Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79

From the Guardian:

Elizabeth Taylor, the actor best known for her roles in Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and National Velvet died of heart failure, her spokeswoman says

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, arguably the last great female star of
the Hollywood studio system, died today at the age of 79.

The Oscar-winning star died this morning at Cedars-Sinai medical centre in Los Angeles from congestive heart failure, according to her spokeswoman Sally Morrison. She said Taylor's children were at her side.

Dame Elizabeth, who had been in ill health for a number of years, was taken to the hospital with heart failure six weeks ago. A spokeswoman for the hospital said: "She passed away at 1.28 [LA time] this morning."