Hollywood is mourning the death of Elizabeth Taylor, the legendary star, who died this morning in a hospital, where he had been hospitalized in February. Actress, famous for its dazzling violet eyes, her eight marriages, and his brilliant film career, died at age 79, his agent said Wednesday.
"The legendary actress, activist, entrepreneur and activist Elizabeth Taylor died peacefully today at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles, the statement said.
" She was surrounded by her children, Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Maria Burton and Liza Todd " adds the note, adding that he also survived by 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Taylor was born in England in 1932 and was the star of Cleopatra, Giant, with James Dean and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? .
He was also famous for its hardened fight for AIDS patients, his friendship with Michael Jackson, his alcoholism and his relationship with Richard Burton, whom she married twice.
During his career Taylor won the Oscar for "Butterfield 8" (A woman checked, 1960) and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (1966), considered his best work, the Golden Globe, BAFTA and David Donatello, as well as being honored by the Queen of England.
In 2004, a curvaceous woman of 60, perfect smile and big eyes movie, was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, a condition that prevents the heart to pump enough oxygenated blood to meet the needs of the other organs of the body, creating an extraordinary sense of fatigue.
was this same condition which hastened his death at age 79. Taylor never left the Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles where she was admitted in mid-February.
actor's health had been the object of intense speculation.
The star of "Cleopatra" (1993) was operated on for a brain tumor in 1997 and in 2006 refused on television to suffer Alzheimer's disease.
Despite making few public appearances, was one of the few stars to attend the funeral of his friend and singer Michael Jackson in September 2009, a period which began to use an account on Twitter to express thoughts on pop idol and to inform their fanatical followers of their medical relapses.
In October of that year, Taylor was a heart operation after a string of health problems that have made it difficult even to walk.
"My body is a mess. If you look in the mirror is completely hollow. I have become one of those poor women who are twisted to the side," he told W magazine in 2004.
In April 2010 the rumor that Taylor had been married for the ninth time with Jason Winters, representative of Janet Jackson, spread like wildfire in Hollywood.
Again, the violet-eyed veteran served social network to deny his alleged marriage: "Rumors of my commitment to marriage are simply untrue," said the woman who until his last interviews he referred to Richard Burton as his soul mate.
When in 2004 was asked if she feared death, the actress, who twice nearly died of pneumonia, said without hesitation: "No, not really."
"People must think, 'My God, how still alive?" He joked.
"But there is some resistance in me keeps me fighting," he said.
Taylor, used to give talk about their torrid romances, lived almost alone in his mansion in the exclusive neighborhood Bel Air, Los Angeles.
"I've learned to be alone. Being without a partner does not mean being alone. I have great friends, and children and grandchildren. And many wonderful memories," said Taylor, who married eight times, two with Burton.
When asked about their happiest periods, the actress said that there were two: the years shared with her second husband, producer Michael Todd ("Around the World in Eighty Days"), who was widowed in 1958, and then Burton, whose love affair was marked by two marriages, first in 1964-which lasted 10 years, and the second in 1975, which lasted a year.
"I thought that I never recover, neither of the two times," said.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton starred in at least ten films together, including "International Hotel" (1963), "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966) or "Doctor Faustus" (1968).
"The legendary actress, activist, entrepreneur and activist Elizabeth Taylor died peacefully today at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles, the statement said.
" She was surrounded by her children, Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Maria Burton and Liza Todd " adds the note, adding that he also survived by 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Taylor was born in England in 1932 and was the star of Cleopatra, Giant, with James Dean and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? .
He was also famous for its hardened fight for AIDS patients, his friendship with Michael Jackson, his alcoholism and his relationship with Richard Burton, whom she married twice.
During his career Taylor won the Oscar for "Butterfield 8" (A woman checked, 1960) and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (1966), considered his best work, the Golden Globe, BAFTA and David Donatello, as well as being honored by the Queen of England.
In 2004, a curvaceous woman of 60, perfect smile and big eyes movie, was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, a condition that prevents the heart to pump enough oxygenated blood to meet the needs of the other organs of the body, creating an extraordinary sense of fatigue.
was this same condition which hastened his death at age 79. Taylor never left the Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles where she was admitted in mid-February.
actor's health had been the object of intense speculation.
The star of "Cleopatra" (1993) was operated on for a brain tumor in 1997 and in 2006 refused on television to suffer Alzheimer's disease.
Despite making few public appearances, was one of the few stars to attend the funeral of his friend and singer Michael Jackson in September 2009, a period which began to use an account on Twitter to express thoughts on pop idol and to inform their fanatical followers of their medical relapses.
In October of that year, Taylor was a heart operation after a string of health problems that have made it difficult even to walk.
"My body is a mess. If you look in the mirror is completely hollow. I have become one of those poor women who are twisted to the side," he told W magazine in 2004.
In April 2010 the rumor that Taylor had been married for the ninth time with Jason Winters, representative of Janet Jackson, spread like wildfire in Hollywood.
Again, the violet-eyed veteran served social network to deny his alleged marriage: "Rumors of my commitment to marriage are simply untrue," said the woman who until his last interviews he referred to Richard Burton as his soul mate.
When in 2004 was asked if she feared death, the actress, who twice nearly died of pneumonia, said without hesitation: "No, not really."
"People must think, 'My God, how still alive?" He joked.
"But there is some resistance in me keeps me fighting," he said.
Taylor, used to give talk about their torrid romances, lived almost alone in his mansion in the exclusive neighborhood Bel Air, Los Angeles.
"I've learned to be alone. Being without a partner does not mean being alone. I have great friends, and children and grandchildren. And many wonderful memories," said Taylor, who married eight times, two with Burton.
When asked about their happiest periods, the actress said that there were two: the years shared with her second husband, producer Michael Todd ("Around the World in Eighty Days"), who was widowed in 1958, and then Burton, whose love affair was marked by two marriages, first in 1964-which lasted 10 years, and the second in 1975, which lasted a year.
"I thought that I never recover, neither of the two times," said.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton starred in at least ten films together, including "International Hotel" (1963), "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966) or "Doctor Faustus" (1968).
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