Elizabeth Taylor – The 1970’s – by Richard Bassett

The decade of the 1970’s was very different from Dame Elizabeth’s star spangled opulence of the 1960’s. Elizabeth was maturing more as a woman through the 1970’s and her issues were getting deeper and more complex as she got older. The 1950’s seemed to be superfluous compared to the 1970’s. Elizabeth turned 40 in 1972, was married and divorced twice, lost the love of her life, battled food and alcohol addiction and was thrust into the limelight as a senator’s wife. These were drastic changed in relation to the first 40 years of her life. She took all of her issues head on and emerged in the 1980’s more stunning and wiser than ever. The strength that she needed to get through the 1970’s was taken from her core, her inner desire to survive. She discovered she could stand right up there with the rest of them and not crumble. In viewing these short film clips, please donate to the cause that has become Dame Elizabeth Taylor’s life mission for over two decades. The eradication of AIDS in the world. Until such time, “The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation” funds programs and organization that give direct care to the population of millions affected with HIV/AIDS…whether it is direct care or related/ associated services. So many people are now living longer with AIDS/HIV due to advances in viral medication technology, but the impact of living a life with AIDS is far reaching. AIDS affects all of us, in one way or another. Generations of young people are not conscious of the …
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