RIP 2011

[innerSpaceman]

Don't know precisely why, but my cheese is sad about Liz Taylor.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Don't know precisely why, but my cheese is sad about Liz Taylor.

I posted my thoughts here

I agree with everyone, she was a great beauty, could sometimes be a great actress. I feel she eclipsed her beauty and her fame with her humanitarian work with AmFar and The Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation (and probably many more charities I know nothing about).

It's cliched, she was one of the last great movie stars, when it meant something being a "movie star."

She was earthy and she also had a lot of class.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Don't know precisely why, but my cheese is sad about Liz Taylor.

Same here.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Don't know precisely why, but my cheese is sad about Liz Taylor.

I'm mostly sad because of all the work she did to bring awareness to the AIDS issue. She supported Rock Hudson when everyone else had pretty much abandon him and worked tirelessly for the cause up until the last few months of her life. I heard someone say today that in the last year or so, it was incredibly difficult physically for her to appear at her fundraisers, due to her failing health, and yet she insisted because she knew that they would raise more money by her being there. A class act all the way, IMO, whether you liked her acting or not.