Fisher was a good friend of Todd and grew closer to Taylor as a source of comfort after her husband's passing — but their union caused controversy with the singer leaving his wife, actress Debbie Reynolds, who had also been friends with Liz.
However, the couple divorced in and the two actresses were eventually able to patch things up between them. They walked down the aisle together in and Burton adopted the actress' daughter, Liza, as well as Maria, a German orphan whom Taylor was in the process of adopting while still married to Fisher.
The pair had an infamously passionate relationship with ups and downs between them. Taylor and Burton divorced in But fans know that wasn't the end of their love story. After initially calling it quits in , Liz and Dick remarried in Botswana in Their reunion didn't last long, though. They divorced again less than a year later.
After Burton as both her fifth and sixth husband, John Warner became number seven. Sparks flew between them that night and the pair said "I do" that same year. Liz's acting roles on Broadway and in London and Warner's political career in DC eventually caused the couple to drift apart and divorce in , but they remained on friendly terms.
Taylor's eighth and final husband was her most surprising union of all: Larry Fortensky, a construction worker 20 years her junior. They met under unusual circumstances while both checked in at the Betty Ford Clinic. After supporting each other's recovery, the couple tied the knot in at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch. Larry later admitted that constantly being in the public eye wasn't easy for him and put a strain on their relationship. Famously married eight times twice to Richard Burton , she never gave up her search for a soulmate.
May 6, —Jan. But the ill-fated marriage began crumbling even before their week European honeymoon was over. Hilton "became sullen, angry and abusive, physically and mentally," Taylor wrote in her autobiography Elizabeth Takes Off. Together, they had two sons — Michael born in and Christopher born But after five years of marriage, the couple divorced. At 25 years her senior, he was the first major love in her life. My self-esteem, my image, everything soared under his exuberant, loving care," she wrote.
Their marriage, which produced daughter Liza, came to a tragic end when the showman died in a crash on his plane, the Liz. May 12, —March 6, Still reeling from Todd's death, Taylor found solace with her late husband's good friend, singer Eddie Fisher, who was married at the time to actress Debbie Reynolds.
But her relationship with Fisher dissolved when she fell in love with her Cleopatra costar, Welsh actor Richard Burton. The relationship would be tempestuous, but apparently happy. Although Richard Burton has long been perceived as the love of Taylor's life, she said in one of her last interviews that "I was happiest with Mike Todd.
One of the world's most famous and successful singers in the s -- selling millions of records and a host of his own TV show -- Fisher scandalously divorced his first wife, Debbie Reynolds, to marry Taylor. Fisher, who was a comfort to Taylor at Todd's funeral, had been Todd's best friend and best man at their wedding. Unfavorable publicity surrounding the affair and divorce led NBC to cancel Fisher's television series in March When Taylor and Fisher wed, Taylor ostentatiously declared "Our honeymoon will last 40 years.
Richard Burton: March - June and 6. Richard Burton: Oct - Aug Their relationship is the stuff of legend.
One of the most famous and turbulent duos in Hollywood history, Taylor and Burton met on the set of Cleopatra in -- both were married at the time -- and launched into a passionate affair. On their first meeting on the set, Burton said "Has anyone ever told you that you're a very pretty girl? So scandalous was their union that the Vatican denounced their relationship as an affront to morality.
An undaunted Taylor said of their tempestuous relationship, "If Richard and I divorce, I swear I will never marry anyone again. I love him insanely. In the interim between her marriages to Burton, Taylor was the companion to the Iranian ambassador to Washington, Ardeshir Zahedi. The relationship began while she was still with Burton -- both divorced their partners during the relationship -- and Taylor traveled with him to Tehran for a time.
They would remarry 16 months after their divorce, in the Chobe National Park, Botswana.
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