{"id":336055,"date":"2011-03-24T19:17:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T19:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/24\/elizabeth-taylors-funeral-service-to-be-held-today-at-cemetery-where-michael-jackson-is-buried\/"},"modified":"2011-03-24T19:17:31","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T19:17:31","slug":"elizabeth-taylors-funeral-service-to-be-held-today-at-cemetery-where-michael-jackson-is-buried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/24\/elizabeth-taylors-funeral-service-to-be-held-today-at-cemetery-where-michael-jackson-is-buried\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Taylor’s funeral service to be held today at cemetery where Michael Jackson is buried"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n<\/p>\n

\nBy
\nJody Thompson<\/a>
Last updated at 7:17 PM on 24th March 2011<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Taylor will be buried in a private ceremony in Los Angeles today.
<\/span><\/p>\n

A memorial service will be held for Hollywood icon at Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks and Mortuaries in Glendale, California.
<\/span><\/p>\n

It is the same place where Taylor’s late close friend, Michael Jackson, is buried.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\"Firm<\/p>\n

Firm friends: Dame Elizabeth Taylor is said to be laid to rest in the same cemetery as her close friend Michael Jackson, who died two years ago<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Her speedy burial is following the rules of Judaism – which she converted to for her marriage to Eddie Fisher and Richard Burton.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reports say tonight’s service will be attended by strictly family only, including her 10 grandchildren.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is believed there will be a public memorial service held at a later date to commemorate her life.
<\/span><\/p>\n

There was speculation that she will be buried next to her parents – and close to Marilyn Monroe – at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in the city.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\"Last<\/p>\n

Last resting place: Taylor’s funeral will take place at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California today<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\"Together<\/p>\n

Together again? There had been speculation Taylor, pictured in 1983, would be buried with her ex-husband Richard Burton in Switzerland<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A photo has emerged of the family crypt, with a spare space next to where her parents Francis and Sara are laid to rest.<\/span><\/p>\n

It
\nwas also suggested that Taylor, who died on Wednesday of heart failure
\naged 79, would be buried in Wales in a grave belonging to the family of
\nher late husband Richard Burton – or even eventually with the body of
\nBurton himself.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Members of his family today said they were hoping to honour the agreement the couple had to be buried together at a cemetery in Pontrhydyfen, near Port Talbot, a pledge made when they were married.
<\/span><\/p>\n

Burton, whom she married twice, died 26 years ago but was buried near the home in Switzerland that he shared with his last wife, Sally, for tax reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Burton’s family told the
\nDaily Mail after he died that Elizabeth went to see them and insisted she was
\nto be buried at the Methodist cemetery in her late ex-husband’s home
\nvillage next to his parents Dick and Edith Jenkins.
<\/span><\/p>\n

Richard’s brother, Graham, said in 2006: ‘Elizabeth has made it quite clear to me that she wants to be laid to rest here.
<\/span><\/p>\n

‘She
\nsays that although Richard’s body is buried in Switzerland, his heart
\nbelongs to Wales and it is her wish to be buried here.’
<\/span><\/p>\n

There
\nwere also rumours that Burton would eventually disinterred from
\nSwitzerland and brought home to the Valleys – with friends close to Liz
\nconfirming she had been in negotiations with Burton’s widow to bring his
\nbody home.<\/span><\/p>\n

And today,
\nBurton’s niece, Sian Owen, said about the family grave: ‘If she has
\nstipulated in her will that that’s what she wants then of course we will
\nbe 100 per cent behind her.’<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\"Away<\/p>\n

Away from home: Richard Burton’s grave in Celigny, Switzerland<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Taylor and Burton married in 1964 but
\ndivorced after 10 years, only to re-marry a year later for just five
\nmonths. Taylor maintained they loved each other to the end – when he
\ndied in 1984.<\/span><\/p>\n

Burton,
\nwhom she married twice, was born in a little terrace house just below
\nthe Pontrhydyfen cemetery. When he died of a cerebral haemorrhage in
\n1984, Liz was distraught even though she had divorced him almost ten
\nyears earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n

In all, Taylor was married eight times to seven husbands. She was surrounded by her four children –\u00a0 Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd, and Maria Burton – when she passed away.
<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile,\u00a0 anti gay activists the Westboro Baptist Church are threatening to picket Liz’s funeral – wherever it is held.<\/span><\/p>\n

The church plans to protest because of the star’s gay friendly views and her work as an AIDS activist.<\/span><\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Liz’s step-daughter Carrie
\nFisher has paid tribute to the star – despite the fact she broke up her
\nparents’ Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds’ marriage when she was just a
\ntoddler.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\"Controversial<\/p>\n

Controversial wedding: Eddie Fisher married Liz in 1959 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In a statement sent to E! the Star Wars actress said Liz should ‘never be forgotten’.
<\/span><\/p>\n

She
\ncontinued: ‘This was a remarkable woman who led her life to the fullest
\nrather than complacently following one around. She will be missed but
\nnever forgotten.
<\/span><\/p>\n

‘A
\ndevoted mother many times over and even very briefly a stepmother to my
\nbrother Todd and myself, loyal to the lifelong friends surrounding her –
\neven with all this she found time to become one of the earliest
\nchampions for those living with HIV.
<\/span><\/p>\n

‘If
\nmy father had to divorce my mother for anyone – I’m so grateful that it
\nwas Elizabeth. A woman who rarely did things in half measure.’<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Carrie’s mother
\nDebbie has revealed she was able to have one last conversation with
\nformer love rival Elizabeth hours before she died.
<\/span><\/p>\n

Debbie told Access Hollywood: ‘I said,
\n‘Getting old is really s**t,’ and she said, “It certainly is. It
\ncertainly is, Debbie. This is really tough.”<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

‘I said, “Well, you just hang in there now, Elizabeth,” and she said, “I’m really trying.” God bless her, she’s on to a better place. I’m happy that she’s out of her pain because she was in a lot of pain.’<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\"Tributes:<\/p>\n

Tributes: Both Carrie Fisher, left, and her mother Debbie Reynolds, right, paid tribute to Liz today<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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