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Elizabeth Taylor testifies before the Senate Appropriations Labor and Health Subcommittee Senate committee, asking to appropriate funds for AIDS research, May 8, 1986, on Capital Hill.
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Elizabeth Taylor greets former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone during her AIDS relief campaign at the premier's office on April 24, 1987, in Tokyo.
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Elizabeth Taylor addresses the National Press Club in Washington, on June 3, 1987, as part of her activities to raise funds for AIDS research.
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Elizabeth Taylor attends amfAR's (American Foundation for Aids Research) annual "Cinema Against AIDS" benefit during the Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 20, 1993.
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Elizabeth Taylor holds up a diamond mask for photographers at a fine jewelry auction, on April 13, 1992, to benefit the American Foundation for AIDS research (amfAR).
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Elizabeth Taylor speaks to the large crowd at Wembley Stadium, April 20, 1992, in London, during a concert in memory of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, who died of AIDS in 1991.
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Elizabeth Taylor makes a speech at charity dinner for the American Fundation for AIDS Research (amFAR) in Tokyo, on Sept. 27, 1994.
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Passport Foundation Chair Elizabeth Taylor, center, event chair, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, right, and co-chair Cindy Crawford pose for photographers during Macy's American Express Passport fashion show in Santa Monica, Calif., Sept. 23, 2000, to raise funds for HIV/AIDS research and treatment.
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Elizabeth Taylor, right, her granddaughter Naomi, center, and Dr. Mathilde Krim, left, attend a benefit for the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR), June 21, 2000, on Ellis Island in New York. Taylor was the co-founder of the foundation.
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Magic Johnson, center, poses with Elizabeth Taylor, right, and Reba McEntire on stage at Macy's Passport 2001, a fashion fundraiser for HIV/AIDS, Sept. 22, 2001, in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Elton John and Elizabeth Taylor address the audience at "The Concert ... 20 Years with AIDS" benefiting the Elton John AIDS Foundation and AIDS Project Los Angeles, on Dec. 12, 2011, in Los Angeles.
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Elizabeth Taylor addresses the crowd at amfAR's (American Foundation for Aids Research) annual "Cinema Against AIDS" benefit during the Cannes International Film Festival, on May 22, 2003, in Cannes, France.
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Elizabeth Taylor arrives at Paramount Studios to give a benefit performance of A.R. Gurney's play "Love Letters" with actor James Earl Jones for her HIV/AIDS Foundation, on Dec. 1, 2007, in Los Angeles.
