“I have had more than a passing acquaintance with death. Too close. Close enough to know what death is like—and that is far too close.” One thousand people fixed their eyes on the beautiful woman at the microphone. One thousand people—among them Robert Kennedy, Frank...
Elizabeth Taylor is thirty-one now, and for over fifteen years the girl who could wheedle anything with those huge purple eyes has seemingly lived a life of desperate, desire-ridden progression from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment. “A million dollars to her,” a...
Thirty years ago, Hollywood’s top-money-making star was the magnificent Swedish actress, Greta Garbo. Mysterious, aloof, her private life a closed book, she captivated millions of movie fans who speculated endlessly on what it was that made her tick as a woman. In that same year—1932—in London,...
Richard Burton, in a way, is a man who has everything . . . health . . . good looks . . . talent. And, above all, he has Liz Taylor. But, because life is a balance sheet of assets and debits, Richard has his problems, too. And,...
The booing began just sporadically as the woman in a pink, embroidered cotton dress walked out of the shadows that had darkened the aisle into the glaring lights that beat down on the canvas ring and the seats around ringside. She was alone. As she...
Sybil Burton: “Liz won the first round! I’ll win the fight!”...