Elizabeth Taylor Dead

Very sad ... a true beauty and talent ... R.I.P.

get a life loser

Just announced on MSNBC.

A talented beauty! RIP, Liz!

Confirmed by CNBC

very sad, a true legend, RIP

banner is up on msnbc. %0D %0D very sad.

There aren't stars like her anymore.

RIP Elizabeth

It's true. Now on CNN.

Being announced on "Today" right now.

Great lady. RIP.

RIP Liz. So sad.

Uh oh. Rival threads. This will end in tears.

It was to be expected, but sad nonetheless.

RIP beautiful. I love you.

Diamonds can only bring a gal so much luck . . .

RIP, and you can't say she didn't make the most of the time she had.%0D %0D

Who could top her on next year's Oscar death montage?

I missed the pkg about her on NBC, but caught the tail-end. Matt and Ann were saying "she was 79," as though they were correcting the reporter in the package. Did the reporter say she was 78? If so, I'm guessing they put the package together before she was even dead. How tacky of them.

SHE'S DEAD. DIED. She sends her love.

Where's Von Ryan now?

RIP

The last of the great ones - sorry Olivia and Joan don't count. End of an era.

The last REAL star. RIP Liz

Who's next?

Talk about tougher than a boiled owl. %0D %0D The phrase "the end of an era" is rescued from cliche when applied to her death.%0D %0D She truly was "The Last Star."

She was the ultimate movie star. Truly the last of Hollywood's golden era.

Others from that era remain, but she truly was the last of the greats.

Now she can be reunited with her dear, dear friend, sweet Michael Jackson.

Oh, no! He's in Hell.

Can't wait to read the stats of all her various illnesses and hospital time. What's that line in STEEL MAGNOLIAS, about how she suffered more than any human being ever?

I actually gasped when I read this-and I'm not even a fan.

RIP Lizzie

Where were you when you heard the news of this tragedy?

TOLD YA!

What R24 said-- the last real great star.%0D I have a bootleg video from her Broadway performance in THE LITTLE FOXES. Have never watched it. Think I will watch it tonight.%0D I wonder what films TCM will run on the day that network remembers her?%0D %0D RIP

The sky was so violet this morning.

Imagine the eventual auction?%0D %0D Who will get her controversial Van Gogh?%0D %0D Will her kids write books?%0D %0D Oh the drama!

[quote]I'm guessing they put the package together before she was even dead. How tacky of them.

Honey, the press has put together obits of major celebrities before their time for centuries now. It's no secret. How do you think they got all those clips together ten minutes after she died? And Elizabeth has been seriously ill for years now.

It's all over now.

Gloria Wandrous: Mama, face it: I was the slut of all time.

It's hard to believe she's dead. It seems like she's been around forever; a star since she was 12, 2 Oscars, all those husbands and affairs, all those scandals, all those illnesses, all those diamonds, all those embarrassing public displays while drunk or stoned. It seems like she's been around for a hundred years. %0D %0D I wonder what will happen to all her fabulous jewelry? I hope it auctioned off and the proceeds given to charity.

R53, I was in the late to work but I stopped in the deli anyway to get my breakfast when my Blackberry vibrated with the CNN Breaking news email!

Gloria Wandrous: Command performances leave me quite cold. I've had more fun in the back seat of a '39 Ford than I could ever have in the vault of the Chase Manhattan Bank.

She really was the last MOVIE STAR.

I think we especially owe her a huge debt of gratitude for the lion's work she did starting and supporting AMFAR, not to mention just granting her star power to demystify and undemonize (not really a work I know) AIDS.

"I'm guessing they put the package together before she was even dead. How tacky of them."

Considering how often Taylor was at death's door prior to day, it would be foolish not to be prepared.

R38, then perhaps they should've quickly went through the package to edit her age.

First, Libya - now, this!

Oh, dear... R38 "should've went"

Have posted this before. Love this clip.

Oh, dear. I meant... R46.

I have a friend who is an anchorman for local news and we just had this conversation Sunday. He told me most news organizations have "death packages" ready to go on major celebs and all the old or local ones. He has a few that he says have been sitting in the can for years but could be tweaked and run with about 10 minutes notice.

Cleopatra: You come before me as a suppliant. Antony: If you choose to regard me as such. Cleopatra: You will therefore assume the position of a suppliant before this throne. You will kneel. Antony: I will *what*? Cleopatra: On-your-knees! Antony: You dare ask the Proconsul of the Roman Empire? Cleopatra: I *asked* it of Julius Caesar. I *demand* it of you!

I imagine her riding on Knut towards the pearly gates of heaven.

Duh, r51. Is that news to you?%0D %0D "It's hard to believe she's dead"%0D %0D No, it's not. She was sick and looked like hell for years, and lately was very THIN. Not her natural state.

"Did the reporter say she was 78?"%0D %0D The voice over said she was 77. This is emblematic of reporting these days- shoddy. Any Google look-up could have clued him in.

Drama queen of drama queens, she will be missed

Interesting that Mike Todd died on almost the same date, March 22nd, 1958.

Nick: To you, everybody's a flop. Your husband's a flop, I'm a flop.

Martha: You're all flops. I am the Earth Mother, and you are all flops.

This is going to knock Charlie Sheen out of the celebrity news headlines.

R57: Yes, only 53 years apart! Wow, what a spooky coincidence!

I'm a minority and I have a problem careing about this ugly ode white bitch. Where the threads on Rihanna? Halle Berrys? She ode. She dead.

Archie Bunker:%0D %0D "That dame would do anything to drive the world crazy."%0D %0D How true!

After reading her book about her jewels, I have to believe what her critics (such as Cecil Beaton who loathed the ground she walked on) said: she came across as a massive and coarse vulgarian. So the talk that she did destroy Richard Burton's career (in terms of fulfilling his potential as a great actor) was believable to me.

I suppose her AIDS work makes up for it.

Just so you know, Esther Williams hinted in an on-line interview a few years ago that Elizabeth Taylor was actually OLDER than everyone thought, and she pointed out that MGM tried to lie about her own age but because she had swimming records before she became a star they were not able to do so. %0D %0D I suppose the biographies will be flooding out soon enough.%0D %0D Now is when I have to say we need Larry King back - he would have done at least 2 shows on her death. %0D %0D Who would have thought Mickey Rooney would outlast her!!!

[quote] Just so you know, Esther Williams hinted in an on-line interview a few years ago that Elizabeth Taylor was actually OLDER than everyone thought

Not sure how that's possible as she virtually grew up on screen from the age of 10 on.

If anyone can be rightfully called a 'living legend,' it was Elizabeth Taylor. And she was it over and over and over again. Think of all the seismic events of her life--this woman was truly a goddess and the stuff of myth.

[quote]she came across as a massive and coarse vulgarian

Yeah, and was there anything at all interesting about her? I watched an interview and I might as well have been watching Marge, the lady that played bridge with my grandmother.

R64, Larry King is on CNN right now, sounding hungover, and says they had put togther a special on her life with appearances on his show.%0D

R65........MGM said she was 10, but she wasn't. Not too hard to figure out now is it?

So how old was she really? How many years did she shave off? 2? 5?

Never liked the tacky cow. Her voice alone sounded vulgar.

Margaret "Maggie" Pollitt: You know what I feel like? I feel all the time like a cat on a hot tin roof.

Brick Pollitt: Then jump off the roof, Maggie. Jump off it. Cats jump off roofs and land uninjured. Do it. Jump.

Margaret "Maggie" Pollitt: Jump where? Into what?

Thank God! This is a day we need Larry! I hope they preempt Piers Morgan and let Larry do his thing. Actually, they should let Piers talk about Japan and Lybia, and then put Larry on for two hours with Elizabeth and a round table discussion. It's like sitting shiva.%0D %0D I feel like a member of my family has died. A beloved old Aunt! I adored her.%0D %0D Maybe they can put Larry on before Piers? Or run Larry on HLNs before Joy and then dovetail into a twofer with Larry and Joy and guests. Shit! I should be producing this.

"I'm guessing they put the package together before she was even dead. How tacky of them."

The NY Times obituary is linked below. It's credited to Mel Gussow, who died 6 years ago. That may be slightly tacky.

I wonder if Drudge is gay- he has a beautiul picture of her on his site under the heading THE LAST STAR.

"If I had known that first night we had spent together how our love was going to help destroy my career, and, for a time, my life, if I had known how much pain my love for Elizabeth was going to bring to me, I still wouldn't have hesitated."

"Actually, they should let Piers talk about Japan and Lybia, and then put Larry on for two hours with Elizabeth and a round table discussion. It's like sitting shiva."%0D %0D Exactly, and enough already with Libya and Japan. This story is far more interesting to Americans.

Beaton's description of her when photographing her at the Rothschild's ball is so acid: "a great thick revolting mass of femininity in its rawest", a "monster" with "fat, coarse hands" and the breasts "of a peasant woman suckling her young in Peru". Admittedly, she does resemble a jewish courtesan from the Third Empire with Alexandre's greasy curls stuck all over her head. I think the shrew she played in Taming Of The Shrew was probably closer to her real life married self. And it's hard to forget that portrait that the Daily Mail (or was it the Evening Standard) leaked in her last years of the tacky goings on in her house with the recorded birdsong etc, and where she was rogered by any who would have her and nicknamed The Old Mattress.

Why can't we just send Piers to Libya or Japan?

sad

RIP you beautiful, beautiful, wonderful lady. Thank you for adding your voice to ours during those dark days.

See attached pics.

R19, way tacky, but it's sad they have to do this stuff in advance.%0D %0D She recently had a birthday, so yeah, they must have done this package beforehand.%0D

What a extraordinary woman...and a great friend to gay people.

[quote]Actually, they should let Piers talk about Japan and Lybia

Is that plural for "labia"?

Thank God for DL, not one of the men and women in my office have even mentioned her death! I know some of them get CNN Breaking nws emails but they are just focusing on work instead of discussing her life and her films and her glamour.

I'm really, really touched by this. Some stars are like family. They've alwasy been there. Playing a 'role' in your life, in a strange way.%0D %0D I once saw her at a party and she glittered and glowed. I once saw Queen Elizabeth II go by in a carriage when she was a much younger woman and it was similar. Really.%0D %0D The work she did for aids. The way she stood up for us when no one else cared or could be bothered and the way she stuck with it until the end. %0D %0D Beautiful inside and out.

This is just tragic. I can't stop sobbing.

So sad that this happened on Perez Hilton's birthday.

I saw the package on GMA very touching, well put together, but it was a bit obvious they had it made in advance and waiting around for the announcement.

Switched over to Today and the VO guy in their package said she was 77, Matt and Ann quickly corrected to say 79. Did they have that package sitting around for 2 years?

I'm young so my memory of her is mostly from The Flintstones Movie and the White Diamonds ads. She always had a sense of regal sophistication that I admired.

RIP Liz, may you stay a diamond forever.

She should have made 100.

R51 (and others), I had a friend who worked at "Entertainment Tonight" about twenty years ago. He said they had pre-produced bios of virtually every celebrity who mattered packaged and ready to go if needed. He said they called that aisle "Death Row."

One of the few times (maybe only) the death of a movie star has made me cry. I guess I grew up with her, loving her movies, adoring her self-deprecating humor and of course mesmerized by her beauty.%0D %0D Read the NY Times obit (www.NYTimes.com) those of you who don't know her life real well. Great quotes from her- one of my favorites in the article, not exactly: "she made both good taste and bad taste equally meaningless", as for her being made fun of by Joan Rivers later in life for being fat she is quoted as not minding because "it didn't get me where I live".%0D %0D For all her vulgarity (for which she was the first to own with delight- when told she was vulgar she said, "I know, but you wouldn't have me any other way, would you?") and drama and excess- I believe her heart was always in the right place- and she never took herself seriously except in the context of HIV. In the end she used her great fame and wealth to help others which in my book is the best use of fame and of course wealth.%0D %0D Another great quote when asked why she married so many times "beats the hell out of me".%0D %0D Great broad, great beauty, great movie star and cannot wait to see all the movies that will be playing on cable. I adored her-

[quote]She should have made 100.

She was 100.

"I have a friend who is an anchorman for local news and we just had this conversation Sunday. He told me most news organizations have "death packages" ready to go on major celebs and all the old or local ones. He has a few that he says have been sitting in the can for years but could be tweaked and run with about 10 minutes notice."%0D %0D Remember the Mary Tyler Moore episode where Mary was up all night doing obituaries for the news show? Rhoda was with there and they both got punchy; they ended up writing a tasteless obituary for somebody, I can't remember who. But the person died unexpectedly and their tasteless obituary got read on the air by Ted Baxter. It was a funny episode.%0D %0D

R78 Fuck Cecil Beaton.

RIP Liz

Thanks for the memories.....

"But the person died unexpectedly and their tasteless obituary got read on the air by Ted Baxter. It was a funny episode."%0D %0D Ted: "Wee Willie Williams is dead, at 110. For a long time, Wee Willie Williams was the oldest living citizen in Minneapolis. There were other citizens in Minneapolis who were older; however, they happen to be dead. When last interviewed, Wee Willie had no immediate plans for the future, but hoped to include traveling, gardening...and breathing. Wee Willie had two main hobbies, which were whittling, and going down to the bus station and not doing anything. He also enjoyed playing his favorite little game, which he called 'ignoring people'. How it was played was, no matter what anyone would say to him, he would turn his head away, and stare off into space. But look at it this way; now he can play it even better because he doesn't have to worry about blinking. This is Ted Baxter saying good night and good news!"

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Rest in peace, Liz.

Julie Taymor did it!

I love The Bluebird.

Would anyone be surprised if she were wheeled out of Cedars this evening, bejeweled and looking fabulous, and then slyly turns to the stunned, assembled press, and says, "Not so fast, Von Ryan"?

[quote]Think of all the seismic events of her life

Too soon, too soon.

She couldn't get around by herself and she was only 79, did she have Parkinson's Disease? Because I'm not quite sure she was so delicate. Was it just her heart? I mean, 79 is fairly young, for a rich woman who didn't die of cancer.

Iread that she was loads of fun but she might party with you for a week and two weeks later, not know your name.

Read "Been There, Done That" by Eddie Fisher.%0D %0D Wow. Just wow.

What's nice for Elizabeth is how all of her shitty movies and performances of the 1950s-70s will now be deemed "great work."%0D %0D They were lousy, except for Virginia Woolf.

I loved the texture she infused into Giant

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When I was a kid my dad worked for a NY Newspaper that was around then called the Journal American. When Liz Taylor had pneumonia I guess it would have been 1960 or 61. The newspapers already had her head and buried. My dad brought home a paper that they had ready but were waiting minute by minute to put out on the stand.%0D %0D The headline read:%0D %0D "Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 29"%0D %0D She managed to get another 50 years out of life. %0D

Wow, according to the number of threads she's died about 7 or 8 times today. That Liz always did take things to extremes.

Sad.

Elizabeth Taylor's greatest role:

She'll probably end up in Westwood Cemetery with her parents.%0D %0D And Marilyn, Natalie, Farrah, Dorothy (Stratton), and several other Hollywood beauties/legends.

R.I.P Elizabeth Taylor

what an extraordinary lady

what a life

what...the fuck? she married larry for-ten-sky?! I forget about that...that was all rather sordid of our dear liz

but what a lady. I am crying for elizabeth taylor. what a life. and she saved lives.

Is it too early to ask where she went?

Well, she's in heaven with Michael now.

The BBC News article certainly give short shrift to her AIDS work. If someone has a login, sign in and complain.

Pssst. The New York Times wrote this in advance.

Is it too early to ask what was on her ipod?

Whose dick was the last one inside her?

Who could forget this?

Still one *movie star* remaining whose popularity was huge in her day, altho I doubt if anybody under 60 or so can fully appreciate the fact.%0D %0D Doris Day%0D %0D She was a latecomer to the Golden Age.%0D %0D Hang in there, Doris.

I feel so bad for Japan, and Libya right now.

She'll be comin round the mountains when she comes!

I feel old.%0D %0D I'm at work a saw this thread as soon as I logged on. I gasped and went out to tell my co-workers that Elizabeth Taylor died (Yes, I know...MARY!. %0D %0D My mostly 20 something co-workers all looked at me blankly. Some didn't even know who she was and the others vaguely recognized the name.

[quote]The NY Times obituary is linked below. It's credited to Mel Gussow, who died 6 years ago. That may be slightly tacky.%0D %0D It's incredible.

W&W R53.

lol R61

"Is it too early to ask what was on her ipod?"

R120, see link.

Did her body release vast amounts of radiation?

[quote]Whose dick was the last one inside her?%0D %0D Well, Tony Geary, of course.

yeah but R126, most women know who she is, regardless of age. I'm seeing plenty of FB postings from women of all ages. she's iconic.

OP is owed an apology r2.

R64, I totally believe that she was older than her stated age.

Can I have her stuff?

Every news agency prepares these obits in advance. It only makes sense. On slow news days, they work on these.

Check out the incredible body language in the pic at R98's link!

lol

I know she was old and sick, but hearing about her death made me really sad. For all the scandal, the thing I will always remember most about Elizabeth Taylor is that when I was a little kid and AIDS was a huge taboo, she made a stand to support sufferers and raise money. She was still one of the biggest celebrity names in those days, it was a huge deal. She was a compassionate woman and that is a wonderful thing. She will be missed.

I am 30, r123 and I LOVE Doris Day! In fact, the reason I started to love Wham! asa tiny tot was because they mention Doris Day in Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go. She's awesome! But I don't think she was in he same glamour category as La Liz.

The burden is now in Lindsay Lohan's hands.

"The burden is now in Lindsay Lohan's hands."

Is "burden" a euphemism for crystal meth?

Elizabeth? Her name should have been MARY Taylor if this clip is anything to go by!!!!

Turner Classic Movies will remember the life and career of two-time Academy Award%C2%AE-winning actress and beloved humanitarian Elizabeth Taylor on Sunday, April 10. The 24-hour memorial tribute, which is set to begin at 6 a.m. (ET/PT), will include both of Taylor's Oscar%C2%AE-winning performances, with Butterfield 8 (1960) at 8 p.m. (ET) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) at 10 p.m. (ET).%0D %0D TCM's tribute will also feature Taylor in such memorable films as the family classics Lassie Come Home (1943) and National Velvet (1944); the delightful comedies Father of the Bride (1950) and Father's Little Dividend (1951); the historical epic Ivanhoe (1952); and the powerful dramas Giant (1956), Raintree County (1957) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958). Also included is the spy drama Conspirator (1949), with Taylor in her first adult role.%0D %0D The following is a complete schedule of TCM's April 10 memorial tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (all times Eastern):%0D %0D 6 a.m. - Lassie Come Home (1943), with Roddy McDowall and Edmund Gwenn; directed by Fred M. Wilcox.%0D %0D 7:30 a.m. - National Velvet (1944), with Mickey Rooney, Anne Revere and Angela Lansbury; directed by Clarence Brown.%0D %0D 10 a.m. - Conspirator (1952), with Robert Taylor and Robert Flemyng; directed by Victor Saville.%0D %0D 11:30 a.m. - Father of the Bride (1950), with Spencer Tracy, Billie Burke, Joan Bennett and Don Taylor; directed by Vincente Minnelli.%0D %0D 1:15 a.m. - Father's Little Dividend (1951), with Spencer Tracy, Billie Burke, Joan Bennett and Don Taylor; directed by Vincente Minnelli.%0D %0D 2:45 p.m. - Raintree County (1957), with Montgomery Clift, Eva Marie Saint, Lee Marvin, Rod Taylor and Agnes Moorehead; directed by Edward Dmytryk.%0D %0D 6 p.m. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), with Paul Newman and Burl Ives; directed by Richard Brooks.%0D %0D 8 p.m. - Butterfield 8 (1960), with Laurence Harvey and Eddie Fisher; directed by Daniel Mann.%0D %0D 10 p.m. - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), with Richard Burton, George Segal and Sandy Dennis; directed by Mike Nichols.%0D %0D 12:30 a.m. - Giant (1956), with James Dean and Rock Hudson; directed by George Stevens.%0D %0D 4 a.m. - Ivanhoe (1952), with Robert Taylor and Joan Fontaine; directed by Richard Thorpe

No A place in the sun?

Oh god. Now I have an aunt all over me because I posted about Liz's death on my FB wall and said that "...she had more soul than the so-called Christian conservatives who would rather see millions of people die than dig deep and show some compassion." Or something like that.

She's taken offence and has turned my Elizabeth Taylor tribute into a nasty hate thread! Who are these Christians that just want to revise history when it shows them in a bad light? I was there. For 8 years, Reagan didn't dare to even say the word "AIDS" it was thought to be so unpopular with the core Christian conservative base of the Republican party, who had just been recruited. That's the way it was.

Should I just delete her comments??

We still have Doris and Kim and Debbie ... %0D %0D and Sophia and Gina and ....

I guess TCM could not get the rights from Paramount R146. I would have put in any other film but Conspirator, it is AWFUL.

First Japan, then Libya, now Liz !

So fat she puts mayonaise on an aspirin!

No Flinstones?

R149- TCM has shown A PLACE IN THE SUN before. I bet it will be coming up soon in the next few months.

Or [italic]Cleopatra[/italic]?

No network ever shows NIGHT WATCH!

We are all MARY!, today.

Or A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC-- granted not a good film but some network could show it.

Streisand Remembers Her Friend Taylor:

Elizabeth Taylor's Tribute To Barbra Streisand:%0D

I'll just tell people that I'm getting fat in honor of Elizabeth Taylor. That should work out well for me.

r154, it seems as if Fox Movie Channel alternates between 'All About Eve' and 'Cleopatra' every week, so I doubt they would give TCM the rights to show it on such short notice.

She was no Heath Ledger.

I loved her on the Oscars when she was so looped she couldn't get her speech out - but she was hysterical and didn't give a shit. That's why I loved her.

The problem with dying right after the Oscars is they'll probably forget to include her in next year's memorial tribute.

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That tribute Elizabeth made to Barbra made me cry. As wacked as the old broad could be, she was so sincere, so full of love and so kind it just comes off the screen. Taylor will be remembered for many things (not all of them "flattering" because, despite her great beauty she was a FULLY realized human being, warts and all) but she will always be remembered as a kind woman who was an humanitarian. She put a face on HIV/AIDS and was one of our strongest allies during the darkest years. %0D %0D Her legacy will be warm and wonderful, overall, and I am so glad.

%E2%80%A2 Hold your horses world. I've been hearing all kinds of rumours about someone being cast to play me in a film about Richard and myself. 6:17 PM Jul 22nd, 2010 via web

%E2%80%A2 No one is going to play Elizabeth Taylor, but Elizabeth Taylor herself. 6:19 PM Jul 22nd, 2010 via web

%E2%80%A2 Not at least until I'm dead, and at the moment I'm having too much fun being alive...and I plan on staying that way. Happiness to all. 6:20 PM Jul 22nd, 2010 via web

%E2%80%A2 I would like to add something to my earlier tweet. Always keep love and humility in your heart. 7:31 PM Jul 22nd, 2010 via web

%E2%80%A2 Never let yourself think beyond your means...mental, emotional or any otherwise. 7:33 PM Jul 22nd, 2010 via web

%E2%80%A2 You are who you are. All you can do in this world is help others to be who they are and better themselves and those around them. 7:35 PM Jul 22nd, 2010 via web

%E2%80%A2 Give. Remember always to give. That is the thing that will make you grow. 7:36 PM Jul 22nd, 2010 via web

%E2%80%A2 That is the thing that will give back to you all the rewards that there are. Don't do it for yourself, because then it becomes selfish. 7:37 PM Jul 22nd, 2010 via web

%E2%80%A2 Because then it becomes about yourself...which is wrong. Giving is to give to God. Helping is to help others. 7:39 PM Jul 22nd, 2010 via web

%E2%80%A2 Every breath you take today should be with someone else in mind. I love you. 7:39 PM Jul 22nd, 2010

What was Elizabeth Taylor's ancestry? Was she English?

Who should play Elizabeth in the inevitable film biography?%0D %0D I was thinking of Eva Green or CZJ.

She was born in London to American parents. They moved back to the States when she was young.

Eva Green looks like a vampire and CZJ has brown eyes.

There is no women as epically beautiful as Elizabeth so she can't be played by anyone.

Oh and if you suggest Angelina I'll bite your hand.

No word from Liza Minnelli yet...

In some of the previously unpublished LIFE photos she looks a lot like Ava Gardner.

R166, did you know that in the 1960s, Barbra said she "didn't copy fake Jews."

Rosamund Pike could play ET. She just needs to dye her hair and get contacts.

Thanks R170, but that still doesn't tell us much(not being sarcastic, just want to know if more is known about her parents).

I remember an interview with her saying she wanted to be buried next to Burton when her time came ... but that would hardly seem possible now? It would need to be a very secure resting place - Charlie Chaplin was dug up (also in Switzerland) back after he died in 77 by ransom-seekers. Imagine them trying to get Liz ! I am sure the family would want a more private secure place ...%0D %0D Glad now I saw her back in 1970 with Burton and director Joseph Losey when they were complaining in public about their Secret Ceremony film being dumped on tv and re-edited as it had been a big flop then (its a cult movie now, like Boom) - she looked terrific in a long gypsy dress and flashed that ring, she just revelled in being in the public eye whereas Burton ranted and looked uncomfortable. But then, that was her life, lived in public.

Nah, R173. Elizabeth was much prettier than Ava.

And so soon after her 79th birthday. I guess she just didn't want to be an octogenarian.

Still waiting to hear from Liza Minnelli.%0D %0D Elizabeth was 'matron of honor' at Liza's blowout wedding to David Guest when all of Hollywood was invited.

The famous and perhaps the fringe infamous have taken to Twitter in remembering Elizabeth:%0D %0D Joan Rivers of all people managed somehow to make it about Joan: %E2%80%9CSad to hear of Elizabeth Taylor%E2%80%99s death. She was the first major celebrity to join me in the fight against AIDS when it wasn%E2%80%99t a popular cause.%E2%80%9D (Joan sweetheart, I love ya, but you never stopped with the fat jokes!)%0D %0D Miss Ricky Martin: "Elizabeth Taylor RIP" %0D %0D Jane Fonda: %E2%80%9CI knew Elizabeth Taylor and I can tell you she was kind, brave, generous and loyal. I am sad.%E2%80%9D%0D %0D Stephen Fry: RIP Dame Elizabeth Taylor, sure the last of a breed. %0D %0D Martin Landau: who costarred with Taylor in the 1963 epic Cleopatra, released a statement, saying, "It's a terrible loss. A unique talent and a singularly spectacular individual."%0D %0D Joy Behar: "Elizabeth Taylor was truly one of the greats. She'll certainly be missed. Elizabeth Taylor%E2%80%99s family is asking in lieu of flowers, that you contribute to the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation."%0D %0D Kate Walsh: Elizabeth Taylor, rest in peace. What an extraordinary woman. JUST talking about 'furious love' yesterday. Xxxxxx%0D %0D Kirstie Alley: Elizabeth...thank u for the lessons u taught me about life...suffering and joy...you are the BRIGHTEST STAR in the universe...Eternal love.%0D %0D George Michael: Hi everyone...such a sad day, Elizabeth Taylor was the last of the Hollywood greats, and a fantastically charming woman.%0D %0D Denise Richards (can Charlie Sheen be far behind?) Rest in peace Elizabeth Taylor. Thoughts and prayers to your family and loved ones. You will be missed.%0D %0D Kylie Minogue: "RIP Dame Elizabeth Taylor. Like a white diamond you'll shine on and on and on."%0D %0D Magic Johnson: %E2%80%9CElizabeth, thank you for all your help in the battle for HIV and AIDS. You will be missed by the world.%E2%80%9D%0D %0D Ross Matthews (huh? a quote for the ages): "I was honored to meet Elizabeth Taylor a couple times and each time she wore sequins %E2%80%94 such a real deal, official movie star."%0D

Piers Morgan is doing a one hour special tribute to Elizabeth tonight. I just love it that "Uncle Larry" will be on another network doing the same thing! LOL! I'm wondering if Piers will be forced to use all the interview segments of Larry King's many conversations with Elizabeth. I hope so. Then Larry will be saturating two networks with his amazingness. Larry is never so wonderful as when he sits shiva!

Liz Taylor was everything. She was gorgeous, talented, charming, funny, intelligent, shrewd, kind, selfish, giving....and there was never a better friend to "the gays."

May she rest in peace.

[quote] Who should play Elizabeth in the inevitable film biography?

Sherilyn Fenn played her quite passably in a TV movie about ET and Mike Todd. She'd probably be too old now to play her when she was young.

It's hard to believe she wasn't even 80.

How the fuck is this thread not at least over three hundred by now?%0D %0D What has happened to this place?

I've been wondering the same thing, R186. There [italic] are [/italic] multiple threads, but still. Seven years ago when I first got on here and it was truly a celebrity gossip site, the place would have been in complete meltdown.

R80 there was a very nice comment from Liza a bit ago:

"She was a true star, because she not only had beauty and notoriety; Elizabeth Taylor had talent. As a friend she was always, always there for me. I'll miss her for the rest of my life, but I was so lucky to have known her."

R186 R187 it's probably because we knew this wasn't that far off in the future, she hadn't been well for some time

BREAKING: ZSA ZSA SAYS: I'M NEXT!!!

HLN just showed a clip where Liz walked out of a press conference because someone asked her a question about her mother.%0D %0D Does anyone know WTF this was about?

Liz will still have a chance to get married. She won't let death get in her way. No, not her.

I see her new, as of yet unnamed, husband walking her casket down the aisle for the wedding/funeral ceremony. "Till death will you part" will be stricken. The new couple will enjoy a brief honeymoon via hearse where the divorce lawyers for both sides will be haggling over the details graveside.

{quote]Ross Matthews (huh? a quote for the ages): "I was honored to meet Elizabeth Taylor a couple times and each time she wore sequins " such a real deal, official movie star."

I love that quote.

What were her relationships with her parents like?

Leann Rimes is devastated by the news:%0D %0D "It's so amazing how someone has left such a legacy that will forever live on," she mourned. "I am really, truly saddened this morning."%0D %0D Madonna sends her condolences:%0D %0D "I am so sorry to hear that this great legend has passed," Madonna, 52, tells Us exclusively. "I admired and respected her not only as an actress but for her amazing and inspiring work as an AIDS activist. She was one of a kind."%0D %0D Jane Fonda comments:%0D %0D "I knew Elizabeth Taylor and I can tell you she was kind, brave, generous and loyal. I am sad."%0D %0D Tito Jackson on behalf of the Jackson family:%0D %0D "Elizabeth Taylor was an impactful person in this industry and on society as a whole. I specifically admire her charitable efforts including bringing early awareness to HIV/AIDS, Most memorable is her steadfast loyalty and unwavering friendship to my late brother Michael Jackson. Liz provided a sense of relief and comfort to my brother at various difficult times in his life, and I appreciate that, may she rest in peace."%0D %0D Zooey Deschanel:%0D %0D "RIP Elizabeth Taylor, a great actress and a great beauty, who's formidable contributions to both film and charity will always be remembered."%0D %0D Magic Johnson:%0D %0D "Elizabeth, thank you for all your help in the battle for HIV and AIDS, you will be missed by the world."%0D %0D Paris Hilton:%0D %0D "So sad to hear about Elizabeth Taylor. She was so beautiful, such an inspiration and an icon, She was an amazing humanitarian and brought smiles to everyone around the world. She was always so sweet to me and I will really miss her."%0D %0D

"Zooey Deschanel:

"RIP Elizabeth Taylor, a great actress and a great beauty, who's formidable contributions to both film and charity will always be remembered.""

In other words, Elizabeth Taylor was everything Zooey Deschanel is not.

The Bea Arthur thread didn't explode as expected, either R186. Face it, DL just doesn't have as many people reading it anymore.

Meanwhile, Joan Rivers' tweet at R181 is horrifying.

Dame Diana Rigg:%0D %0D "She was the most beautiful woman I have ever clapped eyes on. A really sweet woman."%0D %0D Mariah Carey:%0D %0D "R.I.P. Elizabeth Taylor an incomparable legend who will live forever." %0D %0D GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios:%0D %0D "Today, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community lost an extraordinary ally in the movement for full equality. Dame Taylor was an icon not only in Hollywood, but in the Lgbt community where she worked to ensure that everyone was treated with the respect and dignity we all deserved."%0D %0D LaToya Jackson:%0D %0D "Liz Taylor was an incredible friend to my brother at his side through some of his most difficult times..."%0D %0D Roseanne Cash:%0D %0D "Every year Elizabeth Taylor sent my dad a telegram (yes, telegram) for his birthday. It said: 'Remember, I'm younger than you!'" But it was only by one day, Cash noted.%0D %0D Victoria Beckham:%0D %0D "Elizabeth Taylor will be deeply missed."%0D %0D Kim Kardashian:%0D %0D "I am so saddened about the passing of Elizabeth Taylor! She will always be my idol!"%0D %0D Alyssa Milano:%0D %0D "You are a prism & will live on through all the good you did while you were with us."%0D

Nancy Reagan:%0D %0D "Elizabeth Taylor was a dear friend. I knew her from our days together at MGM when she was just a teenager, and I watched her grow into one of Hollywood's finest actresses. She was passionate - and compassionate - about everything in her life, including her family, her friends, and especially the victims of ... AIDS. She was truly a legend and we will miss her."%0D %0D Barbra Streisand:%0D %0D "It's the end of an era. It wasn't just her beauty or her stardom. It was her humanitarianism. She put a face on HIV/AIDS. She was funny. She was generous. She made her life count."%0D %0D Shirley MacClaine:%0D %0D "I don't know what was more impressive her magnitude as a star or her magnitude as a friend. I will miss her for the rest of my life and beyond."%0D %0D Whoopi Goldberg:%0D %0D "Today my friend Elizabeth Taylor passed away. Oddly, we all knew this day was coming but still her passing took my breath away. She was a funny, loud, joke tellin, diamond loving, fantastic woman. She played a big role in shaping my life as Whoopi Goldberg. It really is the end of an era."%0D %0D %0D Nia Vardalos:%0D %0D "RIP Elizabeth Taylor: thank you for your talent, AIDS fundraising, and fabulousness. There is nothing like a Dame."%0D %0D Diane Warren:%0D %0D "Elizabeth Taylor, a true star, is not among them. ANd will outshine them all. RIP Liz."%0D %0D Niecy Nash:%0D %0D "We lost an accomplished actress, beauty icon, & aids activist today:( RIP Elizabeth Taylor,"%0D %0D Lisa Rinna:%0D %0D "Rest in peace beautiful Elizabeth!"%0D %0D Fran Drescher:%0D %0D "RIP Elizabeth Taylor. UR beauty & talents will be missed, dear girl."%0D

Debbie Reynolds:%0D %0D "It was a long productive career and she was the most glamorous and sexual star of our generation. No one else could equal Elizabeth's beauty and sexuality. Women liked her and men adored her, and her love for her children is enduring. She was a symbol of stardom. Her legacy will last."%0D %0D Bill and Hillary Clinton:%0D %0D "For more than a generation, she brought to life unforgettable characters on film, and her tireless efforts to combat AIDS brought hope to millions of people around the world."%0D %0D Angela Lansbury:%0D %0D "Elizabeth and I began our careers about the same time at MGM. Throughout her tumultuous life, she will be remembered for some unique and memorable work."%0D %0D Joan Collins:%0D %0D "She was the last of the true Hollywood icons, a great beauty, a great actress and continually fascinating to the world throughout her tumultuous life and career."%0D %0D AMFAR:%0D %0D "Dame Elizabeth was without doubt one of the most inspirational figures in the fight against AIDS."%0D %0D "She leaves a monumental legacy that has improved and extended millions of lives and will enrich countless more for generations to come."%0D %0D

I'm so sad. She was thee very last real MOVIE STAR! Like I have said in another thread, Hollywood died with her because she was thee last person reflecting true Hollywood and true movie star. Look at these losers we are left in Hollywood today.

She had extraordinary beauty. We will never see beauty like hers in Hollywood again. She was glamor so and she lived an extraordinary full life that truly was legend. Here was a woman who took her power of her fame, and applied that power to get people's attention in the fight against AIDS. She was one of the first people in the media to shake people up about this disease when so many ignored it. She put most of her jewels up for auction for the proceeds to be given to AIDS. She spoke so often about AIDS with compassion, and with genuine vigor in the fight against AIDS. There will never be anyone like her again because she was the whole package. She was definitely one of-a-kind.

Joan Rivers is a bitch. Sometimes she is funny, but I think when she made fun of Liz, she made fun of her in a way that was cold-blooded and ruthlessly hateful. Elizabeth Taylor once said that things usually didn't bother her, but when Joan Rivers made fun of her weight that really hurt her deeply because she was going through problems at that time in her life with her weight.

R126, I'm sorry but most people in their 20's toady don't even know who the vice president is. They can't tell you where Libya is located on a map nor they can't tell you what is going on there. However, they know all about the latest in technology and the Internet. The future doesn't look bright, but that is another story. t

I won't be happy until I hear about the crocodile tears and trite comments of every single third rate celebrity in the world!

Angelina Jolie:

"The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen."

[quote]Look at these losers we are left in Hollywood today.

I'd rather not, it hurts my eyes.

Phil Bronstein (Sharon Stone's ex-hubby and editor of the SF Chronicle) shared a cute story about Elizabeth Taylor today:

Elizabeth Taylor's passion

"Passion was a quality she never lost," CBS' Harley Carnes said today about Elizabeth Taylor.

No kidding. I got a glimpse of that in action.

I'd seen Ms. Taylor a few times at events in San Francisco where she'd been blown up like a monster truck tire and moved around in a wheelchair or balancing precariously on a cane. You could only imagine then, as she struggled with various ailments, the striking allure of her beauty, her weirdly violet eyes, her porcelain skin, soft voice and incendiary temper.

At a showing of "Cleopatra" many years earlier, my preteen self watched as Liz slowly raised herself and her cleavage out of the bath on screen--just a little on the other side of the propriety of the era--and realized for the first time the voluptuous power she had.

Skip to 2002. My previous life. Elton John was having his annual Oscar-time birthday bacchanalia at a private room in the Beverly Hills Hotel. There were probably 35 to 40 people at a long table. Jon Bon Jovi (very pleasant, low-key) was on my right. Ingrid Sischy (hilarious), editor of Interview magazine and Andy Warhol protege, was on my left.

Ms. Taylor was seated directly across from me, obviously in some discomfort from her endless, ongoing health problems. But she was nothing short of regal in her demeanor and bearing. She looked better than when I'd seen her here, much better. Only her occasional trips to the bathroom required an entourage of assistance.

Her white fluffy Maltese, Precious, sat in her lap.

She was deep in conversation for much of the dinner with teenage actress Thora Birch, then the saucer-eyed sensation of movies like "American Beauty." Birch had a serious goth look at the dinner that she clearly felt showed both her young nonchalance and hipness. But she was very much into this inter-generational mind meld.

It was a snapshot that said oceans about Hollywood, about acting, about the passage of time and about the willingness of a film star dowager on one end of the life cycle to counsel patiently a fledgling.

I couldn't hear what they were saying but I imagined lots of wise counsel being passed down, professional and maybe even personal nightmares that Ms. Taylor had suffered through that she was trying to help her successor avoid.

It was clearly the best and most interesting coupling in the room, although Courtney Love showed up at some point with incipient presidential candidate John Kerry, introducing him around the table. A sure sign that Kerry was doomed.

Suddenly, I noticed that Ms. Taylor had stopped in mid-sentence and was looking around the room in a panic. Her dog had jumped off her lap at some point and she'd just noticed.

In a voice that sounded like a raging fan at a Raiders' game, she screamed. It was a deep rumble and stunning roar that Richard Burton must have heard a few times and seemed impossible from someone who often spoke in little girl whispers:

"PRECIOUS! PRECIOUS! Where the F**K are you!!??

Chaos ensued until the rat-like dog was found. It wasn't curves emerging from a bathtub but it was passionate and it clearly was Elizabeth Taylor.

RIP.

Posted By: Phil Bronstein (Email, Twitter) | March 23 2011 at 12:36 PM

Any word from Chris Brown?

[quote]Shirley MacClaine: "I don't know what was more impressive her magnitude as a star or her magnitude as a friend. I will miss her for the rest of my life and beyond."

Really?

[quote]It was clearly the best and most interesting coupling in the room, although Courtney Love showed up at some point with incipient presidential candidate John Kerry, introducing him around the table. A sure sign that Kerry was doomed.

At least he lived.

Solei Moon Frye:%0D %0D "RIP Elizabeth Taylor. A beauty beyond words. A legend to us all. You will forever be missed."%0D %0D Nancy McKeon (Taylor did a guest appearance on "Can't Hurry Love"):%0D %0D "She wrote me a beautiful note that I still have. She was very gracious, and we had a great time. She was very funny. It will always be a very special memory for me. One day, I'll be able to show my daughters the note I got from this glorious woman, and they'll be able to watch her movies and see who she was. She was wonderful, and hopefully, she's just having a good laugh now somewhere."%0D %0D

If there is an afterlife (and yes I know most likely there is not) do you think right now she's with Richard Burton or Mike Todd? Or...maybe with pets lost long ago. I think if there is such a thing as an afterlife and we can be reunited with loved ones I'd first want to be with my "babies" my beloved pets that are gone, then with father, mother and grandparents. Although I guess I would hope that all these years they've all been together and I could see them all at once.%0D %0D If such a thing were possible and you could be with those you lost, who would you want to be with first?

She's with Michael Jackson.

She died on Perez Hilton's birthday--oh, no! That bovine will never let us forget it, will he?

Has anyone seen her grandson? Oh my gosh! He is extraordinary handsome! I saw a picture of him a couple of years ago, and He pushed his grandmother's wheel chair to some premiere one time and my jaw just dropped. He has a stunning face!

To 201, bitch please. She there are still more legends living today. However, yes she was the last glamour star.

My local paper reprinted a cute story from 1957 about the world premiere of "Raintree County." A sample:

"Hundreds of other spectators watched quietly from windows in office buildings, an apartment house, and the Brown Hotel.

"Screaming, unescorted young girls with heavy lipstick and cigarettes that dangled -- often unlit -- from their mouth pushed forward against the ropes and vied for places in the heat of the lights.

"One or two appeared to faint, but there was no room for them to topple.

"The cry of 'My insides! Help!' went up whenever some of the 65 policemen on duty pushed the ropes back against the pressing crowd."

Featuring special appearances by Van Johnson, Eva Marie Saint, Russ Tamblyn, Jane Powell, and Jo Jo Zukowski (16).

TRUVY: When it comes to suffering, she's right there with Elizabeth Taylor. ANELLE: I had no idea!

"The cry of 'My insides! Help!' went up" ... %0D %0D How many DLers have used that line before?

I can't stand Piers Morgan. What network is Larry King doing his special?

Has her former lover Anthony Geary made a statement yet?

On the evening of Oct. 6, 1991, two dozen helicopters carrying paparazzi and reporters whirred in the skies above singer Michael Jackson's ranch in Santa Barbara County. Despite an armada of hot-air balloons launched as a shield against prying eyes, a parachutist wearing a camera on his helmet managed to land mere yards from the 59-year-old bride and her 39-year-old groom.

Thus were Taylor and construction worker Larry Fortensky wed %E2%80%94 amid Hollywood hoopla and conjecture about whether the movie star's eighth walk down the aisle would be her last.

Who could know? The only sure thing was that Elizabeth Taylor adored men.

"I'm more of a man's woman," she once admitted. "With men, there's a kind of twinkle that comes out. I sashay up to a man. I walk up to a woman."

Yes R219:%0D %0D "Elizabeth was more than a great star, she was an amazing human being. Her world famous physical beauty paled in comparison to the beauty that radiated from her heart and soul. She had great humor, didn%E2%80%99t take herself too seriously, and had the most wonderful bawdy laugh," said Geary. "She was a fierce and loyal friend and tireless advocate. She dedicated herself to education, treatment and the search for a cure for HIV/AIDS long before it was fashionable to do so. Back in the dark days of ignorance and prejudice against people stricken with the disease, Elizabeth was at the forefront of the battle. Ever ready to give love, comfort, and dignity to those whose lives had been devastated and cut short, her generosity was nothing short of spectacular. It made her furious to hear anyone claim that people who had HIV/AIDS were somehow morally inferior or that the disease was some kind of punishment. I was fortunate enough to call her my friend and every moment I spent in her company was unforgettable. I loved her very much. The world is a little darker, a little colder, a little less beautiful without her."%0D %0D

Thanks, r221.

Don't worry Tony, Susan Lucci's still here!

[quote]How the fuck is this thread not at least over three hundred by now?%0D %0D She was a living legend but face it, her career died forty years ago. Most of us remember her as someone who was idolized by our parents and grand-parents.

Whoopi Goldberg:

"Today my friend Elizabeth Taylor passed away. Oddly, we all knew this day was coming but still her passing took my breath away. She was a funny, loud, joke tellin, diamond loving, fantastic woman. She played a big role in shaping my life as Whoopi Goldberg. It really is the end of an era."

Really Whoopi? Who knew...Whoopi and Liz BFFs. %0D %0D Spare me, Ms. Goldberg.

More reaction from the STARS!

Joyce Bulifant:

"When I think of Dame Elizabeth, I think of that moment on 'Match Game '75' when darling Gene Rayburn began a question with 'Fat Frieda is so fat...' The obvious answer to me was Elizabeth Taylor! Well, I had matched in Round 1 and wasn't able to play and no one else thought to use Elizabeth in their answer. It still saddens me. Elizabeth, Godspeed on the wings of angels and say hello to our dear, dear Gene Rayburn."

Out of all her movies, I will always remember her for this moment...

I still remember when she was on the cover of Vanity Fair with a condom. It was a big deal at the time.

Piers Morgan's first superstar remember-er is the multitalented and very lifelike Carole Bayer Sager!

Angela Lansbury:%0D %0D "Elizabeth and I began our careers about the same time at MGM. Throughout her tumultuous life, she will be remembered for some unique and memorable work."%0D %0D %0D Oh, MEOW, kinda, right?

She was the last real star in America. No one was ever so beautiful as Elizabeth Taylor in A Place in the Sun. The scene where she and Monty dance and embrace nose to nose, whispering their fears and love, is breathtaking. There never were nor never will be 2 more beautiful stars. Real stars. Farewell Dame Elizabeth.

She was the last real movie star in her prime. But nowadays people will remember her for her drunken Gladiator moment and the link at r228.%0D %0D

Wouldn't a heart transplant be a cure for congestive heart failure? I wonder why with all her money and the very best doctors in the world Liz didn't get one. I mean I know she might not have wanted that but if she did I wonder why she didn't get one. It's not like with her money and fame she'd have had to wait on a list or anything. I read when she almost died all those decades ago she had the Queen's doctors so I'm sure she still had the very best medical care in the world.%0D %0D Any medical people know if there are some kinds of heart failure that would keep a heart transplant from working?%0D %0D

they don't usually give heart transplants to people over a certain age.

Well Carole is no longer on, so any pic?

I can see that insurance companies won't do it but if a person can pay for it they still have an age cut off?

plus she had other medical problems too..

Westboro Church is going to protest her funeral. Saying she is in hell because of her support of gays.

"I can see that insurance companies won't do it but if a person can pay for it they still have an age cut off?"%0D %0D Being able to pay for the surgery isn't enough to get a heart transplant, you've also got to get one of the few available working human hearts. Young people who are likely to survive a long time get dibs, not a frail old thing like Liz.%0D %0D I suppose there are places in the world where you can just buy a new heart and a surgeon to put it in, if you don't ask too many questions about where the heart came from, but would YOU want to do that?

You're right R238. I guess she did probably have many other things wrong with her and would probably have not done well with a new heart.%0D %0D R240, I thought with her money she could have gone anywhere in the world and gotten to the top of any list, young people be damned. My guess is it's what R238 said, she had too much else wrong with her. I don't think the very rich have to take inferior organs. If they want one they just buy a good one.%0D %0D Look at the Apple guy. He got a liver right away and he wasn't as old as Liz but he wasn't a young person either.%0D %0D Sad as it is I think rich always trumps fair when it comes to transplants.

Not sure if people have been posting beautiful pics....

She was obviously ineligible for a transplant - maybe the veins were too weak to support any kind of surgery.%0D %0D Let's remember her glory days, was anyone able to keep up with Burton's drinking but her?

Did she marry her black boyfriend?

hawt

I JUST GOT BACK FROM WORK, AND HEARD THE SAD NEWS! I AM SO UPSET ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW, THAT I JUST KEEP CRYING, BECAUSE WE WILL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER ELIZABETH TAYLOR AGAIN. TRULY, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STAR EVER!!!

She was an exquisite creature. The end of an era. Godspeed to her.

r244, you didn't hear La Liz' reply to your question? Here it is.

Are you serious about that Westboro comment, R239? The gay community will rise en masse in California and kill those motherfuckers if they dare to show up.

she was so beautiful it is actually pleasurable simply to look at photos of her face.

will she have a Jewish funeral?

Elizabeth on Marilyn Monroe:

%E2%80%9CI liked her enormously without really knowing her very well,%E2%80%9D Elizabeth told reporters in the days following Marilyn%E2%80%99s passing. %E2%80%9CHer death brings me an endless sorrow. From what I know of her, Marilyn had very human qualities. You will understand that I am very upset by this announcement."

Elizabeth had to live in the shadow of Marilyn, whose memory never faded from view. She was infuriated by an article in which Max Lerner stated, "Elizabeth Taylor was a legend, but Marilyn Monroe was a myth."

Elizabeth retorted, "You have a nerve saying that Marilyn was a myth and I'm just a lousy legend. I'm much more beautiful than Marilyn Monroe ever was, and I'm certainly a better actress. What the hell do I have to do to be a myth? Die young and by my own hand?%E2%80%9D

Over time, Elizabeth came to feel a profound tenderness for her former rival. %E2%80%9CMarilyn seemed to have a kind of unconscious glow about her physical self that was innocent, like a child,%E2%80%9D Taylor has observed. %E2%80%9CWhen she posed nude, it was %E2%80%98Gee, I am kind of you know, sort of dishy,%E2%80%99 like she enjoyed it without being egotistical.%E2%80%9D

"I adored Marilyn,%E2%80%9D Elizabeth told The Times magazine in 1999. %E2%80%9CI felt very protective towards her and there was no way of protecting her... she had brought this net of negativity and self-destructiveness around her that anyone could put their Machiavellian fingers through. She drank and took too many pills.%E2%80%9D When a journalist pointed out that Elizabeth had also battled addiction, she added, %E2%80%9CBut Marilyn didn't have the grit."

there there judy pills at R246, we all feel the same way. it really is a sad day.

This is truly the saddest day since the death of Princess Diana.

Va va voom!

This way sadder than the day the people's princess passed away.%0D %0D I have been crying all day.

Interesting, R252. Off the top of my head i'd say only MM and Liz had the same level of screen magnetism, the "i can't look away" quality.

She was a homewrecking slut. Let's not forget that.

Carol Burnett on Leno tonight. I'm sure she'll talk about Liz.

R231, I was thinking the thing. They starred in the classic movie National Velvet together and that's all she's got- we worked for the same studio? Taylor was just a child when they met, was she a little diva?

Or is Lansbury just pissed because she ain't got no Oscar and Taylor's gots two, one being from that awful soap opera Butterfield 8.

AMAZING!!!!

Carol Burnett was on Fresh Air this morning, and she's already started talking about Liz.

The highest compliment I can pay her is what a great "broad"

R258, fucking go away.%0D %0D you sly cunt!

Her brief relationship with Dustin Hoffman comes as a shock to me, I had no idea.

The Onion's coverage:

Frank Sinatra never messed with her - she would have made mincemeat out of him.

Taylor aborted Sinatra's embryo, r267.%0D %0D Fisher drops that nugget in "Been There,Done That." Taylor told Fisher all about her fling with Sinatra and, according to Fisher, Taylor was bitter about him.%0D %0D Then a few months later at party for Taylor, Sinatra showed up and Taylor kissed his ass.%0D %0D Fisher wrote that it was the only instance he ever saw of Taylor being "a hypocrite" for not telling Sinatra to fuck off.

She got in a huge fight with Sinatra at Perino's in he 60's and called him "pock faced fuckhead" in front of lts of moster type guys. ...pretty ballsy!

I don't get The Onion thing. She was certainly followed through ups and downs. Can someone explain?

....mobster

where do you guys dig up such urban legends from?!

R269 Perino's is MY. PLACE.

Some of us were there.

I actually gasped when I saw it on CNN this morning. Women like her are far and few between these days. None of the Hollywood guttersnipes of this era can hold a candle to her. RIP Elizabeth.

[quote] I wonder why with all her money and the very best doctors in the world Liz didn't get one.%0D %0D I got the impression a while ago that Liz had had enough with life and was just waiting for the end, which couldn't come soon enough.

I don't mean to come off as crass or whatev but serious question, does anyone else think Liz was HIV+?

You know you're a huge fucking star when a perfume commercial you did more than 20 years ago is a pop culture staple.

Her 2 sons by Wilding were absolutely gorgeous when young and still look good now. But what did they ever do? did they work? or was Liz bankrolling them all ? There's also the daughter by Todd and the adopted one with Burton .... not to mention all the hangers-on.

Back in the 80's, Chris Wilding (or was it the other son?) had a steady role on "The Guiding Light."%0D %0D

R270, they're basically saying that people are only talking about her now because of who she was 54 years ago.

They have a point; a lot of the remembrances about Liz basically say "she was old when I met her, yet I could still see what she used to be", as though she had no worth except as a pretty 25-year-old.

R186, R187, Elizabeth has been ill and not relevant for about 15 years.%0D %0D She is not interesting.

There are a lot more than just one still around, r123.

I am so sad about this, and I can't remember when an actress' passing has affected me so much. I'm sure I have a lot of company here on DL

I always liked this exchange between Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. %E2%80%9CIs that the famous diamond? But it%E2%80%99s so large%E2%80%94how very vulgar!%E2%80%9D %E2%80%9CYes,%E2%80%9D said Elizabeth. %E2%80%9CAin%E2%80%99t it great?%E2%80%9D Margaret then asked to try on the huge stone. %E2%80%9CIt doesn%E2%80%99t look so vulgar now, does it?%E2%80%9D remarked Elizabeth.

One year in the early 1990s I had a part-time job driving a limousine. I was lucky enough to be Elizabeth Taylor's chauffeur to the Academy Awards that year. I picked her up and later dropped her off at her Bel Air home, which was much more humble in appearance than I expected. I don't remember who accompanied her in the car. Who cares? ...I've got Elizabeth Taylor! She was very sweet, asked my name, and did not give off any prima-donna or I'M A STAR and you're "the help" vibes at all. I still remember the electricity I felt charging through me, speaking with Elizabeth Taylor and taking her hand when she was entering and exiting the limousine. Sometime later I drove her home from LAX. Remember MGM Air? She was with Larry Fortensky then, and they both looked like someone left the windows open on the flight from JFK. They were both burned out of course after the long flight. Larry didn't speak, but Elizabeth was polite and sweet, and asked if I remembered where her house is. Who doesn't, Miss Taylor?! Still, what a buzz!

Lovely, generous goddess. She will always be relevant.

Here is Carol Burnett talking about Elizabeth Taylor on Jay Leno.

Amazing is right R 261. Thank you for posting that link up. That was really fun. Elizabeth Taylor hated Butterfield 8, and she thought it was a piece of junk. I really think Butterfield 8 was a very good film, and I think she wasn%E2%80%99t that bad in that film. I own a copy of the film, and I really love it.

I agree with you R264, Eddie Fisher cheated on Debbie Reynolds who was and is a lesbian. Maybe that could be ONE of the possibilities why he strayed. It was sad for Debbie and Eddie%E2%80%99s children though.

I took a peek at all of the links and the pictures of her never cease to awe me every time. She had constant magnetic pull to her with every picture this woman has ever done.

R285, I love that line! I remember reading that before isn%E2%80%99t great?!

I remember an early interview of hers and she was talking about AIDS. She said she went to the AIDS patience in the hospitals and talk to them and hugged them. She said, these people that are dying, and they just want to be hugged and loved. Can%E2%80%99t you afford just to hug them and reassure them that you care about them and so some love?

R249, I%E2%80%99m surprised someone doesn%E2%80%99t go postal with those Westbro people! Everyone despises them. Even conservative, Christian people can%E2%80%99t stand them and they think they are evil.

[quote] Back in the 80's, Chris Wilding (or was it the other son?) had a steady role on "The Guiding Light."

Michael. He looked more like her lesbian sister than her son.

Exactly, r290! I'm so glad I held back on commenting on Michael's resemblence to his Mother because you nailed it perfectly.%0D %0D Speaking of the Wilding children, I wonder if they maintained a relationship with thier father and if he and Taylor maintained contact. %0D %0D

Im stunned. "Elizabeth Taylor Dead"! I can't wrap my mind around the dead part.%0D

Was anyone else surprised she was only 79? Thinking about how she was a movie star since World War II... got married in 1950... was over-the-hill on screen by 1970... and seemed to have lost her marbles at least since 2001 and the "GLAAADIATOR!!" thing... my image of Liz Taylor in my mind was as somebody who was about 90 by now.

Has Larry Fortensky been heard from?

"Today my friend Elizabeth Taylor passed away. Oddly, we all knew this day was coming but still her passing took my breath away. She was a funny, loud, joke tellin, diamond loving, fantastic woman. She played a big role in shaping my life as Whoopi Goldberg. It really is the end of an era."%0D %0D Did Whoopi Goldberg really say that? "My friend Elizabeth Taylor?" Since when was Elizabeth Taylor Whoopie Goldberg's "friend?" "She played a big role in shaping my life as Whoopi Goldberg"...just what the fuck is THAT supposed to mean? That she modeled her life after Taylor's? That's pretty insane. Elizabeth Taylor was a gorgeous, glamorous sex goddess, an iconic film star; Whoopi Goldberg is a coyote ugly, nasty, stupid so-called "comedian" with a big, fat, flapping mouth. Elizabeth Taylor had NOTHING to do with Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi, as usual, is indulging in self-promotion by associating herself with Elizabeth Taylor. God, Whoopi Goldberg is such an unbelieveable cunt.

I didn't know Whoppi and Liz were friends, either.%0D %0D I hope this means Liz will get her own Legends of Hollywood postal stamp, now.

[quote]I guess she did probably have many other things wrong with her and would probably have not done well with a new heart.

According to her death certificate (up at TMZ), she also had COPD.

People tend to forget that she was operated on for what proved to be a non-malignant brain tumor some years ago, and was on anti-seizure medicine for the rest of her life. %0D %0D She suffered from scoliosis of the spine, and had numerous back surgeries. She also suffered from osteoporosis. Her bones were shot.%0D %0D I do know from my own mother, that when you smoke and drink as much as Elizabeth didfor as longas Elizabeth did, it isvery very bad for your bonesespecially when yu develop osteoporosis.%0D %0D Elizabeth, it seemed to me, made no concessions to age, health, or infirmity. She wanted to live and enjoy as much as possible for as long as possible. %0D %0D It's interesting but in all the video clips they've been showing, there was a moment, when she seemed to cross some "threshold" and was suddenly old. It may've happened once she turned 70. There was a certain way she walked, baby steps, almost a shuffle.

"She is not interesting."%0D %0D If you said she is not interesting TO ME, that would be fine and I would not bother posting, since it would be indicative of your once again being a shit stirrer...however you get your kicks. %0D %0D But to say "She is not interesting" is just bizarre, and reflective of your ignorance. However I am curious, if not she, then who do you find interesting in this world we live in today?

"she was operated on for what proved to be a non-malignant brain tumor some years ago, and was on anti-seizure medicine for the rest of her life."%0D %0D "She suffered from scoliosis of the spine, and had numerous back surgeries. She also suffered from osteoporosis"%0D %0D And she was a CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST before converting to Judaism!%0D

R295, some of the relationships in the entertainment world would really surprise you. There are some pretty tightly knit groups, especially among some of the long-time high profile people.

Nice piece in the NYTimes about Elizabeth Taylor hanging out at the Abbey.

Still shocked at the fact that the main thread isn't even halfway full and the woman has been buried for heaven sakes. Datalounge has really slipped.

Elizabeth Taylor's service held without disruption from anti-gay protesters

March 24, 2011 | 6:09 pm

Despite fears that anti-gay protesters from the controversial Westboro Baptist Church might disrupt the private ceremony for Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor, the service went off without a hitch Thursday afternoon at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in Glendale.

Her family arrived in five black stretch limousines about 2:10 p.m. Thursday -%E2%80%93 and left within a couple of hours through the wrought-iron gates.

Despite the camera crews lined up outside and the helicopter that hovered overhead, it was a peaceful and quiet event. Even the fans who gathered seemed to mostly be connected to the elementary school letting out nearby.

The speed of the service surprised some -%E2%80%93 and without many details publicly available, huge crowds never arrived.

The actress, who died of congestive heart failure Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, converted to Judaism in the 1950s. Jewish tradition calls for a burial as soon as possible, preferably within 24 hours, after a person's death.

Glendale Police Department officials said the department was asked to assist in security for the three dozen to four dozen family members and friends expected to attend the service because of the proximity of an elementary school. No details were given to the media about who attended the service.

Scotland Beavers, 47, left work early after reading posts on Facebook that suggested anti-gay protesters might be picketing. "We need to get there and try to block them," he said.

They had umbrellas ready if protesters showed up, but they never materialized.

Taylor was laid to rest near her good friend Michael Jackson. The cemetery is also the final resting place of movie stars John Wayne, James Stewart and Sammy Davis Jr. Taylor and Jackson are in separate wings of the mausoleum, though she is near him, Glendale Police Department spokesman Tom Lorenz said.

"There's nowhere in the world where more famous people are laid to rest," Lorenz said.

[quote]I didn't know Whoppi and Liz were friends%0D %0D Liz didn't know that either.

How far away is she from Marilyn? If Marilyn is interred higher up, we will finally know who the Queen of Hollywood was.

Is that the same place where Rudolph Valentino is interred?

The bit about the other famous people at Forest Lawn is mostly wrong -- John Wayne is buried miles away in Orange County, and Sammy Davis Jr and Jimmie Stewart have outside graves far from the mausoleum. Marilyn is at Westwood where ET's parents also have wall crypts. Had ET chosen to be buried there, she and Marilyn would have been in crypts of equal distance above the ground.

The family did a good job of keeping the funeral private and low-key. I'm impressed.

Valentino is at Hollywood Forever Cemetery with the likes of Tyrone Power, Cecil B DeMille and Bugsy Seagal

Elizabeth was buried alongside her parents, R309.

Liz, at Forest Lawn in Glendale, is about 18 freeway miles from M, in Westwood, if Liz is buried where her service was.

Rudolph is in the Hollywood Forever Cemetary, adjacent to Paramount Studios.

M wins, with the best zip code.

By the way, did you guys know that grave robbers plundered Mike Todd's grave looking for a diamond ring Elizabeth apparently put with him, and when they didn't find it, they dumped his remains in a plastic bag by a tree. As if the guy didn't die in more horrific circumstances.

That story makes me cry. I mean the tragedies Elizabeth weathered take my breath away. Look at this:

The vultures have arrived!

Liz is the last of a kind because she had a sense of humor about being a star. Look at Meryl - "oh no, not me. what? i'm just a vessel" all that false self modesty when everyone says you're the best. Liz was like "yeah, I'm Elizabeth Fucking Taylor" I am the best. So what? Now i'm going to do what I want. And if you don't like it then screw you. THAT'S the difference.

Oh I don't know R315. Meryl Streep is an actress and therefore a vessel. Really great actors have that ability to channel other humans via the written word. It's an impressive ability but it doesn't necessarily say anything about them as a person otherwise. I don't think it's false self modesty on her part. It's an accurate description of the acting process when done right.

Elizabeth Taylor gave some really fine performances and had acting chops but she also embodied something really great in her daily life. She was a perfect Venus- the archetype of the sexy,warm, capricious, generous goddess. Even all her foibles and excesses were manifestations of this. I don't think it's something she put on. It's who she was. That's why we always think of her as the most beautiful woman in the world, even when she ceased to be a slim, young thing. She was able to manifest a real true beauty that came from inside and out because she lived at a time when that was appreciated and understood more. It's a form of radiance that all the dieting and plastic surgery in the world cannot produce. And I agree, her sense of humour and coarseness only added to it.

Well, said and nicely, said, R316.

Screen queen Elizabeth Taylor has left behind a fortune worth at least $600 million, much of which is expected to go to the AIDS charities she championed for decades. %0D %0D Her famous jewelry collection, valued at an eye-popping $150 million in 2002, is likely to be auctioned off with the bulk of the proceeds going to the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation and amfAR, the AIDS charity she helped found in 1985, according to WFLD/Fox TV Chicago. %0D %0D "From what I understand, she seems to have been very wise about her investments," said a financial planner who has worked with other Hollywood A-listers. %0D %0D PHOTOS: ELIZABETH TAYLOR %0D %0D At the time of her 1994 divorce from her last husband, Larry Fortensky, Taylor's net worth was estimated at $608.4 million. That figure could now be well in excess of $1 billion. %0D %0D During the 1990s, Taylor reportedly earned about $2 per second, or about $63 million per year. %0D %0D Her famed perfume, White Diamonds, earned more than $70 million last year, according to reports. %0D %0D Taylor's acting career was, of course, quite lucrative and even in her later years, she was paid top dollar for film work. %0D %0D The violet-eyed siren, who in 1963 commanded a then-record $1 million payout for "Cleopatra," snared $2.5 million for a small part in her last movie, "The Flintstones," in 1994. %0D %0D Property records show that Taylor transferred the title to her Bel Air home -- which housed her large Impressionist Art collection and was famously furnished with 18th-century antiques and Aubusson rugs -- from a trust in her name to one operated by one of her money managers. %0D %0D Her last will and testament, along with all of her property, is held in a private trust, according to public records. %0D %0D Records show that the Elizabeth Taylor HIV/AIDS Foundation, which has raised millions over the years, has a net fund balance of about $750,000. The charity took in $257,000 in 2009 and gave out $187,000 to health causes. The charity took in $463,000 the previous year and gave out $931,000. %0D %0D The movie icon was buried yesterday in a traditional Jewish service at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif. She had converted to Judaism in 1959 before her marriage to fourth husband Eddie Fisher. %0D %0D The funeral was held at the cemetery's Great Mausoleum, where other film greats like Clark Gable and Jean Harlow are interred. It's also the building where close friend Michael Jackson was interred in 2009. %0D %0D With news helicopters buzzing overhead, access to the building and immediate surrounding area was locked down. Fans trying to enter the cemetery were turned away. %0D %0D Five stretch limousines and several private cars carried about three dozen family members past hordes of reporters outside the famed memorial park that's also the final resting place for W.C. Fields, Red Skelton, Gracie Allen, Walt Disney and Nat King Cole, among other celebrities. %0D %0D A larger, public memorial service is planned for a later date. %0D %0D Broadway will honor Taylor by dimming its lights tonight at 8 p.m. for one minute in her memory. %0D %0D Taylor died early Wednesday of congestive heart failure in LA at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.%0D %0D %0D %0D

She'd still be alive if she hadn't given her lucky earrings to that damn von Ryan!!!

In all the excitement we forgot to mock R2 cruelly and mercilessly for assuming OP was a troll post. %0D %0D Fie on you, R2! Fie, I say!

Camille Paglia wrote another brilliant and hilarious Liz tribute, and trashed Meryl and Gwyneth along the way:

Damn, R321. She even squeezed in digs at Annette Bening and Julianne Moore. Seriously.

I'm surprised that Camille Paglia went out of her way to pick the lowest hanging fruits on a tree often shaken by DLers.

"Camille Paglia wrote another brilliant and hilarious "

Words rarely associated with that hack.

I would rarely say this but Paglia nails it in that interview. Both in her deconstruction of Liz and commentary on today's stars.

Gracious. Giving. Generous. Always with heart in life to all those around her and smart enough to ensure everlasting generosity thereafter. She was truly worthy of being worshiped. Not so many are.

And still we live on...

Hi, here is a link that lists Elizabeth Taylor's various homes she lived in through out her life.

I'm glad to know she left a large estate. She was a very generous person and I'm sure her family and her friends will benefit as well as the causes and the foundations she cared about so much.

She left instructions for her funeral to start late so that she could be late to her own funeral. What a funny, lovely lady

The most surprising thing in all this is that women across America and around the world bought $70 million worth of White Diamonds fragrance in 2010.

Francesca Annis, that brilliant and stunning actress who worked with Elizabeth during Cleopatra and went on to play the 19th century version of Elizabeth, Lillie Langtry, has written the most moving eulogy of all.

Absolute class:

thanks r329!

"The one-hour service began with poetry readings by actor Colin Farrell"

what?

It still seems hard to believe that she is gone...

Rasmussen poll -

66% of American adults have at least a somewhat favorable opinion of Elizabeth Taylor.

I'm with you R333. It hurts sometimes to think about this American legend is gone. At the same time it's so hard to fathom that she is gone because she has always been there in the public eye for so many years.

I guess that Liz really was over.%0D %0D She didn't even get to 600 posts :(

is this liz nude?

Yes that's her. Photographed "tastefully" by her pal Roddy McDowell back in the 50s. This was supposed to be an engagement gift to Mike Todd, after he died she gave it to a close friend; it later ended up in a private collection and the owner waited until after her death to show it publically for the 1st time. there was an article in the Daily Mail this past week.

If she'd died young, she would have been a gay icon. But she lived and got fat and blowsy-looking.

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"First time seen," my ass. That picture at R337 has been accessible on Google Images for quite a while now. Again, the Liz "myth" via Roddy McDowall continues.

When did she develop those giant honkers she had in the years she was with Burton? She got a little blowsy in the 60's, but weight gain couldn't account for all of it. In later years when she'd lose weight, she still had the huge boobs. I always wondered if sometime in the early 60's she had "silicone injections" as they were called back then. There is just such a difference in the size of her boobs from Cleopatra on.

Also, she had had three children by then, r341

She'd had two of her three children by the time that picture was allegedly taken IF it was taken in 1956. I think it was taken before then. Even though it's heavily retouched, her body and face look younger than 24 and certainly not like she'd had kids yet. I always suspected -- because the picture has been around for a while -- that it was taken when she was in her teens. On the other hand, she DID have a tiny waist (and medium boobs) in some of the early Mike Todd pictures, and she'd had two kids then. In any case, the big big boobs seemed to come along with the Burton years, and they never really retreated.

Women's boobs get bigger with age. She was also heavier during the Burton years, which also accounts for bigger boobs.

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Who got drunk and decided to bump all these fucking threads?

It's been proven that the nude photo isn't Liz Taylor. It's a dancer named Lee Evans.

For anyone that's interested, there are some pix of her home in Bel Air. Very modest and down-to-earth, especially for Nimes Road.%0D %0D It will be featured in AD. Such a great broad.

Very cool photos, thanks r348

The more I read about Liz the less I like her. She was just an average actress who was more famous for all the scandals and less for her acting. Sure, she was fun to watch on the big screen but why do people pretend that she was something other than a drunken nympomaniac who loved her jewels (perhaps it was her faux-British accent that gave people that false sense of classiness). She was a lot like Whorelina is today...only fatter.

Damn, r350, you're a real piece. Bumping a thread from 2011, and speaking ill of the dead. Pathetic.

I'm heartbroken. I didn't know she died. Why is there so little news coverage? Damn holiday. I know she has been sick for a number of years, but she is one of the Hollywood's greatest stars. When Paul Newman dies there will be no more. I loved her in The Flintstones and Night of the Iguana. What a beauty. RIP Elizabeth. Surely there will be some tribute to her at the Oscars this Sunday.

I wondered why she'd gone quiet.

Who? Was she Rod Taylor's sister? Never heard of her.

This means Joan Collins is next.

What was on her jewel-encrusted iPod?

Oh no. Sad face. I fell in life with her when I saw National Velvet when I was a boy. I'd have been straight if I'd met a girl like her.

OMG, RIP, Liz. I loved her in the White Diamonds commercials.

I just heard that Bette Davis died! My God, where is the news media on this?

I think "National Velvet" should be required viewing. It has everything. Mickey Rooney before the crazy, Liz as the most beautiful tween on the planet, a grumpy-yet-luminous Angela Lansbury in the first of her many wasted roles, a pre-Blacklist Anne Revere, Donald Crisp for authenticity, direction from the luminous Clarence Brown, Technicolor.....and a horse!

I loved The Onion's coverage: Gorgeous 25 Year Old Dead at 79.

White Diamonds. Intriguing.

Rest in peace, Liz! I'll never forget that gorgeous safety pin dress of yours.

R350, Elizabeth Taylor dedicated the last 25 years of her life for AIDS causes. She even bequeathed over $300 million of her estate to various AIDS related charities. She demanded compassion and sympathy for those suffering from AIDS in the 1980s, a decade of ignorance, intolerance, prejudice, and fear. She, along with many others, made it possible for you to take a cock up your ass (which you obviously and so desperately need) without fear of a death sentence.

R350, are you hinting that you'd like us to pass the hat to get you $18?

Einstein, Plato, Mozart, Aristotle, da Vinci, TAYLOR...

STILL DEAD

R352 My sympathy to you, Mr. Van Winkle

STILL dead!

r369 Congrats, you are the gayest gay on DL.

Of what?

Good.

ELIZABETH TAYLOR IS DEAD TO ME!

Still can't believe she's no more.

can't believe it's been 10 years