This site uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising.
By continuing to browse, you agree to the use of cookies described in our Cookies Policy.
You may change your settings at any time but this may impact on the functionality of the site.
To learn more see our Cookies Policy.
THE FUNERAL SERVICE of Elizabeth Taylor has taken place at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles.
In keeping with her Jewish faith – to which she converted in her 20s – the service took place the day after her death. It began 15 minutes after it was scheduled to, in honour of Taylor’s wish “to be late for her own funeral”.
Advertisement
The low-key affair was attended by around 40 friends and family. Colin Farrell – a good friend of Taylor’s – recited a poem, according to hellomagazine.com. Forest Lawn is also the final resting place of Michael Jackson, Clark Gable, Errol Flynn, Sam Cooke and Walt Disney, among others.
Monday 23 December, 2024
Monday 23 December, 2024
Download our app
Elizabeth Taylor was fashionably late for her own funeral
THE FUNERAL SERVICE of Elizabeth Taylor has taken place at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles.
In keeping with her Jewish faith – to which she converted in her 20s – the service took place the day after her death. It began 15 minutes after it was scheduled to, in honour of Taylor’s wish “to be late for her own funeral”.
The low-key affair was attended by around 40 friends and family. Colin Farrell – a good friend of Taylor’s – recited a poem, according to hellomagazine.com. Forest Lawn is also the final resting place of Michael Jackson, Clark Gable, Errol Flynn, Sam Cooke and Walt Disney, among others.
There had been fears that the service would be protested by anti-gay group the Westboro Baptist Church, but they appeared to have been caught out by the speed of the service, the Guardian reports. The Washington Post had suggested that the group were going to picket the funeral because of Taylor’s work as an AIDS charity advocate.
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
colin farrell Elizabeth Taylor Forest Lawn Memorial Park Funeral Funeral Service liz taylor Westboro Baptist Church