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Bitter sweet moment, relief that she was no longer in pain. >> yes, i went there last night to say good-bye, and i knew she was going, and i hated that she'd been in the hospital for seven weeks, but she wasn't in pain last night, and she wasn't really conscious when i saw her, but i was there with liza and maria, her -- two of her daughters and -- her two daughters, and i was able to say good-bye, and what i want to say, piers, is that she was an extraordinary friend and not just for the good times. elizabeth showed up. she showed up in my life when my marriage broke up many years ago and -- ...

>> and her extraordinary life off screen. who else could make worldwide headlines with an affair on the set of the movie "cleopatra"? >> i will never leave you again. >> "remembering elizabeth taylor," this is a special edition of "piers morgan tonight." good evening. tonight hollywood and the world are remembering a woman who defined screen glamour for several generations, dame elizabeth taylor. for the next hour i'll talk to her friends and family, the people who knew the private elizabeth, the woman behind the legend. we begin with carole bayer sager, the oscar-winning songwriter of class...

First of two oscars as best actress in 1961 for that role in "butterfield 8" starring opposite eddie fisher, and his daughter, elizabeth's stepdaughter, author and act cress, carrie fisher, thank you for agreeing to do this interview. it must be a very sad day for you. >> very sad, especially -- i mean i lost my father this year, and not that many months ago, and actually i called elizabeth to tell her when he passed, and she cried. >> did she really? >> which i thought was incredibly sweet. i mean she had really a sense of family even -- bizarre -- someone that she had been married to so long...

Her assistant tim, who's been with her for 20 years, when his mother died this year, she insisted that she come and stay at her home, and she made a hospice for tim's mom. and she made a hospice for her long time publicist who died a number of years ago. and she died in elizabeth's home. she was there for roddey mcdowell who she loved dearly. they were child actors together. and she held him in her arms, and she knew how to show up. she showed up for michael jack southe son when he needed support. she flew across the world to be with him, years before the big case, the incident. before that. s...

Friend and not just for the good times, elizabeth showed up. she showed up in my life when my marriage broke up many years ago and to burt bacharach. she was there. she was there for her friends, for her family, her assistant tim who's been with her for 20 years when his mother died this year she insisted that she come and stay at her home and she made a hospice for tim's mom and she made a hospice for her longtime publicist chen sem who died a number of years ago and died in elizabeth's home and was there for roddy mcdowall who she loved dearly. they were child actors together and she held hi...