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The Final Resting Place of Sid Grauman.
Sid Grauman
17th.March 1879 - 5th.March 1950.
Located in the Great Mausoleum, in his own side room, off of the Sanctuary of
Benediction.
Cause of Death - Coronary occlusion.
Sidney Patrick Grauman was an American showman who created one of Southern California's most recognizable and visited landmarks,
Grauman's Chinese Theater. A failed prospector in the Klondike gold rush, he had owned movie theaters in Alaska and Northern California before building three noteworthy Los Angeles movie palaces: the Million Dollar Theater, the Egyptian Theater, and finally the
Chinese Theater, noted for its extravagant exterior design and its forecourt containing
celebrity hand and footprints. Grauman's Chinese Theater is now one of the ten most-visited places in Southern California.
Grauman received an honorary Academy Award in 1949 for raising the standard for film exhibition. He has a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California USA.
He was one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).