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Elizabeth Taylor Operated A Dallas Buyers Club-Type HIV Drugs Network From Her Home

MTE4MDAzNDEwODk1Nzk5ODIyTalk about fearless in her home in Bel-Air. It was a safe house. A lot of the work that she did, it was illegal, but she was saving lives. It was in a time when it was not something to do. Business associates pleaded with her, ‘Leave this thing alone.’ She received death threats. Friends hung up on her when she asked for help, but something that I love about Elizabeth is her courage.”

 

Former model Kathy Ireland speaking about her friend, the late actress-AIDS activist Elizabeth Taylor, who eventually founded The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, in an interview with Entertainment Tonight

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