I'll go out the way I came in, WITH dignity!

A partial list of Liz Taylor's medical and personal maladies

Nods to writer John. I. Jones.

1944 – National Velvet – concussion, back injuries

1952 – Divorce from Nicky Hilton Jr. (1950)

1953 – Collapsed with stress and back problems. Operation to remove flint from eye, followed my major surgery to prevent blindness. Gave birth to son by cesarean.

1955 – Influenza, blood transfusions, sciatica. Hospitalized for pinched nerve and flu. Gave birth to second son by cesarean

1956 - Five-hour spinal operation to repair crushed disks

1957 – Birth complications with daughter who was born prematurely. Tubal ligation to prevent further pregnancies. Appendix removed.

Divorce from Michael Wilding (1952)

1958 – Death of husband Mike Todd in a plane crash – she would have been on the plane had she not been at home ill. (1957)

1959 – double pneumonia, tonsilitis

1960 – Fell on ice patch, broke leg. Oral surgery for gum abscess. Viral illness while shooting Cleopatra.

1961- Viral pneumonia and lung infection which necessitated tracheotomy. Given an hour to live after lung collapsed. Leg infection caused by intravenous feeding. Plastic surgery to remove tracheotomy scar.

1962 Food poisoning after resuming filming Cleopatra – rumored to be a suicide attempt/overdose after a fight with Burton.

1963 – Leg, knee operated on

1964 – Divorce from Eddie Fisher (1959) – back and arm injuries from being mobbed by fans.

1966 – broke toe while making Taming of the Shrew

1969 – Hysterectomy. In traction with more back issues.

1971 – cyst below the right eye removed

1973 – Surgery to remove ovarian cyst, quarantined with measles in Italy

1974 – Divorce from Richard Burton (1964)

1975 – amoebic disentry

1976 – Fall from horse aggravates previous spinal problems.

Divorce from Richard Burton again (1975)

1977 – hospitalized for back problems, broke finger in sledding accident.

1978 – the chicken bone incident. Surgery to remove metal dust from right eye. Broken wrist. Twisted ankle tripping over carpet. Hospitalized for pneumonia.

1979 - Oral surgery. Broken rib from fall.

1980 – infected sinuses

1981 – Severe case of laryngitis and bronchitis. Rushed to hospital after heart attack scare. Broke arm skiing

1982 – Hospitalized for respiratory infection

Divorce from John Warner (1976)

1983 – injured leg and neck in car crash. Hospitalized after eating bad taco. New cases of bronchitis and laryngitis.

1984 – Betty Ford for painkillers and alcohol

1985 – Hospitalized after back problem resulting from tight dress worn during filming of North and South. Food poisoning.

1986 – twisted neck, attended Statue of Liberty Celebration in a surgical collar. Hospitalized for complications from a root canal.

1987 – Damaged knee after fall on Swiss ski slopes.

1988    hospitalized back pain

1989    hospitalized back pain, Back in Betty Ford

1990 – viral pneumonia, bacterial pneumonia, yeast infection in the mouth – lung biopsy

1997 - Brain surgery to remove benign mass from the lining of her frontal lobe.

1998 – back injury – fall at her 66th birthday party and smashed a vertebra *

1999 – breaks a bone in her back in fall

2000 – pneumonia – discovered enlarged heart