Elizabeth Taylor, 79

The legendary actress known to have purple eyes aside from her role as Cleopatra in 1963, the charities she has supported, her friendship with Michael Jackson, has died according to news reports. She was 79.

Taylor died peacefully in Cedars-Sinai Hospital Wednesday. She was hospitalized six weeks earlier with congestive heart failure, a condition she has struggled with for many years.

A two-time Oscar winner for "Butterfield 8" in 1960 and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in 1966, Taylor has been known for her being glamorous, sexy, and her multiple marriages.

She first appeared in the 1942 movie "There's One Born Every Minute." Her last was in 2001 in the TV mvie "These Old Broads."

Taylor has also been known to support the fight against AIDS where she founded the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation after the death of Rock Hudson.

Elizabeth Taylor was born on February 27, 1932. — DBL