Elizabeth Taylor home after hospital stay

Update: 2011

Elizabeth Taylor Died March 23, 2011

Taylor died of congestive heart failure at the age of 79.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning film star Elizabeth Taylor is back home and doing well following a recent stay of several weeks in a Los Angeles-area hospital for unspecified reasons, her spokesman said on Tuesday.

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Earlier reports had suggested that at one point she had been on life support with all of her children around her bed. It is great that she is now doing well.

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Elizabeth Taylor born: 02/27/1932; she and her son Christopher Wilding share the same birthday.

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Children:
Taylor and Wilding had two sons, Michael Howard Wilding (b. January 6, 1953), and Christopher Edward Wilding (b. February 27, 1955). She and Todd had one daughter, Elizabeth Frances Todd, called "Liza," (b. August 6, 1957). And in 1964, she and Fisher started adoption proceedings for a daughter, whom Burton later adopted, Maria Burton (b. August 1, 1961). She became a grandmother on August 25, 1971 at age 39.

Son: Christopher Wilding
born on February 27, 1955; from 1981 to 1989 was married to Aileen Getty (born in 1959; granddaughter of J Paul Getty; tested positive for AIDS c. 1990); had two children together Caleb, born c. 1983) and Andrew (born c. 1985)

Son: Michael Wilding
born on January 6, 1953; father, Michael Wilding; daughter Laele (born in 1961) gave birth to Taylor's first great-grandchild, Finnian McMurray on August 23, 1998

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Elizabeth: The Life of
Elizabeth Taylor (Paperback)

Reviewer

I was mesmerised by this book. Of course, one often takes biographies
with a grain of salt, but I was most impressed with the way that Taylor
handled her career like a man -- how she was able to go on despite the
pressures of her situation. The love story between Burton and Taylor shines
through, and I think I understand a little more about love, even though
theirs was a tumultuous one. She is a role model for people in the performing
arts who turn their attention toward great and needy causes, and I respect
her immensely. Also, the photographs in this book illustrate the fact
that Liz was -- and still is -- the most luminous raven-haired beauty
in Hollywood. Long may she rule as the last star of Hollywood.

Paperback: 448 pages

Publisher: Grove Press (July 10, 2001)

Language: English