MLK was on the grassy knoll

[charlie]

Coretta, too. Behind the shooter.

William F Buckley was in Dealey Plaza. Heard of the Umbrella Man? Who better to carry an umbrella on a sunny day than a patrician blueblood?

Cecil B DeMille was there too. Now, why would he be hanging around without a camera? Hmmmmmm...

URGENT. This just in: Cecil B DeMille died in 1959.

Nevermind Martin, Coretta, William, and Cecil. The limo driver shot JFK. Bank it.

http://breakfornews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5759

[trotsky]

1. Well OBVIOUSLY...

Cecil B DeMille's APPARENT death was FAKED BY THE CIA in anticipation of this assassination of someone who hadn't been elected president yet!

[charlie]

2. What, are you crazy?

I meant DW Griffith. It was just a typo!!!

:rofl:

[onager]

3. Glad you corrected that, since I personally contacted Cecil...

You'll find him right here, alongside Bugsy Siegel, Marion Davies (mistress of Wm. Randolph Hearst), and a bunch of other famous corpses:

http://www.hollywoodforever.com/Hollywood/

I know, it's a shamelessly off-topic post, but the summer tourist season is coming to Los Angeles so I'm pimping the neighborhood.

How can I make this on-topic...

OK, at this cemetery, make sure you visit the obelisk marking the grave of Col. Griffith J. Griffith. As in "Griffith Park," "Griffith Observatory," and just about anything else named "Griffith" in L.A. County.

Col. Griffith frequently got in trouble with the tax man, and tried to make his problems go away by donating land for public use. Generally land that didn't belong to him in the first place. A definite win-win!

One of his wives was an heiress to an old Spanish land grant. He gave away a LOT of her land.

ON-TOPIC PART:

His wife was Catholic, which convinced the Col. that she and the Pope were conspiring to kill him. One day at their Santa Monica "beach cottage," which was only slightly smaller than Hearst Castle, he shot her in the head and shoved her off an upper-floor balcony.

Incredibly, she lived. And filed for divorce...

[charlie]

4. Ooh, Griffith Park's namesake

I didn't know about him, thanks! He only got two years for that crime, though his wife testified under a veil because he'd blown one of her eyes out. Once again, a little dab of money can turn someone from "public menace" into "colorful character", magical stuff.

I always marvel at the ease with which some people got away with affecting a military rank. I was once a bartender and one of the quickest ways to turn a friendly crowd into a mob was to pretend military service.

[trotsky]

6. Speaking of dead celebrities, and venturing even further off topic...

have you ever been to this site?

http://www.findadeath.com

Fascinating stories.

[onager]

7. Thanks! FYI, the "Dearly Departed Tours" on that page...

...replaced an outfit called "Grave Line Tours." That entrepreneur used a 1968 Cadillac hearse to tour famous Hollywood death sites. Certainly more atmospheric than a 17-passenger van, but probably not as profitable.

Tourist note: if you don't book in advance, you can usually get on any of these tours just by visiting Grauman's Chinese Theater - which every tourist does anyway. Right beside Grauman's is a little courtyard with a bunch of local tour-agency offices. Or at least it used to be so. I haven't been down there in a while but it probably hasn't changed much.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

5. I heard from my cousin's best friend's wife in an email

that Obama was actually behind the assassination attempt. Apparently, JFK wasn't bringing socialism to the U.S. fast enough.