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| Elizabeth Taylor dalam filem "Cleopatra" (1963) |
Perginya seorang ikon Hollywood. Itulah yang dapat digambarkan apabila mengetahui Elizabeth Taylor telah meninggal dunia pada 23 Mac 2011. Teman baik kepada Raja Pop, Michael Jackson, meninggal dunia pada usia 79 tahun akibat penyakit jantung kronik di Hospital Cedars-Sinai di Los Angeles.
Menurut jurucakap Taylor, Sally Morrison, Taylor yang telah dimasukkan ke dalam hospital telah dikelilingi keempat-empat anaknya, Michael Wilding, Christopher Edward Wilding, Elizabeth Frances Todd dan Maria Burton di saat kematiannya.
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| Anda pasti akan dirindui, Taylor |
Bermula sebagai seorang pelakon kanak-kanak dan kemudiannya menginjak dewasa, Taylor dikenali kerana bakat lakonannya serta kecantikannya.
Selain itu, Taylor juga terkenal dengan kehidupan peribadinya yang menjadi tumpuan media, lebih-lebih lagi beliau pernah berkahwin sebanyak lapan kali dengan tujuh orang lelaki termasuklah Richard Burton yang pernah dikahwininya sebanyak dua kali.
Selain itu, Taylor juga terkenal dengan kehidupan peribadinya yang menjadi tumpuan media, lebih-lebih lagi beliau pernah berkahwin sebanyak lapan kali dengan tujuh orang lelaki termasuklah Richard Burton yang pernah dikahwininya sebanyak dua kali.
Pelakon filem "Cleopatra" ini telah membintangi lebih 50 buah filem dan pernah memenangi dua anugerah Oscar sepanjang enam dekat pembabitan beliau dalam industri hiburan. Beliau dinobatkan sebagai Pelakon Wanita Terbaik menerusi filem "Butterfield 8" dan "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf".
Kehilangan Taylor pasti akan dirasai oleh setiap peminatnya. Malah selebriti juga turut mengekspreskan kesedihan mereka di atas kehilangan ikon Hollywood ini. Berikut adalah antara kenyataan yang diberikan:
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| Taylor ketika berusia 10 tahun (1941) |
"I am so sorry to hear that this great legend has passed. I admired and respected her not only as an actress but for her amazing and inspiring work as an AIDS activist. She was one of a kind." - Penyanyi Madonna.
"Elizabeth's legacy will live on in many people around the world whose lives will be longer and better because of her work and the ongoing effort of those she inspired." - Kenyataan daripada bekas Presiden Amerika Syarikat, Bill Clinton dan isteri, Hilary.
"Our loss in the motion picture business with Elizabeth Taylor's passing is momentous. She was a lady who gave of herself to everyone. I know I consider it a great personal loss." - Pelakon Mickey Rooney yang pernah membintangi di samping Taylor dalam "National Velvet".
"She was a true star, because she not only had beauty and notoriety; Elizabeth Taylor had talent. As a friend she was always, always there for me. I'll miss her for the rest of my life, but I was so lucky to have known her." - Pelakon dan penyanyi Liza Minnelli.
"Our loss in the motion picture business with Elizabeth Taylor's passing is momentous. She was a lady who gave of herself to everyone. I know I consider it a great personal loss." - Pelakon Mickey Rooney yang pernah membintangi di samping Taylor dalam "National Velvet".
"She was a true star, because she not only had beauty and notoriety; Elizabeth Taylor had talent. As a friend she was always, always there for me. I'll miss her for the rest of my life, but I was so lucky to have known her." - Pelakon dan penyanyi Liza Minnelli.
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| Taylor memang terkenal dengan kecantikan beliau. |
"She earned our adoration for her stunning beauty and for being the very essence of glamorous movie stardom. And she earned our enduring love and respect for her compassion and her courage in standing up and speaking out about AIDS when others preferred to bury their heads in the sand." - Penyanyi Elton John.
"Elizabeth was the last great movie star. And a great human being. What I'll always remember about Elizabeth was her laugh. She would walk into a room looking like a princess and suddenly there would be this cackle that filled the room that would crack us all up. I'm so glad to have known her. It's a very sad day for me." - Penyanyi Barry Manilow.
"Elizabeth Taylor was the last of the Hollywood greats, and a fantastically charming woman." - Kenyataan penyanyi George Michael melalui akaun Twitter miliknya.
"It's a terrible loss. A unique talent and a singularly spectacular individual." - Pelakon Martin Landau yang berlakon di samping Taylor menerusi "Cleopatra".
"Elizabeth Taylor was the last of the Hollywood greats, and a fantastically charming woman." - Kenyataan penyanyi George Michael melalui akaun Twitter miliknya.
"It's a terrible loss. A unique talent and a singularly spectacular individual." - Pelakon Martin Landau yang berlakon di samping Taylor menerusi "Cleopatra".
"Liz Taylor was an amazing woman and screen legend, she was an incredible friend to my brother at his side through some of his most difficult times and of course loved by his children and our family. She will live on in our hearts forever, my prayers go out to her family." - Kakak kepada Michael Jackson, La Toya Jackson.
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| Taylor bersama Richard Burton yang pernah dikahwininya sebanyak dua kali pada tahun 1964-1974 dan 1975-1976. |
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| Taylor bersama Michael Jackson |
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