24 March 2011
Last updated at 22:07 ET
The peak of Taylor’s career came in the 1950s and 1960s
Dame Elizabeth Taylor has been buried in a cemetery just outside Los Angeles, a day after her death.
Her private funeral was held at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.
Pop icon Michael Jackson, a friend of Taylor’s, is one of a number of stars also buried at the cemetery.
Taylor, one of the 20th Century’s biggest movie stars, died in Los Angeles on Wednesday of congestive heart failure. She was 79.
Her funeral service started 15 minutes late, at the star’s request, her publicist said.
“Miss Taylor had left instructions that it was to begin at least 15 minutes later than publicly scheduled, with the announcement: ‘She even wanted to be late for her own funeral’,” said a statement from taylor’s publicist.
‘Soaring angel’
The hour-long service included a recital of the Gerard Manley Hopkins’ The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo and a trumpet solo of Amazing Grace performed by Taylor’s grandson, Rhys, added
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