Elizabeth Taylor

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Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor is recognized as one of the
last of a vanishing species - the
larger-than-life Hollywood star.
In our world, Elizabeth Taylor is recognized as
the Joan of Arc of AIDS activism.
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amfAR (The American Foundation for AIDS Research)?

• 1983 New York based AIDS Medical Foundation
• September 1985 amfAR foundation
• Elizabeth Taylor International Chairman
• Invested close to 250 million from donations

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Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation

• Founded in 1991
• More than 10 million to improve the lives of
  people living with AIDS.
• Raising money from jewelry auctions
• Other celebrities participating in ETAF Alec
  Baldwin

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Awards

• 1992 - Academy Award, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian
  Award
• 1999 - declared a Dame Commander of the British
  Empire
• 2000 - The Vanguard Award, Gay Lesbian
  Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards
• 2001 - Presidents Citizens Medal

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AIDS is both my passion and my obsession. I was
there at the begining, and I pray I'll be there
at the end
- Elizabeth Taylor -