Mark J. Masek, Author of the Celebrity Cemetery Guidebook ‘Hollywood Remains to Be Seen,’ Dies at 68

Mark J. Masek, who wrote Hollywood Remains to Be Seen: A Guide to the Movie Stars’ Final Homes, an insightful 2001 book about 14 Los Angeles-area cemeteries and their celebrated residents, has died. He was 68.

Masek died on New Year’s Eve of an apparent heart attack inside his home in Alhambra, California, his girlfriend of 19 years, Jayne Osborne, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Masek, who moved to Southern California in 1999 from the Chicago area, was “always a fan of old movies and history, and I thought cemeteries were a way to combine those two,” he explained in a 2011 interview.

So, he embarked on his book, with each of its 14 chapters devoted to a walking tour of a cemetery: Forest Lawn Glendale (the final resting place for Michael Jackson and Jimmy Stewart, one of Masek’s favorite actors); Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills (Buster Keaton, Freddie Prinze); Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Tyrone Power, Mel Blanc,…