Legendary Actress Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79 ‎

Screen star Elizabeth Taylor, who died Wednesday morning at age 79, was a frequent guest of her friend Michael Jackson at his family home in Encino.

Purple irises were placed in memory of Elizabeth Taylor at her Walk of Fame star on Hollywood Boulevard Wednesday morning. Credit Lindsey Baguio

As news unfold of Elizabeth Taylor's death on Wednesday, a trickle of fans began to prevent by the actress' star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame.

Taylor, 79, died of congestive heart failure Wednesday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in l.  a.  .

Taylor's children—Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd and Maria Burton—were together with her at the hospital when she died, per her publicist, Sally Morrison.

The two-time Oscar winner is additionally survived by ten grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

Olivia Funtanellas, who was visiting from San Francisco, stopped by Taylor's star when she heard the news in a very text from her mother.

"She’s one among the classics...like Humphrey Bogart and style Kelly," Funtanellas said. "She’s from that era, and she’s simply gone and there’s nobody else love her from that era."

“I didn’t assume it'd be like this,” she added, concerning the swarm of media gathered at the star, that is found in front of 6336 Hollywood Blvd. "I was here last year, and this was similar to it absolutely was with Michael Jackson, however it is smart as a result of she was the last living major Hollywood star."

Taylor was known for her shut friendship with Michael Jackson, whom she famously nicknamed “The King of Pop” when she presented him with the Soul Train Heritage Award in 1989. Taylor frequented Encino to go to Jackson at his family home.

In a home video from 1993, Jackson referred to as Taylor a real friend, saying, "I’ve met plenty of individuals in my life, and really few are real, real friends. I will most likely count them on one hand. Elizabeth is one among the foremost loving, loyal, caring those that i do know.”

Taylor spent quite six decades together of the world’s most visible girls, best known for her 2 Academy Awards, seven divorces, devastating sicknesses and her work in AIDS philanthropy.

A wreath of violet hydrangeas and orchids was left on Taylor's star. the colours were chosen as a tribute to her "piercing violet-blue eyes," said Leron Gubler, president of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

"She was one among the superstars in early Hollywood," Gubler said. "She represented glamour, she represented category. we tend to saw her develop in her 1st movies from the time she was a youngster till i believe her final movie within the Flintstones, back in 1994. In that interim, she had some nice roles, from National Velvet to large, an area within the Sun, Who's terrified of Virginia Woolf? and Cleopatra. we tend to might proceed and on."