Not unexpected, but still a huge loss. One of the last true stars we had left, beautiful and fascinating, a woman who essentially helped to invent modern celebrity culture and played that up to the hilt for many decades. A dear friend to many who were seen as unworthy and unwanted, even when the safe thing to do was to join in the usual shunning. Also one hell of an actress.

And of course she had one of the most delicious and campy star cameos ever on daytime.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbyE1cDNW4Y&feature=related

Edited March 23, 201114 yr by CarlD2

Carol Burnette was on The Tonight Show last night and she talked Elizabeth Taylor and they showed the clip. Hopefully this link will work. NBC's player sucks.

http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/carol-burnett-on-elizabeth-taylor/17w7ad1zm

Edited March 24, 201114 yr by reallyhateskateonlost

Last night's Piers Morgan Tonight was very good.

Larry King, Joan Collins and Carrie Fisher told the best stories. I get the sense that those who were in the know were expecting it and are somewhat relieved for her and that she is free of her pain.

I can't believe she was laid to rest already

I can't believe she was laid to rest already

It was probably the way she wanted it. She was hounded by the press and the tabloids most of her life, and yes, she brought a lot of it on herself, but maybe she wanted to leave with some peace and not make her farewell some public spectacle.

Now if the rumours are true that she was having someone write her biography during her last days and confessing everything, that's going to be explosive material for years to come...

It was probably also to keep people from picketing as well. I like that there was no pomp & cirmcumstance

It was probably also to keep people from picketing as well.

Those people have no shame.

Actually, it's in keeping with Jewish tradition (to be buried as soon as possible after death); and IIRC, too, she converted to Judaism when she married Eddie Fisher.

Oh yes, forgot about her conversion. Though, I was never really sure if she was a practicing Jew.

Well, as if CNN wasn't already running out of minute things to cover, they covered Judaism in Liz's life.

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/24/making-sense-of-elizabeth-taylors-jewish-conversion/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-liz-they-love-notables-and-cinephiles-share-favorite-taylor-moments/2011/03/24/AF43wTYB_story.html

this is weird..

Was Elizabeth Taylor the Last Icon—Are There More?

Read more: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/ask_the_answer_bitch/b232557_was_elizabeth_taylor_last_iconmdashare.html#ixzz1HjRZj8ge

I spoke with Gerry Philpott, president and CEO of E-Poll Market Research, which follows the popularity and influence of stars via regular polling. The firm asks people over the age of 13 how they feel about famous people using a broad variety of categories: glamour, beauty, influence, overall classiness.

When it comes to glamour—the closest thing to icon status, mind you—there are three people who currently top Liz. According to e-Poll, those people are, from highest to lowest, Sophia Loren (who rates a 60 on the glam scale), Catherine Zeta-Jones (54), and Beyoncé (not a misprint, 53).

Then came Liz, who scored a 52.

You might assume that Angelina Jolie or Madonna would score up there somewhere, especially compared with Zeta-Jones. Yes, Zeta-Jones lives in the Bahamas with a Douglas, but that's not exactly living in France with a Pitt.

So where do Jolie and Madonna score? Madge gets a mere 26 for glamour, Jolie, 39.

Of course, in certain categories, Jolie does outstrip Liz—but not by much. Take the beauty category. Jolie currently scores a 46. But Liz—who was 79 when she passed away, mind you—wasn't all that far behind at 31. Madonna scores much lower, at just 14. And we're talking right now.

The Mirror claims she was buried with Richard Burton's final love letter to her.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2011/03/29/liz-taylor-buried-with-richard-burton-letter-115875-23022949/

Are there other tribute collectors out there? I hate to say this because i was a huge fan of Elizabeth and i was in mourning when she died but collecting the magazines has been fun. I got the Life magazine, the article in People, the article in the globe (i know it's a rag paper but it has great photo's and some of it was true.) This/Next week there should be a special People out expecially about Elizabeth and i think there is going to be another one but i forgot the name of it. I figure if you are a fan, get them now because probably after this week there won't be any more for a long while. it might be expensive, but for me it's worth it because it's something to go back to when i feel like it without saying, "I should have gotten..." but that's just me.

Edited April 4, 201114 yr by BKuzak