Elizabeth Taylor, the 79-year-old actress who starred in movies alongside everyone from Rock Hudson and James Dean and basically owned the cinema in the 1950s and 60s, has died, both NBC News and ABC News report. Just last month she was hospitalized for “symptoms caused by congestive heart failure.”
justiceontherocks
RIP to one of the all time greats.
Harbo
Liz was the ultimate movie star. She was the original. There won’t be another like her.
hf2hvit
The gay community and those who live with HIV owe a debt of gratitude to her.
gregger
She took up AIDS and Homophobia as her causes at a time when no one else would go near the subject. We all owe her a debt of gratitude.
jack e. jett
Sad. She was there with us in the 80’s when that dickhead Ronald Reagan ignored us….nurse shunned us…and she was one of the first there to raise money for research. I really believe she helped save lives.
ganymeade
She was amazing. She showed up to help when non one even knew what was causing us to die and it was called GRID. When I worked at the LGBT center in the early 80’s, she was on the rolodex to offer emergency help and funds. a small handful of people were on that list. She was the only actress. The rest were closeted men. Loved her look, her work, her compassion and her grit.
Scott Bonzitski
I’m glad to see all positive comments. Liz was one in a million. Rest well…SB
DM73
She was amazing inside and out. One of the greatest allies ever to the LGBT community, especially when it wasn’t fashionable or good to your career to be so.
She also was one of the greatest actresses of her time and bon vivants. She will be missed.
RIP.
David Ehrenstein
http://fablog.ehrensteinland.com/2011/03/23/fait-diver-a-friend-of-vitos-passed-away/
SteveC
RIP Liz Taylor.
She was a legend and a friend. She will be missed.
Chris
I’ll miss her so much. Fairwell, Elizabeth =)
Charlie
Bye bye lady with the violet eyes. You were stunning.
Matt F
She was certainly larger than life and appeared always true to her complicated existence. I just watched “Suddenly, Last Summer” the other night. It was certainly provocative for it’s day and time (and still is, I might add)!
Drake
Liz’s adoption of the AIDS fight was monumentally important when our community was in the pits of despair, and when the Republican government (Reagan) wouldn’t even talk about AIDS or gays. With current issues of same sex marriage, Don’t Ask, Don’t tell revoked, anti-discrimination laws, etc., people today can’t really understand how tough gay life was then, and how much a few like Liz Taylor helped the cause.
Darling Nikki
She was a Dame in every sense of the word. And her genuine passion during the AIDS crisis saved many lives in my opinion in her ability to de-stigmatize the disease and get some money for research and care.
RIP Violet Eyes.
Geoff B
Elizabeth Taylor was a shining exemple of over the top Hollywood glamour and love and compassion for her fellow man. They’ll never be another one like her. Rest well, dear lady. Heaven will be a brighter place with you there.
Soupy
I met her when she visited an AIDS hospice that I worked at. The guys were thrilled beyond reason and she was warm and funny. And she smelled like white diamonds.
I like to think that George and Martha are together again.
Martha: Look, sweetheart, I can drink you under any goddamn table you want, so don’t worry about me.
j
She was an incredibly beautiful spirit. We can’t keep fire alive forever but we can bask in the memory of its glow.
Soupy
I’m just sad. And surprised at how sad I am.
alan brickman
Elizabeth lived by the most basic of rules….If one can Truly Love..then one can Truly Live..Thank you Elizabeth…..
Shannon1981
She will b e missed, most definitely. RIP Liz. We love you.
Geoff B
I think with HIV not being an automatic death sentence anymore people have gotten complacent and forgetting people still die from this disease. I hope the media coverage that is inevitably going to come will focus on the great work Ms. Taylor did for HIV/AIDS awareness. If you are able to, the best tribute you can make to this marvelous woman would be to donate money or time to AIDS awareness or research.
justiceontherocks
@Soupy: Liz went to hospitals and hugged people with AIDs at a time people were seriously advocating quarantines. She raised a lot of money that helped save many lives, but even more important she helped remove the “scarlet letter.” She was bigger than life in every sense of the word.
Rob
What an extraordinary icon of talent and selfless compassion for those less fortunate. Perhaps she empathized with the afflicted? Whatever her motivation, it was stellar and exemplary . . . God Bless this national treasure. Rest in peace.
jason
Liz was a terrific actress, a stunning beauty, and a true humanitarian. She helped enormously with the AIDS issue, helping to dispel the notion that this was a dangerous disease that could easily spread and destroy the human race.
The medical and scientific professions were quite disgusting in failing to state the simple facts of AIDS back then. They were scaring people in order to put pressure on governments to give them more money to keep them employed. It took people like Liz Taylor and Princess Diana to prove that AIDS was not the Black Plague.
Farewell, dear Liz. You are somewhere else right now, riding Black Velvet again.