Thank you, lovely Elizabeth

Grace with beauty, charm and talent

I've posted quotes of Michael about Elizabeth in my previous blog, "What a Friendship Means.." tho those words are not enough to express how special their friendship was..

Q: "So you're Wendy and Michael is Peter?" I had asked Elizabeth Taylor afterwards.

Elizabeth: "Yeah.Yeah.There's a kind of magic between us."

"Elizabeth is also like a mother–and more than that.

She's a friend.She's Mother Teresa, Princess Diana, the Queen of England and Wendy."

~ Michael Jackson ~

Have you ever feel a true friendship?

A friend who will speak on your behalf when you no longer can say a word

A friend who will be there for you when the world leaves you alone

A friend who facing the triumph and disaster with holding hands together

A friend, who publicly defends you when no one believe you..

and a friend, who love you as being you, because no one is you-er than YOU..

And the honesty is there,

and that's enough for a true friendship...

“Elizabeth’s friendship is like the perfect jewels she owns — indestructible and eternal.”

~ Michael Jackson ~

So many tribute had been made to honor Michael and Liz' friendship, from making graphic artworks, Gifs, video, and even a dedicated side for Elizabeth, here are my favorites:

by @MJJ777HeTheWo

Last, but not least, a dedicated site for Dame Elizabeth Taylor: http://elizabethweloveyou.tumblr.com by @MyMJJTribute

here's one of her artwork:

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More glimpse of their friendship:

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“It is 1993, and this will be Michael Jackson’s very first Christmas.

It has taken me… I would think about 5 years of talking him into celebrating Christmas at Neverland because I understood that if you are a Jehovah’s Witness you don’t celebrate Christmas.

When he quit being a a Jehovah’s Witness I said to Michael,

‘I think Christmas is a wonderful way of celebrating love. It’s a celebration of love.’

And I can’t see Christmas without Michael or Michael without Christmas.”

~ Elizabeth Taylor ~

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Michael: “But what Elizabeth didn’t know was that I was planning a surprise for her also.”

Elizabeth: Gasps “Oh my God! That’s amazing! I love it! Oh thank you!”

Michael: “You’re welcome.”

“The gift that I gave to Elizabeth, to me, it was unique. It looks like a painting but it isn’t. It’s a tapestry. This guy did it piece by piece.” ~ Michael Jackson ~

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On February 19, 1994, at "The Jackson Family Honors" event held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“Today we honor Elizabeth Taylor for who she is, as much as what she does.

For me, Elizabeth Taylor is the ultimate humanitarian, because she is the embodiment of love, compassion, faith, and integrity and she has been that ideal for hundreds and millions of fans over the five decades of her illustrious career.

Elizabeth began her career when she was nine years old and since then, has starred in some of the greatest of all American films. She has been, and she continues to be, one of the most celebrated women of the twentieth century. I know, from having the honor of being a friend of Elizabeth Taylor's, that she's in no need of another trophy or plaque to recognize her humanitarian work on behalf of the fight against AIDS.

And I also know Elizabeth is here tonight not for any ego gratification, but because this gives her another chance to get the all important message out to the public. The message of AIDS awareness and the need for compassion and the efforts to find a cure.

To the formation of AMFAR in 1986 and her own Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, no one has done more to fight this dreaded disease.

But in knowing Elizabeth, I know her reward comes from the work itself, from the small battles won in the all-out war, from the gains she's been responsible for by eliminating the problem for the world to see and from the unspoken things of the victims who's lives she has enhanced during their times on earth. In the midst of my recent trials and tribulations, Elizabeth stood by my side with unwavering strength and support.

Elizabeth stands for truth.

She's immune to criticism and unfearful to any challenge and places the highest truth in the wisdom of her own heart and the direct knowledge of her own intuition.

She is not swayed by public opinion, because she knows in the end truth always triumphs.

Elizabeth, I love you and we honor you not only for what you stand for, but also for the magnificence of who you are.

The world is a better place because of your existence.

Because Elizabeth is so unselfish in her devotions to humanity, it is doubly fitting that she be the recipient of the Jackson Family Honors award."

~ Michael Jackson ~

I've wrote a poem about friendship few years ago,

and I thought about this poem when I heard the news about Elizabeth, and flashed back on their special friendship..

“BE COOL and RELAX”

'Cause I’ll be there when you need me

I have two eyes to look after you

I have a mouth to advice you

I have two ears to hear you

I have a nose to smell

and warn the danger that may came after you…

But…. That’s not all…

I still have two hands to lift you up

when you’re down

And I still have two foots to walk beside you

when you’re alone

So.. Don’t Worry….

'cause I’ll be here for you

Just… Be Cool.. and Relax..

And my mind are full with our memories,

that always kept in my heart

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"[Elizabeth Taylor and I] we're like brother and sister, mother and son, lovers...

it's a potpourri... it's something special." ~ Michael Jackson ~

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♬ Remember the time I was alone

You stood by my side and said:

"Let's be strong"

You did all these tings

That only a true friend can do.. ♬

♬... Elizabeth, I love you

The world knows your work now

Above the things on Earth now

I pray one day I'll be just like... you... ♬

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"It's so wonderful to be with her [Elizabeth].

I can really relax with her, because we've lived the same life and experienced the same thing"

~ Michael Jackson ~

and so, this beautiful friendship continues in Heaven,

lovely friends re-united again, only this time, it will last forever...

source for this gifs creator

Thank you, lovely Elizabeth, for always be there for Michael,

We love you more...

Both of you are safe now from those tabloid junkies :)

We promise, to keep your legacy alive, to spread your messages, and to continue your humanitarian efforts...

"If it is not to make the world better what is money for?" ~ Elizabeth Taylor ~

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I've saved @DameElizabeth's tweets in here, if any of you want to re-read them again: http://mjacksonwords.blogspot.com/p/dameelizabeths-tweets.html

What a Friendship means...

"I've known Elizabeth closely since which was 16."

Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor at the races in California in 1986

"Oh, she's very loyal, I see Elizabeth Taylor all the time. She's my dear friend,"

"I've met a lot people in my life..and very few are real real real friends. You could probably count 'em in one hand... Elizabeth is one of the most loyal, loving, caring people that I know."

"Remember the time when I was alone

You stood by my side and said: "Let's be strong"

You did all these things.. That only a true friend can do.."

"Elizabeth Taylor is gorgeous, beautiful, and she still is today, I’m crazy about her."

"Well, I've stopped being such a recluse now. My friend Elizabeth Taylor has got me out. Every Thursday we go to the movies together. She is Godmother to my son Prince and we get on so well. I said I could get Warner Brothers to put aside a studio just for us every week to watch films in private, but she forces me out. She's the only person who can get me out in public. We walk in, sit down, watch our film and walk out. And every time we leave the audience all stand up and applaud us. It's funny."

~ Michael Jackson ~

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On Prime Time Interview, 1995

Sawyer: OK, we're gonna take a break now. When we come back, Elizabeth Taylor . . . talked to us a little bit about what she saw when she went over and talked to you, in the middle of this and helped you get treatment for addiction to painkillers.

Michael : Oh, wow....Elizabeth is on the show!

Sawyer: When we come back.

[after commercial break]

Sawyer: As we said, Elizabeth Taylor is going to talk a little bit about when she came to see you in the middle of this, what she called agony. And one of the things she was so..., I think she was so angry about with us, was that she said people always talk about one side of a person, they never give them credit for their accomplishments

Michael: That's right.

[[=>> And that's what I called A TRULLY FRIEND! <<=]] :)

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1999, TV Guide Magazine Interview

TVG: Who are your closest friends?

Michael: Elizabeth. We go to the movies every Thursday.

TVG: You go to a regular movie theatre?

Michael: I want to go to the Warner Bros studio and she refuses. She says "No, I'm getting you out." So we go right into this area - which I can't say - and walk right in. And it's usually empty, because most people are working at the time. The theatre employees go "Wow, come on in" and we never really pay. And we're the ones that can afford it. [Laughs]

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2001

2001,

>Q: Critics refer to you as the self-proclaimed King of Pop. Did you choose that title?

Michael: I never self-proclaimed myself to be anything. If I called up Elizabeth Taylor right now, she would tell you that she coined the phrase. She was introducing me, I think at the American Music Awards, and said in her own words — it wasn't in the script — "I'm a personal fan, and in my opinion he is the king of pop, rock and soul." Then the press started saying "King of Pop" and the fans started. This self-proclaimed garbage, I don't know who said that.

>Michael: Elizabeth has this little girl inside of her who never had a childhood. She was on the set every day. She loves playing with a new gadget or toy, and she's totally awe-inspired by it. She's a wonderful human being

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Elizabeth Taylor: A Special Bond (from

Shmuley's tapes - Fan Version)

Michael Jackson: Elizabeth Taylor is very childlike. There's nothing that you can do when she'll say, "I don't want to do that." When Bug's Life came out, she bugged me over and over to fix my schedule so we could see the cartoon. So we had to go to a public theater at about 1:00 o'clock. She makes me go out every Thursday because she says I'm too reclusive. Everybody's at work, so there's no one there and we never pay... we come with nothing and they always say, "Oh, my God, Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson." We get free popcorn, everything. She loved Bug's Life and loves Neverland. She'll go on the carousel and the Ferris wheel, but not the scary rides.

There are other childlike qualities of Elizabeth Taylor. She was in Jane Eyre around eight or nine. Our fathers were very much alike, tough, hard, brutal. She's playful and youthful and happy and finds a way to laugh and giggle even when she's in pain. She's ready to play any game, go swimming. She's very good with children. She loves toys and cartoons. I get to learn so much from her. She'll tell me about James Dean and Clark Gable and Spencer Tracey and Montgomery Clift, because she did movies with all these people. She tells me what they were really like, the ones who were nice people and the ones that weren't.

We were in Singapore—she came on most of the Dangerous tour with me—and we decided we wanted to go to the z(X). And we hung out and had our own private tour and we had fun. She's Prince and Paris's godmother and Macaulay's their godfather. She's just retained that little girl quality. That little child you see in Jane Eyre and Lassie Come Home, that's still in there. It's in her eyes. She has this glow like a child. It's so sweet. But Shirley [Temple Black], too. She says, "You get it, don't you. You're one of us."

[Elizabeth Taylor and I] we're like brother and sister, mother and son, lovers... it's a potpourri... it's something special. We go through this whining thing on the phone... "I need you..." "Oh, I need you, too." We can talk about anything. She's been my most loyal friend. She says she adores me and would do anything for me. She says Hollywood has to write a movie for the two of us. We just have to do something together.

Shmuley Boteach: Do you get jealous when she dates other men? She got married in your backyard.

Michael Jackson: Do I get jealous? Yes and no. I know that if we ever did anything romantically, the press would be so mean and nasty and call us "The Odd Couple." It would turn into a circus and that's the pain of it all. You know, I push her in a wheelchair sometimes, when she can't walk. It's none of their business what we have together. I have to be with people like me. Some rappers will say to me, "Let's hang out. Let's go down to a club." And I'll say, "What? Let's hang? I don't think so." That kind of tiling's not a party for me.

On that tour [Dangerous], she fed me because I wouldn't eat. When I get upset, I stop eating, sometimes until I'm unconscious. She took the spoon and opened my mouth and made me eat. She said she wouldn't let me go without her, and her doctors advised her not to go. She went to Thailand and followed the tour all the way to London.

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And.. another article you SHOULD read, about Michael and Elizabeth.. and here's a excerpt-teaser that will make you want to read it.. [lol]

"So you're Wendy and Michael is Peter?" I had asked Elizabeth Taylor afterwards.

"Yeah. Yeah. There's a kind of magic between us." =>

Read here

“My heart … my mind … are broken. I loved Michael with all my soul and I can’t imagine life without him. We had so much in common and we had such loving fun together. I was packing up my clothes to go to London for his opening when I heard the news. I still can’t believe it. I don’t want to believe it. It can’t be so. He will live in my heart forever but it’s not enough. My life feels so empty. I don’t think anyone knew how much we loved each other. The purest most giving love I’ve ever known. Oh God! I’m going to miss him. I can’t yet imagine life without him. But I guess with God’s help … I’ll learn. I keep looking at the photo he gave me of himself, which says, ‘To my true love Elizabeth, I love you forever.’ And, I will love HIM forever.” ~ Elizabeth Taylor ~