March 23, 2011 - Actress Elizabeth Taylor died of congestive heart failure today in Los Angeles, with her children at her side. She was 79 years old and had been in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for several weeks before her death.The legendary actress was diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2004. Congestive heart failure refers to the heart’s inability to do an adequate job of pumping blood to the body’s vital organs.
In addition to congestive heart failure, Taylor had surgery in 2009 to fix a leaky heart valve. But her health problems were not limited to her heart. In 1997, a benign tumor was removed from her brain. She broke her back four times, after which she was confined to a wheelchair. She also had three hip replacement surgeries and was successfully treated for skin cancer.
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