Liz Taylor 'at death's door'

News.Com. AU ^ | April 28, 2006 | staff writer

[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.

[Angus MacGregor]

I loved her in "The Flintstones"

Yes, one of her best rolls.

[dighton]

“Maggie the cat is alive! I’m alive!”

Here’s hoping that reports of her imminent death are premature.

[OB1kNOb]

You did that on purpose. I just got finished with a cold shower. I'll grab another towel and return in a few minutes. - LOL! OB1

[Liz]

LOL----oops, sorry 'bout that.

[nmh]

When young she was one STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL woman.

Exquisite.

[nmh]

Stunning!

Those EYES, hair and skin contrast ... face shape ... like a goddess.

I hope she has her spiritual life in order. Does anyone know if she is a Christian? He'll take anyone, John 3:16 and it's not too late for her. Eternity is a LONG time ... .

[nmh]

Stunning!

Those EYES, hair and skin contrast ... face shape ... like a goddess.

I hope she has her spiritual life in order. Does anyone know if she is a Christian? He'll take anyone, John 3:16 and it's not too late for her. Eternity is a LONG time ... .

[OB1kNOb]

Exquisite.

The perfect word to describe her early beauty. Thanks.

[nmh]

Some are inching faster and there's no mystery that their knocking on death's door.

[chit*chat]

Like Jimmy Stewart, Clark Gable, John Wayne, and Paul Newman, to name a few, Liz Taylor is one-of-a-kind, an icon. I don't think we have many stars of her caliber today. Her passing will be very sad. Certainly no actress has ever been a bigger movie star.

OR TRAMP.

[2Jedismom]

"She's not leaving a lot of money to her children.

Well, that explains all those breaks in her back...

[paddles]

Eleanor Clift is related only by marriage. She's a mediocre-at-best "journalist" who has gotten to where she is by virtue of that last name only.

[paddles]

I remember a Liz Taylor joke about her ample frame that went something like this; "When mosquitos bite her they get gravy."

[Revolting cat!]

"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 next marriage."

There, fixed it.

[SoCal Pubbie]

"if you do see "Cleopatra" today, its hard to imagine any one else in the title role. "

The irony, of course, is that as a historical figure the role was horribly miscast. Yes, I know, it's a movie not a history book. I'm just saying that the popular conception of Cleopatra is all Hollywood.

[nmh]

I thought the real Cleopatra was beautiful?

Is that false?

In any event, Liz Taylor flattered her with how she looked. I have little doubt that Liz was more beautiful.

[trickyricky]

Eleanor Clift is related only by marriage.
She's a mediocre-at-best "journalist".

You're too generous.

[paddles]

Yeah, I know. But it's Friday....

[Rebelbase]

"Well, at least we can be sure that Michael Jackson has an assortment of black veils..."

Yeah, but will he come back from Boyland, I mean Bahrain to attend the funeral?


(Do you know why he lost interest in his Neverland ranch?)

[brazzaville]

Good morning.
"No one had Liz's eyes."

Those eyes were incredible, enough to make you catch your breath.

Michael Frazier