Elizabeth Taylor, best known lately for the brunt of Gladiator jokes, before that as Michael Jackson's buddy, and before that as a serial marriage institution, has passed away..
But La Liz was more than that. She used her fame to start and push AmFAR (American Foundation for Aids Research) long before AIDS was understood and a cause de jour. She spoke eloquently of loss of friends.
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And before that she was an actress. An amazing actress that wasn't taken seriously for a long time because of her beauty - and her astoundingly bad choices of parts. Not all her fault, she was a product of the studio system for years.
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But for me, I shall always remember the charming woman who yearly would give Greg and I a bottle of champagne with a hand written note (since Greg worked for her talent agency). Greg also one day while delivering a script to her house in BelAir happened to plow into one of her assistant's cars - she graciously paid for fixing both cars without reporting it to anyone. She was a charming class act as a person.
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But I wonder who awaits her in heaven. She better enjoy it before Debbie Reynolds shows up (if you don't get the joke, don't worry - some jokes are just for us oldsters).