A few months ago there was a lot of work going on in a central portion of the cemetery, but none of the workers spoke English, so it was hard to say exactly what they were doing.

And then there were whispers. A friend’s sister came to town and someone mentioned to her that a star was having a tomb built. Someone else sent me an email to ask if it was true. Dimensions were discussed…measurements that sounded all out of whack.

But when someone sent me a link to a TMZ story I knew it was time to go out and take a look, and… oh…my.

Nicolas Cage has built himself a temple.

Note how far the concrete has to go extend to support and distribute the weight. Previously this was packed earth.

Yep. Huge one – maybe 10, 12 feet high. In the middle of crowded, jumbled, old old St. Louis No. 1.

It needed lot of bracing and shoring up, so now there’s a huge concrete bib all around it. I’m going to have to dig through my old photos to see if/how many long standing tombs were lost to build both tomb and support, and though I’m really hoping for the best,it’s a very crowded cemetery and that pyramid takes up a lot of real estate.

I guess I’m not understanding the point here. If the goal was to be buried in St. Louis No. 1, he could have bought one of the tombs that are in need of renovation, fixed it, and still had an intact authentic piece of history. If he was after something impressively massive he could have bought a new plot in any of the cemeteries- if he wanted something more elaborate, Lakelawn would’ve been happy to accommodate him.

I may not be a fan of this particular tomb, but Nic Cage definitely rocks the city. He’s always around at local restaurants, not making a big deal of himself, just having fun, and he’s in the right place for that for sure. Plus we all hope he’s going to in New Orleans, given his spate of repossessions/foreclosures and a nasty bunch of litigation with his financial advisors.

Here’s the tomb’s opening- I assume it will have a slab over it and his name in the bars above:

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