Post date: Mar 24, 2011 1:8:17 AM
Fans visit the wax statue of Elizabeth Taylor at Madame Tussauds Hollywood.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (MARCH 23, 2011) REUTERS - Fans visited the wax statue of Elizabeth Taylor at Madame Tussauds on Wednesday (March 23), hours after the legendary actress died of congestive heart failure.
The 300,000 dollar figure features Taylor in one of her most iconic roles: as the Egyptian Queen in "Cleopatra" - the film where she met husband Richard Burton.
Tussauds placed a condolence book near Taylor's statue so that fans could leave notes and messages of admiration and remembrance.
The star died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles surrounded by family.
In a career spanning seven decades, Taylor first gained fame in 1944's "National Velvet" at age 12 and was nominated for five Oscars. She won the best actress award for "Butterfield 8" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
Her eight marriages, health problems, prescription drug addiction and ballooning weight often overshadowed her career, but she overcame adversity and used her fame to advocate for causes such as AIDS education and research.