As befits a big-time movie star, Elizabeth Taylor gets a major
obit in the
New York Times, one
that quotes everyone from Richard Burton to Joan Rivers (who both say disparaging things about the aging Taylor's tendency to fat), and includes a great anecdote about Mickey Rooney's trying
to teach her how to cry on-camera. It's actually a mini-biography, credited mainly to Mel Gussow -- who actually died in 2005.
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