Link Roundup: The Passionate Life Of Elizabeth Taylor

If Elizabeth Taylor's life were to be summarized in one word, it would inevitably be "passion." The passionate love affairs she maintained throughout her life and the passion she held for her roles on the silver screen both translated into a series of complex relationships that spanned over half a century each. Taylor's work with the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation was what she called her "passion and her obsession," one that she hoped to see through the discovery of a cure. Her love life was the role of a lifetime that she wrote herself—from her many marriages to her "furious love" with Richard Burton to the love she had for her children. A Look Back: Elizabeth Taylor's Love Life

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Elizabeth Taylor had sex appeal and a lifestyle made for the tabloids, but she was first and foremost a terrific actress. Taylor made her first debut at the age of 10. Her role in National Velvet at the age of 12 made her a star. She'd become one of the most famous women of her generation. Life

From her first teenage romance to her eight marriages with seven men, this photo gallery chronicles the road through Elizabeth Taylor's love life, punctuated by the films that captivated us and turned Taylor into a Hollywood heavy-hitter for well over half a century. CNN

Taylor's early love life was uniquely chronicled by her own hand in 66 letters that came across the desk of an autograph auctioneer. Her first love affair with William Pawley Jr. is recorded in heartbreaking detail by the woman who would eventually go on to have one of the most epic love lives in history. Autograph Magazine

Before Ben Affleck and J. Lo or Brad and Angelina or well, any modern Hollywood romance, there was Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The two actors fell in love when they were married to other people and eventually made their sexy, tumultuous love official... more than once. They married, divorced, remarried, and re-divorced. Time

Taylor once quipped, "Everything makes me nervous—except making films." Her beauty and acting talent made her a Hollywood legend. Taylor starred in more than 50 films in her lifetime and won Academy Awards for Butterfield 8 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with then-husband Richard Burton. The Washington Post

Motherhood was one of Elizabeth Taylor's most important private roles. She's survived by four children—Christopher and Michael Wilding, Liza Todd, and Maria Burton—and nine grandchildren. Life