Doxie Tombstone of Mike Szymanski at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California by Mary Cummins genealogist

Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California is known for its amazing tombstones of celebrities and Hollywood icons. One of those tombstones is a six foot wide white marble couch with  eight life size bronze dachshunds aka doxies. The owner of the #doxietombstone is local artist, activist, writer and doxie lover Mike Szymanski. 

Szymanski a local author is still among the living. He spoke about the inspiration for his couch tombstone in a Facebook cemetery group.

"Hi all, I figured I would finally share my own tombstone at #hollywoodforever known as the #doxietombstone (a hashtag that was created by visitors)! The stories about it are easy to find online, but i wanted to share how I love to see how people enjoy it, have picnics and bring their dogs… I must say that few cemeteries in the world would have approved recreating my home sofa at the cemetery 🙂

I feel I need to add these two links to explain things a bit more:. This podcaster came to me to talk about the positive nature of finding your final resting place

https://www.dyingkindness.com/16-your-final-resting-place/

This is an LA Magazine writer who stumbled across my friend and I having a picnic on the tombstone, and tells my sad story.

https://lamag.com/arts-and-entertainment/hollywood-forever-doxie-tombstone "

Szymanski was inspired by a picture called "Couch Weiners" by Jamie Morath which he saw on a doxie website. It was a picture of a woman laying on a couch with all her doxies around her. He had plans made December 2019. The monument was designed by Rick Carl Design, it was hand made in China and was installed around June 2021. 

As most know I'm a big cemetery and tombstone aficionado. My family is in the cemetery biz. I've traveled the world and always visit amazing cemeteries. This tombstone and the story behind it are very touching and dear to my heart as a fellow animal lover. If you go to Hollywood Forever, you really must visit this doxie couch! GPS 34.08973350481573, -118.31737963521489

Below are a few photos I took and a video so you can see the rear of the couch and the lovely view of the lake.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLvCT7ijJGg

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