Diamonds are an auction house’s best friend – at least when they belonged to Elizabeth Taylor.
Forbes‘ list of the 2011′s top 15 dead celebrity earners featured a number of familiar faces, and perhaps a few surprises.
Elizabeth Taylor had many loves in her life (famously marrying eight times), but diamonds really were this girl’s best friend.
The world remembers Elizabeth Taylor by her beauty, eight tumultuous marriages and diamonds. Even after her death in March, the relics of her life, full of glamour and impassioned love affairs, live on to (literally) dazzle the fans.
Unable to get a flight out of New York after the attacks, the trio hopped in a rental car and fled to Ohio. No, we’re serious.
The irony won’t have been lost on anyone: the funeral for Elizabeth Taylor started fashionably late, which is exactly how the legendary star wanted it.
Legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor passed away Wednesday at the age of 79. See what the stars told TIME about Taylor’s legacy.
“Women liked her and men adored her — my husband included.” — DEBBIE REYNOLDS, actress who divorced her husband, Eddie Fisher, after he had an affair with their friend Elizabeth Taylor, speaking out after Taylor’s death; Reynolds says the two women had spoken two weeks prior to Taylor’s passing (via Entertainment Weekly)
Friends and family of Elizabeth Taylor may get unexpected visitors at her funeral — picketers from the Westboro Baptist Church.
Oscar-winning actress Elizabeth Taylor has died at 79, after experiencing symptoms of congestive heart failure. Since the 1940s, TIME has traced her legendary career — and infamous social life.
