According to online reports, Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor passed away today of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. She was 79.
The former child star and two-time Academy Award winner was most famous for her films “National Velvet,” “Cleopatra,” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
She was also notable for her impressive diamond jewelry collection and her notorious love life, which included 8 marriages to 7 men (she married actor Richard Burton twice).
“I never planned to acquire a lot of jewels or a lot of husbands,” Taylor said in her last major interview with Harper’s Bazaar magazine. “I have been supremely lucky in my life in that I have known great love, and of course, I am the temporary custodian of some incredible and beautiful things.”
Hello All. Wow, RIP Elizabeth Taylor, RIP. (She had the bluest of eyes!)
OMG! Rest in peace honorary sista Cleopatra.
RIP LIZ she’s probably catching up with Marilyn and Michael as we speak.
Man oh man. RIP Dame Liz.
And I always thought she was known for her eyes being purple (violet)?
She been sick for a LONG time so now she is at peace and hopefully taking care of MJ now…
Yep, violet eyes. Beautiful. Glad she was blessed with 79 years. Now, pain no more….
R.I.P Elizabeth Taylor
Yes she is with MJ now
I always found her to be one of the most beautiful womem. May she R.I.P.
She was a beautiful person inside & out RIP.
Rest In Peace Liz Taylor
R.I.P. E.T.
M.J. awaits
Rest In Peace Elizabeth Taylor, no more pain and suffering, no more worries.
Yep Ace,
Probably met her at the gates….
When Hollywood was glam. RIP.
R.I.P. Elizabeth “Liz” Taylor!!
Anna says:
When Hollywood was glam.
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YES!
RIP Liz and White Diamonds
Liz Taylor is like our Monroe. Untouchable. That woman was beyoo t ful.
Rip Mz. Taylor
RIP Liz – such an awesome actress!
Rest on Mrs. Taylor. She was beautiful….lil scandalous but beautiful nonetheless.
I can’t believe my favorite actress has died. I have seen all of her movies since I was a little girl. She was extremely talented and beautiful. RIP Liz!
U will b missed!
Liz Taylor is like out Cicely Ty, well maybe that’s a stretch, nevermind
Rest in peace, Liz.
This is so sad…
God rest her soul. I will be planted in front of TCM.
R.I.P Liz
RIP Liz Taylor
Good morning all
What happened to Nichelle’s blog? I clicked on the link but said the account was suspended.
It’s amazing how much her and Megan Fox look alike. RIP..
Did you guys know that Cleopatra wasn’t black – yeah, neither did I! #readabook
Bye Liz
Megan Fox wishes. Maybe somebody told her that at some point so she thought she could act anyway she wanted to. She ruined her career with her bad attitude.
Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman in a Cat on a Hot Tin Roof now that’s a hot azz couple.
RIP Ms. Hilton-Wilding-Todd-Fisher-Burton-Warner-Fortensky Taylor
I knew that Cleopatra wasn’t black. She was was from the Ptolemy dynasty which were from Greece. The race of her maternal side is unknown.
Nooo! This is so sad!! I love Elizabeth Taylor (my mom loves her even more). I’ve probably seen more movies starring her than anyone else (love old movies). Very good actress, very beautiful (inside & out) giving her time to charities. BTW, her White Diamonds perfume smells so good.
miamore1973 says:
Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman in a Cat on a Hot Tin Roof now that’s a hot azz couple.
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So true!!
RIP Elizabeth Taylor. She lived pretty long. Wasn’t she good friends with Michael Jackson. I wonder how she died.
16 ALBoy says:
RIP Liz and White Diamonds
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I love White Diamonds, I’ve been wearing it for over a dozen yrs.
Liz Taylor was an icon. She’s was one of my favorite actresses. Loved her in National Velvet.
Anyway, who said Cleopatra wasn’t black? Don’t believe everything they tell you. Check out “Return to Glory: European Distortion of African History” on youtube.
Her movies are classics. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cleopatra, Giant and Elephant Walk are my favorites. Oh and Father of the Bride. I hope TMC or AMC runs all of her movies so I can record them.
She was such a beautiful spirit and very talented. Hollywood has lost a jewel. R.I.P. Elizabeth Taylor
Cleopatra was not black. Her family came into rule after Alexander the Great stole Egypt (basically).
Nefertiti however is of Egyptian ancestry.
You can actually look at the busts of Cleopatra and see that she wasn’t black. Her features are actually very greek and very plain.
afineparadigm says:
Did you guys know that Cleopatra wasn’t black – yeah, neither did I! #readabook
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Acutally after a little research I have learned that Cleopatra’s full racial identity is simply unknown. No one today knows or has documentation that says who or what her mother was. Furthermore she has never been described as black in historical documents. So who the heck knows?
Thanks for the history lesson!