Exclusive | Meet the cemetery stalkers wholl pay $200K to be buried next to their celeb idols: Opportunity to spend eternity with them
They aren’t chasing selfies, they’re chasing forever.For most, a celebrity obsession entails rewatching movies they starred in or repeatedly buying pricey concert tickets to see them live.For Anthony Jabin, 62, it means spending eternity next door to where they’re buried.In 2024, the tech investor took his lifelong fascination with Marilyn Monroe to an extreme when he shelled out $195,000 for a one-space mausoleum crypt near the bombshell’s final resting place at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles.Not a family plot.
Not a place for future generations. Just one spot for him, bought at Julien’s Auctions, next to his leading lady.“I bought the crypt next to Marilyn Monroe because it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend eternity with the most iconic actress of all time — and she’s definitely my favorite blonde!” Jabin enthusiastically told The Post. The tech investor, whose future space sits one row above and four spaces to the left of Monroe’s, revealed that he sends the late Hollywood starlet “flowers on her birthday every year.”That is not casual fandom — that is commitment.Jabin’s love for the (famous) dead isn’t as unusual as it might sound, considering he’s one of many paying upwards of six figures to secure burial spots near beloved movie stars, music legends, cultural icons and even political figures, transforming parts of America’s most famous cemeteries into the ultimate gated communities. Creepy? Romantic? Obsessive?Welcome to the afterlife economy. LA-based Hollywood Forever Cemetery sees this celeb fascination firsthand.Yogu Kanthiah, co-owner of Hollywood Forever, which hosts concerts, movie screenings, yoga classes, and tours, told The Post that many families specifically seek out celeb proximity. “Over the years, many families have told us that being near a celebrity is meaningful because it creates a sense of connection to Hollywood history and culture,” he said.At the ceme...