The Life & Loves of Elizabeth Taylor | “Mike’s Dead and I’m Alive” | 71

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.3 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In 1958, Elizabeth Taylor loses the life of her life. The entire world mourns with her; her grief is their grief. She's the most beloved woman in America. Six months later, she’s the most hated. So what happened? Two words: Eddie Fisher.

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0:00.0	Wundery Plus subscribers can
0:01.7	convince the newest season of even the rich before anyone else.
0:04.4	Join Wundery Plus in the Wundery app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:07.4	A note to our listeners, this episode contains descriptions of alcohol and drug abuse.
0:12.2	We're also going to curse and talk about sex.
0:14.9	Lots of it.
0:15.8	Please don't be mad, mom. But things are going to get a bit dirty around here. It's 118. 1.1. It's 1.8.
0:25.0	It's 118 a.m. and Elizabeth Taylor can't sleep.
0:32.0	She's wide awake. And Elizabeth Taylor can't sleep.
0:32.8	She's wide awake, alone, in her king-sized bed.
0:37.8	She watches the reflection of car headlights
0:40.2	from the street below,
0:41.5	swing across her bedroom walls and then disappear.
0:45.0	Her fever's broken and now she feels so cold she's shivering.
0:50.0	She keeps thinking about a moment from her wedding just 13 months before.
0:56.0	It was the end of the night. Ties were loose and voices were hoarse.
1:01.0	She and Mike Todd had just climbed a hill to watch the
1:04.9	fireworks show they had arranged for the grand finale. Imagine, kaleidoscopic
1:11.5	explosions of red and green.
1:14.0	They're beautiful.
1:16.0	But instead of ooing and aying,
1:19.0	Elizabeth bursts into tears.
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