Elizabeth Taylor won't be coming down for breakfast

[Richard Cranium]

RIP Liz.




Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor, who went from child star to screen siren, died Wednesday in Los Angeles from congestive heart failure. She was 79. Her children were at her side when she died.

Taylor first gained stardom as a child and appeared in more than 50 films. She won Oscars for her performances in "Butterfield 8" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

She was equally famous for extraordinary beauty and her stormy personal life, including eight marriages and a series of physical ailments.

In later years, she was a spokeswoman for humanitarian causes, notably AIDS research. That work gained her a special Oscar in 1993.

"My Mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humor, and love," said her son, Michael Wilding, in a statement. "Though her loss is devastating to those of us who held her so close and so dear, we will always be inspired by her enduring contribution to our world. Her remarkable body of work in film, her ongoing success as a businesswoman, and her brave and relentless advocacy in the fight against HIV/AIDS, all make us all incredibly proud of what she accomplished. We know, quite simply, that the world is a better place for Mom having lived in it. Her legacy will never fade, her spirit will always be with us, and her love will live forever in our hearts."

[maxwellwedge]

Seems to me people I hear of someone dying at least once a week now.

She was a beauty in her time.

[Tilar]

Yes she was. It seems the older I get the more people I know that are dying. 

[ChgrSteve67]

I hope she put me in her will

[greenpigs]

She was HOT in her youth & even in her 60 not bad looking, amazing what money can do for looks.

As for acting....dunno but she was eye candy then.

[Brock Samson]

She was great in Who's afraid of Virgina Wolf?.. A very deep and demanding role that's not much remembered or popular nowadays. Baised on a Stage Play it's probably far too emotionally painful and yet surreal, It's also filmed in B&W a real stroke of genieus and in only a couple rooms of the home. Yet the chemistry shown by the four actors, especially Richard Burton and Liz's presence and power are way beyond the reach of most actors then or since. It throughly established them as the King and Queen of Hollywood through to the seventies.

a summation:

 
Distilled Human Viciousness (Ten Stars)
4 June 2007 | by OttoVonB (Switzerland) –

"Ailing couple George (Burton) and Martha (Taylor) invite a young couple over for a late-night drink - much to quiet and repressed George's annoyance - and what starts off as a twisted game by sultry Martha to annoy her husband and get her way with young stud Nick (George Segal) ends up in a horrific duel of wits.

Adapted from the play and boasting very few locations, "Virginia Woolf" is notable for many unsuspected reasons. Designed for the stage, the film makes the story uniquely cinematic and tense, amped up by stunning photography (in Black and White, a daring choice in 1966). The younger leads are superb, but Burton and Taylor still manage to walk away with film, giving stunning renditions of the world's most demented couple. They make the surreal dialogue hurt and touch in ways never thought possible.

Though there are countless reasons to recommend this jewel of a film, there are also reasons why one would wish to avoid it. This is the kind of film that makes you feel like having a shower (sic) (or a very concentrated drink) to wash away the grit and human evil and pain absorbed. You'll feel dirty, but in a way you'll also feel enlightened: that a small character film can carry more punch than any explosion-packed blockbuster out there is a thing of beauty indeed!"

[hemi68charger]

She was a beauty in her time.

Oh wise-one.. I agree with you...........   

[stripedelete]

If there's a heaven, then there's one "swanky", wild, welcome-home bash happining right now. 

[histoy]

I was surprised to see that her funeral was today.  That was quick!

[greenpigs]

Jewish?

[Richard Cranium]

She was a Jew-ess by choice, but it appears that she was not much of a practicing one....


"Taylor was born into a Christian Science family in England. She was not active in the faith after she came to Hollywood. Before converting to Judaism she was sometimes identified simply as a "Protestant." After converting to Judaism she was not at all a regular synagogue-goer, although in later years she apparently became more interested in spirituality and spoke more frequently about the importance of God and prayer in her life."

[Brock Samson]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/100-beautiful-pictures-of-elizabeth-taylor