Elizabeth Taylor RIP: Movie Legend & Celebrity Icon

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The thread discusses the life and legacy of Elizabeth Taylor following her passing, focusing on her impact as a movie star and cultural icon. Participants share personal reflections on her films, beauty, and personality, as well as anecdotes related to her life and death.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express admiration for Elizabeth Taylor as one of the greatest movie legends, highlighting her enduring fame and glamour.
  • Several participants mention their favorite films featuring Taylor, including "Cleopatra" and "The Taming of the Shrew," with differing opinions on her earlier versus later work.
  • One participant recalls a humorous anecdote about Taylor's will stating she would be 15 minutes late for her own funeral.
  • Another participant reflects on the beauty of Taylor, noting the rarity of her violet eyes in photographs.
  • A participant humorously suggests that Taylor is now "frolicking with Michael Jackson" in the afterlife.
  • There is a light-hearted exchange about the nature of being late for one's own funeral, with differing takes on the statement.
  • One post mentions a lesser-known fact about Taylor's involvement in quantum electrodynamics, though this claim is not elaborated upon or discussed further.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on Taylor's status as a movie legend and express fondness for her work, though there are varying opinions on which films are the best. The discussion remains light-hearted and anecdotal without significant disagreement.

Contextual Notes

Some statements reflect personal opinions and anecdotes rather than established facts about Taylor's life or career. The mention of her involvement in quantum electrodynamics appears to be a humorous or facetious comment rather than a serious claim.

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One of the greatest movie legends we've ever had.

LOS ANGELES – Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen persona, stormy personal life and enduring fame and glamour made her one of the last of the classic movie stars and a template for the modern celebrity, died Wednesday at age 79.

She was surrounded by her four children when she died of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she had been hospitalized for about six weeks, said publicist Sally Morrison.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_taylor
 
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Cleopatra was my favorite movie by her.
 
Evo said:
Cleopatra was my favorite movie by her.
My favorite is The Taming of the Shrew.
 
She was a beautiful lady, and always a lady. I liked her earlier movies more then the later ones, they tended to frighten me. My Granny was enthralled by her National Enquirer front page stories, such scandal!
RIP Liz
 
The Taming of the Shrew was unforgetable. Monumental acting for them both.
 
Now, she has divorced us all..:cry:
 
I have only seen one photo where her eyes actually looked violet. Can't find it. I think it was a Life or Time cover.

Her requested epitaph [on a Larry King interview]:

Here lies Elizabeth
She hated to be called Liz
She lived
 
Probably frolicking with Michael Jackson and has cast her eye on an angel already. :smile:
 
Liz-Taylors-Eyes.jpg


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Thanks, Hypatia. She really was beautiful.

Too funny: Her will stated that she was to be 15 minutes late for her own funeral! :smile: I love it!
 
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Anima eius et animae omnium fidelium defunctorum per Dei misericordiam requiescant in pace.

Baruch Dayan Emet.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Thanks, Hypatia. She really was beautiful.

Too funny: Her will stated that she was to be 15 minutes late for her own funeral! :smile: I love it!
By definition, everyone is late for their own funeral.
 
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Jimmy Snyder said:
By definition, everyone is late for their own funeral.

Not true. People are dying to get to their own funerals.
 
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Newai said:
One of the greatest movie legends we've ever had.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_taylor

It's a little known fact that Elizabeth Taylor was one of the early developers of quantum electrodynamics.
 
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