>>7852209 (pb)

Recognize Chateau Mormont! Its where john Beluschi died. Mysterious circumstances behind his death. He was "living there." Didn't add up when I researched. Starting to make more sense. Strange things a foot at this "hotel". Hotel California?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Belushi

https://www.biography.com/news/john-belushi-death-final-days

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/night-john-belushi-died-book-excerpt-reveals-new-details-1204001

https://la.curbed.com/2013/6/26/10227258/chateau-marmont-hotel-history-deaths

>>7852674

Much to find here at the Chateau….

A totally incomplete history of trouble at the Chateau Marmont

Breaking the code of discretion can get plebs banned, by the way, so it would be entirely impossible to chronicle every misdeed or sad story that’s ever gone down at the Chateau Marmont, and probably half of these stories are apocryphal anyway, but here’s a short and very incomplete history (and there’s plenty of good too! The Day of the Locust was written there; Billy Wilder began his career writing at the Chateau, etc.).

— Howard Hughes would supposedly spy on women at the Chateau pool using prism binoculars.

— It’s widely-said that F. Scott Fitzgerald had a heart attack at the Chateau in the late 1930s (as Hollywood was slowly beating him to death), but it actually happened across the street at Schwab’s drugstore while he was buying a pack of cigarettes.

— In 1955, James Dean supposedly jumped through a window to audition for Rebel Without a Cause. Director Nicholas Ray lived in a bungalow at the time, where he was having an affair with underaged Natalie Wood.

— There are a few stories, or probably one muddled story, about Jim Morrison of The Doors having a rough time getting into or out of the building. He supposedly jumped off either a roof or terrace, but was so high he walked away fine. And he also supposedly spent “the eighth of [his] nine lives” falling from a drain pipe that he’d been using to try to swing in from the roof.

— Members of Led Zeppelin rode their motorcycles through the lobby in the 1960s.

— On March 5, 1982, comedian John Belushi died from a speedball injection in Bungalow No. 3.

— On January 23, 2004, photographer Helmut Newton, who lived at the hotel, lost control of his Cadillac and crashed into the driveway wall. He was killed.

— There is a commonly-denied and non-denied story that Benicio Del Toro and Scarlett Johansson hooked up in the elevator the night before the 2004 Oscars.

— Lindsay Lohan shacked up at the Chateau in the midst of her (first) drunk driving scandal.

— During her public meltdown phase, in September 2007, Britney Spears was temporarily banned from the Chateau for smearing her face with food, disgusting fellow diners.

— Lohan was finally banned in 2012 (she’d been living in Suite No. 33) after racking up a $46,350.04 tab on stuff like cigarettes, candles, iPhone chargers, and copies of Architectural Digest.

https://la.curbed.com/2013/6/26/10227258/chateau-marmont-hotel-history-deaths

>>7852706

19 Rumors From Chateau Marmont That Blur The Lines Between Fact And Fiction

"If you must get into trouble, do it at the Chateau Marmont." These words, once uttered by Columbia Pictures president and co-founder Harry Cohn, have come to sum up the hotel reputation as a bad behavior haven for celebrities. When it was built in the late 1920s, Hollywood had just introduced purity laws, which restricted both what stars could do on screen and how they behaved off-screen. But they still needed to let off steam. Chateau Marmont soon gained a reputation for their discreet staff, code of silence and thick walls—what happened at Chateau Marmont, stayed at Chateau Marmont.

While the rise of celebrity culture, tabloids and social media means the antics at Chateau Marmont get disseminated more quickly than before, an emphasis on discretion remains. Don't think you can get away with Instagram the sunglass-clad celebrity arguing with their beau over lunch. According to regulars, the unofficial vow of silence contributes to the homey atmosphere of the hotel. As west coast editor for Vogue Lisa Love commented, Chateau Marmont feels like an extension of your living room. It might not be Hollywood’s most expensive hotel, but it is its most inviting.

Over the years the hotel has cycled through owners, periods of disrepair and moments of extreme hedonism. In 1990, the hotelier behind such names as Chiltern Firehouse and The Standard André Balazs acquired Chateau Marmont and renovated its then thread-bare interiors. He was insistent on keeping the bones the same thought so regulars would continue to feel at home. It seems to have worked and celebrities are just as likely as ever to shell out $500 a night to live at the hotel for months on end. In 1976, it was named a Los Angeles cultural landmark.

14. Chateau Marmont is the hotel in The Eagles' "Hotel California".

https://www.gojourny.com/stories/19-rumors-from-chateau-marmont-that-blur-the-lines-between-fact-and-fiction/