The Most Beautiful Woman in the World (68 page)

12.
Heymann,
Liz
, p. 383; Peter Feibleman,
Lily: Reminiscences of Lillian Hellman
(New York: Morrow, 1988), p. 265.

13.
Spoto,
Passion for Life
, p. 299; Walker,
Elizabeth
, p. 349;
ETO
, p. 95.

Interviews with Curtis Harrington, Ray Stricklyn, and notes from conversations with Radie Harris, E.T., Andy Warhol, Joyce Haber, and Halston.

C
HAPTER
12

1.
Robin-Tani,
New Elizabeth
, pp. 144, 147; Walker,
Elizabeth
, p. 367; Bragg,
Richard Burton
, p. 468.

2.
Robin-Tani,
New Elizabeth
, p. 148.

3.
Jenkins and Turner,
Richard Burton My Brother
, pp. 232– 233; Bragg,
Richard Burton
, pp. 463, 469.

4.
ETO
, p. 95; Robin-Tani,
New Elizabeth
, pp. 147, 150; Spoto,
Passion for Life
, pp. 307–308.

5.
Kelley,
Elizabeth Taylor
, pp. 414-415; Jenkins and Turner,
Richard Burton My Brother
, p. 234; Nickens,
Elizabeth Taylor
, p. 183.

6.
Jenkins and Turner,
Richard Burton My Brother
, p. 235; Bragg,
Richard Burton
, p. 471.

7.
Bragg,
Richard Burton
, p. 473: “On something”; p. 470: “I’m inclined to think it was very clever on Elizabeth’s part, unconsciously perhaps.”

8.
Jenkins and Turner,
Richard Burton My Brother
, pp. 240– 242.

9.
Heymann,
Liz
, p. 8; “It’s time to change”: Spada,
Peter Lawford
, p. 462.

10.
ETO
, pp. 99, 100–101; Spada,
Peter Lawford
, p. 462; Heymann,
Liz
, pp. 9–10.

11.
Spoto,
Passion for Life
, p. 319; “Hollywood Druggies,”
Globe
, July 6, 1999, pp. 28–29; Patrice Baldwin, “Brooke Begged Judd Nelson Not to Quit Show,”
Globe
, May 25, 1999, p. 47.

12.
Nickens,
Elizabeth Taylor
, p. 183; “E.T. resumes alcohol and pills”: Heymann,
Liz
, p. 10.

13.
Spoto,
Passion for Life
, p. 321.

14.
Heymann,
Liz
, p. 400.

15.
Ibid., p. 399.

16.
Ibid., p. 400.

17.
Ibid., p. 432.

18.
Sessums, “Elizabeth Taylor Tells the Truth,” p. 74.

19.
Theroux, “Ms. Taylor Will See You Now,” pp. 168–169.

20.
Ibid., p. 169.

21.
Ibid.

22.
Ibid.

23.
Ibid.

24.
J. Randy Taraborrelli,
Michael Jackson
(New York: Birch Lane, 1991), p. 408.

25.
Ibid., p. 390.

26.
Theroux, “Ms. Taylor Will See You Now,” p. 168.

27.
Taraborrelli,
Michael Jackson
, p. 447.

28.
Ibid., p. 448.

29.
Ibid., p. 427.

30.
Robin-Tani,
New Elizabeth
, p. 146.

31.
Spoto,
Passion for Life
, p. 321; Bragg,
Richard Burton
, p. 487.

32.
Jenkins and Turner,
Richard Burton My Brother
, pp. 2–3.

33.
Ibid., p. 11.

34.
Ibid., p. 16.

35.
Ibid., p. 244

36.
Bragg,
Richard Burton
, p. 486.

Interviews: Edward Dmytryk, Jean Porter, and notes from editorial conferences with Lana Wood when I was her editor at G. P. Putnam’s Sons for her memoir
Natalie
.

Other books consulted: Quine,
Bridesmaids
, pp. 495, 504; Betty Ford and Chris Chase,
The Times of My Life
(New York: Ballantine, 1978).

C
HAPTER
13

1.
Nancy Collins, “Liz’s AIDS Odyssey,”
Vanity Fair
, November 1992, p. 264.

2.
Spoto,
Passion for Life
, p. 321.

3.
Heymann,
Liz
, p. 404.

4.
Ibid.

5.
Walker,
Elizabeth
, p. 365.

6.
Heymann,
Liz
, p. 405.

7.
Collins, “Liz’s AIDS Odyssey,” p. 268.

8.
Hudson and Davidson,
Rock Hudson
, p. 33.

9.
Collins, “Liz’s AIDS Odyssey,” p. 212.

10.
Ibid., p. 264; the doctor later denied having made such a statement.

11.
Nancy Reagan and William Novak,
My Turn
(New York: Random House, 1989), p. 280.

12.
Hudson and Davidson,
Rock Hudson
, pp. 18, 182; Rock had been lovers with Tom Clark and Jack Coates: Ibid., p. 304; Nader and Miller gay: Ibid., p. 52.

13.
Ibid., pp. 252, 253, 288, 304.

14.
Ibid., pp. 236, 274–275; aspiring Vegas dancer: Ibid., p. 291.

15.
Ibid., p. 306.

16.
Collins, “Liz’s AIDS Odyssey,” p. 264.

17.
Marquesa De Varela, “Elizabeth Taylor and Her Beloved Former Daughter in Law Aileen Getty,”
Hello!
, August 14, 1993, p. 53; “Elizabeth Taylor:
Advocate
Interview,”
Advocate
, October 15, 1996, p. 44; Robin-Tani,
New Elizabeth
, p. 145.

18.
Collins, “Liz’s AIDS Odyssey,” p. 212.

19.
Heymann,
Liz
, p. 408.

20.
Robin-Tani,
New Elizabeth
, p. 263.

21.
Ibid., pp. 166–167.

22.
Ibid., p. 169.

23.
Vermilye and Ricci,
Films of Elizabeth Taylor
, p. 265.

24.
Ibid., p. 265; Grover, “Tony Bennett’s Ex,”
National Enquirer
, November 2, 1998, p. 60.

25.
Robin-Tani,
New Elizabeth
, p. 167.

26.
Ibid., p. 167.

27.
Heymann,
Liz
, p. 414.

28.
Ibid., p. 417; Calvin Klein: Steven Gaines,
Obsession
(New York, Birch Lane, 1994), p. 330; Gaines,
Simply Halston
, pp. 166–168.

29.
Heymann,
Liz
, p. 418; interview with Lisa Rubinstein, Ogilvy & Mather graphics designer.

30.
Spoto,
Passion for Life
, p. 328.

31.
Waterbury and Arceri,
Elizabeth Taylor
, p. 261; Robin-Tani,
New Elizabeth
, pp. 143–144; Malcolm’s pass at ET: Rosenfield,
The Club Rules
, p. 13.

32.
Colacello,
Holy Terror
, p. 495.

33.
Gaines,
Obsession
, p. 365.

34.
Vermilye and Ricci,
Films of Elizabeth Taylor
, p. 34.

35.
Taraborrelli,
Michael Jackson
, p. 494.

36.
CNN, “People,” June 8, 1999.

37.
Spoto,
Passion for Life
, p. 335.

38.
Ken Harrell, “Liz’s Love Secrets” and “My Nightmare with Larry the Violent Doped-Up Boozer,”
Globe
, December 8, 1998, p. 24.

39.
Collins, “Liz’s AIDS Odyssey,” p. 262.

40.
Spoto,
Passion for Life
, p. 333.

41.
Ibid., p. 335.