When I was growing up, Elizabeth Taylor was often in the news and I always wondered what the fuss was.

When I was in college I saw “A Place in the Sun” and realized what the fuss was:

Rest in peace.

Links:

• David Thomson on Taylor's rise and fall.
• Andrew O'Hehir scratches his... head.
• The obit of Taylor in The New York Times, written by Mel Gussow, dead now six years.
• Taylor's IMDb.com page.