Oh, the event that Glenn Ford attended exactly one week before he died was held at the famous Hollywood Cemetery... it was a celebration in memory of the 60th anniversary of Rudolph Valentino's death. It's a sort of cult tradition to observe that anniversary every year.
Today the Hollywood elite are too busy complaining that they have to pay taxes on their $70K "gift baskets" to be able to find time to serve any real purpose.
Lately I've been reading my way through the last year's READER'S DIGESTS. I knew in advance there'd be something stupid in the Uma Thurman interview, but I read it anyway. And sure enough, Uma whined that now that she's a single mom, it's sooooooooo difficult because she works at a job where she has to be there -- can't just take time off. What a warped perspective!