Elizabeth Taylor funeral service to be held today

Updated 4:18 p.m. EDT

(CBS) Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor will be laid to rest today.

The actress, who died Wednesday at the age of 79, will be buried this afternoon at Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks and Mortuaries in Glendale, Calif.

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According to CNN, the service will take place at 2 p.m. PDT.

Forest Lawn is also the final resting place of Taylor's friend Michael Jackson, who died in 2009.

Taylor's family said in a statement Wednesday that the actress' funeral would be a private affair and that a memorial service will be announced at a later date. Her family also asked that instead of flowers, that contributions be made to the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.