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RIP Liz Taylor

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by KJIM, Mar 23, 2011.

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  1. KJIM

    KJIM Well-Known Member

    Just heard a report on whatever station my mom is watching that Liz Taylor has died.

    I don't have a link yet, but RIP.
     
    KJIM, Mar 23, 2011
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  2. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Two threads, opened four seconds apart.

    I'm impressed.

    RIP Liz.

    Edit: Make that three threads, 1 minute and two seconds apart.
     
    Baron Scicluna, Mar 23, 2011
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  3. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    I am a bronze medalist at breaking already broken news.

    Can't imagine we'll ever see a celebrity like that again in the tabloid age. Hard to maintain that air of elegant mystery while being married eight times in a 24/7 world.
     
    BYH, Mar 23, 2011
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  4. BYH

    BYH Active Member

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    BYH, Mar 23, 2011
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  5. Mystery Meat II

    Mystery Meat II Well-Known Member

    In a perfect world, Liz Taylor would have married Billy Martin. Twice.
     
    Mystery Meat II, Mar 23, 2011
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  6. Abe Vigoda

    Abe Vigoda Member

    A helluva broad, I tell ya.
     
    Abe Vigoda, Mar 23, 2011
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  7. deskslave

    deskslave Active Member

    And yet she never married Abe Vigoda.
     
    deskslave, Mar 23, 2011
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  8. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    Quickie obit:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/elizabeth-taylor-beautiful-oscar-winning-actress-who-led-soap-opera-like-life-dies-at-79/2011/03/23/ABpECYIB_story.html

    She was pretty much a caricature for the last 25-30 years of her life, but damn, she was great in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?".
     
    Steak Snabler, Mar 23, 2011
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  9. proudpittsburgher

    proudpittsburgher Guest

    RIP, Liz

    On a side note, AP seems to have been taken by suprise by the news of the passing of a 79 year old in poor health for the past 10 years. Could ya get off your asses and file a complete story for the PMs of the world, please?!?
     
    proudpittsburgher, Mar 23, 2011
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  10. Bamadog

    Bamadog Well-Known Member

    Taylor was also a star in the first, true big-budget box office bomb, Cleopatra, for which she received the lavish salary (in 1963) of $1 million. A spectacle for sure that won four Academy Awards and was so overbudget that it became the first highest-grossing movie of the year to record a loss, $44 million, which wasn't chump change back then. She did that one with Richard Burton, husband number five and six.
     
    Bamadog, Mar 23, 2011
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  11. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Taylor's affair with Burton on the set of Cleopatra was probably the biggest tabloid story EVER. If the entertainment-coverage media of today had existed back then, total meltdown would have ensued.
    Remarkably, although their eras coincided, Taylor is not known to have slept with JFK.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Mar 23, 2011
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  12. Second Thoughts

    Second Thoughts Active Member

    Known as the most famous, sought after actress and most desirable, beautiful woman in the world at the peak of her career. A true movie star.

    And yet, I'm afraid the under 30 crowd will go "Who?"

    R.I.P. Liz.
     
    Second Thoughts, Mar 23, 2011
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