Elizabeth Taylor dead at 79

katliamom
Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:48:49 +0000

The last of the great movie stars, with a capital S.

I had an uncle who was a dead ringer for Richard Burton and who, like Burton, liked to drink a bit. When in his cups and mistaken for Burton he’d magnanimously hand out autographs, cigarette tucked into the side of his grinning mouth, eyes twinkling.