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ELIZABETH TAYLOR - The Truth About Her FIRST LOVE
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|July 04, 2022
AT 17, THE ACTRESS FELT CERTAIN THAT SHE HAD FOUND HER SOULMATE AND WAS READY TO GIVE UP ON HOLLYWOOD TO BECOME A WIFE AND MOTHER
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In the early 2000s, William Pawley Jr. reached out to Elizabeth Taylor. More than 50 years earlier, he had been the celebrated actress' first great love and fiancé. "I never got over Elizabeth," confessed the man she called Bill about their 1949 whirlwind courtship, engagement, and breakup.
At 17, Elizabeth met Bill, a dashing former Air Force pilot, at the elegant Miami home of his father, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil William Pawley Sr. The couple quickly fell head-over-heels for each other. "I've never known this kind of love before it's so perfect and complete - and mature," gushed Elizabeth in one of the more than 60 letters she would write to the handsome 28-year-old during their long-distance love affair.
This story is from the July 04, 2022 edition of Closer US.
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