Elizabeth Taylor died earlier this morning of heart failure, she was 79. Taylor had been hospitalized since February. Elizabeth Taylor is one of the most legendary actresses in history, notable roles include A Place in the Sun, Giant, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cleopatra, and she won the Best Actress Award for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Taylor made her silver screen debut as a 10-year-old in There’s One Born Every Minute.
I have seen a few Elizabeth Taylor films, and there is one word I’m sure we will hear more than a few times in the coming days, and rightfully so, and that is glamour. Taylor was no stranger to the Hollywood life off-screen with a varied taste in romance and jewelry. She was the first actress to earn a seven-figure salary (Cleopatra, 1963).
Taylor was well-known for her charitable work as well, she was an advocate in the fight against AIDS, Taylor was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award by the Academy in 1992.
Taylor’s publicist says she was “surrounded by her children — Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd, and Maria Burton” this morning. The actress died “peacefully” from congestive heart failure, “a condition with which she had struggled with for many years.” The rep adds, “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. Sadly, this was not to be.”
I’ve been through it all, baby, I’m mother courage.
Elizabeth Taylor (February 27 1932 – March 23 2011)
