Hollywood icon ELIZABETH TAYLOR
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Elizabeth as a child star in 1944 filming National Velvet.
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Elizabeth went on to star in Little Women and Conspirator.
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In Father of the Bride in 1950.
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Elizabeth Taylor with husband #1, hotel heir Conrad “Nicky” Hilton.
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Elizabeth Taylor with husband #2, English actor Michael Wilding.
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Elizabeth Taylor with husband #3, film producer Mike Todd who died in a plane crash.
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With Paul Newman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1958.
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With husband #4, Eddie Fisher, whom she stole from pal Debbie Reynolds.
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Elizabeth Taylor in 1963’s Cleopatra.
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Elizabeth married Richard Burton twice, making him husband #5 — and #6!
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Elizabeth Taylor won the Oscar for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1967.
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With husband #7, actor-turned-politician John Warner.
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Elizabeth became an AIDS activist — even speaking to the Senate in 1986 after her friend Rock Hudson died of the disease.
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With good pal Michael Jackson in 1989.
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Elizabeth Taylor with husband #8 Larry Fortensky.
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Elizabeth dedicated herself to working with Elton John on his AIDS Foundation.
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The National ENQUIRER reported on Liz throughout the years right up to the end.
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Elizabeth Taylor: 1932-2011
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Studio portrait of Liz at MGM during her teen years
Photo credit: Clarence Sinclair Bull/Getty
Elizabeth as a child star in 1944 filming National Velvet.
Elizabeth went on to star in Little Women and Conspirator.
In Father of the Bride in 1950.
Elizabeth Taylor with husband #1, hotel heir Conrad “Nicky” Hilton.
Elizabeth Taylor with husband #2, English actor Michael Wilding.
Elizabeth Taylor with husband #3, film producer Mike Todd who died in a plane crash.
With Paul Newman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1958.
With husband #4, Eddie Fisher, whom she stole from pal Debbie Reynolds.
Elizabeth Taylor in 1963’s Cleopatra.
Elizabeth married Richard Burton twice, making him husband #5 — and #6!
Elizabeth Taylor won the Oscar for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1967.
With husband #7, actor-turned-politician John Warner.
Elizabeth became an AIDS activist — even speaking to the Senate in 1986 after her friend Rock Hudson died of the disease.
With good pal Michael Jackson in 1989.
Elizabeth Taylor with husband #8 Larry Fortensky.
Elizabeth dedicated herself to working with Elton John on his AIDS Foundation.
The National ENQUIRER reported on Liz throughout the years right up to the end.
Elizabeth Taylor: 1932-2011
Studio portrait of Liz at MGM during her teen years
Photo credit: Clarence Sinclair Bull/Getty