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 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 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