Remembering Elizabeth Taylor

After the death of her close friend Rock Hudson, Taylor became deeply involved in the fight against AIDS.
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After the death of her close friend Rock Hudson, Taylor became deeply involved in the fight against AIDS. She helped form the American Foundation for AIDS Research and created her own organization, the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. In 1986 she testified before Congress, above, on the need to find a cure for the disease.

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