Estelle Taylor, famed Hollywood beauty and one-time wife of boxing legend Jack Dempsey, starred on stage and screen before devoting herself to animal welfare as founder of the California Pet Owners Protective League and vice chair of the City Animal Regulation Commission.
Taylor fought against vivisection and compulsory rabies inoculation, championing compassion for the voiceless. Taylor died of ovarian cancer at her North Crescent Heights home on April 15, 1958; at her funeral, wreaths shaped as her beloved boxer and poodle flanked her casket, fitting tributes to a star whose legacy shone in both glamour and kindness.
GARDEN OF BEGINNINGS (SECT. 2, LOT 9, Grave 402B)
