Marilyn Monroe crypt neighbour’s widow hoping to cash in
The widow of the man who had a crypt above Marilyn Monroe’s burial place is putting it up for sale.
Richard Poncer, who died at 81 more than 20 years ago, will be moved from the crypt that is said to have once been owned by Monroe’s former husband Joe DiMaggio.
Poncer’s widow, Elsie, plans to start bidding for the crypt, located at the Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park cemetery on e-Bay for $500,000.
She said she wants to use the money to help pay off the $1.6 million mortgage on her Beverly Hills home. “I can’t be more honest than that. I want to leave it free and clear for my kids.”
Elsie said her husband bought the crypt from DiMaggio during his 1954 divorce from Monroe, who died in 1962. Elsie said that when she sells the crypt, she’ll put her husband’s remains in the one reserved for her. She plans to be cremated and add her ashes to the crypt so the pair can rest peacefully together.
Before he died, Richard had one request. “He said, ‘If I croak, if you don’t put me upside down over Marilyn, I’ll haunt you the rest of my life.’ ”
The funeral director obliged the wish. Elsie said: “I was standing right there, and he turned him over.”
Source: Splash News
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