Elizabeth Taylor passes away

[pat grimshaw]

The broken down car incident at 9230 Sunset blvd...whereof one cannot speak THEREOF one must be silent.

what is this?

 

[Spiff]

I can't believe that her death is getting little or no coverage in the media. I was watching and reading the news for the past hour and heard no mention of it. I didn't know until I saw this thread. She was such a huge Hollywood icon. What a disgrace that Schwarzenegger is still making headlines, while Liz is not even mentioned. The media is so whacked.

 

[pat grimshaw]

My gay bookshop has the TWO paperback bios published since her death last month.

So what happened on West Sunset Boulevard? Google just shows a restaurant

 

[PhoenixRising]

I can't believe that her death is getting little or no coverage in the media. I was watching and reading the news for the past hour and heard no mention of it. I didn't know until I saw this thread. She was such a huge Hollywood icon. What a disgrace that Schwarzenegger is still making headlines, while Liz is not even mentioned. The media is so whacked.

Her death WAS all over the news.....two months ago, when she died.

 

[metta]

"There is no gay agenda! It is a human agenda!" - Elizabeth Taylor

 

[metta]

Liz’s Legacy

Elizabeth Taylor dedicated decades to fighting HIV. Here are some highlights.

http://hivplusmag.com/Story.asp?id=2207&categoryid=1&issue_emi=current&jt=0

- Taylor has helped raise approximately $100 million to fight AIDS.

- In 1984, Taylor coordinated and hosted the first fundraiser for AIDS Project Los Angeles.

- Soon after her friend Rock Hudson died from AIDS-related causes in 1985, Taylor founded the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR). “I am on a crusade against AIDS and I’ll battle forever even after a cure is found,” she said at the time. “Making people aware of the disease, and comforting and embracing sufferers, has been my greatest role off screen.”

- Since its inception, amfAR has funded 2,000 HIV and AIDS research teams worldwide.

- Thirty years after she wowed the public with her Edith Head-designed gown at the 1969 Oscars, Taylor auctioned it off, netting $167,500 for amfAR.

- Taylor testified before Congress for the Ryan White bill in 1986. When the legislation was finally passed in 1993, it helped fund emergency AIDS care in needy areas.

- Ronald Reagan, heavily criticized for remaining mum on the subject of AIDS for much of his presidency, spoke at a 1987 amfAR fundraising dinner after Taylor invited him.

- Taylor founded the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation in 1991 to “focus on funding AIDS-based service organizations that deliver direct care to people with HIV and provide public education efforts,” according to the organization’s website. The ETAF has given grants to 311 HIV-related organizations.

- ETAF dispatched a $500,000 mobile medical unit to help HIV-positive New Orleanians affected by 2005’s devastating Hurricane Katrina.

 

[pat grimshaw]

Liz’s Legacy
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do you mean the will?