Elizabeth Taylor

**Shale** · 03-23-2011, 11:52 PM

I suppose the news that Elizabeth Taylor died today of congestive heart failure at age 79 has been seen by everyone. Surprisingly there was no mention of it here in the Movie section considering that movies were her home since age 12.

She was a striking beauty, and an accomplished actress. She had a dynamic life with 7 husbands (reflecting a generational constraint of saving it for marriage). She had much fame as an actress but more significant is her advocacy for AIDS causes.

It was 1985 and AIDS was feared; ignorance of the disease was rampant in our society and ppl with AIDS were shunned - and those working with them could be shunned as well.

Elizabeth had a big heart and used her great fame to bring this cause to the public mind.

I was there in the mid '80s and knew the facts of this disease and the ignorance that was common. I felt compelled to get involved in the AIDS activism and volunteered at a service organization. I was apprehensive how my employer would react because ppl did react in very negative ways back then. (Fortunately she was a compassionate woman who soon joined in the service to ppl with this disease)

Elizabeth too was shunned for her involvement in this cause but her great fame outshone that and she not only brot money to the care of ppl with AIDS, and research into the disease but also an awareness to the public and elected officials.

She was not just a woman of great beauty and style but one of great substance.

Some more pics of a beautiful woman that was there throughout my life

In National Velvet

**scratcho** · 03-23-2011, 11:57 PM

She sure was. It's too bad her health precluded her from making movies the last bunch of years. She was a beauty ----

**warmhandedcanadian** · 03-23-2011, 11:59 PM

she was really beautiful, too bad the media plastered her all over looking sickly and coooookie... that's what most of the young ones will remember her by

**Alternative_Thinker** · 03-24-2011, 05:15 AM

I had a crush on her when I was a teen after seeing National Velvet on TV. I remember thinking Mickey Rooney looked really young too, considering I'd primarily known him for his role in The Adventures Of The Black Stallion series prior to that. But to me, Elizabeth in National Velvet is the epitome of youthful beauty. R.I.P. Liz.

**MayQueen~420~** · 03-24-2011, 05:16 AM

She was a truly beautiful and talented woman. She was also very giving and generous she donated tons of money every year to charities. RIP

**Telepath** · 03-24-2011, 05:18 AM

i dont care about her. if I died tomorrow, no one would make a post on here about how much of a striking beauty i was.
like, seriously.

**Lynnbrown** · 03-24-2011, 05:23 AM

Well that ^ totally unnecessary post just made me have to say something for Elizabeth!

She was beautiful throughout her life...both inside and out. She accepted and loved when others wouldn't. Yes, to me, she is/was the epitome of young beauty combined with hope.

**Duck** · 03-24-2011, 05:25 AM

The only thing I really know about her is that she nearly killed Fox on Cleopatra (or to be more fair, that some blame her)

That and what warmhanded mentioned about her being disgusting.

**Shale** · 03-24-2011, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telepath

i dont care about her. if I died tomorrow, no one would make a post on here about how much of a striking beauty i was.
like, seriously.

Who are you?

Maybe someone would make a post on here if you were a striking beauty, but as of now - you look kinda ugly to some of us here.

**lovelyxmalia** · 03-24-2011, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telepath

i dont care about her. if I died tomorrow, no one would make a post on here about how much of a striking beauty i was.
like, seriously.

This coming from the person who started a thread last night about how Americans see cows as walking hamburgers...

Anyway, yeah its sad about Elizabeth Taylor. Although she was a beauty, she did become kinda scary these past few years