Marilyn Monroe fan buys burial crypt near hers for R3.6M
Tech investor Anthony Jabin says he “always dreamt” of being next to Marilyn Monroe, even in death.
Marylin Monroe's crypt is at the Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary in Los Angeles. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Oleg Alexandrov
Bongani Bingwa catches up on the latest world trending news with Adam Gilchrist.
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Gilchrist reports on a burial crypt close to Marilyn Monroe’s final resting place selling for $195,000 (R3.6 million) at auction.
Anthony Jabin, a tech investor from Beverly Hills, says “I’ve always dreamt of being next to Marilyn Monroe for the rest of my life”.
The space at the Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary in Los Angeles, is also close to the crypt of Playboy founder, Hugh Hefner.
He bought the vault right next to Monroe in 1992 for $75,000 (R1.4 million) and was buried there in 2017.
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