R.I.P. Elizabeth Taylor....you were one class act

Elizabeth Taylor - you were one very classy lady!  There will never be another like you......You were "royalty" of a very special kind.

OK, maybe you had almost as many husbands as you had shoes, but joking aside, you had a very big heart.

Your efforts for HIV / AIDS brought attention to an issue many were afraid to associate themselves with back in the day, and for that, you will always have my respect.

The beauty you possessed (both on the inside & the outside) was second to none.
I bid you adieu, darling Elizabeth.

America's Sweetheart

I find it completely amusing that "America's Sweetheart" was actually a Canadian by birth.  Mary Pickford was actually born in Toronto.
While she was quite a prolific actress (she made 51 films in one year - almost one every week), she was quite adept at directing movies as well.  Along with her second husband Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin and D.W. Griffiths, Mary co-founded United Artists. The creation of this company also gave her the ability to distribute her films however she chose.
 To see someone with such star power have the brains and the guts to become one of Hollywood's elite,  is always refreshing to me.