Lost LA S06E04 · Eternal City: Los Angeles Cemeteries

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Visit Forest Lawn, Evergreen and Hollywood Forever to see how L.A. reinvented the cemetery. The host visits the gravesites of the rich and famous and learns how racial segregation once divided the dead.

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