Billy Crystal Reveals the One Item That Survived Devastating Fire at His L.A. Home of 46 Years

Billy Crystal has revealed that a small but deeply meaningful piece of his former Los Angeles home survived the devastating wildfires that destroyed the property where he and his wife had lived for nearly half a century.The 78-year-old actor and comedian lost his longtime Pacific Palisades residence in January 2025 when a series of destructive fires swept through Southern California, leaving entire neighborhoods in ruins.Crystal and his wife, Janice Crystal, had purchased the 1930s ranch-style home in 1979, raising their daughters, Jenny and Lindsay, within its walls and spending the next 46 years making memories at the property.“All you could see were skeletons of trees and chimneys, the ones that hadn’t fallen, stuff blowing in the streets, nobody around. It was like an episode of 'The Walking Dead,' like this thing had just come through and wiped out everything," he told People.Although the residence was destroyed, the family managed to recover one particularly poignant reminder of their former life: a garden stone engraved with the word "Laughter."The discovery, which Crystal detailed while speaking to the outlet, has taken on special significance for the comedian as he prepare...