ABC News is reporting that Elizabeth Taylor died earlier today at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles."She was surrounded by her children -- Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd and Maria Burton," Taylor's publicist, Sally Morrison, said in a statement.
I don't know how you can be shocked that a 79-year-old woman in poor health -- who has come this close to dying on countless occasions -- has died, yet someone I am. I audibly gasped in the newsroom when I saw the flash. Truly the end of an era. As much as I adored Taylor's work on the silver screen -- "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "Suddenly, Last Summer" are my faves -- it was her willingness (and fearlessness) to fight against AIDS when doing so wasn't fashionable that I will remember about her most. She was the anti-Reagan -- and there will never be another star that shines this bright.
RIP, Liz. We miss you already.
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I'm right there with you. I don't understand how sad I am. And I didn't realize how (relatively) young she was (I have friends in their 80s). :(
Count me in that group as well. I know that she couldn't last for ever, but still shocked none the less. And my favorite film....."Giant".
Wow, that was kind of a shock to read. Thoughts and prayers to her family.
Hers was the fully lived life. To me, her life spelled passion. She lived by her heart and died by her heart... literally! Elizabeth Taylor you are one of greats you will be missed.
We really miss you.
it is very sad to be done like this....
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