THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The start of Elizabeth Taylor's funeral was delayed after the film star left instructions requesting that her coffin should arrive 15 minutes late.Taylor was buried at a family funeral in a California cemetery famous for being the final resting place of Hollywood celebrities, including her good friend Michael Jackson.
Barricades blocked access to the funeral at the Forest Lawn Cemetery, where about 50 family members mourned the actress during a service that lasted about an hour, said a police spokesman. Five black stretch limousines transported Taylor's family to and from the funeral, but no procession was held.
The service began 15 minutes after its announced start time in observance of Taylor's parting wish that her funeral start late, her publicist Sally Morrison said.
Taylor had 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.
Taylor died early on Wednesday of congestive heart failure while surrounded by her four children at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she had been hospitalized for about six weeks. » | Friday, March 25, 2011
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