PUBLISHED: March 25, 2011 at 9:48 a.m. | UPDATED: April 9, 2018 at 2:02 p.m. The screen legend was laid to rest in Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Thursday in a small private ceremony that started 15 minutes later than scheduled.
But the funeral began 15 minutes after its announced start time in observance of the actress' parting wish, according to her publicist, Sally Morrison. She left instructions asking for the tardy start and had requested that someone announce, "She even wanted to be late for her own funeral," Morrison said.
Did Elizabeth Taylor go to Richard Burton's funeral?
The actor died from a brain haemorrhage in August 1984 in Geneva, Switzerland. Taylor was asked to stay away from the funeral because Burton's family feared her presence would create a media circus.
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.
The funeral of the charismatic C.N. Annadurai (died 3 Feb 1969), Madras Chief Minister, was attended by 15 million people, according to a police estimate.
Did Elizabeth Taylor's children inherit any of her money?
From her marriages, the actress had four children and 10 grandchildren. It is believed that her trust passed the majority of her assets to her children, grandchildren as well as to various charities.
700 Nimes Road is a house on Nimes Road in the Bel Air district of Los Angeles. It was the residence of the actor Elizabeth Taylor from 1982 until her death in 2011.
Following King George VI's death on February 6, 1952, the Queen, then 25, flew back from a royal tour in Kenya to be in attendance for his coffin's procession and funeral eight days later.
Liz Taylor's head-turning looks may, at least partly, have been due to a rare genetic mutation that resulted in her having two rows of eyelashes on each eyelid rather than one. The technical term for this disorder is distichiasis.
Who was the great love of Elizabeth Taylor's life?
The book confirms however what has long been known, that the great love of Taylor's life was Richard Burton. The book is on shelves now, and opens with the final love letter Taylor wrote to Burton, three years after his death.
Did Elizabeth Taylor have a child with Richard Burton?
Together, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton did not produce biological offspring. However, their love story was enriched by the adoption of Maria Burton-Carroll born in 1961.
How much was Elizabeth Taylor worth when she died?
It is believed that Elizabeth Taylor's net worth at the time of her death was between $600 million and $1 billion. The film icon structured her will as a revocable living trust.
So, on September 3rd, 2009, the family held a private burial service at Forest Lawn in Glendale, California, where Michael's empty casket was entombed in a structure known as the Great Mausoleum.
Alfred was born on the Hermitage around 1812. He lived at the Hermitage longer than any other person, and was a valued living history resource in later life, especially after the Ladies' Hermitage Association took over the building in 1889. He is buried next to Andrew Jackson in the Hermitage graveyard.
George Michael (1963-2016) is buried in the West side of Highgate Cemetery, on one side of his mother's grave. His sister Melanie is on the other. His monument bears his birth name, Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou. To see his grave, visitors will need to purchase a cemetery admission ticket.
