{"id":336515,"date":"2011-03-25T00:02:15","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T00:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/25\/elizabeth-taylor-laid-to-rest-in-private-funeral-service\/"},"modified":"2011-03-25T00:02:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T00:02:15","slug":"elizabeth-taylor-laid-to-rest-in-private-funeral-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/elizabeth-taylor-laid-to-rest-in-private-funeral-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Taylor laid to rest in private funeral service"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n<\/p>\n

\nBy
\nTom Leonard<\/a>
Last updated at 12:02 AM on 25th March 2011<\/p>\n

The crowds finally parted for Elizabeth Taylor as the screen legend was buried yesterday in a small private ceremony on a quiet hill outside Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p>\n

A superstar who had been mobbed for most of her life was sent on her way in a short service attended by no more than a few dozen family and close friends.<\/span><\/p>\n

Close in life to Michael Jackson, Taylor is now even closer to the singer in death as she was buried in the same mausoleum building where he was laid to rest in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Sombre: Close family of Elizabeth Taylor arrived at Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks and Mortuaries in California yesterday for Elizabeth Taylor’s private funeral service<\/p>\n

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

Small gathering: Only close family attended the event, with a public memorial service being planned for a later date<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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

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

As a convoy of five black stretch
\nlimos swept the mourners through the main entrance of the Forest Lawns
\nMemorial Park cemetery in Glendale, they were watched at a respectful
\ndistance by a phalanx of the world\u2019s media – including circling
\nhelicopters – but only a handful of fans. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 79-year-old actress only died of
\nheart failure on Wednesday but a combination of her Jewish faith \u2013 which
\nshe adopted in 1959 and which demands speedy burial \u2013 and her family\u2019s
\nevident desire to avoid a media circus for once in her life ensured her
\nburial took most people by surprise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was not clear who exactly was
\ninside the blacked out limos but it would have included Taylor\u2019s four
\nchildren from three of her seven husbands – Michael and Christopher
\nWilding, Liza Todd and Maria Burton \u2013 as well as most if not all of her
\n10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\"Time<\/p>\n

Time to say goodbye: Taylor died on Wednesday of heart failure<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

There had been speculation that she
\nwould be buried next to her parents \u2013 and close to Marilyn Monroe \u2013 at a
\nmore centrally-located Los Angeles cemetery at Westwood Village.<\/span><\/p>\n

It had also been mooted that she
\nmight be laid to rest in Wales in a grave belonging to the family of her
\nlate husband Richard Burton.<\/span><\/p>\n

Burton\u2019s family had said they were
\nhoping to honour the agreement the twice-married couple had made to be
\nbe buried together at a cemetery in Pontrhydyfen, near Port Talbot. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\"Memorial<\/p>\n

Memorial service: Preparations were under way earlier in the day ahead of the ceremony<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\"Media<\/p>\n

Media pack: Journalists and cameramen gather at the scene<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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

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

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

Document: Taylor’s death certificate has been released<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Particularly given that Burton is
\nactually buried in Switzerland – for tax reasons \u2013 it seemed a forlorn hope that as glamorous a star as Taylor would
\nend her days under the grey skies of south Wales.<\/span><\/p>\n

But, even so, the London-born actress had a sort of homecoming yesterday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Set in 300 acres of gently wooded
\nhills, Forest Lawn has a definite English feel \u2013 albeit a Hollywood
\nversion \u2013 with mock Tudor office buildings, a Scottish chapel called
\n‘Wee kirk o\u2019 the heather’ and a medieval gothic-style Great Mausoleum
\nthat was hailed by Time magazine as the ‘New World\u2019s Westminster Abbey’.<\/span><\/p>\n

The mausoleum, was yesterday\u2019s
\nfuneral service was held under tight security, contains a ‘court of
\nhonour’ where the cemetery\u2019s most prestigious residents are inducted as
\n‘immortals’ by Forest Lawn\u2019s ‘council of regents’.<\/span><\/p>\n

The cemetery is already packed with
\nfirst division Hollywood names including Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn,
\nClark Gable, Jimmy Stewart and Jean Harlow.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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

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

Jackson, another superstar who lived
\nalmost his entire life in the public eye, was also buried there with
\nlittle pomp and ceremony. <\/span><\/p>\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

The speed of the funeral arrangements
\nalso meant, thankfully, that a threatened picket by the rabid anti-gay
\nactivists of a group calling itself the Westboro Baptist Church never
\nmaterialised.<\/span><\/p>\n

Woody McBreairty, one of the few fans
\nwho had been able to get to the cemetery in time, said it was ‘entirely
\nappropriate’ she should find privacy at last.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘This is her ride into the sunset and I think her family wanted her to do it with great dignity,’ he said.
<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr McBreairty, who lives near
\nTaylor\u2019s home in Los Angeles\u2019s Bel Air neighbourhood, said he used to
\nsee her occasionally and she was always ‘mobbed’. She had often wanted
\nto go out with her family to local restaurants but was unable to do it,
\nhe said.<\/span><\/p>\n

He added: ‘I came because I knew this
\nwould be my last chance to pay a tribute to her. The term \u2018movie
\nlegend\u2019 is thrown around a lot but she gave genuine meaning to it. And
\nshe was probably the greatest beauty known to man.’<\/span><\/p>\n

Other fans \u2013 and fellow stars – will
\nget the chance to mourn the actress at a memorial service, whose date
\nhas yet to be announced.<\/span><\/p>\n

Berta Judt had been waiting for the bus only to find herself one of the few members of the public to see the funeral cortege.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘They only announced this on the news
\ntwo hours ago so nobody would have had time to get here, especially if
\nthey had to get off work,\u2019 said the retired office worker.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘I\u2019m definitely a fan. I remember
\nbeing a 15-year-old girl and reading those old film magazines and seeing
\nher gorgeous face on the cover. We all aspire to that.’<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\"Goddess<\/p>\n

Goddess of the silver screen: Taylor playing the title role in one of her most famous films, Cleopatra<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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

<\/p>\n

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

<\/p>\n

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