I feel very adventurous.
There are so many doors to be opened,
and I'm not afraid to look behind them.
I found out about twenty minutes ago that the great actress Elizabeth Taylor died today. Her publicist announced that she had been hospitalized for about a month and died from congestive heart failure in a hospital in LA. She was 79 years old.
Taylor was famous for her professional and private life. She was a great actress since her youth. She won an Oscar for Butterfield 8 in 1960 and another for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf in 1966. One of her most famous roles was Cleopatra in 1961. Seriously, who wasn't seen Cleopatra? Which was actually the first time an actor or actress was paid a million dollar for a movie!
If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down. (E. Taylor)
Her eyes were said to be her greatest trademark because of the unusual violet color. Her make up always accentuated them like an echo of her internal seductress. She was a splendid woman who we can remember always dressed with spectacular glamor, dark glasses, cigarette holder in one hand and big hairdo...
She seemed to be everywhere at once. I was reading an article on the San Francisco Chronicle, where they mention how everyone in LA has a story about Elizabeth Taylor; seeing her going out of a bathroom, a car, in a building, etc. Her passion, her wit... She was everything women wanted to be; and a great role model for women that wanted to better themselves. Her fight against drugs and alcohol is legendary, not to mention her constant work about AIDS.
Oh, and don't forget she receive the honor title of Dame by the Queen of England. And her legendary friendship with Michael Jackson, who wrote the song "Elizabeth, I love you" for her 65th birthday.
She was also a great businesswoman, we all know that. Who can forget her White Diamonds add: The fragrance dreams are made of.
In her personal life she was famous for her philanthropy and the fact that she got married eight times, two of them to actor Richard Burton, whom she met while doing Cleopatra.
Her son, Michael Wilding, said in a statement today:
"My mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humour, and love. Her remarkable body of work in film, her ongoing success as a businesswoman, and her brave and relentless advocacy in the fight against HIV/AIDS, all make us all incredibly proud of what she accomplished. We know, quite simply, that the world is a better place for Mom having lived in it."
Elizabeth Taylor was a great actress, woman, philanthroper... she was a legend.
Rest in Peace, Elizabeth, we loved you...
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