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One of the last great female movie stars from the golden age of Hollywood. Richard Burton was quoted as saying:


"She was so extraordinarily beautiful that I nearly laughed out loud. She ... [was] famine, fire, destruction and plague ... the only true begetter. Her breasts were apocalyptic, they would topple empires before they withered ... her body was a miracle of construction ... She was unquestionably gorgeous. She was lavish. She was a dark, unyielding largesse. She was, in short, too bloody much ... Those huge violet blue eyes... had an odd glint... Aeons passed, civilizations came and went while these cosmic headlights examined my flawed personality. Every pockmark on my face became a crater of the moon."
With the above words, the late actor Richard Burton gushed about his first sight of a then 19-year-old Elizabeth Taylor. And Liz indeed proved "too bloody much" for him, as they burned through two failed attempts at marriage (1964-74; 1975-76).

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If she had been anything else other then an actress, her life would be considered a failure. Drunk, rehab's drugs Failed marriages ( forgot how many )etc. Think about it. If she had worked at a local store she would have been considered a Loser. The Hollywood types always get a free pass it seems. That said she sure was fine to look at early on
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I think the point is, is that she *had* whatever it was that made her a star.

Lots of mistakes, and maybe not a role model, but she was a good actress, very charismatic, and seemed to try to do a lot of philanthropic work later in life.

I'll let God judge her, but you're right, she was a hottie BITD.
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I remember sneakin' in the movies to see Butterfield 8....Yeah, Yeah....I was a dead end kid............
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In a story in today's paper about her funeral, it said that one of her final requests was for the funeral service to start 15 minutes later than its scheduled start time. She said she actually wanted to be late to her own funeral....now that's someone with a sense of humor!
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JoeG</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I remember sneakin' in the movies to see Butterfield 8....Yeah, Yeah....I was a dead end kid............

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Joe, so now we know... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]
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They also said she was worth about 500mil at the time of her death. Made a ton off perfume etc. Did a ton of work to fight Aids also.
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Struggles with addiction and difficultly maintaining personal relationships are not measures of a life well lived. Rather, they are evidence of the flaws we all share and in this case were magnified by her celebrity.
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