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A fire caused significant damage to the upper floors of the Voltaire Apartments on the morning of 02/20/1935. One fireman, D.W. Woods, (born c. 1900), died in the blaze, when he fell from the roof about 100 feet to the ground. Another firefighter, Curtis Dillin, was also injured in the blaze. About 150 people lived in the building at the time, many prominent in the Hollywood film-making community. The fire caused about $150,000 in damage. (See LA Fire.com, “Film Stars Flee Big Hollywood Fire; Man Killed, Two Injured,” accessed 11/06/2020.)

In excess of 60 Los Angeles firefighters responded to a fire at 1424 North Crescent Boulevard on 03/22/2013. Three people were injured and a dog killed as a result of the blaze, blamed on an unattended candle in the apartment of the actress Ashley Greene, (born 02/21/1987 in Jacksonville, FL). (See David Fonseca, Patch.com, "County Fire Confirms: N. Crescent Hts Fire Accidental," 05/25/2013, published accessed 11/06/2020.)

Actor Rock Hudson, (né Roy Harold Scherer Jr., 1925-1985), and singer David Bowie, (né David Robert Jones, 1947-2016), had residences in the Granville Towers at one time. (See Whitney Friedlander, Variety.com, "Architect Leland Bryant’s Legacy Looms Large in L.A. Lore," published 04/20/2013, accessed 11/13/2020.) Hollywood idol Marilyn Monroe lived in the building in 1954. (See Bob Bishop, WeHoville.com, “The (Many) Places in WeHo that Marilyn Monroe Called Home,” published 04/18/2016, accessed 11/13/2020.)

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