ELIZABETH TAYLOR'S FUNERAL AND BURIAL

Legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor was finally brought to her resting place and buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Los Angeles, California where her famous music legend friend, Michael Jackson was also buried. 

 

Other Hollywood celebrities were also buried in this place such as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, W.C. Fields, Red Skelton, Gracie Allen, Walt Disney and Nat King Cole.

A brief private service of the family were held and the funeral started 15 minutes late in observance of the actress parting wish. The actress left an instructions that the start of the funeral will be late. 

The service began with poetry readings by actor Colin Farrell and the actress family members  where her grandson did the trumpet performance of Amazing Grace.

News networks documented the service where news helicopters swirled overhead. Students of the nearby school went out from the class to also observe the service.

A fan and character actress who lives nearby visited the cemetery with a friend to pay their respects to the actress and said, "I admired Elizabeth Taylor enormously and feel heartsick losing her, especially with all of her charitable works."

Elizabeth Taylor was married eight times  and converted herself to Judaism before her 1959 wedding to Eddie Fisher. Jewish customs call for a burial of their deaths within 48 hours.

The legendary actress underwent to 20 major operations and nearly lost her life in 1990 due to pneumonia. In 1994 and 1995 she had replaced both of her hip joints and in February 1997, she also underwent surgery to remove a benign brain tumor and in 1983, she admitted a 35-year addiction to sleeping pills and pain killers and went to rehabilitation for drug abuse at Betty Ford Clinic, Rancho Mirage, California. 

All of these, has come to an end, and the famous legendary actress, Elizabeth Taylor was laid to rest in peace.