“Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin's parents still visit his grave nearly every day

I expected his mother to be the babushka-wearing type.

Yeah, not quite.

I can't imagine anything worse in life than having to bury your child.

I made a rather mean comment about his statue on an old thread - that’s it was Michael Jackson-esque.

But those poor parents. Their son was their reason for being.

Funny. I remember when he died, and how, and how I talked my dentist - the one who was generous with pain meds - out of leasing the same kind of Grand Cherokee that rolled backwards and crushed Yelchin.

Russians just LOVE living in Los Angeles.

It’s been nine years? Time is going faster. He seemed like a sweet kid. It shouldn’t have happened.

He was such a talented actor and that was such a freak accident - on par with a bee flying into your mouth while cheering on a team at a polo match.

Or skiing into a tree

Are his parents Putin supporters?

Just watched him in a gem of a movie called 5 to 7 on cable and he was really wonderful as was the film itself.

Anton was sexy as fuck.

Loved him in Star Trek.

Loved him in the Fright Night remake.

He would have had a long and amazing career.

The TERRIFYING Last Minutes of Anton Yelchin...

What a double whammy to lose your son AND be Russian in LA right now.

Well if they paid 95 grand for his statue and whatever else they poaid for that gravesite, they might as well get their money's worth.

Is this not the most FUCKED UP way an actor has been killed? Not an OD, not a plane crash or freak robbery at a grocery store but crushed by his own car? That ain't right.

Is he buried at Forest Lawn in Glendale where all the other fucking ex-Soviets are buried?

How much do you want to bet that his parents are Trump voters?

Does the statue print $$$$?

Enjoy voting for Trump and having your son run over by his own car. Cunts!

R16, did you miss that part in the original post that says "Hollywood Forever Cemetery"

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R20, I am surprised. Usually the Russians are so cheap -- and on Section 8 -- that they can't afford the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Maybe they got a deal?

^^^^People do not comprehend what they read^^^ R20

Especially Gays.

Hey Philly asshole, R23. What part of cheap Russian don't you understand?

Stay in your lane and your city.

Yo Douchebag, go back to ur own country. That's why u people have paupers cemetery.

My driver drives where he wants just like my Uber driver.

How strange… I was just recommended Dean Koontz books to my husband and so he bought the first Odd Thomas book and we rewatched the movie last night.

It’s ridiculous and doesn’t look like him.

[quote] doesn’t look like him

I agree.

Stop calling people assholes while you’re being one. It’s a bad look. The parents aren’t cheap. I’m guessing they’re richer than all of us. Their kid is dead thanks to a faulty Jeep/Chrysler/Mercedes/Stellantis (multiple corporate owners) transmission that slipped out of Park. Their son was young, successful, and doubtless worth millions thanks to the settlement that paid for the creepy statue and the big-buck burial site and her convict haircut.

"03*11*89 - FOREVER..." The boy is eternal.

Anton had a face like a cherub.

He looked like the model for one of those ancient Greek or Roman statues.

Just angelic.

It’s pretty messed up for EW to pull the material about this poor kid and his parents out of the context of the broader article in Variety. The cemetery owner shouldn’t have mentioned the parents’ style of grieving, but it’s sort of forgivable as an offhand comment he didn’t think through.

I initially assumed the parents were making an effort to publicize their son even after his death. Which I’d try not to judge, but would be sad and seem sort of dysfunctional. But, no. They just visit their son’s grave as part of their routine. And, yeah, they put up a statue. So what?

R25, you're better off sticking to your motherfucking cheesesteaks or Rocky statues or whatever the fuck, exactly, your stupid provincial city is known for.

You don't know shit about LA and I've been here on DL a LOT longer than you ever have. Watch out.

[quote] Are his parents Putin supporters?

His parents were first-generation Russian Jews, who immigrated from Leningrad in 1989, so very likely no.

Anton's parents must have doted on him, being their only child.

Surprisingly, he wasn't a spoiled brat. He seemed like a very sweet guy.

This photo says it all.

[quote] Still grieving, Anton Yelchin’s parents try to move forward with new documentary

Still grieving, Anton Yelchin’s parents try to move forward with new documentary

Viktor and Irina Yelchin stand in front of an image of their late son, whose Studio City home they now live in. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Anton Yelchin’s parents live where their son died. After his sudden death nearly three years ago, Viktor and Irina Yelchin couldn’t bear the thought of selling Anton’s home. He’d been obsessed with the place in Studio City, planting himself on his recliner sofa most nights with a bowl of pretzels, his Brussels Griffon, Elvis, and a stack of movies to watch until 3 in the morning.

So even though it was in the driveway that his Jeep malfunctioned in 2016, rolling downhill and pinning him against a gate, this is where his parents felt they had to be.

“It’s difficult, but we feel his presence,” said Viktor, sitting on his son’s favorite leather sofa last week as the rain pattered on the roof. “We’re closer to him, even if it’s very hard.”

“It’s hard to walk there,” Irina said, her voice breaking as she motioned toward the driveway. “It’s hard to live. But we are. So we have to do something while we’re here.”

The couple have already done a number of things in tribute to their son, an actor who amassed close to 70 film and TV credits — ranging from the most recent “Star Trek” reboots to “Hearts in Atlantis” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” — before his death at the age of 27. They erected a statue in his likeness at Hollywood Forever cemetery and donated $1 million to the newly named Anton Yelchin Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at Keck Hospital of USC, where he received treatment for the disease.

But at the Sundance Film Festival this month, they’ll debut their greatest labor of love: “Love, Antosha,” a documentary that celebrates the actor’s legacy.

"Love, Antosha" Trailer.

"Love, Antosha" full movie.

Nice Jewish boy.

He was apparently well-liked by all his co-stars and had a reputation as a good guy, unlike a lot of other actors.

The parents are weirdos. What do you expect from Soviet thugs?

this isn't healthy at all. poor sad old sacks.

It may not be healthy, but grief and especially loss are cruel taskmasters.

He broke a young Kristen Stewart’s heart when she was 15. He was probably her first.

What, he had Cystic Fibrosis?

He broke Kristen's hetero heart so she turned lezzie?

Why are people saying they're Trumpers? Because they're Russian? That's it?

I swear the dumbest fucking people post here.

R46 No, I pulled it out of the documentary she appeared in that his parents made.

You trust these devotional parents to say or have seen much that is true about Anton?

I am referring to the words that came out of K-Stew’s mouth.

Damn, imagine surviving cystic fibrosis only to be squished by your car

[quote] What, he had Cystic Fibrosis?

Yes, and his parents donated $1,000,000 to the USC Center for Cystic Fibrosis.

A clinic was named after him: "USC Anton Yelchin Cystic Fibrosis Clinic," at USC's Keck Medical Center.

OK thanks, my bad. I didn't realise Kriten herself spoke in the documentary. I am sorry for being a cunt to you.

I've seen the mother before....

R33-Cheese steaks and Rocky Statues- LOL ☺

R54- Your cartoon character AND Anton's mother resemble Susan Powter of STOP THE INSANITY

He appeared on an early episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm as Cheryl's nephew . He was a magician and Larry was annoyed by his talent or the fact that he would not tell Larry his magicians secrets. He was cute there.

He was great in an episode of Law & Order CI (a Chris Noth one) playing a teen student having an affair with his teacher, the Mary Kay Letourneau story ripped from the headlines.

[quote] OK thanks, my bad. I didn't realise Kriten herself spoke in the documentary. I am sorry for being a cunt to you.

No worries, and thank you for the classic DL apology, you spicy bitch .

R58- I liked that episode . His DAD was pretty hot in that episode and Yelchin was a really cute teen boy in that ( don't worry my name is NOT Bryan Singer) the teacher he has the affair with is Betty Draper's bitchy neighborhood friend on Mad Men ( before Mad Men).

Heartbreaking. I’m glad they were able to stay together. Plenty wouldn’t.

Los Angeles and Philadelphia are both great cities..