Hollywood
Dame
Elizabeth
Taylor,
who
passed
away
on
Wednesday,
was
a
close
friend
of
late
singer
Michael
Jackson
when
he
was
alive.
Now,
the
violet
eyed
beauty
is
even
closer
to
the
singer
in
death.
The
actress
was
buried
yesterday
near
MJ
burial
place
at
Forest
Lawn
Memorial-Parks
and
Mortuaries
in
California.
Liz
Taylor
was
often
mobbed
by
media
and
fans
when
she
was
alive.
So
her
funeral
plans
were
kept
under
wraps,
which
had
paved
way
to
lots
of
speculation.
It
was
reported
earlier
that
she
would
be
buried
next
to
her
husband
Richard
Burton
in
Wales.
There
was
another
speculation
that
she
would
be
buried
next
to
her
parents
and
close
to
Marilyn
Monroe
at
a
Los
Angeles
cemetery
at
Westwood
Village.
But,
Elizabeth
Taylor
family
did
not
want
media
attention
towards
her
funeral.
And
she
had
adopted
Jewish
faith
in
1959
and
it
demanded
speedy
burial.
So
they
held
her
burial
yesterday
in
a
small
private
ceremony
on
a
quiet
hill
outside
Los
Angeles.
This
short
and
private
funeral
service
was
reportedly
attended
by
a
few
dozen
family,
close
friends
and
fans.
"As
a
convoy
of
five
black
stretch
limos
swept
the
mourners
through
the
main
entrance
of
the
Forest
Lawns
Memorial
Park
cemetery
in
Glendale,
they
were
watched
at
a
respectful
distance
by
a
phalanx
of
the
world"s
media
-
including
circling
helicopters
-
but
only
a
handful
of
fans," reports
the
Daily
Mail.