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It's amazing the gymnastics you can do when you don't want to do something. How you can force yourself against all the forces of nature. I threw myself backward.

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Elizabeth Taylor
Age: 79 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 27
Died: 2011
Died: March 23
Actress
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Autobiographer
Film Actor
Film Producer
Hiv Activist
Philanthropist
Stage Actor
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Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
Liz Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Taylor
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