Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Goodbye Liz.......

After 2 months in the hospital for congestive heart failure, Award Winning Actress Elizabeth Taylor has died. 
Born in London, February 27, 1932, she was 79 at the time of her death. 
Go to fullsize image
She appeared in more than 50 films, won Oscars for her performances in “Butterfield 8” in 1960 and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” in 1966. Taylor was just as famous for her marriages which became eight, including two to Richard Burton.
Her lifelong battles with substance abuse, her weight and physical ailments, including numerous visits to the hospital for more than 20 major operations and countless treatments was too much  Her 2004 diagnosis for congestive heart failure, compounded with spinal fractures and the effects of scoliosis, left her nearly bedridden. She battled ulcers, amoebic dysentery, bursitis, and had a benign brain tumor removed in 1997. In recent years, she has had to use a wheelchair when out in public.

No comments: