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Peg Entwistle Suicide

In the article it was said that the sign became such a symbol of Hollywood (the film industry, not the town, per se) that Entwistle used it as a symbol in death (slight paraphrase). The article gave the ""Hollywood Sign Trust"" as the reference.

I removed the reference and edited the article because the ""Hollywood Sign Trust"" is simply wrong. The sign did not become a ""symbol"" of ""Hollywood"" until after and because of Entwistle's suicide. I am Entwistle's biographer and the research consultant to a documentary titled ""Under the Hollywood Sign,"" a look at the last 100 years of history of Beachwood Canyon. In extensive interviews for my book, I have discussed the sign and it's meaning with Peg Entwistle's brother Milton. Milton Entwistle was 11 at the time of his sister's death and remembers very well that the sign was only regarded as a billboardit was never, ever regarded as a symbol of ""The Industry,"" or ""Tinsel Town,"" or any other term one may use to describe ""Hollywood"" the film capitol.

The ""Hollywood Sign Trust"" orginazation has repeatedly rebuffed my requests to accuratly portray the details of the sign's meaning at the time Entwistle died. Furthermore, they have completed perverted the facts of Entwisle's life, career, and death even though I sent them many documents showing their errors.

It should also be noted that the ""Hollywood Sign Trust"" is an orginazation committed to the care and maintenance of the sign, they are not the end-all of its history, and they are most certainly not the experts on the life, career, and death of Peg Entwistle.
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