The letter was first revealed in the memoir just released on December 6 called Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamor of an Icon by author Kate Andersen Brower.
“My dear Michael, I hope you know how much I love you – and miss you so much. You are always in my heart and thoughts. It feels like a heart-wrenching scream.” I mourn, drowning in pain. When will I see you again? I love you so much and always will.
According to the book’s author, Elizabeth Taylor could not attend Michael Jackson’s public memorial service with many stars at the Sptaples Center in Los Angeles because she did not want to “show her pain” and Jackson would not want to either. see her like that. However, the legendary star attended a private funeral a few months later and tearfully said goodbye to Michael. Unable to relieve her grief, Elizabeth wrote her deceased friend a letter expressing her feelings.
Michael Jackson died suddenly on June 25, 2009 after overdosing on painkillers at his home. According to the biography, when Elizaberth learned that Michael was taken to the emergency hospital, she began to panic and call his assistants. Finally, she was told the bad news by an assistant. “Taylor became hysterical and kept screaming: ‘No way! No way!’” the book says. She had to be comforted and hugged by everyone for hours after the shocking news.
Michael Jackson’s passing separated the 25-year friendship of the two entertainment superstars.
The soulmate-like friendship of Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson
Taylor and Jackson have a close friendship despite being 26 years apart. The two stars bonded because they were thrust into the spotlight from a young age: Taylor acted in films at the age of 8 and Michael began performing at the age of 5. Both had domineering fathers who physically abused them and forced them to become celebrities.
The two met in 1984, a time when Taylor’s illustrious career was winding down while Jackson was a new phenomenon. The two became close after the death of actor Richard Burton – the beloved ex-husband of the Queen of Egypt star .
Taylor once spoke fondly of Jackson: “There’s something about him that’s so endearing and childlike – not childish, but childlike – that we both have and identify with.”
Their mutual friend, singer Lionel Richie, who was interviewed in the book, revealed that he once asked Jackson why his friendship with Taylor was so important to him, to which the pop star replied: “She He understands me.”
Michael Jackson was so close to Liz Taylor that he often invited the star to his Neverland ranch. At the estate, they “have a picnic together, two broken adults trying to reclaim their stolen childhood,” the author writes.
Jackson also confided: “We try to escape and imagine. I can really relax with her because we have lived the same life and experienced similar things.”
The two artists like the same things like circuses, amusement parks, and animals. Michael has all of that on his estate. The King of Pop also sometimes brought his chimpanzee to visit Taylor’s house.
In 1991, Michael let Elizabeth Taylor use his estate as a wedding venue with Larry Fortensky – a construction worker 20 years her junior. It was the eighth marriage and also the last wedding of the Hollywood beauty icon.
When a journalist compared Jackson and Taylor’s friendship to Peter Pan and Wendy in a fairy tale, the pop star said: “But Elizabeth is also like a mother – and more. She’s a friend . She is Mother Teresa, Princess Diana, Queen of England and Wendy”.
Elizabeth Taylor’s full protection and help for Michael Jackson
In 1993, Michael Jackson was indicted on 10 counts of child molestation. The lawsuit was later dismissed in a controversial trial. Elizabeth Taylor always stands by Michael’s side, trusting and supporting the male singer at this difficult time.
According to singer Lionel Richie, Elizabeth Taylor also helped Michael Jackson fight his painkiller addiction for many years. “Without her in his life, disaster could have happened to Michael Jackson much sooner,” Lionel shared with the book’s author.
In 1993, Elizabeth secretly took Michael to rehab in Mexico City when the singer’s condition became serious. Andersen wrote that after a concert, the star “escorted Michael to his private dressing room and persuaded him to go for treatment”.
The actress arranged a plane for Jackson but did not tell the pilot where they were going to avoid revealing information. When they arrived, an employee pretended to be a pop star to distract the press. Meanwhile, Taylor and Jackson secretly go to a rehab facility.
According to author Andersen, Jackson’s family members were very angry with Elizabeth because they did not want him to admit his addiction. The life of the Heal the World singer was very tightly controlled at that time.
During that period, Elizabeth Taylor was also struggling with her own addiction. Housekeeper Bernadeta Bajda revealed: “I cried all the time when she asked for medicine. Sometimes she wanted to drink alcohol. They told us not to give her alcohol, so we hid it very high and She couldn’t find it. She was desperate and tried to search.”
On March 23, 2011, Elizabeth Taylor passed away at the age of 79 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The movie legend breathed his last after many years of battling illness, including congestive heart failure. She rested at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, California, near Michael Jackson’s grave.
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