The actress, who was laid to rest Thursday in a private funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale outside L.A., had made specific requirements about the service before she died Wednesday at age 79.
“The service was scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. but at Miss Taylor’s request started late,” her rep told Access Hollywood. “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.’”
Glendale police spokesman Tom Lorenz told reporters Taylor was being interred in the Great Mausoleum.
Taylor’s longtime friend Michael Jackson as well as Clark Gable, Jean Harlowand Walt Disneyalso are buried at Forest Lawn.
In a nod to her reputation for keeping people waiting—in 1965, Taylor was tardy to her wedding to Burton—she arranged to be 15 minutes late to her own funeral. “I swear she'll be late for the Last Judgment,” Burton had said.
Taylor, 79, who died Wednesday of congestive heart failure, was entombed in the same large, multilevel mausoleum as the King of Pop. Her closed casket was draped with a blanket of gardenias, violets and lily of the valley.
Elizabeth Taylor's wealth, estimated to be around half a billion dollars, was primarily distributed among her children. However, a significant proportion was also funneled into The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, a clear testament to the actress's dedication to philanthropy and humanitarian causes.
The casket was a solid copper casket with a copper interior that and the casket was lined with a pink satin interior. The ceremony was open casket so that Presley's fans could view his body during the public viewing at Graceland.
For those who are embalmed and buried in a coffin, five to 10 years is a more typical decomposition timeline, he said. At that point, the tissue is gone and only bones remain. The quality of the embalming job also plays a role, Wescott said.
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