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Elizabeth Taylor: Glamour Queen to Virtual Recluse

Like Maggie the Cat, one of her more memorable roles, Elizabeth Taylor seemed to have nine lives. The screen legend died Wednesday at age 79 of complications from congestive heart failure. But before her death, she survived several near-death experiences and morphed from screen goddess to successful businesswoman and tireless AIDS activist to virtual recluse. "Ultimately, it was congestive heart failure that really made her not want to be in the public eye," William J. Mann, author of "How to...Full Story
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