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And she wasnt, her spirit wasnt, but her body was, and it had lived a lot and suffered a lot. >> carol, what do you think would be the way she would like to be remembered? what was most important to elizabeth, do you think? >> most important to elizabeth were her family, her friends, her care about aids research, standing up before anyone that we knew of in hollywood stood up after her friend rock hudson died a terrible death from aids. she came out and supported amfar and later her own foundati...

Ironically at an amfar event, but she was steadfast devoted to this message, and she was an extraordinary messenger of it. >> mathilde, although you say she didnt see it as a risk, everybody else did. it was a huge deal for a hollywood star like her to be going after this kind of cause. what effect do you think that liz taylor had on -- must call her elizabeth taylor, she hated being called liz, even though everybody else did -- that elizabeth taylor had on aids, on people, you know, wanting the...

You know, what she made fashionable was it was okay to support the gay community and to support aids research and to raise money for aids in a way that nobody had really been able to force through into mass appeal. >> she -- this campaign that youre looking at right now was actually inspired by her message, her bigger message that, in effect, aids was not an american problem. we were originally the american foundation for aids and it evolved into the aids foundation, and she was adamant that it ...

Failing. and she wasnt, her spirit wasnt, but her body was, and it had lived a lot and suffered a lot. >> carol, what do you think would be the way she would like to be remembered? what was most important to elizabeth, do you think? >> most important to elizabeth were her family, her friends, her care about aids research, standing up before anyone that we knew of in hollywood stood up after her friend rock hudson died a terrible death from aids. she came out and supported amfar and later her own...

More attention to it. she was in it, before rock hudson acquired it, she was into aids. in the early 80s, when we first became aware of the term, and when she fought for something she fought for it vigorously. she fought for it with all she had. the word that felts her, passion. she was passionate about everything. she soaked it up, she soaked up the room. she changed the room when she walked in it. well never see her likes again. never. >> i think the world is going to miss elizabeth taylor, ar...

Was -- the film we just saw had a say, she was never afraid of the truth. >> thats certainly true. kenneth, that was a great driving thing about elizabeth taylor was she didnt care really what people thought. she was doing what she thought was the right thing. >> she had a genuine sense of social justice and appropriateness, and she was undeterred, and she had -- could not understand why everybody didnt realize how -- how critical the need was for appropriate funding and resources to address thi...

And it had lived a lot and suffered a lot. >> carole, what do you think would be the way that she would like to be remembered? what was most important to elizabeth, do you think? >> most important to elizabeth were her family, her friends, her care about aids research, standing up before anyone that we knew of in hollywood, stood up after her friend rock hudson died a terrible death from aids. she came out and supported amfar and later her own foundation. she came to the studio with me when burt...

Skipper is dead, and im alive. >> maggie. >> maggie the cat is alive. im alive. why are you afraid of the truth? >> truth! >> that was elizabeth taylor in one of her greatest ever roles, "cat on a hot tin roof." i want to talk about her legacy, the cause closest to elizabeth taylors heart, her work in the fight against hiv and aids. here with me now is mathilde krim and kenneth cole, chairmen of amfar. >> mathilde, let me start with you. when she got involved with aids, it was incredibly unfashi...

Skipper is dead, and im alive. >> maggie. >> maggie the cat is alive. im alive. why are you afraid of the truth? >> truth! >> that was elizabeth taylor in one of her greatest ever roles, "cat on a hot tin roof." i want to talk about her legacy, the cause closest to elizabeth taylors heart, her work in the fight against hiv and aids. here with me now is mathilde krim, and kenneth cole, fashion designer and chairman of amfar. >> mathilde, let me start with you. when she got involved with aids, it ...

She had all these movie stars to join with her. she urged the president to pay more attention to it. she was in it, before rock hudson acquired it, she was into aids. in the early 80s, when we first became aware of the term, and when she fought for something she fought for it vigorously. she fought for it with all she had. the word that felts her, passion. she was passionate about everything. she soaked it up, she soaked up the room. she changed the room when she walked in it. well never see her...