Shining Through Scandal: The Incredible Life Of Elizabeth Taylor

The Life Of A Legend Ended, But Her Legacy Lives On

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Elizabeth Taylor’s health had seriously declined in her later years and she was even confined to a wheelchair due to back problems. In 2004, she was diagnosed with congestive heart failure which would eventually cause her to be hospitalized in 2011, and she eventually succumbed to the illness six weeks later. Elizabeth Taylor passed away on March 23, 2011, at the age of 79 in Los Angeles. Her funeral happened the following day in a private burial service at Forest Lawn memorial park. The service reportedly began 15 minutes behind schedule because, according to representative Sally Morrison, “she even wanted to be late for her own funeral.”