<p>The movie icon, who was buried at Forest Lawn memorial in a small private ceremony yesterday, had left instructions to delay her funeral service by 15 minute from the publicly announced time, Variety reported.<br /><br />Taylor died of congestive heart failure at the age of 79 on March 23.<br /><br />Taylor had left instructions that the multi-denominational services were to begin later than publicly scheduled with the announcement.<br /><br />"She even wanted to be late for her own funeral," a family representative said.<br /><br />Rabbi Jerry Cutler officiated the ceremony, which lasted about an hour, in the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Glendale.<br /><br />Her friend, actor Colin Farrell recited poem 'The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo' by Gerard Manley Hopkins while Taylor's son, grandson and daughter read other selected works.<br /><br />Taylor's grandson, Rhys Tivey, performed a tumpet solo of 'Amazing Grace'.<br /><br />Covered in a blanket of gardenias, violets and lily of the valleys, Taylor's casket was interred beneath a marble Michelangelo angel.<br /><br />Mobbed by fans and followed by flashlight's for most of her life, Taylor had a peaceful memorial service, which attended by no more than a few dozen family and close friends.<br />But the family is reportedly planning a public memorial service to honour the great star at a later date.<br /><br />Taylor, who shared a close friendship with Michael Jackson, was buried in the same mausoleum building where the pop star was laid to rest in 2009.<br /><br />The cemetery is already home to Hollywood greats like Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart and Jean Harlow.</p>
<p>The movie icon, who was buried at Forest Lawn memorial in a small private ceremony yesterday, had left instructions to delay her funeral service by 15 minute from the publicly announced time, Variety reported.<br /><br />Taylor died of congestive heart failure at the age of 79 on March 23.<br /><br />Taylor had left instructions that the multi-denominational services were to begin later than publicly scheduled with the announcement.<br /><br />"She even wanted to be late for her own funeral," a family representative said.<br /><br />Rabbi Jerry Cutler officiated the ceremony, which lasted about an hour, in the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Glendale.<br /><br />Her friend, actor Colin Farrell recited poem 'The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo' by Gerard Manley Hopkins while Taylor's son, grandson and daughter read other selected works.<br /><br />Taylor's grandson, Rhys Tivey, performed a tumpet solo of 'Amazing Grace'.<br /><br />Covered in a blanket of gardenias, violets and lily of the valleys, Taylor's casket was interred beneath a marble Michelangelo angel.<br /><br />Mobbed by fans and followed by flashlight's for most of her life, Taylor had a peaceful memorial service, which attended by no more than a few dozen family and close friends.<br />But the family is reportedly planning a public memorial service to honour the great star at a later date.<br /><br />Taylor, who shared a close friendship with Michael Jackson, was buried in the same mausoleum building where the pop star was laid to rest in 2009.<br /><br />The cemetery is already home to Hollywood greats like Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart and Jean Harlow.</p>