Dame Elizabeth Taylor's funeral service will take place today (24.03.11).

The body of the 79-year-old actress - who passed away at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center yesterday (23.03.11) after suffering congestive heart failure - will be laid to rest at California's Forest Lawn Cemetery in a private service, reports gossip website TMZ.

Dame Elizabeth Taylor's Hollywood Walk of Fame star has become a shrine following her death.

Fans have covered the tile with floral tributes to her after she passed away from symptoms of congestive heart failure at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center yesterday (23.03.11) aged 79.

Kim Kardashian has described Dame Elizabeth Taylor as her "idol".

The socialite paid tribute to the screen icon -who died of congestive heart failure aged 79 in the early hours of this morning (23.03.11) - admitting she was devastated by the passing of the actress, who she spoke with just weeks ago for Harper's Bazaar magazine when she did a photoshoot inspired by Elizabeth's classic role as the Egyptian queen in 'Cleopatra'.

Zsa Zsa Gabor has been rushed to hospital after becoming "hysterical" over Dame Elizabeth Taylor's death.

The 94-year-old screen legend has had a string of health problems in recent months and she was taken to UCLA medical centre after her blood pressure went "through the roof" when she learned her old friend had passed away this morning (23.03.11), a month after fellow veteran actress Jane Russell died.

Tributes have flooded in for the late Dame Elizabeth Taylor in the wake of her death, with Sir Elton John describing her as a "Hollywood giant".

The screen legend passed away at 1.28am on Wednesday morning (23.03.11) at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - where she had been receiving treatment for the last few weeks for congestive heart failure - surrounded by her four children, Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd and Maria Burton.

Dame Elizabeth Taylor has died.

The double Oscar-winning actress died in the early hours of Wednesday morning (23.03.11) aged 79, after battling congestive heart failure.