UPDATED: Elizabeth Taylor
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UPDATED: Elizabeth Taylor Laid To Rest Near Michael Jackson At Forest Lawn Cemetary In Glendale
Dame Elizabeth Taylor has been laid to rest.
The Oscar winner, Hollywood legend and AIDS activist's funeral took place on Thursday afternoon at Forest Lawn Memorial Parks & Mortuaries in Glendale, Calif.
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"Elizabeth Taylor was laid to rest this afternoon at a small private funeral service attended by family and close friends in The Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn-Glendale. The service was scheduled to begin at 2 PM but at Miss Taylor's request started late. Miss Taylor had left instructions that it was to begin at least 15 minutes later than publicly scheduled, with the announcement, 'She even wanted to be late for her own funeral,'" a statement from the late actress' rep to Access Hollywood read.
Rabbi Jerry Cutler officiated the service and Colin Farrell, described by the rep as a "close friend" of the actress, recited Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem "The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo."
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Dame Elizabeth Taylor & Her Many Loves!
Afterward, Elizabeth's son Michael Wilding, her grandson Tarquin Wilding, and her daughter Liza Burton Tivey, read other selections.
Her grandson Rhys Tivey performed a moving trumpet solo of "Amazing Grace," according to the rep.
Elizabeth had a closed casket service and it was draped with gardenias, violets and lily of the valley.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Elizabeth Taylor & Her Hollywood Pals
She was interred at the Great Mausoleum, "sheltered beneath a soaring marble Michelangelo angel," the statement concluded.
Forest Lawn in Glendale is also where Elizabeth's longtime close friend, Michael Jackson, is entombed. It was not immediately clear if Elizabeth chose to be buried near her friend or if it was merely a coincidence.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: What A Dame! A Look Back At The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Taylor
The Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn in Glendale is also where Michael was laid to rest in 2009. Clark Gable and Jean Harlow are also interred in the majestic burial site, according to Radar Online.
Five limousines carrying family members arrived shortly before the service, which lasted about an hour. White flowers were also spotted being delivered to the mortuary.
Prior to the service, Tom Lorez, a spokesperson for Glendale Police Department, told reporters that authorities expected a "peaceful event." He added that approximately "three dozen" guests would be attending the service.
Following the screen legend's death on Thursday, the Taylor family asked fans, in lieu of flowers, to contribute towards the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.
The actress died peacefully at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in LA on Wednesday surrounded by her children, Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd, and Maria Burton. She had been hospitalized six weeks ago with congestive heart failure, a condition with which she had struggled for some years.
Dame Elizabeth Taylor has been laid to rest.
The Oscar winner, Hollywood legend and AIDS activist's funeral took place on Thursday afternoon at Forest Lawn Memorial Parks & Mortuaries in Glendale, Calif.
PLAY IT NOW: A Look Back: Elizabeth Taylor & Michael Jackson's Unlikely Friendship
"Elizabeth Taylor was laid to rest this afternoon at a small private funeral service attended by family and close friends in The Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn-Glendale. The service was scheduled to begin at 2 PM but at Miss Taylor's request started late. Miss Taylor had left instructions that it was to begin at least 15 minutes later than publicly scheduled, with the announcement, 'She even wanted to be late for her own funeral,'" a statement from the late actress' rep to Access Hollywood read.
Rabbi Jerry Cutler officiated the service and Colin Farrell, described by the rep as a "close friend" of the actress, recited Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem "The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo."
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Dame Elizabeth Taylor & Her Many Loves!
Afterward, Elizabeth's son Michael Wilding, her grandson Tarquin Wilding, and her daughter Liza Burton Tivey, read other selections.
Her grandson Rhys Tivey performed a moving trumpet solo of "Amazing Grace," according to the rep.
Elizabeth had a closed casket service and it was draped with gardenias, violets and lily of the valley.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Elizabeth Taylor & Her Hollywood Pals
She was interred at the Great Mausoleum, "sheltered beneath a soaring marble Michelangelo angel," the statement concluded.
Forest Lawn in Glendale is also where Elizabeth's longtime close friend, Michael Jackson, is entombed. It was not immediately clear if Elizabeth chose to be buried near her friend or if it was merely a coincidence.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: What A Dame! A Look Back At The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Taylor
The Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn in Glendale is also where Michael was laid to rest in 2009. Clark Gable and Jean Harlow are also interred in the majestic burial site, according to Radar Online.
Five limousines carrying family members arrived shortly before the service, which lasted about an hour. White flowers were also spotted being delivered to the mortuary.
Prior to the service, Tom Lorez, a spokesperson for Glendale Police Department, told reporters that authorities expected a "peaceful event." He added that approximately "three dozen" guests would be attending the service.
Following the screen legend's death on Thursday, the Taylor family asked fans, in lieu of flowers, to contribute towards the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.
The actress died peacefully at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in LA on Wednesday surrounded by her children, Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd, and Maria Burton. She had been hospitalized six weeks ago with congestive heart failure, a condition with which she had struggled for some years.
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Is it just me or is any one else finding this statement interesting <!-- s:shock: -->:shock:<!-- s:shock: -->
Or maybe I should go back to my padded cell <!-- s:? -->:?<!-- s:? --> <!-- s:shock: -->:shock:<!-- s:shock: -->
Blessings
Thanks for posting it.......
Have a beautiful day!
Blessings!
Also, I've been rereading articles from Michael's "death" and the vaults the family were buying. They were a circular area, outside...in the ground. Then the story turned into wall vaults, with Michael there with them. Then, you didn't hear at all about the family getting any place, but Michael was in that huge marble crypt under that window....NO!! as that has always been there for YEARS before he "died".
So, wonder which story is correct? Maybe the family DID buy outside and Elizabeth is there...Maybe if we find that Michael angel, there will be a fresh grave and extras (the jackson's circle)?
Who knows...
but then maybe I am completely "hoaxed" <!-- s:oops: -->:oops:<!-- s:oops: -->
what if there is "soaring" starting to take place, what if this is the process of the ... cannot type the actual word but if you are on the same page as I am you will know what Im getting at, its just one of those gut feelings I sometimes have <!-- s:? -->:?<!-- s:? -->
In the TMZ article that word "coincidence" jumped of the page at me also, is it a coincidence that Elizabeth made this arrangement.
Back to my padded cell. <!-- s:? -->:?<!-- s:? --> <!-- s:shock: -->:shock:<!-- s:shock: --> I need to rest. <!-- s:oops: -->:oops:<!-- s:oops: -->
L.O.V.E.
God bless! <!-- s:) -->:)<!-- s:) -->
Now I don't believe anything anymore!
Sorry guys.... it's just the hoax and everything related to it....
Remember.... Elizabeth Taylor was Micheal's best friend.... makes me wonder a bit <!-- s:shock: -->:shock:<!-- s:shock: -->
We all could read that her family was there when she died. In the middle of the night ? And why had a attorney gave all the information for the death certificate ?
Then the physician who was there to give the informations...he wasn't a physician at the Cedars Sinai Clinic.
Then the fast burial....oK, when she was jewish, it's so, but jewish ppl would be buried in earth, not in a mausoleum.
For the mausoleum you have to be embalmed...short time for all of this.
Are here jewish ppl ? Please help me with the ceremony. i don't know it exactly !
No Memorial later ? That's all ?????
No statement from the family ? Has ans family member of the Jacksons said something about Elizabeths dead ?
I live in germany and everytime a famous actor dies, they change the tv program and you can see old films from the person that died, but not one with Elizabeth ! Not one. There comes one, but that was long planned, long before her death, normal program.
Very weird ! She has fans here and many ppl love her films.
But again...she was so ill for a long time...it can rearly be that she is gone and i believe it. RIP Elizabeth Taylor !
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. You make very valid observations. It looks like we need to go back and look at these circumstances again. I know I have plenty of doubt about a lot of things surrounding her quick burial, etc. Hmm...
Blessings.
Wasen't she his best friend????? So I assume she knew he didn't die at all and just faked his death!!!!!!! So why choosing this place after all?? Michael is not burried there!!!!!!!!!
May be this is a sign for something.....................
There is something fishy about this whole thing>>>>
And remember.......
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Abraham Lincoln