciated, Mr. Dark!
Thank you for covering Miles Davis. Kind of Blue was a seminal work in American Popular Music and influenced diverse artists from the Allman Brothers, Pink Floyd, and Quincy Jones.
It wasn't explained here, but others have asked elsewhere: "Why does Miles Davis's grave read: 'Sir Miles Davis'? Was he knighted?" Indeed he was, annointed by the Knights of Malta.
I adore your tours and the respect that you show to every location and every grave. The movie bills, musical and movie clips just add to the overall experience. I've always had a passion for cemeteries. Your tours have lured me back to historical burial grounds and family plots with my camera to share photos with elderly members of my family that can no longer travel. Thank you.
As a writer and very amateur musician, this was my favorite tour, filled with geniuses of the word and music, especially jazz. Miles Davis and Duke Ellington’s graves gave me chills.
Who else gets live the best vibes watching old thinks like this and like he edits it perfect for the vibes like old songs
I thoroughly enjoyed this upload!!! I had no idea Miles Davis and Billie Holiday were buried in NY!! And my mom and aunts were good friends of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers. This was awesome!!
This is absolutely one of my favorite HG! I didn't know so many early African American artists were buried in NY. :) Many thanks Mr. Dark for your work and kind acknowledgements.
Arthur, you made my day and almost found this my request to visit and feature the grave of Celia Cruz, the greatest Reina de la Salsa. Whenever I visit New York I stop by her grave to set flowers, usually the cemetery caretaker open the mouselium gate so I can put the flowers on her crypt. Thank you for this Arthur, you are the best.
Merlin Santana😩💔he was so handsome & talented. Killed over something senseless
I loved the part at the end about Edgar Allan Poe. He is also one of my favorites. Your videos are definitely the best of any cemetery tours I have seen on the internet. Keep it up!
Thank you so much for doing Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. There as still a large number of stars and notables there that would be good fodder if you run out of cemeteries, i.e., Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Celeste Holm, Miles Davis, Nellie Bly, Ben Gazarra, Harry Carey, Fiorella LaGuardia, Damon Runyon, and many more! Also, thank you for your great narratives. Never boring. I thoroughly enjoy Hollywood Graveyard. Never miss it! Keep those episodes coming!
And just when you thought Arthur Dark could not get any better, he does! Arguably, this video contains the most significant celebrity people in United States history. To see the resting places of people like Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, George M. Cohen and Billie Holiday absolutely made my day. The closing section about Edgar Allan Poe could not get any better; except to see the actually resting place of Poe. Fear not! I'm sure that's coming in the future. Thank you, Arthur, for bringing some sunshine to a rainy day.
As much as I have loved the movies and the actors who made them, it's the music that we carry with us in our hearts and minds day to day. I can still get chills in 2018 from a George M. Cohan song written a hundred years ago.
Another cool Preminger tidbit was that he was who made the first strike against the Hollywood Blacklist by having the blacklisted Dalton Trumbo write Exodus and crediting him despite Trumbo’s status. This would lead to Kirk Douglas revealing Trumbo wrote Spartacus and would eventually help to end the blacklist all together.
Duke Ellington would be 119 years old now WOW, he died in 1974 at age 75, I just watched his last interview on the popular UK talk show, the Micheal Parkinson talk show, in 1973 on RUclips, what an extraordinary man. AND George M.She Cohan would have been 140 years old now. These legendary icons were once here.
Everyone will once be dead longer than they've been alive...or maybe time is just a flat circle?
Sir MIles Davis, Billie Holiday, The Strauss" & Herman Melville are my favorites. I really enjoy your commentary & the history you provide for each person.
Miles was an abuser
The whole video is wonderful but I loved that you included Edgar Allen Poe.
Edger Allen Poe mother is buried in Virginia in a cemetery with a old church. She is laid to rest right across from my 6th great grandfather who is in same cemetery
Edgar is at Indianapolis crown hill I caught a ghost
@@NativeAmerican10 what do you mean,” caught a ghost?” You’ve seen one?
@@NativeAmerican10 Edgar Allan Poe is buried in Baltimore at Westminster Cemetery.
Love the fact that Celia Cruz and her husband are buried next to each other 💜
This video was made almost 3 years before the passing of my mother. My mother wasn't enthusiast of music of all walks. And so to honor her we had her final resting place set on Heather avenue right before you make it to Miles Davis..
The sheer amount of information and work put into these videos is extraordinary thank you guys so much.
Thank you for showing Olive Thomas' grave. One of my favorite silent film actresses.
Hola Arthur, my mother is buried in St. Raymond cemetery another excellent vlog thank you thank you so much for going there to the bronx besos from Puerto Rico ❤👍👌
Happy to see this. Brings back memories of my parents. I grew up listening to some big band music, along with rock and country.
Normally I dont cry during these but when you showed the Straus couple It brought me to tears. Great video❤
Yes,!!! thank you so much for the grave of Olive Thomas, she is my actress favorite!!! 😍
I can't believe Irving Berlin has such a humble gravestone. He deserves a huge monument.
I got quite emotional when you were talking about the couple from the Titanic. Your videos are so well done, and very respectful. You do such a wonderful job.
What a beautiful cemetery! The large monuments and crypts are so beautiful
I have watched this episode before. I’m watching again because of the new Billie Holiday movie on Hulu and the new Billie Holiday documentary ❤️ She is definitely a legend, but had a sad life
I watched this video a year ago, but I must have left the screen for a while because I don't remember this fabulous resting place or the amount of historically talented people that are here, especially the African Americans and their fight against extreme racism. Ironically, I watched this in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement. I could comment on every grave, but when I hear about the ways whites have demeaned and suppressed African-Americans in life AND in death, I shake my head and raise my hands to the heavens in disgust. People are people period. I've never understood how any human can think that another human is not worthy of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And I am so impressed with the entertainers who stepped up to defy racism.
Thank you Hollywood Graveyard. Just love your Tour's. It brings that extra something special seeing the clips of the deceased. Brings them back to life again for a little while. Thank you.
I love all of your graveyard tours but I do believe this might be my favorite. Thanks so much!
Thanks for the added extra on Poe’s Cottage. My mother grew up in the shadow of the cottage in the 1940’s. She would mention Poe and the cottage frequently. I grew to love his writings. I hope you you enjoyed your visit to the cottage.
The late Philip E. Leshin, worked with the late Lionel Hampton, played stand-up bass w/ Buddy Rich....he's also buried in NY (cremated)
I knew Lionel, through my dad, well enough, that he came to my Bat Mitzvah. He was a wonderful man & his send-off was VERY musical!
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So great knowing there are two more New York videos coming up. I love that these are longer videos. I'm sure even with five New York videos completed, there are still so many New York stories your fans would love to hear. I'm hoping you can make it back here Mr Dark. It's very early, but I'd like to wish you and your crew, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year.
I really appreciate the respect you show to EVERYONE!! I was not expecting to see so many people of color and to learn SO much!! (Not just with this episode but in so many others!) I've been watching episodes all day and night for about the past week! This has become one of my all time favorite shows! Thank you for putting so much into your work! :)
Thanks for our crew glad u enjoy it
Thank you for the backstories of these people and the positive attitude that you portray this information. Many are forgotten and your work brings them back for future generations.
That scene from Titanic gets me every.single.time.
Fantastic video
Without a doubt, the most knowledgeable and intelligent cemetery show available. How he does it has to be the research and time he puts in. Absolutely amazing!!
Thank you for making this episode. You have brought attention to many lesser-known or outright forgotten figures in American cultural history. Well done, well done!
Yet another wonderful video. You are always respectful to all of the deceased that you visit and share with us. A true gentleman and a great videographer. Thank you.
Ahhh so good! Loved the bonus at the end! Like how you don`t just show the grave,but also often show photos or play songs of the person you give the history on! Always a pleasure to see you put out a new video!
I was so confused haha, glad I can watch this now! :D. Yess Celia Cruz azúcar!!
Love the movie “Why do fools fall in love”
Loved the video as always. Seeing Celia Cruz the first memory I have is seeing her on Sesame Street.
Incredible work, my god. Don't you ever stop with this series. You are truly amazing. Much love.
Would love more Hollywood Graveyard videos...Thank you Authur for sharing, Love cemeteries, and the history they hold. I really would love to see and know more. Please keep sharing😊👍
I actually live near Woodlawn Cemetery and work near St. Raymond's Cemetery. Your video was very informative and I recognized some of the graves because I went on a Woodlawn tour back in high school. I just started watching your channel, and I think I'll watch some more. Keep up the good work :)
I think I remember reading somewhere that Janis Joplin bought the grave marker for Billie Holiday.
She bought one for Bessie Smiths grave just outside of Philadelphia
That's right, Bessie not Billie
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I have been a fan for several years now. I think it is great that you bring the history of these many great entertainers out for us to learn about. It is sad that so many of them have simple graves that show the unknowing cemetery visitor no trace of their wonderful history; a history easily lost over time.
I love the graves in NY so beautiful and a great tribute to the artist except Duke Ellington's but, like in California, I thought some of the artists like Lawrence Welk's grave was so modest. Thank you always for all your films❤
ma'o, dead people don't choose their Tomb Stones! Family or loved ones do! The Tomb Stones are very expensive and I think that either the families took the money or were not alive to care! 😒
many of your videos have poignant or melancholy moments, many make me smile in remembrance, but the Strauss's end on the Titanic brought tears to my eyes, a sad but beautiful moment
A train that ends at the cemetery huh? Seems like a metaphor somehow.
@@JohnAdams-rv5lu wonder if it happens to cross a river named styx
Less metaphorically was the London Necropolis Railway, which provided service to Brookwood Cemetery for the living and the dead alike; all properly separated by social class.
@@WhatAboutTheBee I have heard about that.
Fantasticoooooooooo!
Woah part 3!!! Your videos are seriously the best Sir Dark! Thanks to you videos I know more about past celebrities that one way or another they still entertain us till this day and years to come. Huge fan!!!🖤
Thank u
Thank you again for your videoes sir. It is so important not only to remember the people who have passed on but to remember and recognise the sometimes shameful times in which they lived and during which they were required to battle with challenging circumstances. Blessings and peace to everyone
20:05, this part of the Titanic ALWAYS makes me bawl like a baby
Alyssa Wilson I’m not crying, you are!
I have tears in my eyes
Thats fucking true love
Alyssa Wilson ..... It made me CRY !! 😢😪
2 things I want to add......I wish that he had gone to Macy's to show the plaque that is there honoring Ida and Isador.....and I live near a Titanic museum in Tennessee and there is a room that is a replica of the Straus' room....in a case in that room is Isador's wedding ring
Hey dude if you can ever see my comment. I really love your show. Cause of your show you have opened my mind to more biographies to loook up cause of you I listen to older music as I did before but way more artists have entered my plasylists. Cause of your shows my knowledge has expanded indefinite. Please do not stop making these shows. I love them alot. You are awesome. You will go places far beyond bud. 🤙🤙🤙👊🏻👊🏻
Your New York trip sure was worth the travel. These Hollywood Graveyard "New York" episodes have been fantastic. Cheers!
This is one of the most poignant, informative and beautifully filmed documentaries I have ever seen. Thank you. 😊
Done with respect and kindness for the Hollywood golden oldies ❤
I don't make very many comments on your videos....but I enjoy every one of them!! Your voice, narrative style and peaceful demeanor are perfect for these kinds of videos!! It would be so awesome to be able to explore these cemeteries with you, not in a creepy way, but you seem like a person who would be amazing to spend an afternoon with just getting lost in the magic of finding favourite celebrity gravestones!! RIP to all the souls represented in each of these videos!! Thank you so very much for what you do!!
Thank you for ur kind words
I can imagine all the music floating around that cemetery
I love Edgar Allan Poe. I love watching all of your videos. The places you go are beautiful and amazing .I know where Randy Road is buried
The murder of Merlin Santana is a sad senseless case of violence.
M Soda and because someone lied and said Merlin raped her he is no longer amongst the living
He was on Wendy Williams’ radio show three weeks before he was murdered 😢
@@Criscilla241 that's sad
T thought these would be weird to watch but I like the info about the departed.
M soda why was Mr Santana killed and did they ever caught his killer?
@@Criscilla241 wow that's so sad and the person who told that lie on Mr Santana is something else.
it's just so cool that Arthur takes ya 2 moments and other moments and then others moments...RIP ALL.... Thank YOU 4 tha moments!!!!!!
You bring so much information about these wonderful lives from our past. If I was walking through these cemeteries, I would walk past so many. Thanks for bringing their gifts and memories back to life. Enjoyed your vlog once again.
I bought a book of Poe's poems from a Schoolastic Book Fair when I was in 6th grade. I chose it mainly because it was one of the only books I could afford. I read it cover to cover at least a dozen times :) Unfortunately, I loaned it to someone when I was in my 20s and never got it back :(
30:23. Otto Preminger had a child by Gypsy Rose Lee. He only found out about his son after she died. He later adopted him. Preminger had Alzheimer's disease when he died.
WOW! I did NOT know THAT !! Thank you for that information ! I really enjoy these HOLLYWOOD GRAVEYARD VIDEOS !! I THINK THESE ARE THE BEST !!!
@Sue Taft As if you would know.
@Sue Taft First of all, you don't know how to spell. "Roumor" is not an English word. Second, you are total fake. Before this video, you never heard of Otto Preminger. Third, you are just plain ignorant and are fooling no one. Preminger's adoption of his son by Gypsy is well documented including family photos. People like you who pretend to know things positively sicken me. www.nytimes.com/1971/02/06/archives/preminger-is-seeking-to-adopt-his-son-by-late-gypsy-rose-lee.html
@Sue Taft Spelling is not grammar. (Note the correct spelling of grammar.) As far as your grammar is concerned, I don't have the time or the inclination to help you. Also, it comes as no surprise you do not care about improving your poor English skills. You can stay ignorant for all I care.
@Sue Taft Then go away..
That Titanic scene always gets to me!!
It’s interesting how someone so famous that virtually everyone knows is buried in such a small insignificant grave and yet those that aren’t so well known and didn’t make the iconic landmark impressions that someone more famous did have just incredible and huge tombstones , gravestones markers whatever you wanna call them. It seems a shame that some markers do not reflect the amount of celebrity with which they were known in life. I know it depends on the cost and the family‘s wishes but still deserve a little bit better recognition than the grave marker indicates. Burt Lancaster comes to mind in one of your previous videos. I thought it was a shame he had such a small and insignificant marker. Irving Berlin deserve a much bigger marker.
So does Duke Ellington.
Anna Miner Burt Lancaster was cremated so his marker would not have been a big one.
I completely disagree with the OP, just because they were famous doesn't make them anymore special than anyone else. I'm not sure how many people that are watching this video are from NYC, but these plots are very difficult to get because of the location. If a family purchases 3 plots, they're entitled to those 3 plots and that correlating space. They had the foresight to purchase it in advance and plan their deaths accordingly. Btw, some of these celebrities have no connection to this cemetery. For example, Celia Cruz was only buried in this cemetery because it was near Miles Davis. Aside from that there's no other connection and she didn't live in the area. Most of the people buried there spent the majority of their lives around the location of the cemetery. Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn and St John's Cemetery in Queens are the same way. I don't see why any person should have one huge memorial over another.
Yes FINALLY THE BRONX that's what I'm talking about my home thank you so much
didn't know there were people around who actually still say, "that's what I'm taking about" ... do you call things you like, "the bomb," too?
@@Marcel_Audubon people don't talk the way people expect them too. People can talk how they want, not everyone follows the new slang bandwagon, like a follower The slang today is Getting ridiculous anyways. Maybe he is old school. Nothing wrong with saying " Now that's what I'm talking about " when did that become a bad thing. Do you always have nothing else better to do than to be a troll and get your panties in ruff over someone saying something that is still relevant, I hear it still. People complain and make comments over someone saying something crazy. And yes people do say that's Bomb, it's still well known. Why are you bothered by what he says is beyond me. People don't say shit to appease you or get your approval, it's a fucking sentence. You must be miserable if your getting on his case over a fucking word saying....oh by the way..
This RUclips channel is hella bomb...now what?
calm thyself, June, baby, an aide will be there with your medication soon. Here's hoping you're well enough to leave the asylum one day!
Marcel Audubon your comments definitely lit a fuse. Clichés or not, you were disrespectful and deserved what came next.
refresh my memory ... how does this concern you, Louise, baby?
Hopefully you'll get to see the poe grave here in Baltimore. Famous westminster hall
I never had problems with the first download. Thank you for making sure it is right for everyone. I believe it shows how professional you are about your channel. I have enjoyed all episodes.
An incredibly well written video! I grew up just north of the cemeteries in this video and never knew of the amazing people who rest there. Thank you for sharing, and for the well written, informative and sensitive delivery of your videos.
You do such a fantastic job Mr. Dark. Your programs are the only I follow because they are respectful and full of great information. You have no ego in these awesome videos. Thank you and keep it up!
I love your videos Arthur I love the respect you show for the dear departed visited xx
Thank you for traveling back east to bring us more tours. Love your graveyard tours. Keep them coming they are so well done.
This has to be your best visit by far of any cemetery you’ve done ,so many interesting stories and very educational also ,thanks again for your great work. As always already looking forward to your next videos.
I know this may not be relevant with the theme of your tour @ Woodlawn, Mr. Dark. I remember visiting there with my daughter & found the grave of Oscar Meyer. I'm sure alot of these entertainers past & present enjoyed his famous "O.M. Hot Dogs." Keep up the good work. Big fan & TY for coming to my neighborhood.
I have just discover your videos & must say they are the very best I’ve watched. Not only are they very well produced, filmed but the historical comments are an amazing feature! Thank you so much! Happy New Year from Canada! 🎉🇨🇦👏👏👏
You hit home with this one! The Bronx is my home and many of my relatives are interred here in St Raymond's. Including very recently, my beloved mother. It is a very beautiful, well kept, expensive and yes very busy cemetery which is approaching capacity. A huge columbarium court, mausoleum, and chapel was recently added in order to accommodate the new trend of cremations and space saving wall crypts. As of 2018 a regular cremation niche started at $1200.00. A wall crypt ranged as high as $25,000.00 + dollars. And a regular no frills burial space with capacity of three was starting at an average $10,000.00 & up. Oh, and the eternal resident or the purchaser MUST be Catholic with Baptismal records for verification. Excellent work as always, THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!