Elizabeth Taylor: Goodbye violet eyes US actress Elizabeth Taylor attends the unveiling of a star for her friend songwriter Carole Bayer Sager on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 14 February, 2000, in Hollywood, California. Taylor, famed for her striking blue eyes and eight marriages as well a glittering film career, has died at the age of 79, a statement by her publicist said March 23, 2011. (AFP) 1932: Actress Elizabeth Taylor as a baby in the arms of her mother, Sara Taylor (1896 - 1994). (GALLO/GETTY) Flowers, photographs and notes from fans adorn the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of actress Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood, California, March 23, 2011. Taylor died on March 23, 2011 at age 79 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles surrounded by her four children after having been hospitalized six weeks ago with congestive heart failure, a statement from publicist Sally Morrison said. (REUTERS) 1944: British-born actress Elizabeth Taylor at the age of twelve. (GALLO/GETTY) British born actor Elizabeth Taylor and her fourth husband American singer and actor Eddie Fisher arrive at a formal event, c. 1962. (GALLO/GETTY) US film star Elizabeth Taylor and her first husband Nick Hilton, of the hotelier family, on their wedding day. (GALLO/GETTY) A woman signs a condolence book beside a wax figure of Elizabeth Taylor in one of her most famous roles, “Cleopatra”, at Madame Tussauds in Hollywood, California, on March 23, 2011. Hollywood legend and violet-eyed beauty Elizabeth Taylor, famed as much for her glamorous but stormy love life as well as her five-decade Oscar-winning film career, died March 23, 2011 at age 79. (AFP) 1963: British-born actress Elizabeth Taylor presents a majestic front as the Egyptian Queen in 20th Century Fox's 'Cleopatra', directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz in 1963. The British born actress had suffered from numerous health problems since 1997 and was most recently hospitalized in Los Angeles at the beginning of February this year for congestive heart failure, a condition she has had since November 2004. Taylor first graced our screens at the age of 12 in "National Velvet'" and went on to receive two Oscars for her performances in "Butterfield 8" (1960) and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966) and appeared in more than 50 films. She was married eight times and most famously married Richard Burton a second time in 1975 which lasted less than a year. (GALLO/GETTY) Reporters work as flowers are on Elizabeth Taylor's star on the Hollywood walk of Fame in Hollywood, California on March 23, 2011. Actress Elizabeth Taylor died this morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, reportedly of congestive heart failure. She was 79. (AFP) Actress Elizabeth Taylor and her husband Larry Fortensky are greeted by Mickey Mouse as Taylor celebrates her 60th birthday at Disneyland in Anaheim,Calfornia in this February 27, 1992 file photograph. Taylor died surrounded by her four children on March 23 at age 79, her publicist said. She died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles surrounded by her four children after having been hospitalized six weeks ago with congestive heart failure, a statement from publicist Sally Morrison said. (REUTERS) Nov. 15, 1969 file photo shows Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor as they arrive at Hotel Hermitage for the Scorpion-Ball in Monaco. Princess Grace of Monaco invited the couple along with other guests for the celebration of her 40th birthday. Taylor is wearing the 69-carat diamond which is now known as the Taylor-Burton Diamond. Taylor died Wednesday at age 79 of congestive heart failure. (AP) Elizabeth Taylor arrives with husband Larry Fortensky at a benefit performance of Cirque du Soleil's production of Saltimbanco, a unique circus without animals, for the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation in Santa Monica in this October 9, 1992 file photo. Taylor, one of the most alluring actresses of the 20th century, died on March 23, 2011 at age 79, her publicists said. (REUTERS) Actress Elizabeth Taylor poses with her best actress Oscar for her role in "Butterfield 8" with actor Yul Brenner at the 33rd Academy Awards held in Santa Monica, California in this April 17, 1961 publicity photo from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released to Reuters March 23, 2011. Taylor, a two-time Oscar winner and Hollywood beauty whose screen success was sometimes overshadowed by her tumultuous personal life, died of congestive heart failure on Wednesday at age 79. (REUTERS) Actress Elizabeth Taylor and husband Michael Wilding are shown at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas in this March 7, 1956 publicity photo from the Las Vegas News Bureau released to Reuters March 23, 2011. Taylor, a two-time Oscar winner and Hollywood beauty whose screen success was sometimes overshadowed by her tumultuous personal life, died of congestive heart failure on Wednesday at age 79. (REUTERS) Actress Elizabeth Taylor (front R), singer Paul Simon (front L), actor James Earl Jones (rear L), theater actress Chita Rivera (C) and conductor James Levine pose for the "family" photo of the 2002 Kennedy Center Honorees, in this file image from December 7, 2002. This year's winners were honored for their lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts. Hollywood legend Taylor, one of the most alluring actresses of the 20th century, has died at the age of 79 at Cedar Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles ABC News reported on March 23, 2011. (REUTERS) Singer Michael Jackson and actress Elizabeth Taylor (R) arrive at a concert celebrating 30 years of Jackson's career in New York in this September 7, 2001 file photo. Hollywood legend Taylor, one of the most alluring actresses of the 20th century, has died at the age of 79 at Cedar Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles ABC News reported on March 23, 2011. (REUTERS) Elizabeth Taylor, Academy Award winning actress, shows the Krupps Diamond she is wearing to talk show host Larry King as she is interviewed on the CNN program Larry King Live, in this January 15, 2001 file photograph at the CNN studios in Los Angeles. Taylor died on March 23, 2011 at age 79, her publicist said. She died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles surrounded by her four children after having been hospitalized six weeks ago with congestive heart failure, a statement from publicist Sally Morrison said. (REUTERS) In this Dec. 1, 2007 file photo, Elizabeth Taylor arrives at Paramount Studios in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles to give a benefit performance of A.R. Gurney's play "Love Letters" for the Elizabeth Taylor HIV/AIDS Foundation. Publicist Sally Morrison says the actress died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79. (AP) Actors Elizabeth Taylor (R) and Sylvester Stallone (L) greet the crowd 20 May 1993 before the showing of the latest Stallone action film "Cliffhanger" during the Cannes Film Festival. Legendary Hollywood actress and violet-eyed beauty Elizabeth Taylor, who captured hearts in "National Velvet" to launch a film career that spanned five decades, has died March 23, 2011 at the age of 79. (AFP) Actress Elizabeth Taylor is shown in this undated publicity photograph. Hollywood legend Taylor, one of the most alluring actresses of the 20th century, has died at the age of 79 at Cedar Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles ABC News reported on March 23, 2011. (REUTERS) In this Jan. 27, 1985 file photo, Liza Minelli, left, hugs actress Elizabeth Taylor, who holds her Cecil B. DeMille award in Beverly Hills, Calif. Publicist Sally Morrison says Taylor died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79. (AP) Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whats App Pin Interest Eight marriages, 50 movies, two Oscars, 100 operations, a fortune of £360m...
