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Liz Taylor 'at death's door'
News.Com. AU ^ | April 28, 2006 | staff writer

Posted on 04/28/2006 5:54:50 AM PDT by yankeedame

Liz Taylor 'at death's door'

From: MX From correspondents in Los Angeles
April 28, 2006


Legend ... Taylor pictured at the 2005 BAFTA awards/file

HOLLYWOOD legend Elizabeth Taylor is reportedly on
the brink of death after her heart began to fail.

The Oscar winner, 74, is believed to be bedridden in her Bel Air, California, home. Taylor reportedly cancelled her annual Easter party to plan her funeral.

She is expected to be buried next to former husband Richard Burton in Switzerland.

"Liz is inching closer to death every day and she knows it," a friend said.

The actress was diagnosed with a disease known as congestive heart failure, a terminal condition where the heart weakens, pumping ever-decreasing amounts of blood through the body. Taylor has been confined to a wheelchair since 2004, having broken her back five times.

Advertisement: Taylor has been near death with pneumonia twice, endured a brain tumour removal, has had skin cancer and has been a recluse since her health started failing. "She's not leaving a lot of money to her children. She wants the bulk of her fortune to go to AIDS research."

The actress said she was at her happiest while with husbands Mike Todd and Richard Burton, and in recent months mourned the loss of her pet Maltese terrier, Sugar, of whom she said: "I've never loved a dog like this in my life. It's amazing. Sometimes I think there's a person in there."

Ms Taylor won her first Oscar in 1961 for the film Butterfield 8, following this up with another in 1967 for Mike Nichols' drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, often considered her best screen performance.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: elizabethtaylor; hollywood; liz
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To: linda_22003

You bet.


121 posted on 04/28/2006 11:58:28 AM PDT by AD from SpringBay (We have the government we allow and deserve.)
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To: yankeedame

How many men did she have in her lifetime? Who knows; but she made some great movies; Cleopatra is my favorite one.


122 posted on 04/28/2006 1:35:43 PM PDT by gedeon3
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To: martin_fierro

I'm sorry, is that tv picture really her? Oh how tragic.


123 posted on 04/28/2006 5:16:57 PM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: YaYa123

I think it's sort of wierd Liz Taylor, (who converted to Judaism when she married Mike Todd), has annual Easter parties.

I think she converted when she married Eddie Fisher!


124 posted on 04/28/2006 5:21:52 PM PDT by Betteboop
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To: martin_fierro
It was all that chicken.

ROTFL!! Oh that was classic!

125 posted on 04/28/2006 5:27:16 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Betteboop

I have no idea who is right after finding this:



"About the famous religious convert Elizabeth Taylor what religion she converted from and to and why.
RENOWNED RELIGIOUS CONVERTS


ELIZABETH TAYLOR, U.S. (British-born), 1932-.

Actress.

From: Christian Science.

To: Judaism.

Why: Taylor converted to Judaism after the death of her husband Mike Todd and before her marriage to Eddie Fisher, although she claimed the conversion had nothing to do with marriage plans. "As a kid I had a Walter Mitty dream about being Jewish and wished I was," she says in her autobiography.""


126 posted on 04/28/2006 6:22:26 PM PDT by YaYa123
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To: spectre

Didn't she marry Fisher after Todd? Something to do with "borrowing" Fisher from her friend, Debbie, as a shoulder to cry on?


127 posted on 04/28/2006 6:39:04 PM PDT by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
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To: linda_22003

Wow, I guess I'm a better person than I'd known: My dad says, "Well, at least [bannie] always marries them."


128 posted on 04/28/2006 6:41:42 PM PDT by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
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To: bannie
She and Debbie Reynolds have a common bond. They BOTH loathe Eddie Fisher. Hell hath no wrath..whew!

sw

129 posted on 04/28/2006 6:42:14 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (It's the benefits stupid)
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To: linda_22003
I don't think you can "steal" anyone who doesn't want to go. ;-)

You're probably right; but who wants one who can be thusly enticed?

130 posted on 04/28/2006 6:43:24 PM PDT by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
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To: yankeedame

Like her or not, another 20th century Hollywood icon passes. There ain't very many left - Deborah Kerr comes to mind - Scots are a tough lot.


131 posted on 04/28/2006 6:47:20 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: wtc911
Only a woman would enjoy Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf.

Why? That's a phenomenal play/film. One of the best American films of the mid 1960s.
132 posted on 04/28/2006 6:51:12 PM PDT by Borges
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To: skeeter
Scots are a tough lot.

Maureen Ohara is still alive too!
133 posted on 04/28/2006 6:58:36 PM PDT by Borges
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To: skeeter

I liked her as ther "perfect" Amy in Little Women....I think she had blond hair for that role tho so she looked very different.


134 posted on 04/28/2006 7:37:30 PM PDT by chgomac
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To: ntnychik; devolve; Smartass; PhilDragoo

This makes me sad. I didn't agree with all her views but she really was a beautiful woman. Not a great actress.


135 posted on 04/28/2006 7:45:14 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: potlatch
Liz Taylor was a knock out, beautiful lady. Yes, her present health condition is sad. I don't like to see people suffer. She wasn't great, but still made a few tons of Hollywood gold.

136 posted on 04/28/2006 7:51:52 PM PDT by Smartass (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Smartass

Her health always seemed to be bad, one thing after another.


137 posted on 04/28/2006 7:56:04 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: Phsstpok

My personal favorite Liz Taylor film: "Elephant Walk"


138 posted on 04/28/2006 7:57:02 PM PDT by securityMama
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

Exactly! I can't think of her and not see that image in my head. What a bunch of freaks.


139 posted on 04/28/2006 7:58:29 PM PDT by HoHoeHeaux ("You can lead a horse to water. Jack Bauer can make him drink.")
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To: potlatch
That's so true. Some people are more fragile than others. I believe it's attributed to ones genes and how they took care of themselves in their youth. Liz lived a pretty fast life.

140 posted on 04/28/2006 8:05:56 PM PDT by Smartass (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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