Flowers adorn the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of actress Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood, California March 23, 2011. Taylor died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, aged 79, surrounded by her four children on Wednesday after having been hospitalized six weeks ago with congestive heart failure, according to a statement from her publicist Sally Morrison. REUTERS/Fred ProuserReuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor was given a small private funeral service attended by family and close friends in the Los Angeles area on Thursday, a day after she died of congestive heart failure.
The Oscar-winning actress, 79, was laid to rest at the Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, outside Los Angeles — the same place where her close friend, singer Michael Jackson, was buried in 2009.
Taylor’s service was scheduled to begin at 2 p.m., but started 15 minutes later than planned at the actress’ request.
Her spokeswoman said in a statement Taylor wanted the service to include the announcement: “She even wanted to be late to her own funeral.”
The coffin for Taylor was draped by a blanket of gardenias, violets and lily of the valley,
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