One of America's most beloved comedies, 1959's zany "Some Like It Hot, " starring Marilyn Monroe and drag-bedecked Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, used the Hotel del Coronado as a main location.

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Amid the controversy, Lawrence's widow, Sheila Davis Lawrence, wrote to President Bill Clinton requesting that Lawrence's body be removed from the famous cemetery and moved to San Diego, where Lawrence owned the Hotel del Coronado.

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The hotel has a partnership with the Coronado Surfing Academy, a block away.

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