George Burns and George Jessel, two friends of the late Jack Benny announced plans here to found a Jack Benny Memorial Forest on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The two entertainers said friends of Benny would donate trees “so that the name of one of America’s greatest sons will live forever in Israel.” Benny died Dec. 26 of inoperable stomach cancer at the age of 80. He was buried in Hillside Memorial Park in Culver City.
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