/ Featuring wonderful, traditional favorites... a superb variety of dining specialties movie and television stars and others in show business." T ht. only Jack And Eddie's Place Hillside was founded in 1941 by a couple of funeral directors and sold in the early 1950s to Temple Israel of Hollywood, which expanded it to 48 acres. The park reflects typical Jewish roots, with beautiful stained glass, specially commis- sioned artwork, fountains and monuments. The grave area includes ground spaces, garden estates, family estates, wall crypts, fami- ly rooms, sarcophagi, cenotaph walls, niches and urn gardens. The second most expensive resting-place at Hillside is a huge mausoleum, just up the hill from the Jolson memorial. The largest sarcopha- gus in the mausoleum belongs to one of America's most beloved comedians, Jack Benny (Benny Kubelsky), who died in 1974. He starred in vaudeville, radio, movies and TV for more than 40 years. His real-life wife, come- dienne Mary Livingstone (Sayde Marks), died in 1983 and lies next to him. Benny's epitaph says, simply; "Husband, father, grandfather, a gentle man. "Most of the celebrity graves here have humble inscriptions like that," Rothman pointed out. "They refer to the stars' lives as nice, ordinary Jewish family people, and not to the show business careers. The fam- ilies want to remember them as they knew them, not what they meant to the public. Of course, we don't keep track of which families visit the graves — but the celebrities get their share of visitors, along with the ordinary Jewish people whose graves may be nearby. We've never really noticed Jolson family members at his monument — but many Al Jolson Fan Clubs still exist, even an international club, and they often visit." As for celebrity families, there is the oft-repeated story of Jack Benny's father ordering him to attend Yom Kippur services one year. Bored after a few hours, 6407 Orchard Lake Rd. (In The Orchard Mall) Chirtem. q.k. =,•• • 74- st.it axa,-ata 3,1,...a.,ty • • et:• Ont....*€1/4 0 ,0 reSittlirt nit open until ` ):I t) «.m. (248) 626 8585 - Hours: Monday thru Wnday _ 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. a.4 `.• *. ' ,e Agro • alak't t•-:a .