Sale falls through on crypt above Marilyn Monroe
LOS ANGELES, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A $4.6 million bidsubmitted through online auctioneer eBay Inc (EBAY.O) for thecrypt on top of Marilyn Monroe's final resting place fellthrough, an attorney for the seller said on Tuesday.
David Camel, an attorney for Elsie Poncher, who is sellingher husband's crypt in a celebrity-heavy Los Angeles cemetery,said he is going through the bids to find one that qualifies.
Bidding closed on Monday, with the winning offer comingfrom Japan. The unidentified person then pulled out, Camelsaid.
To pay off the mortgage on her Beverly Hills home, Poncheris selling the crypt of her husband, who died in 1986, and willmove him to an adjacent crypt intended for her.
The crypt is located at the Westwood Village Memorial Parkcemetery, home to such celebrities as Dean Martin, JamesCoburn, Roy Orbison, Truman Capote, Natalie Wood, Carl Wilson,Minnie Riperton and recent arrival Farrah Fawcett. (Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Dean Goodman)
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