Liberace Left Forest Lawn Twice Before His Open-Casket Entombment

At 2:05 p.m. on Wednesday, February 4, 1987, Dr. Ronald Daniels pronounced Liberace dead inside his Palm Springs home as nearly 100 people gathered outside. Later that afternoon, a navy-blue hearse carried him away while his sister Angelina Farrell reached toward it from the doorway. His destination was Forest Lawn in the Hollywood Hills, where his mother and brother were already entombed. This film follows the records behind the rooms cameras never saw: the preparation that took place at Forest Lawn, the Glendale burial-permit desk, the 10 a.m. van to Riverside County, the 90-minute autopsy, and the private open-casket viewing before entombment. Where were you when you heard that Liberace had died? What state were you in, and how old were you? What do you think the records reveal about the journey between Forest Lawn and Riverside County? Tell us in the comments. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:58 Two-Oh-Five 2:55 6300 Forest Lawn Drive 4:47 Already Prepared 6:40 The Unwritten Choice 8:12 Eight Reserved Rows 9:54 The Permit Call 11:56 The Ten O’Clock Van 13:44 Ninety Minutes 15:36 The Courts of Remembrance 17:43 The Brass Signature 19:26 CLOSE Sources UPI, February 4, 1987 Los Angeles Times, February 5, 1987 Los Angeles Times, February 6, 1987 Los Angeles Times, February 7, 1987 Los Angeles Times, February 8, 1987 Los Angeles Times, February 9, 1987 Los Angeles Times, February 10, 1987 Los Angeles Times, May 13, 1987 Archival photographs and film are in the public domain or used for commentary and historical documentation. Photo credits (Wikimedia Commons): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (CC BY-SA 3.0, Chris English); https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (CC BY-SA 3.0, Chris English); https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (CC BY-SA 3.0, Chris English); https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (CC BY-SA 3.0, Chris English); https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (CC BY-SA 3.0, Downtowngal); https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (CC BY 2.0, Rennett Stowe from USA); https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (CC BY 2.0, Alan Light); https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (CC BY-SA 3.0, Allan warren); https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (CC BY-SA 3.0, Kafziel Complaint Department); https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (CC BY-SA 4.0, Farragutful); https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (CC BY-SA 2.0, Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA); https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (CC BY-SA 2.0, Ken Lund) #Liberace #FuneralHistory #TheFuneralFiles