(25 Mar 2011) SHOTLIST
AP Entertainment
Glendale, California, 24 March 2011
1. Sign: Forest Lawn
2. Wide media compound
3. Helicopter
4. People standing outside information booth
5. Setup shot Glendale public information officer Sgt. Tom Lorenz
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sgt. Tom Lorenz/Public Information Officer, City of Glendale:
"Well, the city of Glendale received word this morning that the services for Liz Taylor would be held this afternoon, and this would be her final resting place. They have put into place security plans to make sure it'll be a peaceful event for the family, a safe event. The park is to be remained open for the public and for anyone else that would like to pay respects to their loved ones over there. And that's primarily to assist with traffic, and, obviously, we have an elementary school here, and when the kids get out we want to make sure they can cross the street safely with the extra traffic that we're seeing right now."
7. Setup shot Glendale public information officer Sgt. Tom Lorenz
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Sgt. Tom Lorenz/Public Information Officer, City of Glendale:
"We have limited details, other than the fact that this will be her final resting place. They will have a small service at 2 o'clock this afternoon, probably no more than three dozen, maybe four dozen, if that, family members and close friends. There will be no procession of any kind, so family and friends are arriving in their own personal cars. From what I am told, some of them have already arrived. And once that's done, the family will be leaving. There will be no other services held here for the family or the public. So, I think, within a couple hours, it will all be over, and I think the family will enjoy a peaceful service today."
(Reporter: "And I understand that she'll be near to where Michael Jackson is?")
Lorenz: "From what we understand, and I cannot speak for the family or Forest Lawn, but it is in the Great Mausoleum area, that building. But she's in a separate section or wing thereof, but fairly close."
9. Cars going through entrance
10. Limousines going through entrance
11. Close-up photographers
12. Limousines exiting cemetery
STORYLINE
ELIZABETH TAYLOR IS BURIED AT FOREST LAWN
Elizabeth Taylor's family mourned the screen legend in a brief private funeral service Thursday at a California cemetery famous for being the final resting place of Hollywood celebrities, including her good friend Michael Jackson.
Inside the sprawling Forest Lawn Cemetery, barricades blocked access to the funeral, where about four dozen family members mourned the actress during a service that lasted about an hour, said Glendale police spokesman Tom Lorenz.
Five black stretch limousines transported Taylor's family to and from the funeral, but no procession was held.
Taylor died early 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.
Taylor, who was infamously married eight times to seven husbands, converted to Judaism before her 1959 wedding to Eddie Fisher.
Jewish customs call for a burial as soon as possible after death.
In addition to Jackson, the cemetery is the final resting place for such stars as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, W.C. Fields, Red Skelton, Gracie Allen, Walt Disney and Nat King Cole.
"I admired Elizabeth Taylor enormously and feel heartsick losing her, especially with all of her charitable works," said Ann Berry, a fan and character actress who lives nearby and visited the cemetery with a friend to pay their respects to the star.
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