A friend asked that I write a little thing acknowledging today's passing of one of the greatest movie stars of our time, Elizabeth Taylor. He included some thought-starters:"Breathtakingly beautiful. Fat and Bloated. Child star. Sex symbol. Award-winning actress. The marriages. The divorces. The jewelry. The career. National Velvet, Little Women, Raintree County, Giant, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Violet eyes. Perfume. Champion of AIDS sufferers. Self-absorbed. Generous and giving. The world is a lesser place without her."
I think his words stand by themselves as a fitting tribute.
The only things I would add are: Did you know she raised more money for AIDS research than she ever earned as an actress? And she was the first actress paid $1 million for a picture. (Debbie Reynolds, whom Liz burned when she stole her husband Eddie Fisher, was the second.) :^) A traditional 1950s woman who really knew how to make the dough...
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