The great actress is dead in Los Angeles at 79. The range and number of her starring roles are extraordinary, as was her talent. She was also a great businesswoman. She held dual British and American citizenship, and once tried to renounce her US passport for tax reasons, which the feds would not allow her to do. Thanks to Ron Paul, I saw her once. He gave me Carol’s ticket to the 1979 state of the union speech by Jimmy Carter (she was in Texas), and I ended up just a few rows behind the Star; she was 47 and … Continue reading Elizabeth Taylor, RIP