Today in History - July 31, 1976

TAYLOR IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREAT ACTRESSES OF HOLLYWOOD'S GOLDEN YEARS, AS WELL AS A LARGER-THAN-LIFE CELEBRITY. *** MARRIAGES: * Conrad "Nicky" Hilton (6 May 1950 – 29 January 1951) (divorced) * Michael Wilding (21 February 1952 – 26 January 1957) (divorced) * Michael Todd (2 February 1957 – 22 March 1958) (widowed) * Eddie Fisher (12 May 1959 – 6 March 1964) (divorced) * Richard Burton (15 March 1964 – 26 June 1974) (divorced) * Richard Burton (again) (10 October 1975 – 29 July 1976) (divorced) * John Warner (4 December 1976 – 7 November 1982) (divorced) * Larry Fortensky (6 October 1991 – 31 October 1996) (divorced) *** CHILDREN: Taylor and Wilding had two sons, Michael Howard Wilding (born 6 January, 1953), and Christopher Edward Wilding (born 27 February, 1955). She and Todd had one daughter, Elizabeth Frances Todd, called "Liza," (born 6 August, 1957). And in 1964, she and Fisher started adoption proceedings for a daughter, --whom Burton later adopted, Maria Burton (born 1 August, 1961). *** She became a grandmother on 25 August, 1971, at age 39. *** MICHAEL JACKSON WAS A LONG-TIME FRIEND OF HERS. Taylor had married construction worker Larry Fortensky at Jackson's Neverland Ranch. In 1997, Jackson presented Taylor with the exclusively written-for-her epic song "Elizabeth, I Love You", performed on the day of her 65th birthday celebration.

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