Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are pictured departing from an airport in Zurich,
Switzerland, Aug. 27, 1975.
Taylor and Burton were married (March 15, 1964, and Oct. 10, 1975) and divorced
(June 26, 1974, and Aug. 1, 1976) twice. They had one child.

Elizabeth Taylor and her husband, former secretary of the U.S. Navy John Warner,
at the 42nd New York Film Critics Circle awards dinner in New York, Jan. 30, 1977.
They were married from Dec. 4, 1976, to Nov. 7, 1982.

Elizabeth Taylor raises her glass at New York's famous nightspot Studio 54
in this photo from the late 1970s.

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in London, on Nov. 14, 1975.

Andy Warhol asking Elizabeth Taylor permission to take a picture of her at the
opening of designer Halston's new salon in New York, Feb. 13, 1978.

Kim Novak, Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor posed for a promotional photo
for the 1980 film "The Mirror Crack'd", in which all three starred.
Upon the death of Hudson in 1985, Taylor began her crusade to raise funds for AIDS research.

Elizabeth Taylor during the run of the Broadway play
"Private Lives" in New York, 1983

Liza Minelli and Elizabeth Taylor, who holds her Cecil B. DeMille award,
Jan. 27, 1985, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Carol Bayer Sager, Elizabeth Taylor, and Barry Manilow attend a fundraiser in Los Angeles,
Calif., July 25, 1986. The benefit is for the American Foundation for AIDS Research.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone with Elizabeth Taylor
at his official residence in Tokyo, April 24, 1987.

Elizabeth Taylor and former President Richard M. Nixon in St. Bartholomew's Episcopal
Church during memorial services for publisher Malcolm Forbes in New York, March 1, 1990.

Elizabeth Taylor and fiance Larry Fortensky leave a New York news conference on Sept. 11,
1991. On Oct. 6, 1991, Fortensky became Taylor's seventh husband. The wedding, however, was her eighth. (Taylor and Richard Burton were married twice.)
Taylor and Fortensky divorced five years later.

Elizabeth Taylor arrives with Michael Jackson at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood,
Feb. 16, 1997, prior to the start of her 65th birthday celebration.
Jackson, a close friend, performed at the party.

Joan Collins, Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley MacLaine and Debbie Reynolds are shown
from a scene in the TV movie "These Old Broads," on Sept. 27, 2000.

Elizabeth Taylor and former President Bill Clinton at the "A Family Celebration"
Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., April 1, 2001.

Taylor and her escort, Brad Freeman, in the Hall of States at the Kennedy Center
in Washington, D.C., Dec. 8, 2002. Taylor was one of the year's five award recipients.

Elizabeth Taylor with host Larry King and Taylor's Maltese, named Sugar,
during a taping of "Larry King Live" at CNN Studios in Los Angeles, Feb. 3, 2003.

Elizabeth Taylor arrives for the 14th Annual Britannia Awards, Nov. 10, 2005,
in Beverly Hills, Calif. Taylor received the Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence
in International Entertainment.

Elizabeth Taylor and Brooke Shields attend the Macy's Passport 2006 Gala
on Sept. 28, 2006, in Santa Monica, Calif.

Elizabeth Taylor at her 75th birthday party at the Ritz-Carlton,
Lake Las Vegas, Feb. 27, 2007, in Henderson, Nevada.

Elizabeth Taylor attends the Macy's Passport 2008 Gala on Sept. 26, 2008, in Santa Monica, Calif.

Elizabeth Taylor at Michael Jackson's funeral service, held at Glendale
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, on Sept. 3, 2009, in Glendale, Calif.

Elizabeth Taylor, Lord Rowe-Beddoe, President of the Royal Welsh College,
and Prince Charles look at a bust of actor Richard Burton during a gala at
Buckingham Palace in London, April 29, 2010.