Crypt Above Marilyn Monroe For SaleSpend Eternity Directly Above Marilyn Monroe
Current bid: US $4,502,099.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320412140795A US widow is auctioning off the burial plot occupied by her late husband above that of film legend Marilyn Monroe, the Los Angeles Times newspaper says.
"Spend eternity directly above Marilyn Monroe", says the ad placed on eBay by Elsie Poncher of Beverly Hills.
Mrs Poncher said she will be "vacating" the remains of her husband "to make room for a new resident" at LA's exclusive Westwood Village cemetery.
The widow told the LA Times that she hoped to make enough money to pay off the $1.6m mortgage on her Beverly Hills mansion.
"I can't be more honest than that," she said. "I want to leave it free and clear for my kids."
The cemetery is the final resting place of many celebrities, including Dean Martin, Roy Orbison, Truman Capote, and most recently Farrah Fawcett.
Playboy magnate Hugh Hefner bought the crypt beside Monroe in 1992.
But Mrs Poncher is selling the chance to reserve a "place in eternity" directly above the Hollywood sex symbol, telling the LA Times that
her own husband was placed face down in his crypt on top of the actress, in keeping with his dying wish. 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/aug/17/marilyn-monroe-grave-ebayhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8204358.stm
