Nancy, Jordan and I are going down tomorrow to Evergreen Cemetery in Ft Lauderdale to creepycrawl Leslie William Nielsen's grave.
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Pics to follow. MuHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
That sounds really cool, dude! Emmett Kelly, The Clown, is buried here in Lafayette. This would make a ghoulishly good thread of it's own - Gravesites the UMA have visited - with pics of the members alongside the crypts, tombstones, etc.
Quite a few years ago I used to work in a cemetery as a environmentalist supervisor, so one day I was feeling tired and sat on the edge of a gravestone. I happened to read who was in the grave and it turned out to be Albert Sharpe, Darby O'Gill himself!
Say hi to the Lady in white, and the various disembodies voices said to haunt that Cemetery. There's also a mass grave of 168 bodies from a hurricane in 1926 said to give off freaky feelings. Tell Leslie we miss him. More fantastic father and son memories in the making. Wish you had been MY dad. Most important, have fun.
Back from gravehunting!! Took the baby along when we realized that he's nearly 2 and hasn't poked around a cemetery yet. What kind of father AM I??? :D
Went to Evergreen Cemetery and it took about 15 minutes to find Leslie. He has an inscribed bench facing his little stone.
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Thought that was funny!
Here's Jonah with a "Death Hag" sticker on the bench.
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Here we are with at the stone.
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And here's his stone.
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The cemetery is REALLY small. It's just a few miles from his condo. There were a lot of really ornate markers there, some beautiful mausoleums, lots of flowers, but Leslie's stone is so small and untended. No flowers, no marker befitting his stature. It was a bit sad really. We ran out to try and buy some things to decorate his stone a bit but were unfamiliar with the area and got thoroughly lost (our Garmin GPS crapped out on us a few weeks ago).
Nancy dug up the address of his condo. It's right on the ocean, but was likely built in the 60s and looked it. Not that it was in disrepair, it was very nicely kept. But it was just the run-of-the-mill old geezer condo that peppers every square inch of beachfront down here. You know, the typical condo where Maury the hardware store owner from Toledo and his wife Gladys retired to after 40 years behind the counter. Nothing special whatsoever, and certainly nowhere like you would expect a major star to live.
There was a guard outside who I chatted with about his experiences with Leslie, and he said he didn't have any direct contact with him. But he said the guards who did have contact with him all said he was really nice. Leslie's wife still lives there, and he said she's really nice too (which is a relief to hear, rather than the usual trash). Here's the condo.
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Nancy and I just loved Leslie Nielson. We HAD to make the trip after I finally found out where he was buried last night. When we did the Paramount Studios tour in Los Angeles, they took us through the wardrobe department and one of the coolest thing I saw (and got to touch!) was Leslie's "Lt. Frank Drebin" suit from the Naked Gun series of movies.
Rest in peace Leslie.........you brought a lot of fun and laughter into all of our lives.
Holy CRAP, Gary...THAT'S the condo where Maury the hardware shop owner and his wife Gladys live?!?! ;) Seriously, i had the pleasure of seeing Leslie at Chiller shortly before he passed. Just as nice and friendly as you'd expect him to be and very happy to meet his fans. [and there were LOTS of them there!] Always a pleasure seeing pics of your wonderful family...and nice that you actually managed to get in one for a change! Nancy looks more beautiful than ever and Jonah looks like he's grown even more since the last pic you posted. Thanks for posting this , you surely must have had a great time...I know, i know...don't call me Shirley!
Great pics Gary, but why is that monkey with a cap on there with your wife. ;D Jonah is as cute as ever. That bench is pretty cool, glad to see Mr. Nielson arranged a little humor to carry on after he was gone. He deserved to have a HUGE gravestone though, for all the happiness he brought others.
Great pics, Gary - looks like a fun & interesting excursion.
That's cool, brother.