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And that last -- when you say she was the last, she was the last. there's no one could step in her shoes. i was talking to today someone, i couldn't think of anyone in the film industry today who could sadly pass away, let's say -- pick anyone -- who would have the attention she is getting today around the world. >> it's very true and she as i was saying to joan collins earlier she was married eight times. i think it would have been for the pair of you to get together when you were younger. >> no, we had a friendship. >> might have saved you a lot of money, larry. >> yeah. >> tell me more abou...

I was talking to today someone. i couldn't think of anyone in the film industry today who could sadly pass away -- let's say pick anyone -- who would have the attention she is getting today around the world. >> it's very true, and she, as i was saying to joan collins earlier, she was married eight times. so were you, larry. i think it would have been good for the pair of you to get together when you were younger. >> no, we had a friendship. >> might have saved you a lot of money, larry. >> yeah. >> tell me more about her -- >> you'd have loved her. >> what was she like away from the cameras, l...

Social justice and appropriateness and she was undeterred and she had -- could not understand why everybody didn't realize how -- how critical the need was for appropriate funding and resources to address this critical aids crisis and this was in 1985 when she and dr. krim founded amfar and it wasn't until '87 to put just a -- to paint the times until ronald reagan who is president then mentioned aids publicly and to 40,000 people had already died and did it ironically at an amfar event but she was steadfast devoted to this message and she was an extraordinary messenger of it. >> mathilde, alt...

>> 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 bacharach and i were putting stevie wonder on. that's what friends are for with gladys knight and it's because she was there that we -- i reali...

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