Update: LA police confirms Elizabeth Taylor’s final resting place
Noting that they were given a short headstart for Taylor’s funeral, but Glendale police spokesman Tom Lorenz expressed confidence that the services will be handled accordingly.
Police authorities have confirmed that the legendary actress’s final resting place is the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. The funeral services are scheduled Thursday afternoon and a spokesman from Glendale police noted Taylor will be placed near her long-time friend, singer Michael Jackson.
Noting that they were given a short headstart for Taylor’s funeral, but Glendale police spokesman Tom Lorenz expressed confidence that the funeral services will be handled accordingly.
"We're going to be able to deal with it again. We're ready to roll,” Lorenz was quoted as telling KCAL9 TV station by the Agence France Presse.
Lorenz emphasized that this is not the first celebrity funeral services Glendale police has had to secure, noting that no untoward incident was ever reported.
He added, "It will certainly tax our resources but .. we've had a lot of large services here -- I think the most recent ones were the anniversary and the services for Michael Jackson -- we've been able to deal with it.”
The legendary actress died of congestive heart failure Wednesday and her burial almost 36 hours after her death was unexpected.
Citing the report by People magazine, the AFP noted that the unanticipated rapid burial is part of Taylor’s conversion to Judaism.
No details have been provided yet by Taylor’s camp on the information about the icon’s funeral ceremony.
The TMZ, said AFP came out with Taylor’s death certificate posted on the celebrity news website with details of Taylor’s final resting place and the causes of her death.
A closer look of the certificate showed that the actress died of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, which as noted in the certificate the actress had had for ten years.
The certificate also added congestive heart failure Taylor had for five years and cardiopulmonary arrest, that the certificate said the legendary actress had for five minutes.