She was an extraordinary actress, and a humanitarian who helped start the American Foundation for AIDS Research and the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation when her Giant costar Rock Hudson died of the disease in 1985.
"I want to do all I can because I have to live with me," Taylor told PEOPLE about her activism.
Ms Taylor was also awarded the second-highest civilian honour in the US by President Clinton in 2001; the Presidential Citizen's Medal, in recognition of her commitment to the AIDS activism.
People Magazine writes this on their website today:
"She was surrounded by her children – Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd and Maria Burton," Taylor's publicist, Sally Morrison, said in a statement. In addition to her children, Taylor is survived by 10 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
A stunning beauty with mesmerizing violet eyes and a double set of eyelashes, Taylor was catapulted to superstardom as a child, though she lived larger than life both on screen and off even long after she had retired from movies and became a perfume mogul.
She will be forever remembered.
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| Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor February 27, 1932 - March 23, 2011 |
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