Elizabeth Taylor Dying

HOLLYWOOD screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, 74, is close to death from heart failure, according to international reports.



The actor, as well known for her eight marriages as her Oscars, is thought to be bedridden at her Bel-Air, California, home.

The actor has a terminal condition known as congestive heart failure in which the heart weakens progressively and cannot pump enough blood around the body.

"Liz is inching closer to death every day and she knows it. It is not a pretty picture," a friend reportedly said.

"She's not leaving a lot of money to her children. She wants the bulk of her fortune to go to AIDS research."

Her spokesman in Los Angeles denied reports she was on the brink of death.

Taylor made her name as a film star at the age of 12 when she starred in National Velvet.

She won Oscars for Butterfield 8 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Since breaking her back in 2004, Taylor has been confined to a wheelchair.