LOS ANGELES — Elizabeth Taylor, the glamorous queen of American movie stardom, whose achievements as an actress were often overshadowed by her rapturous looks and real-life dramas, died early Wednesday of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, said publicist Sally Morrison. She was 79.
According to the American Heart Association, congestive heart failure is a condition in which the heart can't pump enough blood to the body's other organs.The condition can result from a past heart attack, high blood pressure, heart defects present at birth, and coronary artery disease.Heart failure tends to be more prevalent in older people, affecting 1% of people aged 50, about 5% of those aged 75 or older and 25% of those aged 85 years or older.
