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I just loved the feeling of flying. I could jump six feet bareback and it was the closest thing to being Pegasus and flying next to God. It's the most liberating freedom-making feeling in the world.

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Elizabeth Taylor
Age: 79 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 27
Died: 2011
Died: March 23
Actress
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Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
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Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
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