Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor has died! She'll sure be missed!... She was a fine lady, as well as a real beauty and an extremely talented actress.

I haven't spoken to Mom about it, but I bet she's sad, She has always really liked Elizabeth Taylor, and, because they are the same exactly the same age, sort of identified with her. Mom loved going to the movies as a teen, and would sit in the dark theaters and watch teen aged Liz Taylor on the big screen. Did you know that Liz Taylor was only 12 years old when she made "National Velvet"? (I once had a pet rabbit named National Velvet, but that is quite beside the point! I think a big dog ate her. One morning her cage in the back yard in Charlottesville was knocked to the ground, and she was gone. Sister Sue was always real sweet to that rabbit. She put a cat leash on her and walked her around the back yard.)

Back to Liz Taylor - At one time she was married to John Warner. In 1979, he ran for Senator from Virginia for the first time, and he came to Charlottesville to campaign, bringing Liz. I never saw her speak, but she appeared in lots of places. They had a parade for her, and I did get to see her in the back of a car. I know they made all sorts of special arrangements for her visit, but, to be honest, Queen Elizabeth visited during about the same time period, and I can't remember which special arrangements were for which Elizabeth.

An odd side note to this story is that I watched Katie Couric talking about the death on CBS and I remembered that Katie Couric was in my UVA graduating class, so she was there iike I was when Liz Tayor made the big visit!

One of the reasons I am so impressed and inspired by Liz Taylor is the fact that she has been a tireless AIDS activist. Should you wish to honor her memory, this is the link you follow to reach her AIDS Foundation.

So now, as a fond farewell, I think I'll go spray on some Liz Tayljor perfume. That's the only way I'll ever smell like an angel!