Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79

Legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor has died on March 23, 2011. Taylor has spent the past 2 months in a Los Angles hospital for congestive heart failure. Taylor was a talented actress who starred in hit movies of the 50's and 60's such as "Giant," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Cleopatra." In her career, Taylor has won 2 Oscars, nominated for an Academy Award in 1957 , became a fashion icon and a movie legend and was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000. She also supported the fight against HIV/AIDS and lived her life to the fullest. Taylor knew, and supported late pop singer Michael Jackson during his child molestation cases in the late 1990's. She died early Wednesday morning surrounded by her 4 children at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Sources: CNN