Several black-stretch limousines pulled up to the cemetery for the ultra-private service, said only to include close friends and family, according to TMZ.
The screen goddess was originally expected to be laid to rest at the cemetery where both her parents were buried, but instead she was placed at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Los Angeles area of Glendale – where the late actress’ longtime friend, Jackson, was also laid to rest.
Taylor’s body will be placed at the Great Mausoleum on the cemetery’s grounds, in a gated crypt named the Sanctuary of Ascension. This area is private and off-limits to the general public.
Taylor died early on Wednesday (local time) at the age of 79 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where she had been for the past two months while undergoing treatment for congestive heart failure.
Her swift burial is in line with Jewish tradition. Taylor converted to Judaism in 1959 before her marriage to fourth husband, Jewish singer Eddie Fisher.
Rabbi Jerry Cutler, who conducted the funeral services for comedian Milton Berle and actor Walter Matthau, presided over the traditional Jewish ceremony for Taylor, according to the celebrity website.
The controversial Kansas religious group Westboro Baptist Church had announced via Twitter yesterday that they would picket Taylor’s funeral to protest her prominent role as an HIV/AIDS activist but there were no reports that they were present today.
The Glendale Police Department said “everything (was) going smoothly” and they brought in extra officers to oversee the press and throngs of fans who flocked to the cemetery gates, The Los Angeles Times reported.
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Elizabeth Taylor Funeral Service Attended By Close Friends, Family