Liz Taylor backs 'King's Speech,' from hospital bed
AFP
LOS ANGELES- Film legend Elizabeth Taylor was rooting for British royal drama "The King's Speech" at Sunday's Oscars show, watching from hospital where she is recovering -- and celebrating her 79th birthday.
The Oscar-winning British-born star, who has been in the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center since a heart scare two weeks ago, was enjoying the day "quietly," said a spokesman.
"A proper birthday celebration will be planned for when she returns home," he said, adding: "She is very grateful for all of the warm birthday wishes she has received from around the world."
The actress was hospitalized two weeks ago at the famous Los Angeles hospital suffering from symptoms caused by congestive heart failure, an ongoing condition, her publicist said at the time.
Taylor's health has been the subject of intense speculation in recent years. In 1997, she underwent surgery to have a brain tumor removed and she appeared on US television in 2006 to deny rumors she had Alzheimer's disease.
In July 2008, she was hospitalized in Los Angeles but her spokesman denied reports that she was close to death and had been placed on life support.
In 2009, she underwent heart surgery to repair a "leaky valve," tweeting afterwards: "It's like having a brand new ticker."
Taylor won her first Oscar in 1961 for her role in "BUtterfield 8," and again in 1967 for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
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