Elizabeth Taylor dies; screen legend was 79



Elizabeth Taylor, a voluptuous violet-eyed actress who lived a life of luster and anguish and spent more than six decades as one of the world's most visible women for her two Academy Awards, eight marriages, ravaging illnesses and work in AIDS philanthropy, died Wednesday at age 79.

She died surrounded by family members at Cedar-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, ABC News reported, quoting a statement issued by her publicist.

Ms. Taylor’s life offered a mesmerizing series of sagas to rival any movie plot, and they were chronicled by the media since her boost to fame as the enchanting 12-year-old star of “National Velvet” (1944).

By her mid-20s, she had been a screen goddess, teenage bride, mother, divorcee and widow. She endured near-death traumas, and many declared her a symbol of survival — with which she agreed. “I've been through it all, baby,” she once said. “I'm Mother Courage.”

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She was soooo beautiful. Can't think of any present actress who rivals her in beauty.









May her Soul Rest in Peace.