Academy Award winning actress Elizabeth Taylor passed away today at Los Angeles, Calif.âs Cedars-Sinai Hospital at the age of 79. At around 1:30 a.m. this morning, she died of symptoms caused by congestive heart failure. âShe was surrounded by her children- Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd, and Maria Burton,â Taylorâs publicist, Sally Morrison, said in a statement. In addition to her children, Taylor is survived by 10 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
One of the most beautiful screen legends in her era, Elizabeth Taylor won double Oscars for starring inButterfield 8 in 1960, opposite Eddie Fisher and for Whoâs Afraid of Virginia Woolf in 1966, alongside Richard Burton. In 1963, she memorably starred in âCleopatra.â Taylor later in life became notorious for her seven marriages and sometimes eccentric behavior. Most people only have a memory of Elizabeth as a frail old woman being pushed around in a wheelchair but in her day she was one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood history. CNN report:
Taylor died âpeacefully today in Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles,â said a statement from her publicist. She was hospitalized six weeks ago with congestive heart failure, âa condition with which she had struggled for many years. Though she had recently s! uffered a number of complications, her condition had stabilized and it was hoped that she would be able to return home. Sadly, this was not to be.â
Though a two-time Oscar winner â for âButterfield 8âł (1960) and âWhoâs Afraid of Virginia Woolfâ (1966) â Taylor was more celebrated for simply being Elizabeth Taylor: sexy, glamorous, tempestuous, fragile, always trailing courtiers, media and fans. She wasnât above playing to that image â she had a fragrance called âWhite Diamondsâ â or mocking it.
âI am a very committed wife,â she once said. âAnd I should be committed too â for being married so many times.â
Elizabeth Taylor, of course, starred in Cleopatra which made her the first Hollywood star to earn a $1 million salary. Beyond acting, Taylor is credited with bringing the worldâs attention to AIDS with her fund-raising and activism. In 1985, when Taylorâs lifelong friend Rock Hudson died of AIDS, she brought national attention to the growing disease. It satisfying to her to use her celebrity for good â she raised and donated millions to the cause, founding the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.
Taylor reported in October 2009 that she was having a heart procedure done. Via Twitter, she said it was âvery new and involves repairing my leaky valve using a clip device, without open heart surgery so that my heart will function better.â Taylor was again hospitalized six weeks ago with congestive heart failure. Though she had recently suffered a number of complications, her condition had stabilized and it was hoped that she would be able to return home.
âI never planned to acquire a lot of jewels or a lot of husbands,â Taylor said.
âI have been supremely lucky in my life in that I have known great love, and of course, I am the temporary custodian of some incredible and beautiful things.â
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Dame Elizabeth Rosemond âLizâ Taylor, DBE (February 27, 1932 March 23, 2011) was an English-born American actress.
Beginning as a child star, as an adult she came to be known for her acting talent and beauty, and had a much publicised private life, including eight marriages and several near-death experiences. Taylor was considered one of the great actresses of Hollywoodâs Golden Age. The American F! ilm Inst itute named Taylor seventh on its Female Legends list.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR’S NUDE PHOTO RELEASED AFTER NEARLY 60 YEARS
Here is Elizabeth Taylor’s only known nude photo, taken for her then-fiancĂ©eMichael Todd decades before sexting became as poplar as it is today, has been released by a private collector. Almost 55-years ago Elizabeth Taylor took a single nude photograph that was eventually sold to private collector Jim Shaudis in 1980 and now following the death of Taylor Mr. Shaudis decided to release the photo to the public. Countless photographs have paid homage to Liz Taylor’s fabulous figure. But none has been so revealing as this one.
The striking black and white photo shows her topless. Elizabeth Taylor was 24 at the time and considered one of the most beautiful women in the world. Life-long friend Roddy McDowall, an actor and amateur photographer, convinced her to sit for the photo in 1956. He promised it would be tasteful, like a work of art, and it has been treated as such ever since. Todd, whom she later married and became her third husband, was killed in plane crash 13 months after they wed. Afterward, Taylor was said to have given the photo to her assistant and make-up artist Penny Taylor.
Collector Jim Shaudis bought the photo in 1980 and it has not been shown in public since. But Shaudis decided to make the photo public after Taylorâs death, at 79, from congestive heart failure on March 23. The photo isn’t the only surprise about her life that has come to light since she passed, according to London’s Daily Mail. Her father, the art dealer Francis Taylor, and his actress wife Sara regularly attended swingers parties and that Elizabeth was reportedly conceived at one of the parties. Other reports claim her father was a millionaire Conservative Member of Parliament, Victor Cazalet, who became her godfather. In any event she became one of the most photographed women in the world. But there is only one photo like this. Or at least only one that is known to exist.
Bonus… Here is another revealing photo taken years later. While not nude, the sheer bra she is wear exposed a lot:
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