Death and Burial
Lady Ashley died of cancer at age 73 in Los Angeles. She is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood; her grave is approximately 500 feet north of that of her second husband, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., at the north end of the lake ("Garden of Legends") section of the cemetery.
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Famous quotes containing the words death and/or burial:
“When death comes too near, comedy and tragedy fall silent.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day,
I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away,
And, turning from my nursery window, drew
A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu!”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)