Will The Yankee Clipper Stay in Frisco?

A little backstory on Marilyn's crypt and those above and beside her. In the interesting LA Times story it is reported -

"Elsie said her husband bought the crypt from DiMaggio during his 1954 divorce from Monroe. She doesn't remember Poncher being particularly enamored of Monroe. The actress didn't commit suicide until 1962, so Poncher had no idea what an icon she would become in death or that she'd someday be entombed at the Westwood cemetery.

Elsie isn't sure how her husband knew DiMaggio.

"He knew a lot of people," she said with a wave of her hand."

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-marilyn14-2009aug14,0,2135061.story

Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe married in 1954, but their union was tumultuous, marred by jealousy and arguments. Famously, viewing the public spectacle that the filming of the subway/skirt blowing scene from "the Seven Year Itch" caused, threw DiMaggio into a rage.

Joe wanted a wife, and Marilyn wanted a career which led to their divorce. Joe always loved Marilyn though, and it was rumored he was planning to remarry her when she died. He arranged for her funeral, keeping it private, and for 20 years always had half a dozen red roses sent 3 times a week to her crypt.

When Joe passed his dying words were "I'll finally get to see Marilyn."

Joe DiMaggio is buried in Colma, near his beloved hometown San Francisco. It would be fitting for Joe to claim the resting place above Marilyn, but where their earthly bodies lie probably does not matter much. It is their reunion in heaven that matters.

Who'd You Rather?

Well, this one is a no brainer. Would you rather spend eternity looking at -- this, or this?

The Ultimate Marilyn Purchase -- The Crypt Above Her

If you've got in excess of $4.5 million dollars to burn, you can spend eternity above Marilyn Monroe.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Crypt-Above-Marilyn-Monroe-For-Sale_W0QQitemZ320412140795QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9a0d44fb&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

I'm not sure how Mr. Poncher is going to feel about being moved from looking down on Marilyn Monroe to looking down on Hugh Hefner, but this NPR blog has an ominous overtone. There will be hell to pay, so any prospective buyers of Mr. Poncher's tomb had better think twice.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/08/crypt_directly_above_marilyn_m.html

According to the Los Angeles Times, Richard Poncher asked that he be laid to rest face down -- over Monroe's crypt -- and his wife says she made sure his request was fulfilled:
Right after the funeral, Elsie said, she told the funeral director of her husband's wish. "I was standing right there, and he turned him over," she said.
Richard Poncher also vowed to haunt his wife if she didn't do what he asked. So, perhaps she'd better watch out if she follows through on this auction.

As the photo I've posted illustrates, the vacant crypt beside Marilyn belongs to Hugh Hefner, and Mrs. Poncher owns the crypt beside her husband and will move him there -- directly above Hef. All I have to say is "ick."