Burial vault above Monroe’s remains fetches $4.6M
August 25th, 2009 - 11:53 am ICT by ANILondon, Aug 25 (ANI): The burial vault just above the space where Marilyn Monroe lays has fetched 4.6million dollars to a widow in need.
Twenty offers, starting at 500,000 dollars, were received for the space, the BBC reports.
Richard Poncher died 23 years ago, and was buried right above the remains of the Hollywood film star, located in the Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles.
And his widow Elsie Poncher has now sold the space to pay her off the mortgage on her Beverly Hills home, according to the Los Angeles Times.
She has said that the remains of her husband will be moved sideways to a neighbouring plot to make room for the new occupant.
The auction was conducted through eBay, but the buyer has not revealed his identity, except for using the initials OS to take part in the bid.
The advert on the site read: “Spend eternity directly above Marilyn Monroe.”
Celebrities like Dean Martin, Natalie Wood, Truman Capote, and Farrah Fawcett are buried in the same park. (ANI)
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