Jackie Coogan
Fun and Not-So-Fun Facts
In 1935 he was the sole survivor of an auto accident in which his father and three others were killed. In 1938 he sued his mother and stepfather (his former business manager), only to learn that his parents had spent virtually all of his multimillion-dollar fortune. The larger result was that the California legislature enacted the Child Actors Bill, popularly called the “Coogan Law,” ensuring child movie actors such rights as having their contracts approved by the courts and their income governed by financial institutions.
In 1933, Jackie Coogan was a student at Santa Clara University and his fraternity brother and friend was Brooke Hart, the eldest son of Alexander Hart, the owner of the L. Hart & Son department store in downtown San Jose, California. Brooke Hart was kidnapped and subsequently murdered by two drifters Thomas Harold Thurmond and John M. Holmes. While the two murderers were being held in the local county jail, the townsfolk formed an angry, violent mob and stormed the jail and dragged the two men to St. James Park across from the Santa Clara County Jail, and their public lynching was broadcast as a “live” event by a Los Angeles radio station. It has been confirmed by several sources that Jackie Coogan wound and placed the hanging noose over the murderers necks.
Cemetery Information:
Final Resting Place:
Holy Cross Cemetery
5835 West Slauson Avenue
Culver City, California, 90230
USA
North America
Map:
Grave Location:
Section F, Tier 56, Lot 47Grave Location Description
As you drive through the cemetery entrance take a hard left and drive up towards The Grotto. Drive 50 feet past The Grotto on your left and park. Walk directly to your left into Section F approximately 150 feet into the center of the section. Because every single memorial looks identical it may take you a little bit of time to located the final resting place of actor Jackie Coogan.
Grave Location GPS
33.9911289784804, -118.38766787488095Photos:
Read More About Jackie Coogan:
- Published Obituary
- Wikipedia Entry
- Scott Michaels FindaDeath.com Biography of Jackie Coogan
- Jackie Coogan and the missing $4 Million Dollars
- This Actor Is Responsible For Child Actors Getting Control of Their Money
- Before child influencers, a 1920s movie star sued his mother for wages
- Jackie Coogan preferred playing Uncle Fester to ''The Kid'' alongside Charlie Chaplin