The onetime Beverly Hills resident, who died 23 years ago at the age of 81, will be moving out of the crypt above Marilyn Monroe's resting spot at the Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park cemetery. Poncher's wife intends to sell the crypt, said to have once been owned by Monroe's former husband, Yankee great Joe DiMaggio.So although the plaque on Poncher's crypt reads: "To the man who gave us everything and more," his wife, Elsie, is hoping that he has just a little more to give. She wants to use the money to help pay off the $1.6-million mortgage on her 1 3/4 acre Beverly Hills home.Elsie Poncher plans to start the bidding at $500,000 when she places the crypt on EBay, making it -- on a per-square-foot basis -- one of the most expensive pieces of real estate on the market.
When he was dying, Elsie said, her husband approached her with a request. "He said, 'If I croak, if you don't put me upside down over Marilyn, I'll haunt you the rest of my life.' "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.
No one is putting me up on the shelf, thank you . . .
BTW, down a little ways from Marilyn and in the ground is Don Knotts. Okay, now that I could see, bidding on a plot next to him. Except I'd be a nudge for eternity, constantly poking him and asking, "C'mon, do Barney Fife again for me . . . c'mon!"
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I LOL at this. I have the plot above my hubby and I've told my girlfriends they should do the same thing with me. *wicked grin*
That is a funny one Digi. And I loved the Don Knotts deal. LOL
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