Shining Through Scandal: The Incredible Life Of Elizabeth Taylor

Her Goddaughter Is Now An ETAF Ambassador

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In 2017, Elizabeth Taylor’s legacy lives on as Paris Jackson was named an ambassador for the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. Elizabeth Taylor was the godmother of Michael Jackson’s only daughter, who spoke at Global Citizen Live in New York about her godmother’s cause. “She was passionate, she was outspoken… So, here we are 30 years later, living under a president [whose] …budget proposed slashing health-care funding for HIV and AIDS worldwide. So, now here I am hearing my godmother’s voice urging me to be heard and not allow all that’s been accomplished in finding a cure to fall by the wayside.”