Liz Taylor RIP?
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anonymous said:
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All news companies will have the obligatory obituaries prepared and updated for precisely this eventuality - those over a certain age or specific lifestyle will be included. Their tardiness then shows when it's unexpected, but if it's someone who was bound to kark it at any moment, it'll be sat on a desk waiting to be published at once.
RedLeicester said:
All news companies will have the obligatory obituaries prepared and updated for precisely this eventuality - those over a certain age or specific lifestyle will be included. Their tardiness then shows when it's unexpected, but if it's someone who was bound to kark it at any moment, it'll be sat on a desk waiting to be published at once.
Same all news presenters have a "black tie" handy Justin CaseFamous Graham said:
anonymous said:
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Nope. What they DO have is precompiled articles for anyone notable over about 65.Can't remember the full details, but sure somebody else could look it up.
Liz Taylor & Richard Burton were the 'Posh & Becks' of their day in the 70's and were the target of the pap's until Diana stole their attention.
Years age my wife and I visited their place in Puerto Vallarta where they had two houses joined by a bridge so he had somewhere to go when they fell out again.
Years age my wife and I visited their place in Puerto Vallarta where they had two houses joined by a bridge so he had somewhere to go when they fell out again.
Can we get the usual out of the way please:
a) Who?
b) What films was she in?
c) Is that the one who went out with Whacko?
e) Never liked her films much
Etc
And to all those who say she couldn't act.
1. She was a movie STAR
2. See "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf"
Me, I still lick the TV when she's on screen in 'Cleopatra'.
edited for speeeling.
a) Who?
b) What films was she in?
c) Is that the one who went out with Whacko?
e) Never liked her films much
Etc
And to all those who say she couldn't act.
1. She was a movie STAR
2. See "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf"
Me, I still lick the TV when she's on screen in 'Cleopatra'.
edited for speeeling.
Edited by audidoody on Wednesday 23 March 16:35
...Second word ---> CrapSoovy said:
RIP gorgeous.
My father was Michael Wilding's (uncle Michael to me) chauffeur, her second husband, from around 1946 after being demobbed. He reckoned Taylor was absolutely stunning in the flesh, so to speak. He also called her 'a lady' in the way she behaved. Although something of a midget according to my 6' dad, she dominated a room when she walked in.MW was a charmer as well and the two of them made a lovely couple. They were eating in a restaurant in London after a show and my dad was outside with the Roller when a crowd gathered. He said that within minutes the road was packed out and their meal was ruined but both went out to meet the fans and, he said, got the crowd eating out of their hands within seconds.
He said she knew her own mind, which was his way of saying she would not listen to argument, but there is no getting away from it, he was rather taken with her.
My mother reckoned her skin was far from perfect. This was not her (just?) being catty as she had a job which would now be called airbrushing. Film stars' press pictures would be shon onto a ground glass screen and my mother would paint out blemishes with makeup. There's nothing new in photoshop.
At a time when, if you were dying of thirst, many actors would only give you water after they had drunk it first, she was something of a maverick. She knew the names of all Wilding's staff and spoke to them as equals. My father had a lovely tenor and sang for the couple when he was driving them to some do. When my father left the job she sent him a little gift and a signed photo which said: 'To Smitty: thank you so much for singing to us. It was wonderful.'
Firt car I ever rode in was a RR Phantom sendanca de ville lwb.
Marty Wilde is my cousin and my dad always said he named himself after Michael Wilding.
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