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The Ambassador Hotel was demolished in 2006 to make way for a new school.
Stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Sammy Davis Jnr. and Frank Sinatra were frequent visitors to the hotel.
Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in the pantry of the Ambassador in 1968.
The Black Dahlia is one of LA's most famous unsolved crimes.
In 1947 Elizabeth Short was murdered and her body dumped in Leimert Park.
At the time her body was dumped on this lawn it was a vacant lot.
This fire hydrant is an original fixture from 1947, and can be seen in photos of the crime scene.
This is a view of Cielo Drive, once the site of the infamous Manson Family murders.
Actress Sharon Tate and five others were killed at a house that used to sit on this site.
In 1994 Tate's house was torn down and this mansion built in its place.
Actor Vic Morrow and Child Actors Renee Chan and My-Ca Le were killed on the set of Twilight Zone – The Movie in 1982.
They were filming a scene at Indian Park Dunes when a helicopter crashed on top of them.
The filmmakers were charged with manslaughter and child endangerment but eventually walked free.
The Chateau on Sunset is one of the world's most famous hotels.
In 1982 actor John Belushi died of a drug overdose in Bungalow No. 3.
Belushi's body was removed through the Bungalow's private gate.
Johnny Ramone was guitarist for the punk band The Ramones.
Johnny died of cancer in 2004.
He has a cenotaph at Hollywood Forever. His cremated remains are elsewhere.
If you die of unnatural causes in LA you end up here.
Bodies that have passed through the Coroner's Office include Marilyn Monroe, RFK and Bugsy Siegel.
Strangely enough, the Coroner's Office has a gift shop.
Marilyn Monroe died in this small house in Brentwood in 1962.
The official ruling was suicide though some believe she was murdered by the CIA.
This used to be her driveway and is now an adjoining house.
Marilyn was interred at Westwood Cemetary in 1962.
Every week Monroe's ex-husband Joe Dimaggio had dozens of roses sent to her grave.
Westwood is also home to Rodney Dangerfield, Natalie Wood, Dean Martin and Truman Capote.
Laurel Canyon was the centre of the music business in the 1960s and 70s.
Jim Morrison used to drink OJ on the patio of the Canyon Country Store.
Other notable residents have included Joni Mitchell, Frank Zappa and David Crosby.
In 1970 singer Janis Joplin died of an overdose at The Landmark Hotel in Hollywood.
The Landmark is now called The Highland Gardens Hotel.
This is the room where Joplin died. She was 27 years old.
In 1994 Nicole Simpson Brown and Ron Goldman where murdered at this condo in Brentwood.
The killer is alledged to have entered through the back.
This is the gate the killer is alledged to have entered through.
In 1981 four people were murdered at a house on Wonderland Avenue in Laurel Canyon.
The killings were thought to be drug-related, and involved famous porn star John Holmes.
A movie was made about the murders called 'Wonderland' starring Val Kilmer.
Robert Lees was a screenwriter who lived in this house in Hollywood.
In 2004 he was brutally murdered by a drifter, who broke into his home and decapitated him.
Lees wrote for Abbott and Costello, and the TV shows 'Lassie' and 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents'.
The Roxy on Sunset Boulevard is one of LA's most famous nightspots.
John Belushi spent his last night on earth at the private club upstairs, 'On The Rox.'
After leaving the Roxy Belushi made his way back to the Chateau, where he died of an overdose.
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Barney's Beanery is a famous hang-out on Santa Monica Boulevard.