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Not long ago, Brad Herman, the right-hand man to hush-hush Hollywood, invited a longtime client, legendary Motown songwriter Eddie Holland, to a private visit with another client, The Supremes’ Cindy Birdsong, who since September 2021 has resided in a Los Angeles-area care facility after two strokes that have left her unable to walk or speak. Herman, who says he’s been granted power of attorney over the singer, had worked with Birdsong’s family members to extricate her from a previous living arrangement.
“Eddie puts his hand behind her head, very delicately, sweetly, saying, ‘Cindy, I’m really happy to see you,’ then he just sat there real close and sang in her ear: ‘Baby Love,’ ‘Love Child,’ ‘Someday We’ll Be Together,’ ” Herman recalls, eyes tearing, rolling up a shirtsleeve to show a forearm prickling in memory: goose bumps. “Everyone who has a public face has drama.
Not long ago, Brad Herman, the right-hand man to hush-hush Hollywood, invited a longtime client, legendary Motown songwriter Eddie Holland, to a private visit with another client, The Supremes’ Cindy Birdsong, who since September 2021 has resided in a Los Angeles-area care facility after two strokes that have left her unable to walk or speak. Herman, who says he’s been granted power of attorney over the singer, had worked with Birdsong’s family members to extricate her from a previous living arrangement.
“Eddie puts his hand behind her head, very delicately, sweetly, saying, ‘Cindy, I’m really happy to see you,’ then he just sat there real close and sang in her ear: ‘Baby Love,’ ‘Love Child,’ ‘Someday We’ll Be Together,’ ” Herman recalls, eyes tearing, rolling up a shirtsleeve to show a forearm prickling in memory: goose bumps. “Everyone who has a public face has drama.
- 10/7/2022
- by Gary Baum
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter Carole Bayer Sager opened up about her friendship with Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson in a new memoir, They’re Playing Our Song. In the book, out Tuesday, Sager shares intimate insights into the lives of both legendary entertainment figures â.from Taylor’s relationship with men, drugs and jewels, to Jackson’s “tortured genius child-man” persona. According to Sager, the pair struggled under the weight of celebrity, which ultimately drew them together.
“Theirs was a special relationship,” Sager writes of her friends in They’re Playing Our Song. “Two of the world’s greatest superstars,...
“Theirs was a special relationship,” Sager writes of her friends in They’re Playing Our Song. “Two of the world’s greatest superstars,...
- 10/18/2016
- by samgillettetimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
It's time to raise your glass and rattle your jewelry for a birthday toast to Elizabeth Taylor, who'd have turned 83 on Feb. 27. Though memories of her begin to fade, the legacy of the woman who was perhaps the most beautiful, most popular, most everything movie star of all time remains as vivid as ever.
Younger moviegoers may wonder what all the fuss was about. Here, then, are 13 reasons why Taylor remains, decades after her prime and four years after her death, the queen of Hollywood.
1. In a way, she never left.
Even though she died in 2011, they're still showing her in commercials for her perfume, White Diamonds.
2. She's the original diva.
Long before Beyonce, the Kardashians, Jennifer Lopez, and other current divas, Taylor pretty much invented the concept that a celebrity's offscreen life was just as much a performance as onscreen, and just as much part of the job description.
Younger moviegoers may wonder what all the fuss was about. Here, then, are 13 reasons why Taylor remains, decades after her prime and four years after her death, the queen of Hollywood.
1. In a way, she never left.
Even though she died in 2011, they're still showing her in commercials for her perfume, White Diamonds.
2. She's the original diva.
Long before Beyonce, the Kardashians, Jennifer Lopez, and other current divas, Taylor pretty much invented the concept that a celebrity's offscreen life was just as much a performance as onscreen, and just as much part of the job description.
- 2/27/2015
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
It was the eighth - and final - trip she would ever make down the aisle. And now, for the first time, the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation has released photos of Elizabeth Taylor and Larry Fortensky's lavish 1991 wedding at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch exclusively to People. This inside look commemorates People's Oct. 21, 1991, cover story on the biggest and most media-saturated wedding in Hollywood history. (Remember, this was in the days before weddings like George and Amal Clooney's and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's.) In the photos, the blushing, bronzed bride is dressed in a pale yellow...
- 10/21/2014
- by K.C. Baker @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
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As Kim Kardashian and Kanye West embark on their new life as a married couple we’re being forced to wait patiently for photos from their big day. Instagram has already been flooded with pre-wedding snapshots of Yeezy’s deep v-neck and Khloe‘s Versailles modeling, but a look at Kim in a white dress may be harder to come by.
In our world of constant celebrity coverage, we’ve been lucky enough to go inside weddings of the stars. Social media helps, but celebrity photos in major publications have become their own business, with well-known titles throwing out large sums for exclusive looks of your favorite actor/musician/reality star saying “I do.” The process is relatively simple. Typically, the celeb and his or her partner are splashed on a glossy cover, with a bright smile that can only signify a lifetime of happiness. And sometimes they bring their bulldog.
As Kim Kardashian and Kanye West embark on their new life as a married couple we’re being forced to wait patiently for photos from their big day. Instagram has already been flooded with pre-wedding snapshots of Yeezy’s deep v-neck and Khloe‘s Versailles modeling, but a look at Kim in a white dress may be harder to come by.
In our world of constant celebrity coverage, we’ve been lucky enough to go inside weddings of the stars. Social media helps, but celebrity photos in major publications have become their own business, with well-known titles throwing out large sums for exclusive looks of your favorite actor/musician/reality star saying “I do.” The process is relatively simple. Typically, the celeb and his or her partner are splashed on a glossy cover, with a bright smile that can only signify a lifetime of happiness. And sometimes they bring their bulldog.
- 5/24/2014
- by Emily Exton
- TheFabLife - Movies
As a new BBC4 drama examines the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, we take a look at how it played out in the pages of the Guardian and Observer
Though Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were once one of Hollywood's hottest couples, their relationship was controversial from the start. When they met on the set of Cleopatra in 1962, they were both married to other people, and their 'immoral' behaviour so incensed the film's producers, Twentieth Century Fox, that the company sued the couple for $50m, while the Us State Department considered revoking Burton's work visa. Cleopatra opened to poor reviews, although Alistair Cooke blamed that on snobbery.
Despite all the drama, their wedding in March 1964 barely warranted a mention on the Guardian's front page. Theirs was a tempestuous marriage. In an article for the Observer Review in 1971, Burton summed up their bond, writing: "I love Elizabeth to the point of idolatry.
Though Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were once one of Hollywood's hottest couples, their relationship was controversial from the start. When they met on the set of Cleopatra in 1962, they were both married to other people, and their 'immoral' behaviour so incensed the film's producers, Twentieth Century Fox, that the company sued the couple for $50m, while the Us State Department considered revoking Burton's work visa. Cleopatra opened to poor reviews, although Alistair Cooke blamed that on snobbery.
Despite all the drama, their wedding in March 1964 barely warranted a mention on the Guardian's front page. Theirs was a tempestuous marriage. In an article for the Observer Review in 1971, Burton summed up their bond, writing: "I love Elizabeth to the point of idolatry.
- 7/23/2013
- by Katy Stoddard
- The Guardian - Film News
Elizabeth Taylor’s final husband, Larry Fortensky, is saying he’ll watch Lindsay Lohan play his late ex-wife tomorrow night in Lifetime’s biographical film ‘Liz & Dick,’ Celebuzz is reporting. The 59-year-old, who was married to the actress between 1991 and 1996 after they met at The Betty Ford Center, said “Sure, I will watch it.” However, Fortensky, who Taylor used to call Larry The Lion, admitted he’s not sure if Lohan will do justice to the memory of the Oscar winner, who died from heart failure at age 79 on March 23, 2011. “I don’t know what Lindsay Lohan will be like or what Elizabeth would have thought about her performance,” [ Read More ]
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- 11/24/2012
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
By Lee Pfeiffer
Elizabeth Taylor had been married so often, as the old joke goes, she had rice marks on her face. She'd been wed eight times to seven men (Richard Burton walked the aisle twice with her). It was Taylor's last husband, blue collar worker Larry Fortensky that raised eyebrows, however. The odd couple met in a rehab center. Fortensky, who was a construction worker, was a beefy, good looking guy twenty years years younger than La Liz. While May/December romances are all the norm when the man is older, the public still frowned on women taking up with younger men - at least in the "pre-cougar" era. The couple married in 1991 and the union lasted five years before the seemingly inevitable divorce. Fortensky, who has faced health and financial problems in the ensuing years, has kept mum about his relationship with Liz, but is now talking. He...
- 5/1/2011
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Celebrity Couples! Larry Fortensky sick of Liz Taylor even after death? [Apr. 28] Dame Elizabeth Taylor, the queen of Hollywood weddings, passed away on March 23rd, 2011. From movies such as Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf alongside one of her husbands, actor Richard Burton, and National Velvet with costar actress Angela Landsbury, the motion picture icon raised a few eye brows each time she would get involved in a new marriage. When Liz married her 7th husband, Larry Fortensky, rumors swirled in the media that he had married the Hollywood star merely to get her money. Was this true? What is Fortensky saying now that Elizabeth Taylor has passed? The late Elizabeth Taylor and former husband Larry Fortensky met while in the Betty Ford Rehab clinic in 1988 – a popular place for Hollywood celebrities to confront substance abuse and addiction struggles. In a Daily Mail article, he shared his true feelings regarding his...
- 4/28/2011
- by Belky Says
- Green Celebrity
After years of silence, Larry Fortensky, the construction worker who met Elizabeth Taylor in rehab and became her eighth and final husband, has opened up about their years together - and their conversation just days before the screen legend died last month at 79. "She was going into hospital the next day," Fortensky, 59, tells Britain's Daily Mail of their final talk. "I thought she was going to be okay. I told her she would outlive me. She said, 'Larry, I'm going to be okay.' " It was the coda to the most unlikely of romances between the most famous actress of...
- 4/26/2011
- by Tim Nudd
- PEOPLE.com
Los Angeles, CA, United States (Ahn Entertainment) - Elizabeth Taylor made sure her seventh and last husband was taken care of even after she died. The screen legend, who died at 79 last month from congestive heart failure, included construction worker Larry Fortensky in her will.
Fortensky, who has refused to speak to the media about Taylor in the past, has finally spoken up about the Hollywood icon. The 59-year-old builder, whom Taylor affectionately called Larry the lion, revealed that he received 5,000 in her will.
Even though their marriage only lasted for five years, Fortensky and Taylor remained friends after their divorce in 1996, in which he was given .6 million.
They met in 1988 at the famed Betty Ford Clinic, where she was being treated for pill addiction and he for alcohol dependence.
Fortensky, who has refused to speak to the media about Taylor in the past, has finally spoken up about the Hollywood icon. The 59-year-old builder, whom Taylor affectionately called Larry the lion, revealed that he received 5,000 in her will.
Even though their marriage only lasted for five years, Fortensky and Taylor remained friends after their divorce in 1996, in which he was given .6 million.
They met in 1988 at the famed Betty Ford Clinic, where she was being treated for pill addiction and he for alcohol dependence.
- 4/25/2011
- icelebz.com
Former construction worker Larry Fortensky has opened up about the struggles he faced in his marriage to Dame Elizabeth Taylor as his humble background left him feeling intimidated by the superstar's wealth and fame.
The Hollywood legend, who died last month, met the building site labourer while they were both in rehab at the Betty Ford Clinic in California. They married in 1991 and spent five years as husband and wife before divorcing in 1996.
Fortensky kept up his job during the early days of their romance and he now reveals Taylor insisted on sending him a chef-prepared lunch in a limo, much to the amusement of his co-workers.
He tells Britain's Mail on Sunday, "It was so embarrassing. The guys would rib me about it. I'd tell her not to but she kept on doing it."
Fortensky also struggled to buy his wife presents and as she gifted him with cars and motorcycles, he attempted to buy her affordable but entertaining items: "I knew I couldn't compete with Elizabeth so I didn't try. When she gave me the (Harley Davidson) bike I gave her chocolate-covered roses. Another year I bought her a baby lop-eared bunny which she loved. When we went to England for her birthday I bought her a Shih-tzu called Sugar. She loved that dog."
He admits the marriage began to falter after he give up his job as he was never able to get used to the attention that came with marrying a famous actress. He adds, "Everywhere we went there were cameras. Elizabeth would put lipstick on constantly because she said she never knew when she was being photographed. I found it hard. It wasn't my cup of tea, those cameras everywhere. Elizabeth was used to it. I never got used to it."
But Fortensky still holds fond memories of their time together, including days when they would go for long rides on his motorcycle in California and escape her fame for a few hours: "She would wear a helmet and no one knew who she was. We could be alone and free... People would pretend not to know who she was. Elizabeth loved that. She loved a burger and a beer. She was down-to-earth, or at least as much as she could be for someone who'd been a star since she was a kid."...
The Hollywood legend, who died last month, met the building site labourer while they were both in rehab at the Betty Ford Clinic in California. They married in 1991 and spent five years as husband and wife before divorcing in 1996.
Fortensky kept up his job during the early days of their romance and he now reveals Taylor insisted on sending him a chef-prepared lunch in a limo, much to the amusement of his co-workers.
He tells Britain's Mail on Sunday, "It was so embarrassing. The guys would rib me about it. I'd tell her not to but she kept on doing it."
Fortensky also struggled to buy his wife presents and as she gifted him with cars and motorcycles, he attempted to buy her affordable but entertaining items: "I knew I couldn't compete with Elizabeth so I didn't try. When she gave me the (Harley Davidson) bike I gave her chocolate-covered roses. Another year I bought her a baby lop-eared bunny which she loved. When we went to England for her birthday I bought her a Shih-tzu called Sugar. She loved that dog."
He admits the marriage began to falter after he give up his job as he was never able to get used to the attention that came with marrying a famous actress. He adds, "Everywhere we went there were cameras. Elizabeth would put lipstick on constantly because she said she never knew when she was being photographed. I found it hard. It wasn't my cup of tea, those cameras everywhere. Elizabeth was used to it. I never got used to it."
But Fortensky still holds fond memories of their time together, including days when they would go for long rides on his motorcycle in California and escape her fame for a few hours: "She would wear a helmet and no one knew who she was. We could be alone and free... People would pretend not to know who she was. Elizabeth loved that. She loved a burger and a beer. She was down-to-earth, or at least as much as she could be for someone who'd been a star since she was a kid."...
- 4/24/2011
- WENN
The Hollywood legend, Elizabeth Taylor who died last month, met the building site labourer Larry Fortensky while they were both in rehab at the Betty Ford Clinic in California. They married in 1991 and spent five years as husband and wife before divorcing in 1996.
Larry Fortensky kept up his job during the early days of their romance and he now reveals Dame Elizabeth Taylor insisted on sending him a chef-prepared lunch in a limo, much to the amusement of his co-workers.
He tells Britain's Mail on Sunday, "It was so embarrassing. The guys would rib me about it. I'd tell her not to but she kept on doing it."
Fortensky also struggled to buy his wife presents and as she gifted him with cars and motorcycles, he attempted to buy her affordable but entertaining items: "I knew I couldn't compete with Elizabeth so I didn't try. When she gave me the...
Larry Fortensky kept up his job during the early days of their romance and he now reveals Dame Elizabeth Taylor insisted on sending him a chef-prepared lunch in a limo, much to the amusement of his co-workers.
He tells Britain's Mail on Sunday, "It was so embarrassing. The guys would rib me about it. I'd tell her not to but she kept on doing it."
Fortensky also struggled to buy his wife presents and as she gifted him with cars and motorcycles, he attempted to buy her affordable but entertaining items: "I knew I couldn't compete with Elizabeth so I didn't try. When she gave me the...
- 4/24/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Dame Elizabeth Taylor's final husband Larry Fortensky has broken his silence and given a rare interview about his life with the late superstar.
The Hollywood legend, who passed away last month, was married eight times - twice to Richard Burton - and her last husband was former construction worker Fortensky, who she met in rehab at California's Betty Ford Clinic.
They married in 1991, but the union came to an end five years later in 1996.
Fortensky has remained largely out of the spotlight since the divorce, but has now broken his silence following his ex-wife's tragic death from congestive heart failure.
In an interview with Britain's Mail on Sunday, Fortensky opens up about the monthly payments Taylor was rumoured to have given him after their divorce, revealing he never asked her for any money, but she insisted when he was left seriously injured in a fall and was subsequently unable to work.
Taylor wrote him a letter, which reads, "Darling Larry. I've been thinking of you often lately and worry about you... I'm going to rely on my gut feelings. I think you could use a little help so I would like to send you a thousand a month for the rest of my life or until I go broke."
Fortensky says, "I accepted it but I never asked for it," while his sister, Donna, admits she was the one who called Taylor when her brother's house later went into foreclosure. She adds, "I called her and told her about Larry's troubles. She sent me a cheque the next day for $15,000. Larry found out what I'd done and was mad at me. It kept the bank at bay for a while but then he ended up losing his house anyway."
Fortensky admits he was in regular contact with his ex-wife right up until her final stay in hospital and was shocked when she lost her fight for life: "(The last time I spoke to her) she was going into hospital the next day. I thought she was going to be Ok. I told her she would outlive me. She said, 'Larry, I'm going to be Ok'. I was so shocked (when I heard news of her death). I was so sure she would get to go home and I would talk to her once again."
Fortensky also reveals he recently received a letter from Taylor's lawyers informing him she left him $800,000 (£500,000) in her will.
The Hollywood legend, who passed away last month, was married eight times - twice to Richard Burton - and her last husband was former construction worker Fortensky, who she met in rehab at California's Betty Ford Clinic.
They married in 1991, but the union came to an end five years later in 1996.
Fortensky has remained largely out of the spotlight since the divorce, but has now broken his silence following his ex-wife's tragic death from congestive heart failure.
In an interview with Britain's Mail on Sunday, Fortensky opens up about the monthly payments Taylor was rumoured to have given him after their divorce, revealing he never asked her for any money, but she insisted when he was left seriously injured in a fall and was subsequently unable to work.
Taylor wrote him a letter, which reads, "Darling Larry. I've been thinking of you often lately and worry about you... I'm going to rely on my gut feelings. I think you could use a little help so I would like to send you a thousand a month for the rest of my life or until I go broke."
Fortensky says, "I accepted it but I never asked for it," while his sister, Donna, admits she was the one who called Taylor when her brother's house later went into foreclosure. She adds, "I called her and told her about Larry's troubles. She sent me a cheque the next day for $15,000. Larry found out what I'd done and was mad at me. It kept the bank at bay for a while but then he ended up losing his house anyway."
Fortensky admits he was in regular contact with his ex-wife right up until her final stay in hospital and was shocked when she lost her fight for life: "(The last time I spoke to her) she was going into hospital the next day. I thought she was going to be Ok. I told her she would outlive me. She said, 'Larry, I'm going to be Ok'. I was so shocked (when I heard news of her death). I was so sure she would get to go home and I would talk to her once again."
Fortensky also reveals he recently received a letter from Taylor's lawyers informing him she left him $800,000 (£500,000) in her will.
- 4/24/2011
- WENN
The Hollywood legend, Elizabeth Taylor who passed away last month, was married eight times - twice to Richard Burton - and her last husband was former construction worker Larry Fortensky, who she met in rehab at California's Betty Ford Clinic.
They married in 1991, but the union came to an end five years later in 1996.
Fortensky has remained largely out of the spotlight since the divorce, but has now broken his silence following his ex-wife's tragic death from congestive heart failure.
In an interview with Britain's Mail on Sunday, Fortensky opens up about the monthly payments Dame Elizabeth Taylor was rumoured to have given him after their divorce, revealing he never asked her for any money, but she insisted when he was left seriously injured in a fall and was subsequently unable to work.
Taylor wrote him a letter, which reads, "Darling Larry. I've been thinking of you often lately and worry about you.
They married in 1991, but the union came to an end five years later in 1996.
Fortensky has remained largely out of the spotlight since the divorce, but has now broken his silence following his ex-wife's tragic death from congestive heart failure.
In an interview with Britain's Mail on Sunday, Fortensky opens up about the monthly payments Dame Elizabeth Taylor was rumoured to have given him after their divorce, revealing he never asked her for any money, but she insisted when he was left seriously injured in a fall and was subsequently unable to work.
Taylor wrote him a letter, which reads, "Darling Larry. I've been thinking of you often lately and worry about you.
- 4/24/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Screen icon Elizabeth Taylor, who died last week at age 79, was famously known for the great loves of her life, including Richard Burton and Mike Todd -- but she also had a close bond with her seventh and final husband, construction worker Larry Fortensky, according to his sister.
Linda Untiet told the Daily Mail that her former sister-in-law loved her brother until the end. "Elizabeth wrote Larry a love letter at the end of last year.
Linda Untiet told the Daily Mail that her former sister-in-law loved her brother until the end. "Elizabeth wrote Larry a love letter at the end of last year.
- 3/28/2011
- Extra
London, March 28 – It has emerged that late Elizabeth Taylor loved her last husband Larry Fortensky till the end of her life.
Linda Untiet, sister of Fortensky, insisted the Oscar-winning actress loved him ‘right to the end’.
“Elizabeth wrote Larry a love letter at the end of last year. It said how much she still loved him. It was almost a ‘goodbye’.
Linda Untiet, sister of Fortensky, insisted the Oscar-winning actress loved him ‘right to the end’.
“Elizabeth wrote Larry a love letter at the end of last year. It said how much she still loved him. It was almost a ‘goodbye’.
- 3/28/2011
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
Dame Elizabeth Taylor penned a loving "goodbye" letter to her last husband Larry Fortensky last year, according to his sister. The screen icon passed away on Wednesday, March 23 following years of ill health, and months before her demise, the "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" legend allegedly wrote to Fortensky - who she married in 1991 - to bid him farewell.
Linda Untiet, Fortensky's sibling, tells Britain's Mail on Sunday, "Elizabeth wrote Larry a love letter at the end of last year. It said how much she still loved him. It was almost a goodbye letter. He was very cut up. Liz and Larry always stayed in touch. They had huge affection for each other. Larry spoke to her just before she went into hospital for the last time.
She adds, "She appreciated his loyalty in never speaking out about her. They were friends to the end and Liz loved him right to the end.
Linda Untiet, Fortensky's sibling, tells Britain's Mail on Sunday, "Elizabeth wrote Larry a love letter at the end of last year. It said how much she still loved him. It was almost a goodbye letter. He was very cut up. Liz and Larry always stayed in touch. They had huge affection for each other. Larry spoke to her just before she went into hospital for the last time.
She adds, "She appreciated his loyalty in never speaking out about her. They were friends to the end and Liz loved him right to the end.
- 3/28/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Dame Elizabeth Taylor penned a loving "goodbye" letter to her last husband Larry Fortensky last year, according to his sister.
The screen icon passed away on Wednesday following years of ill health, and months before her demise, the Cat on a Hot Tin Roof legend allegedly wrote to Fortensky - who she married in 1991 - to bid him farewell.
Linda Untiet, Fortensky's sibling, tells Britain's Mail on Sunday, "Elizabeth wrote Larry a love letter at the end of last year. It said how much she still loved him. It was almost a goodbye letter.
"He was very cut up. Liz and Larry always stayed in touch. They had huge affection for each other. Larry spoke to her just before she went into hospital for the last time.
"She appreciated his loyalty in never speaking out about her. They were friends to the end and Liz loved him right to the end. She loved men and Larry was her last love. It ended because he didn't want to be Mr, Elizabeth Taylor any more. He doesn't need to work thanks to Elizabeth. She valued her true friends and Larry was certainly that."
Taylor was 20 years older than the construction worker when they wed in 1991, after meeting in rehab at California's Betty Ford Clinic. According to the publication, Taylor paid Fortensky $4,800 (£3,000)-per-month to help with his living costs.
The screen icon passed away on Wednesday following years of ill health, and months before her demise, the Cat on a Hot Tin Roof legend allegedly wrote to Fortensky - who she married in 1991 - to bid him farewell.
Linda Untiet, Fortensky's sibling, tells Britain's Mail on Sunday, "Elizabeth wrote Larry a love letter at the end of last year. It said how much she still loved him. It was almost a goodbye letter.
"He was very cut up. Liz and Larry always stayed in touch. They had huge affection for each other. Larry spoke to her just before she went into hospital for the last time.
"She appreciated his loyalty in never speaking out about her. They were friends to the end and Liz loved him right to the end. She loved men and Larry was her last love. It ended because he didn't want to be Mr, Elizabeth Taylor any more. He doesn't need to work thanks to Elizabeth. She valued her true friends and Larry was certainly that."
Taylor was 20 years older than the construction worker when they wed in 1991, after meeting in rehab at California's Betty Ford Clinic. According to the publication, Taylor paid Fortensky $4,800 (£3,000)-per-month to help with his living costs.
- 3/28/2011
- WENN
It seemed yet another offbeat twist in the fascinating life of Elizabeth Taylor. After a series of tempestuous marriages - and divorces - came the mid-'70s she wed, for the seventh time, a staid and handsome former U.S. Secretary of the Navy and an aspiring U.S. Senatorial candidate from Virginia, John Warner. Yet, as was the case with most everything involving the star, even their meeting was larger-than-life, prompted by a visit to Washington, D.C., by the Queen of England, who hosted a dinner at the British Embassy. Taylor was on the guest list, and Warner...
- 3/26/2011
- by Mary Green and Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Now that Elizabeth Taylor has passed, the focus falls on her fortune and the man who Taylor relied on during her final years, Jason Winters. He may be one of the heirs to her fortune -- estimated at over $600 million -- which Winters will reportedly administer via a trust with her AIDS foundation, reports the Daily Mail.
Winters, who owns a talent agency, met Taylor in the late '90s via her AIDS charitable work,...
Winters, who owns a talent agency, met Taylor in the late '90s via her AIDS charitable work,...
- 3/25/2011
- Extra
Elizabeth Taylor was married eight times to seven husbands. When asked why she married so often, she answered, "I don't know, honey. It sure beats the hell out of me."
The Great Loves of Elizabeth TaylorConrad "Nicky" Hilton
On May 6, 1950, 22-year-old Elizabeth Taylor married hotel heir Conrad "Nicky" Hilton. The couple divorced 9 months later.
Michael Wilding
February 21, 1952 Taylor married British actor Michael Wilding, who was 20 years her senior. Wilding is the father of Taylor's first two children,...
The Great Loves of Elizabeth TaylorConrad "Nicky" Hilton
On May 6, 1950, 22-year-old Elizabeth Taylor married hotel heir Conrad "Nicky" Hilton. The couple divorced 9 months later.
Michael Wilding
February 21, 1952 Taylor married British actor Michael Wilding, who was 20 years her senior. Wilding is the father of Taylor's first two children,...
- 3/24/2011
- Extra
Child actor who became a Hollywood film star known for her dazzling beauty and her eight marriages
The film star Elizabeth Taylor, who has died of heart failure aged 79, was in the public eye from the age of 11 and remained there even decades after her last hit movie. She managed to keep people fascinated, by her incandescent beauty, her courage, her open-natured character, her self-deprecating humour, her eight marriages (two of them to the actor Richard Burton), her many brushes with death, her seesawing weight, her diamonds and her humanitarian causes, all of which often obscured the reason why she was famous in the first place – she had a tantalising screen presence, in films including A Place in the Sun (1951), Giant (1956), Cat On a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Butterfield 8 (1961), Cleopatra (1963) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).
Taylor was born in Hampstead, north London, of American parents. Her mother, Sara, was...
The film star Elizabeth Taylor, who has died of heart failure aged 79, was in the public eye from the age of 11 and remained there even decades after her last hit movie. She managed to keep people fascinated, by her incandescent beauty, her courage, her open-natured character, her self-deprecating humour, her eight marriages (two of them to the actor Richard Burton), her many brushes with death, her seesawing weight, her diamonds and her humanitarian causes, all of which often obscured the reason why she was famous in the first place – she had a tantalising screen presence, in films including A Place in the Sun (1951), Giant (1956), Cat On a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Butterfield 8 (1961), Cleopatra (1963) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).
Taylor was born in Hampstead, north London, of American parents. Her mother, Sara, was...
- 3/24/2011
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Taylor was always bigger than her movies and even towards the end of her life, proved that age could not wither her
The Cleopatra costume will, surely, dominate the news reports but with all respect to the Egyptian queen, Liz was bigger than that.
Elizabeth Taylor evokes more images than the number of husbands she had. She was the breathtakingly beautiful child who – unlike her near contemporary, Judy Garland – seemed to slip into adulthood unscarred by her precocious professional success; the sultry dramatic actress; the compulsive bride, who went through husbands like fashion trends; the scarlet woman who broke up America's sweethearts, Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds; the female half of what can very legitimately be described as the greatest love affair of the 20th century; the most beautiful woman in the world; front-page stalwart of the National Enquirer; star of some of the best movies of her era; star...
The Cleopatra costume will, surely, dominate the news reports but with all respect to the Egyptian queen, Liz was bigger than that.
Elizabeth Taylor evokes more images than the number of husbands she had. She was the breathtakingly beautiful child who – unlike her near contemporary, Judy Garland – seemed to slip into adulthood unscarred by her precocious professional success; the sultry dramatic actress; the compulsive bride, who went through husbands like fashion trends; the scarlet woman who broke up America's sweethearts, Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds; the female half of what can very legitimately be described as the greatest love affair of the 20th century; the most beautiful woman in the world; front-page stalwart of the National Enquirer; star of some of the best movies of her era; star...
- 3/24/2011
- by Hadley Freeman
- The Guardian - Film News
Elizabeth Taylor found getting old "really s**t". The actress, who died of congestive heart failure on Wednesday, March 23 at the age of 79, was in a lot of pain towards the end of her life, but did her best to "hang in there", says her friend Debbie Reynolds.
Recalling their final conversation a few weeks ago, Debbie, whose husband George Fisher left her for Elizabeth in 1957, told Access Hollywood, "I said, 'Getting old is really s**t. And she said, 'It certainly is. It certainly is, Debbie. This is really tough.' I said, 'Well, you just hang in there now, Elizabeth.' And she said, 'I'm really trying.' "
Though Debbie, 78, is sad her friend, who she has known since they were both 17, has passed away, she thinks her death was a "blessing in disguise" because she was in so much pain. She said, "God bless her, she's on to a better place.
Recalling their final conversation a few weeks ago, Debbie, whose husband George Fisher left her for Elizabeth in 1957, told Access Hollywood, "I said, 'Getting old is really s**t. And she said, 'It certainly is. It certainly is, Debbie. This is really tough.' I said, 'Well, you just hang in there now, Elizabeth.' And she said, 'I'm really trying.' "
Though Debbie, 78, is sad her friend, who she has known since they were both 17, has passed away, she thinks her death was a "blessing in disguise" because she was in so much pain. She said, "God bless her, she's on to a better place.
- 3/24/2011
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
Eddie Fisher, Conrad Hilton, Richard Burton and more: The Elizabeth Taylor ex-husband power rankings
Elizabeth Taylor, who died Mar. 23, was an iconic actress, a great philanthropist, successful perfume pitch-woman and the center of the 20th century pop culture universe.
She also really liked dudes.
In her 79 years of life, she had eight marriages with seven different men. Her mates included hotel heirs, construction workers, politicians and fellow actors. But they weren't created equal.
So instead of revisiting Elizabeth Taylor's many men in chronological order, we've ranked them by awesomeness and how their respective unions have stood the test of time. Let's begin...
7. Michael Todd (1957-1958)
Poor Michael. Having fathered one of Liz's four children should spare him from being in last place, but, alas, he's the only husband of Taylor's who exited the marriage by dying. Little more than a year after their 1957 wedding, his unfortunately-titled plane, "Lucky Liz," crashed in New Mexico, killing him and three other passengers.
6. Michael Wilding (1952-1957)
A...
She also really liked dudes.
In her 79 years of life, she had eight marriages with seven different men. Her mates included hotel heirs, construction workers, politicians and fellow actors. But they weren't created equal.
So instead of revisiting Elizabeth Taylor's many men in chronological order, we've ranked them by awesomeness and how their respective unions have stood the test of time. Let's begin...
7. Michael Todd (1957-1958)
Poor Michael. Having fathered one of Liz's four children should spare him from being in last place, but, alas, he's the only husband of Taylor's who exited the marriage by dying. Little more than a year after their 1957 wedding, his unfortunately-titled plane, "Lucky Liz," crashed in New Mexico, killing him and three other passengers.
6. Michael Wilding (1952-1957)
A...
- 3/24/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The movie queen, one of the world’s most famous and beautiful women, was battling congestive heart failure. She died in La, surrounded by her four children from her eight marriages.
Elizabeth Taylor, the mega-star who had survived so many health problems, died today at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in La. Still, her passing came as a bit of a shock– her heart condition had appeared to stabilize in recent weeks and loved ones hoped she might have been heading back home soon!
Elizabeth, 79, a two-time Oscar-winner who made dozens of major movies, was probably even more famous for her violet-eyed beauty, her voluptuous form and her eight stormy marriages — including two go-rounds with the man who seemed to be the true love of her life, actor Richard Burton.
In her later years, Liz promoted her own jewelry and fragrance lines — including the popular Passion and White Diamonds scent — and became a...
Elizabeth Taylor, the mega-star who had survived so many health problems, died today at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in La. Still, her passing came as a bit of a shock– her heart condition had appeared to stabilize in recent weeks and loved ones hoped she might have been heading back home soon!
Elizabeth, 79, a two-time Oscar-winner who made dozens of major movies, was probably even more famous for her violet-eyed beauty, her voluptuous form and her eight stormy marriages — including two go-rounds with the man who seemed to be the true love of her life, actor Richard Burton.
In her later years, Liz promoted her own jewelry and fragrance lines — including the popular Passion and White Diamonds scent — and became a...
- 3/23/2011
- by JohnMancini
- HollywoodLife
Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, one of the greatest beauties to ever grace the big screen, and one of the most benevolent, died of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles Wednesday. She turned 79 on Feb. 27th while in the hospital.
Her son, Michael Wilding, released this statement: "My Mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humor, and love. Though her loss is devastating to those of us who held...
Her son, Michael Wilding, released this statement: "My Mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humor, and love. Though her loss is devastating to those of us who held...
- 3/23/2011
- Extra
A Hollywood legend has passed away. Actress Elizabeth Taylor, who made her fame with glamour roles in classic movies, charity work and failed romances, died today at the age of 79. She passed away at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of a congestive heart failure. Her publicist Sally Morrison said she was in the hospital for the past six weeks and was surrounded by her four children. “My mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humor and love,” said Michael Wilding, her son in a statement. “We know, quite simply, that the world is a better place for Mom having lived in it. Her legacy will never fade, her spirit will always be with us, and her love will forever in our hearts.” Taylor was a winner of two Academy Awards, including Best Actress for 1967’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and Best Actress for 1961’s “Butterfield 8.
- 3/23/2011
- LRMonline.com
Los Angeles -- Jokers liked to call her Mrs. Hilton Wilding Todd Fisher Burton Burton Warner Fortensky. Indeed, Elizabeth Taylor was prolific as a bride.
"I think I ended up being the scarlet woman partly because of my rather puritanical upbringing and beliefs," she once said. "I couldn't just have a romance; it had to be marriage."
Her husbands were a hotel chain heir, an English actor, a flamboyant producer, a pop crooner, a Welsh actor (twice), a U.S. senator and a construction worker.
Her romances over the years included a football legend, a billionaire publisher and a Mexican lawyer.
Taylor's love life probably received more public notice than any figure in history, including Cleopatra (whom she portrayed) and Casanova.
She encountered a portent of things to come during her first romance, with Glenn Davis, the famed "Mr. Inside" of the Army football champions. When her dates with Davis attracted huge press attention,...
"I think I ended up being the scarlet woman partly because of my rather puritanical upbringing and beliefs," she once said. "I couldn't just have a romance; it had to be marriage."
Her husbands were a hotel chain heir, an English actor, a flamboyant producer, a pop crooner, a Welsh actor (twice), a U.S. senator and a construction worker.
Her romances over the years included a football legend, a billionaire publisher and a Mexican lawyer.
Taylor's love life probably received more public notice than any figure in history, including Cleopatra (whom she portrayed) and Casanova.
She encountered a portent of things to come during her first romance, with Glenn Davis, the famed "Mr. Inside" of the Army football champions. When her dates with Davis attracted huge press attention,...
- 3/23/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
By Greg Hernandez
HollywoodNews.com: Here is compilation of Elizabeth Taylor interviews from the late ’80s and early ’90s when she was at her absolute most post-50 beautiful.
The great star, who died this morning, had lost all the weight (65 pounds!) she gained during the marriage to John Warner. I remember taping the Oprah Winfrey and Phil Donahue interviews and watching them so many times before they wore out! Donahue did a far better interview than Oprah but I believe Miss Taylor later explained that she was feeling kinda bitchy that day.
There’s also an Arsenio Hall interview here and Miss Taylor looks even more ravishing. She was a newlywed again (to Larry Fortensky), grown her hair out a bit from that spiky late ’80s look and maybe had a chin tuck. Arsenio was fun but not a great interview.
To read more from this article go to Greg In Hollywood.
HollywoodNews.com: Here is compilation of Elizabeth Taylor interviews from the late ’80s and early ’90s when she was at her absolute most post-50 beautiful.
The great star, who died this morning, had lost all the weight (65 pounds!) she gained during the marriage to John Warner. I remember taping the Oprah Winfrey and Phil Donahue interviews and watching them so many times before they wore out! Donahue did a far better interview than Oprah but I believe Miss Taylor later explained that she was feeling kinda bitchy that day.
There’s also an Arsenio Hall interview here and Miss Taylor looks even more ravishing. She was a newlywed again (to Larry Fortensky), grown her hair out a bit from that spiky late ’80s look and maybe had a chin tuck. Arsenio was fun but not a great interview.
To read more from this article go to Greg In Hollywood.
- 3/23/2011
- by Greg Hernandez
- Hollywoodnews.com
The double Oscar-winning actress died in the early hours of Wednesday morning (23.03.11) aged 79, after battling congestive heart failure.
Taylor had been hospitalised two months ago at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where she was treated for heart problems, and it was there she passed away.
Her son Michael Wilding released a statement, saying: .My mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humour and love.
.Though her loss is devastating to those of us who held her so close and so dear, we will always be inspired by her enduring contribution to our world. Her remarkable body of work in film, her ongoing success as a businesswoman, and her brave and relentless advocacy in the fight against HIV and 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.
Taylor had been hospitalised two months ago at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where she was treated for heart problems, and it was there she passed away.
Her son Michael Wilding released a statement, saying: .My mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humour and love.
.Though her loss is devastating to those of us who held her so close and so dear, we will always be inspired by her enduring contribution to our world. Her remarkable body of work in film, her ongoing success as a businesswoman, and her brave and relentless advocacy in the fight against HIV and 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.
- 3/23/2011
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
Hollywood icon Dame Elizabeth Taylor has died at the age of 79.
The actress, who was suffering from congestive heart failure, passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in the early hours of Wednesday morning with her children by her side. Taylor's death comes six weeks after she was hospitalised because of her ill health.
Her son Michael Wilding confirmed the sad news and paid tribute to his late mother in a statement, which reads, "My mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humour, and love. Though her loss is devastating to those of us who held her so close and so dear, we will always be inspired by her enduring contribution to our world."
A statement from Taylor's representative reads, "Legendary actress, businesswoman, and fearless activist Elizabeth Taylor died peacefully today in Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. She was surrounded by her children... The actress had been hospitalised six weeks ago with congestive heart failure, a condition with which she had struggled for some years. Though she had recently suffered a number of complications, her condition had stabilised and it was hoped that she would be able to return home. Sadly, this was not to be."
A private funeral will be held later this week (beg21Mar11) and the family has asked for donations to be made to the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. Plans for a memorial service will be announced at a later date.
Born in Hampstead, north London on 27 February 1932, Taylor was the second child to Francis Lenn Taylor and Sara Viola Warmbrodt, who were Americans residing in England.
She appeared in her first motion picture at the age of nine for Universal Studios before later signing with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring in 1943's Lassie Come Home, but it was her role in 1944's National Velvet that skyrocketed her to stardom at the tender age of 12.
Taylor went on to carve out a hugely successful Hollywood career, with her most famous roles including turns in Cleopatra and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She picked up a long list of accolades for her performances over the years including two Academy Awards for Best Actress, for Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), and four Golden Globes, while she was declared a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1999.
But despite her stellar success, Taylor was arguably more famous for her eight marriages.
Her first marriage to Conrad Hilton ended after just eight months in 1951. A year later she married Michael Wilding and the couple went on to have two sons. They divorced in 1957 and just days later she wed theatre producer Michael Todd - the father of her daughter Liza - but he died in 1958 when his private jet, named Lucky Liz, crashed in New Mexico.
Fourteen months after Todd's death, Taylor married his best friend, actor Eddie Fisher and they went on to star together in her Oscar-winning movie Butterfield 8. The union came to an end in 1964 and just nine days after her divorce from Fisher was finalised, Taylor married Richard Burton for the first time.
They met while shooting 1963 epic Cleopatra in Italy and their onscreen romance quickly turned into an offscreen love affair.
Taylor's marriage to Burton crumbled and the couple divorced in 1974 after 10 years together, but they remarried in a secret ceremony in Africa 16 months later.
The actress admitted she had remarried Burton after an x-ray revealed spots on her lungs which she feared were cancerous. She said the anxious 12 hours of waiting for the prognosis, which turned out to be clear, convinced her to remarry her lover.
They divorced for a second time in 1976 and Taylor went on to wed John Warner later that year and Larry Fortensky in 1991. Both marriages ended in divorce.
Taylor is survived by four children: Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding and Liza Todd and adoptive daughter Maria Burton.
The actress, who was suffering from congestive heart failure, passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in the early hours of Wednesday morning with her children by her side. Taylor's death comes six weeks after she was hospitalised because of her ill health.
Her son Michael Wilding confirmed the sad news and paid tribute to his late mother in a statement, which reads, "My mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humour, and love. Though her loss is devastating to those of us who held her so close and so dear, we will always be inspired by her enduring contribution to our world."
A statement from Taylor's representative reads, "Legendary actress, businesswoman, and fearless activist Elizabeth Taylor died peacefully today in Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. She was surrounded by her children... The actress had been hospitalised six weeks ago with congestive heart failure, a condition with which she had struggled for some years. Though she had recently suffered a number of complications, her condition had stabilised and it was hoped that she would be able to return home. Sadly, this was not to be."
A private funeral will be held later this week (beg21Mar11) and the family has asked for donations to be made to the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. Plans for a memorial service will be announced at a later date.
Born in Hampstead, north London on 27 February 1932, Taylor was the second child to Francis Lenn Taylor and Sara Viola Warmbrodt, who were Americans residing in England.
She appeared in her first motion picture at the age of nine for Universal Studios before later signing with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring in 1943's Lassie Come Home, but it was her role in 1944's National Velvet that skyrocketed her to stardom at the tender age of 12.
Taylor went on to carve out a hugely successful Hollywood career, with her most famous roles including turns in Cleopatra and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She picked up a long list of accolades for her performances over the years including two Academy Awards for Best Actress, for Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), and four Golden Globes, while she was declared a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1999.
But despite her stellar success, Taylor was arguably more famous for her eight marriages.
Her first marriage to Conrad Hilton ended after just eight months in 1951. A year later she married Michael Wilding and the couple went on to have two sons. They divorced in 1957 and just days later she wed theatre producer Michael Todd - the father of her daughter Liza - but he died in 1958 when his private jet, named Lucky Liz, crashed in New Mexico.
Fourteen months after Todd's death, Taylor married his best friend, actor Eddie Fisher and they went on to star together in her Oscar-winning movie Butterfield 8. The union came to an end in 1964 and just nine days after her divorce from Fisher was finalised, Taylor married Richard Burton for the first time.
They met while shooting 1963 epic Cleopatra in Italy and their onscreen romance quickly turned into an offscreen love affair.
Taylor's marriage to Burton crumbled and the couple divorced in 1974 after 10 years together, but they remarried in a secret ceremony in Africa 16 months later.
The actress admitted she had remarried Burton after an x-ray revealed spots on her lungs which she feared were cancerous. She said the anxious 12 hours of waiting for the prognosis, which turned out to be clear, convinced her to remarry her lover.
They divorced for a second time in 1976 and Taylor went on to wed John Warner later that year and Larry Fortensky in 1991. Both marriages ended in divorce.
Taylor is survived by four children: Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding and Liza Todd and adoptive daughter Maria Burton.
- 3/23/2011
- WENN
Los Angeles – Elizabeth Taylor, one of the great icons of Hollywood, and known as much for her marriages, personal life and activism as her screen performances, died this morning at the age of 79, as announced by her publicist in Los Angeles.
Born in London, England, in 1932 to American art dealers from St. Louis, Taylor was moved back to the U.S. in 1939. Her unique beauty, which included her famous violet eyes, won her a screen test at age 10 at Universal studios. She made her film debut there (”There’s One Born Every Minute”), but her contract was soon dropped and she was hired by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer shortly thereafter.
Early Days: Elizabeth Taylor in an MGM studio pose with Co-star Lassie
Photo credit: MGM
After joining MGM’s unforgettable stable of stars, she began her meteoric rise with “National Velvet” (1944), co-starring Mickey Rooney. Hit after hit followed in those studio system days,...
Born in London, England, in 1932 to American art dealers from St. Louis, Taylor was moved back to the U.S. in 1939. Her unique beauty, which included her famous violet eyes, won her a screen test at age 10 at Universal studios. She made her film debut there (”There’s One Born Every Minute”), but her contract was soon dropped and she was hired by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer shortly thereafter.
Early Days: Elizabeth Taylor in an MGM studio pose with Co-star Lassie
Photo credit: MGM
After joining MGM’s unforgettable stable of stars, she began her meteoric rise with “National Velvet” (1944), co-starring Mickey Rooney. Hit after hit followed in those studio system days,...
- 3/23/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Elizabeth Taylor, one of the last great screen legends and winner of two Academy Awards, died Wednesday morning in Los Angeles of complications from congestive heart failure; she was 79. The actress had been hospitalized for the past few weeks, celebrating her birthday on February 27th (the same day as this year's Academy Awards) while at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with friends and family. Her four children, two sons and two daughters, were by her side as she passed.
A striking brunette beauty with violet eyes who embodied both innocence and seductiveness, and was known for her flamboyant private life and numerous marriages as well as her acting career, Taylor was the epitome of Hollywood glamour, and was one of the last legendary stars who could still command headlines and standing ovations in her later years. Born to American parents in England in 1932, Taylor's family decamped to Los Angeles as World War II escalated in the late 1930s. Even as a child, her amazing good looks -- her eyes were amplified by a double set of eyelashes, a mutation she was born with -- garnered the attention of family friends in Hollywood, and she undertook a screen test at 10 years old with Universal Studios. She appeared in only one film for the studio (There's One Born Every Minute) before they dropped her; Taylor was quickly picked up by MGM, the studio that would make her a young star.
Her second film was Lassie Come Home (1943), co-starring Roddy McDowall, who would become a lifelong friend. She assayed a few other roles (including a noteworthy cameo in 1943's Jane Eyre) but campaigned for the part that would make her a bona fide child star: the young Velvet Brown, who trained a champion racehorse to win the Grand National, in National Velvet. The box office smash launched Taylor's career, and MGM immediately put her to work in a number of juvenile roles, most notably in Life With Father (1947) and as Amy in 1949's Little Women. As she blossomed into a young woman, she began to outgrow the roles she was assigned, often playing women far older than her actual age. She scored another hit alongside Spencer Tracy as the young daughter preparing for marriage in Father of the Bride (1950), but her career officially entered adulthood with George Stevens' A Place in the Sun (1951), as a seductive rich girl who bedazzles Montgomery Clift to the degree that he kills his pregnant girlfriend (Shelley Winters). The film was hailed as an instant classic, and Taylor's performance, still considered one of her best, launched the next part of her career.
Frustrated by MGM's insistence at putting her in period pieces (some were hits notwithstanding, including 1952's Ivanhoe), Taylor looked to expand her career, and took on the lead role in Elephant Walk (1954) when Vivian Leigh dropped out after suffering a nervous breakdown. As her career climbed in the 1950s, so did Taylor's celebrity: she married hotel heir Conrad "Nicky" Hilton Jr. in 1950, and divorced him within a year. She then married British actor Michael Wilding in 1952, with whom she had two sons, though that marriage ended in divorce in 1957, after she embarked on an affair with the man who would be her next husband, producer Michael Todd (who won an Oscar for Around the World in 80 Days). As her personal life made headlines, she appeared alongside James Dean and Rock Hudson in Giant (1956), and received her first Academy Award nomination for Raintree County in 1957. Roles in two Tennessee Williams adaptations followed -- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) and Suddenly Last Summer (1959), both considered two of her best performances -- earning her two more Oscar nominations, just as tragedy and notoriety would strike her life.
Todd, whom she married in 1957 and had a daughter with, died in a plane crash in 1958 in New Mexico, leaving a bereft Taylor alone at the height of her stardom. Adored by millions, she went from lovely widow to heartless home-wrecker in the tabloids after starting an affair with Eddie Fisher, Todd's best friend and at the time husband of screen darling Debbie Reynolds. The relationship was splashed across newspapers as Fisher left Reynolds and their two children (including a young Carrie Fisher) for Taylor. The two appeared together in 1960's Butterfield 8, where Taylor played prostitute Gloria Wandrous in a performance that was considered good but nowhere near her previous films, and earned her another Oscar nomination. As the Academy Awards ceremony approached, Taylor was thrust into the headlines again when a life-threatening case of pneumonia required an emergency tracheotomy, leaving her with a legendary scar on her neck. Popular opinion swung yet again as newspapers and fans feared for her life, and the illness was credited with helping her win her first Oscar for Butterfield 8.
Taylor was now the biggest female star in the world, in terms of film and popularity, and her notoriety was only about to increase. Twentieth Century Fox, making a small biopic about the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, tried to offer Taylor the part; she laughed them off, saying she would do it for $1 million, a then-unheard of sum for an actress. The studio took her seriously, and soon she was signed to a million-dollar contract (the first for an actress) and a movie that would soon balloon out of control as filming started. Initially set to film in England with Peter Finch and Rex Harrison as Marc Antony and Julius Caesar, the movie encountered numerous problems and after a first shutdown was moved to Italy, with director Joseph L. Manckiewicz at the helm. Finch left and was replaced by acclaimed stage actor and rising movie star Richard Burton.
The rest was cinematic and tabloid history, as Taylor and Burton, whose electric chemistry was apparent to all on set, embarked on quite possibly the most famous Hollywood affair ever, while the filming of the epic movie took on gargantuan proportions and its budget increased exponentially. After the dust settled, Fox was saddled with a three-hour-plus film that, despite starring the two actors whose every move was hounded by photographers and reporters, was considered a bomb. The 1963 film almost sunk the studio (which only rebounded thanks to the megahit The Sound of Music two years later), while Burton and Taylor emerged from the wreckage relatively unscathed and ultimately married in 1964.
However, despite carte blanche to do whatever they wanted, the newly married couple made two marginally successful films, The V.I.P.s (1963) and The Sandpiper (1965), both glossy soap operas that made money but hardly challenged their talents. That opportunity would come with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), the adaptation of the Edward Albee play directed by first-time filmmaker Mike Nichols. As the beleaguered professor George and his shrewish wife Martha, whose mind games played havoc one fateful night with a younger faculty couple (George Segal and Sandy Dennis), the two gave perhaps their best screen performances ever, tearing into the roles -- and each other -- with a gusto never seen in their previous pairings. They both received Oscar nominations, but only Taylor won, her second and final Academy Award.
A successful adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew (1967) followed, but the couple's next films were a string of notorious bombs, including Doctor Faustus, The Comedians, and the so-bad-it's-good Boom. Though still one of Hollywood's biggest stars, Taylor's cinematic output in the 1970s became somewhat dismal, as her fraying marriage with Burton took center stage in the press, as did her weight gain after Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The couple divorced in June 1974, only to remarry briefly in October 1975; by then, Taylor was more celebrity than movie star, still appearing occasionally onscreen and in television, but to less acclaim.
Taylor married U.S. Senator John Warner at the end of 1976, and during the late 1970s and 1980s played the politician's wife, and her unsatisfying life led her to depression, drinking, overeating and ultimately a visit to the Betty Ford Center. After TV and stage appearances during the 1980s (including a reunion in 1983 with Burton for a production of Private Lives), Taylor found another, surprising role, that of social activist as longtime friend Rock Hudson died of complications from AIDS in 1985. She threw herself into fund-raising work, raising by some accounts $50 million to fight the disease, helping found the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR).
Though later generations only saw Taylor on television in films like Malice in Wonderland, and the mini-series North and South, and in her final screen appearance as the mother of Wilma in the live-action movie adaptation of The Flintstones, she remained a tabloid fixture through her marriage to construction worker Larry Fortensky (her eighth and final husband), her friendship with singer Michael Jackson, and her continual charity work, which was only sidelined by hospital visits after being diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2004. She is survived by four children -- two sons with Michael Wilding, a daughter with Michael Todd, and another daughter adopted with Richard Burton -- and nine grandchildren.
--Mark Englehart...
A striking brunette beauty with violet eyes who embodied both innocence and seductiveness, and was known for her flamboyant private life and numerous marriages as well as her acting career, Taylor was the epitome of Hollywood glamour, and was one of the last legendary stars who could still command headlines and standing ovations in her later years. Born to American parents in England in 1932, Taylor's family decamped to Los Angeles as World War II escalated in the late 1930s. Even as a child, her amazing good looks -- her eyes were amplified by a double set of eyelashes, a mutation she was born with -- garnered the attention of family friends in Hollywood, and she undertook a screen test at 10 years old with Universal Studios. She appeared in only one film for the studio (There's One Born Every Minute) before they dropped her; Taylor was quickly picked up by MGM, the studio that would make her a young star.
Her second film was Lassie Come Home (1943), co-starring Roddy McDowall, who would become a lifelong friend. She assayed a few other roles (including a noteworthy cameo in 1943's Jane Eyre) but campaigned for the part that would make her a bona fide child star: the young Velvet Brown, who trained a champion racehorse to win the Grand National, in National Velvet. The box office smash launched Taylor's career, and MGM immediately put her to work in a number of juvenile roles, most notably in Life With Father (1947) and as Amy in 1949's Little Women. As she blossomed into a young woman, she began to outgrow the roles she was assigned, often playing women far older than her actual age. She scored another hit alongside Spencer Tracy as the young daughter preparing for marriage in Father of the Bride (1950), but her career officially entered adulthood with George Stevens' A Place in the Sun (1951), as a seductive rich girl who bedazzles Montgomery Clift to the degree that he kills his pregnant girlfriend (Shelley Winters). The film was hailed as an instant classic, and Taylor's performance, still considered one of her best, launched the next part of her career.
Frustrated by MGM's insistence at putting her in period pieces (some were hits notwithstanding, including 1952's Ivanhoe), Taylor looked to expand her career, and took on the lead role in Elephant Walk (1954) when Vivian Leigh dropped out after suffering a nervous breakdown. As her career climbed in the 1950s, so did Taylor's celebrity: she married hotel heir Conrad "Nicky" Hilton Jr. in 1950, and divorced him within a year. She then married British actor Michael Wilding in 1952, with whom she had two sons, though that marriage ended in divorce in 1957, after she embarked on an affair with the man who would be her next husband, producer Michael Todd (who won an Oscar for Around the World in 80 Days). As her personal life made headlines, she appeared alongside James Dean and Rock Hudson in Giant (1956), and received her first Academy Award nomination for Raintree County in 1957. Roles in two Tennessee Williams adaptations followed -- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) and Suddenly Last Summer (1959), both considered two of her best performances -- earning her two more Oscar nominations, just as tragedy and notoriety would strike her life.
Todd, whom she married in 1957 and had a daughter with, died in a plane crash in 1958 in New Mexico, leaving a bereft Taylor alone at the height of her stardom. Adored by millions, she went from lovely widow to heartless home-wrecker in the tabloids after starting an affair with Eddie Fisher, Todd's best friend and at the time husband of screen darling Debbie Reynolds. The relationship was splashed across newspapers as Fisher left Reynolds and their two children (including a young Carrie Fisher) for Taylor. The two appeared together in 1960's Butterfield 8, where Taylor played prostitute Gloria Wandrous in a performance that was considered good but nowhere near her previous films, and earned her another Oscar nomination. As the Academy Awards ceremony approached, Taylor was thrust into the headlines again when a life-threatening case of pneumonia required an emergency tracheotomy, leaving her with a legendary scar on her neck. Popular opinion swung yet again as newspapers and fans feared for her life, and the illness was credited with helping her win her first Oscar for Butterfield 8.
Taylor was now the biggest female star in the world, in terms of film and popularity, and her notoriety was only about to increase. Twentieth Century Fox, making a small biopic about the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, tried to offer Taylor the part; she laughed them off, saying she would do it for $1 million, a then-unheard of sum for an actress. The studio took her seriously, and soon she was signed to a million-dollar contract (the first for an actress) and a movie that would soon balloon out of control as filming started. Initially set to film in England with Peter Finch and Rex Harrison as Marc Antony and Julius Caesar, the movie encountered numerous problems and after a first shutdown was moved to Italy, with director Joseph L. Manckiewicz at the helm. Finch left and was replaced by acclaimed stage actor and rising movie star Richard Burton.
The rest was cinematic and tabloid history, as Taylor and Burton, whose electric chemistry was apparent to all on set, embarked on quite possibly the most famous Hollywood affair ever, while the filming of the epic movie took on gargantuan proportions and its budget increased exponentially. After the dust settled, Fox was saddled with a three-hour-plus film that, despite starring the two actors whose every move was hounded by photographers and reporters, was considered a bomb. The 1963 film almost sunk the studio (which only rebounded thanks to the megahit The Sound of Music two years later), while Burton and Taylor emerged from the wreckage relatively unscathed and ultimately married in 1964.
However, despite carte blanche to do whatever they wanted, the newly married couple made two marginally successful films, The V.I.P.s (1963) and The Sandpiper (1965), both glossy soap operas that made money but hardly challenged their talents. That opportunity would come with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), the adaptation of the Edward Albee play directed by first-time filmmaker Mike Nichols. As the beleaguered professor George and his shrewish wife Martha, whose mind games played havoc one fateful night with a younger faculty couple (George Segal and Sandy Dennis), the two gave perhaps their best screen performances ever, tearing into the roles -- and each other -- with a gusto never seen in their previous pairings. They both received Oscar nominations, but only Taylor won, her second and final Academy Award.
A successful adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew (1967) followed, but the couple's next films were a string of notorious bombs, including Doctor Faustus, The Comedians, and the so-bad-it's-good Boom. Though still one of Hollywood's biggest stars, Taylor's cinematic output in the 1970s became somewhat dismal, as her fraying marriage with Burton took center stage in the press, as did her weight gain after Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The couple divorced in June 1974, only to remarry briefly in October 1975; by then, Taylor was more celebrity than movie star, still appearing occasionally onscreen and in television, but to less acclaim.
Taylor married U.S. Senator John Warner at the end of 1976, and during the late 1970s and 1980s played the politician's wife, and her unsatisfying life led her to depression, drinking, overeating and ultimately a visit to the Betty Ford Center. After TV and stage appearances during the 1980s (including a reunion in 1983 with Burton for a production of Private Lives), Taylor found another, surprising role, that of social activist as longtime friend Rock Hudson died of complications from AIDS in 1985. She threw herself into fund-raising work, raising by some accounts $50 million to fight the disease, helping found the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR).
Though later generations only saw Taylor on television in films like Malice in Wonderland, and the mini-series North and South, and in her final screen appearance as the mother of Wilma in the live-action movie adaptation of The Flintstones, she remained a tabloid fixture through her marriage to construction worker Larry Fortensky (her eighth and final husband), her friendship with singer Michael Jackson, and her continual charity work, which was only sidelined by hospital visits after being diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2004. She is survived by four children -- two sons with Michael Wilding, a daughter with Michael Todd, and another daughter adopted with Richard Burton -- and nine grandchildren.
--Mark Englehart...
- 3/23/2011
- IMDb News
Two-time Academy Award winner Elizabeth Taylor died in La today at the age of 79, after being hospitalized for hospitalized for congestive heart failure in February. “She was surrounded by her children – Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd and Maria Burton,” said a publicist. “My mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humor, and love,” said Michael Wilding.
Though frail and frequently ill throughout her life (she famously almost died before winning her first Oscar for 1960′s Butterfield 8), Taylor wound up surviving five of her seven husbands (Conrad Hilton, Michael Wilding, Michael Todd, Eddie Fisher and Richard Burton). Along with her four children, she is survived by ten grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and ex-husbands Larry Fortensky and Sen. John Warner.
See photos from her amazing, almost unbelievable life in the gallery below.
[Photo: Getty Images]...
Though frail and frequently ill throughout her life (she famously almost died before winning her first Oscar for 1960′s Butterfield 8), Taylor wound up surviving five of her seven husbands (Conrad Hilton, Michael Wilding, Michael Todd, Eddie Fisher and Richard Burton). Along with her four children, she is survived by ten grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and ex-husbands Larry Fortensky and Sen. John Warner.
See photos from her amazing, almost unbelievable life in the gallery below.
[Photo: Getty Images]...
- 3/23/2011
- by Anthony Miccio
- TheFabLife - Movies
Elizabeth Taylor, the iconic Hollywood star whose tumultuous romances and precarious health challenges often played out as larger-than-life Elizabethan dramas, died of congestive heart failure at Los Angeles's Cedars-Sinai Hospital. She may have been 79, but with more than 65 years of screen time preserved for all time, she will remain a glorious, glamorous and full-blooded image. Revered for her generous charity work but sometimes controversial for her turbulent personal life, the three-time Oscar honoree, fragrance and jewelry mogul and tenacious AIDS activist possessed many talents, including a remarkable gift for self-appraisal. Just before turning 60 in 1992, she summed herself up for Life magazine,...
- 3/23/2011
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Everett “The Taming of the Shrew,” 1967
Actress Elizabeth Taylor, the star of such movies as “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “Cleopatra,” died on Wednesday at the age of 79. She had been hospitalized with congestive heart failure..
Hers was the face that launched a thousand magazine covers—and the romantic fantasies of moviegoers worldwide. Always a great deal more—and a great deal less—than the Hollywood image first crafted by studio publicists, Elizabeth Taylor tore through life, reaching...
Actress Elizabeth Taylor, the star of such movies as “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “Cleopatra,” died on Wednesday at the age of 79. She had been hospitalized with congestive heart failure..
Hers was the face that launched a thousand magazine covers—and the romantic fantasies of moviegoers worldwide. Always a great deal more—and a great deal less—than the Hollywood image first crafted by studio publicists, Elizabeth Taylor tore through life, reaching...
- 3/23/2011
- by Susan Toepfer
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Elizabeth Taylor, the Hollywood icon and Oscar-winner who was practically born in the spotlight, died Wednesday morning. She was 79. "She was surrounded by her children - Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd and Maria Burton," Taylor's publicist, Sally Morrison, said in a statement. In addition to her children, Taylor is survived by 10 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. On Feb. 11, it was announced that she had been in taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles earlier that week for symptoms caused by congestive heart failure, and around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, she "peacefully died there," according to her publicist. "Though...
- 3/23/2011
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Legendary Hollywood actress and violet-eyed beauty Elizabeth Taylor, who captured hearts in "National Velvet" to launch a film career that spanned five decades, died on Wednesday aged 79.Taylor had been in Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai hospital for six weeks with congestive heart failure, a condition with which she had struggled for some years and had recently suffered complications, a family statement said."She was surrounded by her children: Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd, and Maria Burton," it said, noting that Taylor, who married eight times, was survived by 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren."My mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humor, and love," Michael Wilding said."Though her loss is devastating to those of us who held her so close and so dear, we will always be inspired by her enduring contribution to our world."Taylor won two Academy Awards for best actress,...
- 3/23/2011
- Filmicafe
From horse movies to tabloid marriages to AIDS activism, the late actress left her mark.
By Gil Kaufman
Elizabeth Taylor in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
Photo: Hulton/ Getty Images
Hollywood screen legend Elizabeth Taylor made her mark on the screen in the 1950s as one of the last of the great silver-screen superstars of the studio era. From "Cleopatra" to "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," the English-born actress captivated with her onscreen intensity and beauty, even as her chaotic off-screen love life became a staple of tabloid coverage.
With Taylor's passing on Wednesday (March 23) at the age of 79, the world has lost not only a great movie siren, but also a towering pop-culture figure whose influence ran well beyond her acting to philanthropy, fashion and American mores.
Since her early days as an actress, Taylor had a striking look that became a model for women in the 1960s.
By Gil Kaufman
Elizabeth Taylor in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
Photo: Hulton/ Getty Images
Hollywood screen legend Elizabeth Taylor made her mark on the screen in the 1950s as one of the last of the great silver-screen superstars of the studio era. From "Cleopatra" to "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," the English-born actress captivated with her onscreen intensity and beauty, even as her chaotic off-screen love life became a staple of tabloid coverage.
With Taylor's passing on Wednesday (March 23) at the age of 79, the world has lost not only a great movie siren, but also a towering pop-culture figure whose influence ran well beyond her acting to philanthropy, fashion and American mores.
Since her early days as an actress, Taylor had a striking look that became a model for women in the 1960s.
- 3/23/2011
- MTV Music News
Elizabeth Taylor's eighth ex-husband is facing eviction from his California home after the ailing actress reportedly turned down his appeal for financial help. The Hollywood icon was married to Larry Fortensky from 1991 to 1996, and he used the money he received in their divorce settlement to purchase a three-bedroom house in Temecula in 2002.
But the former construction worker has struggled to keep up with the monthly mortgage payments of $5,800 and reached out to Taylor in the hope that she would bail him out and save him from foreclosure, according to U.S. tabloid the National Enquirer.
The publication claims it's the second time Fortensky has appealed to the actress for money, in 2009, she allegedly handed over $50,000 to prevent her ex from losing the property. However, Taylor, who has been hospitalized since undergoing treatment for congestive heart failure in February, was forced to deny Fortensky's latest request as she battles her own problems.
But the former construction worker has struggled to keep up with the monthly mortgage payments of $5,800 and reached out to Taylor in the hope that she would bail him out and save him from foreclosure, according to U.S. tabloid the National Enquirer.
The publication claims it's the second time Fortensky has appealed to the actress for money, in 2009, she allegedly handed over $50,000 to prevent her ex from losing the property. However, Taylor, who has been hospitalized since undergoing treatment for congestive heart failure in February, was forced to deny Fortensky's latest request as she battles her own problems.
- 3/17/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Dame Elizabeth Taylor's eighth ex-husband is facing eviction from his California home after the ailing actress reportedly turned down his appeal for financial help.
The Hollywood icon was married to Larry Fortensky from 1991 to 1996, and he used the money he received in their divorce settlement to purchase a three-bedroom house in Temecula in 2002.
But the former construction worker has struggled to keep up with the monthly mortgage payments of $5,800 (£3,870) and reached out to Taylor in the hope that she would bail him out and save him from foreclosure, according to U.S. tabloid the National Enquirer.
The publication claims it's the second time Fortensky has appealed to the actress for money - in 2009, she allegedly handed over $50,000 (£33,340) to prevent her ex from losing the property.
However, Taylor, who has been hospitalised since undergoing treatment for congestive heart failure in February, was forced to deny Fortensky's latest request as she battles her own problems.
A source tells the Enquirer, "Larry is devastated over his eviction, but Liz can't help him this time."...
The Hollywood icon was married to Larry Fortensky from 1991 to 1996, and he used the money he received in their divorce settlement to purchase a three-bedroom house in Temecula in 2002.
But the former construction worker has struggled to keep up with the monthly mortgage payments of $5,800 (£3,870) and reached out to Taylor in the hope that she would bail him out and save him from foreclosure, according to U.S. tabloid the National Enquirer.
The publication claims it's the second time Fortensky has appealed to the actress for money - in 2009, she allegedly handed over $50,000 (£33,340) to prevent her ex from losing the property.
However, Taylor, who has been hospitalised since undergoing treatment for congestive heart failure in February, was forced to deny Fortensky's latest request as she battles her own problems.
A source tells the Enquirer, "Larry is devastated over his eviction, but Liz can't help him this time."...
- 3/16/2011
- WENN
Films based on Saturday Night Live sketches have about as good a track record as Elizabeth Taylor.s marriages. And like Liz.s marriages, these films always sound good on paper but just don.t work in the real world (although I.ve heard that her time with Larry Fortensky was spent mostly under the sheets which makes me both curious and repulsed). The only SNL movie that proved to be a hit was Wayne.s World in 1992, and I think that was because they threw out most of the story and settled on a series of funny jokes strung together with a very loose premise. It.s Pat and Stuart Saves His Family combined made less than one million dollars at the box...
- 5/18/2010
- by Robert Dixter
- Monsters and Critics
The actor has denied Us Weekly report that she was planning to marry manager Jason Winters
Put the confetti back in storage and tell the vicar his services won't be needed. Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor is not getting married for the ninth time.
Taylor took to Twitter yesterday to deny a report in Us Weekly suggesting that wedding bells were set to ring for her and manager Jason Winters. "The rumours regarding my engagement simply aren't true," she wrote. "Jason is my manager and dearest friend. I love him with all my heart."
Taylor, 78, has had seven previous husbands – she married Richard Burton twice. A source had told Us Weekly: "It's no secret that they've been together forever and are in love, so it wouldn't be a surprise if they were engaged. Right now they are keeping it between them."
Winters, 49, also represents Janet Jackson. There were similar rumours regarding...
Put the confetti back in storage and tell the vicar his services won't be needed. Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor is not getting married for the ninth time.
Taylor took to Twitter yesterday to deny a report in Us Weekly suggesting that wedding bells were set to ring for her and manager Jason Winters. "The rumours regarding my engagement simply aren't true," she wrote. "Jason is my manager and dearest friend. I love him with all my heart."
Taylor, 78, has had seven previous husbands – she married Richard Burton twice. A source had told Us Weekly: "It's no secret that they've been together forever and are in love, so it wouldn't be a surprise if they were engaged. Right now they are keeping it between them."
Winters, 49, also represents Janet Jackson. There were similar rumours regarding...
- 4/13/2010
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Dame Elizabeth Taylor has dismissed reports she is engaged to wed for a ninth time - insisting the rumors "simply aren't true". Reports over the weekend suggested the 78-year-old movie icon and her longtime companion Jason Winters, 49, recently became engaged, but, in a message on her Twitter page posted on Monday, April 12, the Hollywood legend denies claims she's set to wed again.
She writes: "The rumors regarding my engagement simply aren't true. Jason is my manager and dearest friend. I love him with all my heart."
Taylor has been married eight times to seven different men, including Conrad Hilton Jr., Michael Wilding, Mike Todd, Eddie Fisher, John Warner, Larry Fortensky and Richard Burton, whom she married twice. Her most recent union with Fortensky ended in divorce in 1996.
She writes: "The rumors regarding my engagement simply aren't true. Jason is my manager and dearest friend. I love him with all my heart."
Taylor has been married eight times to seven different men, including Conrad Hilton Jr., Michael Wilding, Mike Todd, Eddie Fisher, John Warner, Larry Fortensky and Richard Burton, whom she married twice. Her most recent union with Fortensky ended in divorce in 1996.
- 4/13/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor is not planning to marry for the ninth time.
Responding to a rumor that began on the internet Friday, saying that the 78-year-old was engaged to her longtime manager Jason Winters, Dame Elizabeth sent the following statement Monday, via Twitter:
"The rumors regarding my engagement simply aren't true. Jason is my manager and dearest friend. I love him with all my heart."
Taylor has been married eight times -- twice to Richard Burton.
Responding to a rumor that began on the internet Friday, saying that the 78-year-old was engaged to her longtime manager Jason Winters, Dame Elizabeth sent the following statement Monday, via Twitter:
"The rumors regarding my engagement simply aren't true. Jason is my manager and dearest friend. I love him with all my heart."
Taylor has been married eight times -- twice to Richard Burton.
- 4/12/2010
- Extra
Los Angeles - Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor is not getting married again, she revealed Monday. Days after Us magazine reported that she was set to wed for the ninth time to business manager Jason Winters, 49, the acting diva, 78, told followers on her Twitter account that she had no plans to tie the knot. 'The rumours regarding my engagement simply aren't true,' Taylor tweeted. 'Jason is my manager and dearest friend. I love him with all my heart.' The reclusive Taylor has been married eight times - twice to Richard Burton. Her last marriage, to construction worker Larry Fortensky, ended after...
- 4/12/2010
- Monsters and Critics
Dame Elizabeth Taylor has dismissed reports she is engaged to wed for a ninth time - insisting the rumours "simply aren't true".
Reports over the weekend suggested the 78-year-old movie icon and her longtime companion Jason Winters, 49, recently became engaged, but, in a message on her Twitter.com page - posted on Monday, the Hollywood legend denies claims she's set to wed again.
She writes: "The rumors regarding my engagement simply aren't true. Jason is my manager and dearest friend. I love him with all my heart."
Taylor has been married eight times to seven different men, including: Conrad Hilton Jr., Michael Wilding, Mike Todd, Eddie Fisher, John Warner, Larry Fortensky and Richard Burton - whom she married twice. Her most recent union with Fortensky ended in divorce in 1996.
Reports over the weekend suggested the 78-year-old movie icon and her longtime companion Jason Winters, 49, recently became engaged, but, in a message on her Twitter.com page - posted on Monday, the Hollywood legend denies claims she's set to wed again.
She writes: "The rumors regarding my engagement simply aren't true. Jason is my manager and dearest friend. I love him with all my heart."
Taylor has been married eight times to seven different men, including: Conrad Hilton Jr., Michael Wilding, Mike Todd, Eddie Fisher, John Warner, Larry Fortensky and Richard Burton - whom she married twice. Her most recent union with Fortensky ended in divorce in 1996.
- 4/12/2010
- WENN
Elizabeth Taylor is on course for her ninth marriage
Age: 78.
Appearance: formerly, a raven-haired, violet-eyed siren; latterly, an old woman trapped under a heap of jewellery.
Oh, yeah. She was friends with Michael Jackson or something, wasn't she? Yes, she was. But Dame Elizabeth Taylor was also a child star, a legendary Hollywood actress who gave Oscar-winning performances in Butterfield 8 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and a deeply enthusiastic proponent of old-fashioned marriage.
Who did she marry? Anyone famous? Conrad Hilton, Michael Wilding, Michael Todd, Eddie Fisher . . .
Wow . . . Richard Burton (twice), Senator John Warner, Larry Fortensky . . .
Whoa. What's she been up to lately? It is rumoured that she has recently got engaged for the ninth time.
To whom? To Jason Winters, a 49-year-old Hollywood talent manager.
What's he like, apart from much, much younger? "One of the most wonderful men I have ever known," says Taylor. "That's why I love him.
Age: 78.
Appearance: formerly, a raven-haired, violet-eyed siren; latterly, an old woman trapped under a heap of jewellery.
Oh, yeah. She was friends with Michael Jackson or something, wasn't she? Yes, she was. But Dame Elizabeth Taylor was also a child star, a legendary Hollywood actress who gave Oscar-winning performances in Butterfield 8 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and a deeply enthusiastic proponent of old-fashioned marriage.
Who did she marry? Anyone famous? Conrad Hilton, Michael Wilding, Michael Todd, Eddie Fisher . . .
Wow . . . Richard Burton (twice), Senator John Warner, Larry Fortensky . . .
Whoa. What's she been up to lately? It is rumoured that she has recently got engaged for the ninth time.
To whom? To Jason Winters, a 49-year-old Hollywood talent manager.
What's he like, apart from much, much younger? "One of the most wonderful men I have ever known," says Taylor. "That's why I love him.
- 4/12/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
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