Daily Times

Sir: With the passing away of the legendary Hollywood actress Elizabeth Taylor, a vacuum has been created in the lives of her millions of fans throughout the world as she belonged to the spotlight, owned it in fact, with an adjective-exhausting beauty that she accessorised with her strange fascination for over-the-top baubles. Beginning as a child star, she became known for her acting talent, glamour and beauty as well as a much-publicised private life, which included eight marriages. Her great beauty and grand lifestyle peppered with scandals created more twists and turns in her life than any Hollywood blockbuster could ever portray. She lived passionately and remained true to her larger-than-life persona to the very end, mirroring the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, whom she brought to life onscreen with Richard Burton in 1963. Although she acted in more than 50 films, she will be remembered forever for her impressive roles in ‘Butterfield 8’ and ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ She had won Oscars for these films. It can be said that few actresses have combined art and allure with such effortlessness. In Cleopatra, you could see Liz and in Liz not only Egypt and Rome but the whole world could see the most beautiful and ambitious Queen Cleopatra of ancient Egypt who shaped a great empire with lot of twists. She was a beautiful person to the core. To quote from her movie Cleopatra: “Age cannot wither her.” Elizabeth Taylor, the Golden Girl of Hollywood, will be remembered forever in the world of cinema.

DILBAG

Chandigarh, India